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HelpWorld of Harry Potter Dice CAF (Long!)
Fair warning: As the title says, this is pretty long and there is a lot of online dice rolling involved! I did something like this a looong time ago... probably even before the final book was out. The boards seem to have been wiped since then, so I rewrote it.
Feel free to create as many families as you want, and even extend into generations if you're bored enough :) If you roll "your choice" for anything, that means it's completely up to you - you don't have to choose one of the given options unless you want to. Most importantly, have fun!
Dice: http://www.roll-dice-online.com/
BASICS
LN: 8-sided die
1: From this list: http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/100ens1991.php
2: Nature-related
3: Any non-English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh surname http://surnames.behindthename.com/
4: Animal-related
5: Same as a Harry Potter character
6: Hyphenated (your choice or roll again for the two names)
7: Generate a random surname (click the check box): http://www.behindthename.com/random/
8: Your choice or roll again
Parents' occupations: 8-sided die
1: Shop owner (choose shop type)
2: Shop employee (choose shop type)
3: Ministry of Magic employee
4: Stay at home mom/dad
5: Auror
6: Hogwarts professor (choose class)
7: Professional Quidditch player
8: Your choice or roll again
Blood status: Roll for each parent; 6-sided die
1: Muggle-born
2: Half-blood
3: Full-blood
4: Muggle
5: Half-breed (giant, veela, etc), squib OR your choice
6: Roll again
Parents' house: Roll for each unless they are a muggle; 8-sided die
1 or 5: Gryffindor
2 or 6: Hufflepuff
3 or 7: Ravenclaw
4 or 8: Slytherin
Number of births:
Roll 8-sided die; the number you get is the number of births.
Roll for each birth: 10-sided die
1, 2 or 3: DD
4, 5 or 6: DS
7: Your choice of gender
8: Identical twins (roll again with 6-sided die for gender or choose)
9: Fraternal twins (see above)
10: Triplets or higher (your choice; see above)
NAMES
Roll for each family member.
First name: 12-sided die
1: Randomly generate: http://www.behindthename.com/random/
2: From the bottom 50 of any country: http://www.behindthename.com/top/
3: A name that is a color or has a color meaning
4: Plug your favorite names into Nymbler and choose from the first page: http://nymbler.com/
5: Plug your "guilty pleasure"/most unusual favorite names into Nymbler and choose from the first page, link above
6: Plug the names of ANY Harry Potter characters into Nymbler and choose from the first page, link above
7: Choose from this (LONG) list http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/mysticalnames.htm
8: Gypsy http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/gypsynames.htm
9: Mythological http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/mythology
10: Use the first gender-appropriate name generated http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/britishfantasynames.htm
11: Roll again using the middle name list
12: Your choice or roll again
Middle name(s): 12-sided die, roll as many times as you'd like (some wizarding families have lots of middle names, after all!)
1: Roll again using the first name list
2: Constellation names http://www.perr.com/constellation.html
3: Angel names (most are unisex) http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/angels.htm
4: Space names http://nameberry.com/list/257/Space-Names
5: Welsh http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/welsh
6: Spice/Herb names http://www.20000-names.com/spice_names_herb_names.htm
7: Run any option on this generator and choose from the resulting list http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/
8: Jewel names (links to male and unisex above the google search box) http://www.20000-names.com/jewel_names_gem_names_female.htm
9: Parent's name, variation on parent's name, or name of a Harry Potter character
10 or 11: Roll again
12: Your choice or roll again
HOGWARTS AT LAST!
Roll for each child.
Year: 10-sided die; this will determine birth order
1: Not yet in Hogwarts, skip this category if you want to
2: 1st
3: 2nd
4: 3rd
5: 4th
6: 5th
7: 6th
8: 7th
9: Graduated, roll this category anyway for what they were like at school
10: Roll again
House: 8-sided die
1 or 5: Gryffindor
2 or 6: Hufflepuff
3 or 7: Ravenclaw
4 or 8: Slytherin
Favorite class: 6-sided die
1: Arithmancy, Astronomy or Ancient Runes
2: Care of Magical Creatures or Charms
3: Defense Against the Dark Arts or Divination
4: Flying or Herbology
5: History of Magic or Muggle Studies
6: Potions or Transfiguration
Personality/reputation: 6-sided die
1: Your choice OR not known for anything in particular
2: Prankster or class clown
3: Troublemaker or bully
4: Shy, nerdy or "weird"
5: Popular or friendly
6: Goody-goody/tattletale
Best friend is in: 6-sided die; feel free to roll through to create their friend if you're REALLY bored!
