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I remember having a lot of fun doing this a few months ago, so I thought I’d repost it! Happy holidays :)
Use an 8-sided die: http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm
Parents
One of the parents is a prince or princess: it's up to you which. Roll everything but 'title' for them. The setting can be fictional, or a real country, and you can use any time period! Their names are up to you. The marriage can be for love, arranged for political gain, or a mixture.
Title
1: Prince/Princess
2: Archduke/Archduchess
3: Duke/Duchess
4: Count/Countess
5: Viscount/Viscountess
6: Baron/Baroness
7: Lord/Lady
8: None
Hair Texture:
1-2: Curly
3-5: Wavy
6-8: Straight
Hair Colour:
1-2: Blonde
3-5: Brown
6: Red
7-8: Black
Eye Colour:
1-2: Blue
3-4: Brown
5: Grey
6-7: Green
8: Hazel
Roll for how the country is governed and the monarchy's role:
Government
1-2: Monarchy holds absolute power and is responsible to no one
3-4: The monarch is free to do what they like, but must answer to an assembly of some kind
5-6: The monarch has a small amount of power: most is wielded by a democratic government
7-8: The monarch is merely a figurehead, often used as an international representative - the government wields all legislative powers
*****
Events
1: Political event
2: Family event
3: Child event
4: Political event
5. Family event
6. Child event
7. Family event
8. Child event
*****
Political events
1: A natural disaster strikes the country
2: A major politician is assassinated
3: The country goes to war
4: A revolutionary group is gathering popularity; if rolled in two consecutive years, the revolutionary group overthrows the government - consequences are up to you!
5: An alliance is formed with another country
6: Another country becomes an enemy
7: Roll a 100-sided die: the number rolled is the percentage of the population who like the current monarch - the consequences of this are up to you
8: The government experiences a major upheaval - reroll the Government section
*****
Family event ROLL 1-12 HERE!
1-3: The current monarch dies - their eldest child (of a preferred gender, if you want to play like that) takes the throne
4: Someone is injured or ill (permanently or temporarily is up to you)
5: A member of the immediate family passes away
6-8: Someone over 18 gets married
9: A royal divorce occurs! Any one royal couple gets a divorce. Or, someone remarries.
10: The family gets a pet
11: Someone is involved in a media scandal
12: A parent and child fight
*****
Child event
1-2: Baby boy
3-4: Baby girl
5: Boy/girl twins
6: Same-gender twins (gender your choice)
7: Triplets (genders your choice)
8: High-number multiples (see the multiples section below)
Multiples
1-4: 4 children
5-6: 5 children
7: 6 children
8: 7 children
Genders are up to you; roll for names and looks as below.
Names (roll for first and however many middles you like)
1: Begins with a vowel
2: Ends with a vowel
3: https://nameberry.com/list/20/Antique-Baby-Names-Ready-for-Restoration?all=1
4: Enter any sibling's names here: http://www.nymbler.com/ and choose any names that come up
5: Begins with a consonant
6: From your PNL (or one of your favourites, if you don't have one)
7: Shared with a literary character
8: Free choice
Hair texture
1-3: Same as a parent
4: Curly
5-6: Wavy
7-8: Straight
Hair colour
1-2: Same as a parent
3-4: Blonde
5-6: Brown
7: Red
8: Black
Eye colour
1-3: Same as a parent
4-5: Blue
6-7: Brown
8: Green, grey or hazel
I hope you have a lovely day :)
Use an 8-sided die: http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm
Parents
One of the parents is a prince or princess: it's up to you which. Roll everything but 'title' for them. The setting can be fictional, or a real country, and you can use any time period! Their names are up to you. The marriage can be for love, arranged for political gain, or a mixture.
Title
1: Prince/Princess
2: Archduke/Archduchess
3: Duke/Duchess
4: Count/Countess
5: Viscount/Viscountess
6: Baron/Baroness
7: Lord/Lady
8: None
Hair Texture:
1-2: Curly
3-5: Wavy
6-8: Straight
Hair Colour:
1-2: Blonde
3-5: Brown
6: Red
7-8: Black
Eye Colour:
1-2: Blue
3-4: Brown
5: Grey
6-7: Green
8: Hazel
Roll for how the country is governed and the monarchy's role:
Government
1-2: Monarchy holds absolute power and is responsible to no one
3-4: The monarch is free to do what they like, but must answer to an assembly of some kind
5-6: The monarch has a small amount of power: most is wielded by a democratic government
7-8: The monarch is merely a figurehead, often used as an international representative - the government wields all legislative powers
*****
Events
1: Political event
2: Family event
3: Child event
4: Political event
5. Family event
6. Child event
7. Family event
8. Child event
*****
Political events
1: A natural disaster strikes the country
2: A major politician is assassinated
3: The country goes to war
4: A revolutionary group is gathering popularity; if rolled in two consecutive years, the revolutionary group overthrows the government - consequences are up to you!
5: An alliance is formed with another country
6: Another country becomes an enemy
7: Roll a 100-sided die: the number rolled is the percentage of the population who like the current monarch - the consequences of this are up to you
8: The government experiences a major upheaval - reroll the Government section
*****
Family event ROLL 1-12 HERE!
1-3: The current monarch dies - their eldest child (of a preferred gender, if you want to play like that) takes the throne
4: Someone is injured or ill (permanently or temporarily is up to you)
5: A member of the immediate family passes away
6-8: Someone over 18 gets married
9: A royal divorce occurs! Any one royal couple gets a divorce. Or, someone remarries.
10: The family gets a pet
11: Someone is involved in a media scandal
12: A parent and child fight
*****
Child event
1-2: Baby boy
3-4: Baby girl
5: Boy/girl twins
6: Same-gender twins (gender your choice)
7: Triplets (genders your choice)
8: High-number multiples (see the multiples section below)
Multiples
1-4: 4 children
5-6: 5 children
7: 6 children
8: 7 children
Genders are up to you; roll for names and looks as below.
Names (roll for first and however many middles you like)
1: Begins with a vowel
2: Ends with a vowel
3: https://nameberry.com/list/20/Antique-Baby-Names-Ready-for-Restoration?all=1
4: Enter any sibling's names here: http://www.nymbler.com/ and choose any names that come up
5: Begins with a consonant
6: From your PNL (or one of your favourites, if you don't have one)
7: Shared with a literary character
8: Free choice
Hair texture
1-3: Same as a parent
4: Curly
5-6: Wavy
7-8: Straight
Hair colour
1-2: Same as a parent
3-4: Blonde
5-6: Brown
7: Red
8: Black
Eye colour
1-3: Same as a parent
4-5: Blue
6-7: Brown
8: Green, grey or hazel
I hope you have a lovely day :)
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