1: Gryffindor
2: Hufflepuff
3: Ravenclaw
4: Slytherin
5: Same house
6: Your choice or roll again
Dream job: 8-sided die
1: Shop owner (choose shop type)
2: Shop employee (choose shop type)
3: Ministry of Magic employee
4: Stay at home mom/dad
5: Auror
6: Hogwarts professor (choose class)
7: Professional Quidditch player
8: Your choice or roll again
Patronus: Choose an animal from the given category; 6-sided die
1: House pet or farm animal
2: Exotic animal
3: Magical/mythical creature
4: Reptile or insect
5: Bird
6: Your choice or roll again
Do they have a special ability? 10-sided die
1 through 9: No
10: Yes
If YES, it is: 6-sided die
1: Animagus (choose animal/creature)
2: Metamorphmagus (like Tonks)
3: Broomless flight
4: Wandless magic
5: Legilimency (telepathy)
6: Your choice or roll again
Quidditch player?: 8-sided die
1 through 7: No
8: Yes
If YES, position:
1 or 4: Chaser
2 or 5: Keeper
3 or 6: Beater
7: Seeker (if your family already has a seeker for this child's Hogwarts house, roll again)
8: Captain, roll again for their position
OPTIONAL: APPEARANCE
If what you roll for children doesn't make any sense (e.g. two blonds having a black-haired child) feel free to roll again or just pretend it's the result of a spell ;)
Hair texture: 6-sided die
1 or 4: Straight
2 or 5: Wavy
3 or 6: Curly
Hair color:
1: Brown
2: Blonde
3: Black
4: Ginger
5: Unusual color
6: Your choice or roll again
Eye color:
1: Brown
2: Blue
3: Grey
4: Green
5: Hazel
6: Your choice or roll again
Height: edit (thanks beethoven!) - if you roll a height that you feel is too short/tall for their gender or age, feel free to re-roll until you get one in a better range
1: Under 5 feet
2: 5'1" - 5'3"
3: 5'4" - 5'6"
4: 5'7" - 5'9"
5: 5'10" - 6'0"
6: Over 6'0"
Body type:
1 or 2: Average
3: Skinny
4: Fit/athletic
5: Chubby/fat
6: Your choice, roll again or curvy (if female and old enough :P)
IF YOU NEED A FORM
LN:
DH:
Blood status, occupation, former house
Appearance
DW:
Blood status, occupation, former house
Appearance
For each child-
Appearance:
Year and house:
Favorite class:
Known for (personality):
Best friend's house:
Dream job:
Patronus:
Special ability, if applicable:
Quidditch position, if applicable:
END - Now post your family!
Feel free to create as many families as you want, and even extend into generations if you're bored enough :) If you roll "your choice" for anything, that means it's completely up to you - you don't have to choose one of the given options unless you want to. Most importantly, have fun!
Dice: http://www.roll-dice-online.com/
BASICS
LN: 8-sided die
1: From this list: http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/100ens1991.php
2: Nature-related
3: Any non-English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh surname http://surnames.behindthename.com/
4: Animal-related
5: Same as a Harry Potter character
6: Hyphenated (your choice or roll again for the two names)
7: Generate a random surname (click the check box): http://www.behindthename.com/random/
8: Your choice or roll again
Parents' occupations: 8-sided die
1: Shop owner (choose shop type)
2: Shop employee (choose shop type)
3: Ministry of Magic employee
4: Stay at home mom/dad
5: Auror
6: Hogwarts professor (choose class)
7: Professional Quidditch player
8: Your choice or roll again
Blood status: Roll for each parent; 6-sided die
1: Muggle-born
2: Half-blood
3: Full-blood
4: Muggle
5: Half-breed (giant, veela, etc), squib OR your choice
6: Roll again
Parents' house: Roll for each unless they are a muggle; 8-sided die
1 or 5: Gryffindor
2 or 6: Hufflepuff
3 or 7: Ravenclaw
4 or 8: Slytherin
Number of births:
Roll 8-sided die; the number you get is the number of births.
Roll for each birth: 10-sided die
1, 2 or 3: DD
4, 5 or 6: DS
7: Your choice of gender
8: Identical twins (roll again with 6-sided die for gender or choose)
9: Fraternal twins (see above)
10: Triplets or higher (your choice; see above)
NAMES
Roll for each family member.
First name: 12-sided die
1: Randomly generate: http://www.behindthename.com/random/
2: From the bottom 50 of any country: http://www.behindthename.com/top/
3: A name that is a color or has a color meaning
4: Plug your favorite names into Nymbler and choose from the first page: http://nymbler.com/
5: Plug your "guilty pleasure"/most unusual favorite names into Nymbler and choose from the first page, link above
6: Plug the names of ANY Harry Potter characters into Nymbler and choose from the first page, link above
7: Choose from this (LONG) list http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/mysticalnames.htm
8: Gypsy http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/gypsynames.htm
9: Mythological http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/mythology
10: Use the first gender-appropriate name generated http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/britishfantasynames.htm
11: Roll again using the middle name list
12: Your choice or roll again
Middle name(s): 12-sided die, roll as many times as you'd like (some wizarding families have lots of middle names, after all!)
1: Roll again using the first name list
2: Constellation names http://www.perr.com/constellation.html
3: Angel names (most are unisex) http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/angels.htm
4: Space names http://nameberry.com/list/257/Space-Names
5: Welsh http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/welsh
6: Spice/Herb names http://www.20000-names.com/spice_names_herb_names.htm
7: Run any option on this generator and choose from the resulting list http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/
8: Jewel names (links to male and unisex above the google search box) http://www.20000-names.com/jewel_names_gem_names_female.htm
9: Parent's name, variation on parent's name, or name of a Harry Potter character
10 or 11: Roll again
12: Your choice or roll again
HOGWARTS AT LAST!
Roll for each child.
Year: 10-sided die; this will determine birth order
1: Not yet in Hogwarts, skip this category if you want to
2: 1st
3: 2nd
4: 3rd
5: 4th
6: 5th
7: 6th
8: 7th
9: Graduated, roll this category anyway for what they were like at school
10: Roll again
House: 8-sided die
1 or 5: Gryffindor
2 or 6: Hufflepuff
3 or 7: Ravenclaw
4 or 8: Slytherin
Favorite class: 6-sided die
1: Arithmancy, Astronomy or Ancient Runes
2: Care of Magical Creatures or Charms
3: Defense Against the Dark Arts or Divination
4: Flying or Herbology
5: History of Magic or Muggle Studies
6: Potions or Transfiguration
Personality/reputation: 6-sided die
1: Your choice OR not known for anything in particular
2: Prankster or class clown
3: Troublemaker or bully
4: Shy, nerdy or "weird"
5: Popular or friendly
6: Goody-goody/tattletale
Best friend is in: 6-sided die; feel free to roll through to create their friend if you're REALLY bored!
1: Gryffindor
2: Hufflepuff
3: Ravenclaw
4: Slytherin
5: Same house
6: Your choice or roll again
Dream job: 8-sided die
1: Shop owner (choose shop type)
2: Shop employee (choose shop type)
3: Ministry of Magic employee
4: Stay at home mom/dad
5: Auror
6: Hogwarts professor (choose class)
7: Professional Quidditch player
8: Your choice or roll again
Patronus: Choose an animal from the given category; 6-sided die
1: House pet or farm animal
2: Exotic animal
3: Magical/mythical creature
4: Reptile or insect
5: Bird
6: Your choice or roll again
Do they have a special ability? 10-sided die
1 through 9: No
10: Yes
If YES, it is: 6-sided die
1: Animagus (choose animal/creature)
2: Metamorphmagus (like Tonks)
3: Broomless flight
4: Wandless magic
5: Legilimency (telepathy)
6: Your choice or roll again
Quidditch player?: 8-sided die
1 through 7: No
8: Yes
If YES, position:
1 or 4: Chaser
2 or 5: Keeper
3 or 6: Beater
7: Seeker (if your family already has a seeker for this child's Hogwarts house, roll again)
8: Captain, roll again for their position
OPTIONAL: APPEARANCE
If what you roll for children doesn't make any sense (e.g. two blonds having a black-haired child) feel free to roll again or just pretend it's the result of a spell ;)
Hair texture: 6-sided die
1 or 4: Straight
2 or 5: Wavy
3 or 6: Curly
Hair color:
1: Brown
2: Blonde
3: Black
4: Ginger
5: Unusual color
6: Your choice or roll again
Eye color:
1: Brown
2: Blue
3: Grey
4: Green
5: Hazel
6: Your choice or roll again
Height: edit (thanks beethoven!) - if you roll a height that you feel is too short/tall for their gender or age, feel free to re-roll until you get one in a better range
1: Under 5 feet
2: 5'1" - 5'3"
3: 5'4" - 5'6"
4: 5'7" - 5'9"
5: 5'10" - 6'0"
6: Over 6'0"
Body type:
1 or 2: Average
3: Skinny
4: Fit/athletic
5: Chubby/fat
6: Your choice, roll again or curvy (if female and old enough :P)
IF YOU NEED A FORM
LN:
DH:
Blood status, occupation, former house
Appearance
DW:
Blood status, occupation, former house
Appearance
For each child-
Appearance:
Year and house:
Favorite class:
Known for (personality):
Best friend's house:
Dream job:
Patronus:
Special ability, if applicable:
Quidditch position, if applicable:
END - Now post your family!
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