Character Family Background Rules

Character Social Background

After accepting a set of ability scores, players roll 2d6 for social standing (Soc) and family background according to the tables below. These tables assume a pseudo-medieval, human society.

Based on the character’s Soc characteristic, the player selects the appropriate parent profession table and rolls for the parent’s profession. This may be either parent, or a guardian, but the dominant parent-figure, and one with the highest social standing, in the character’s life. For D66, roll 2 differently colored 6-sided dice, designating one as the tens digit and the other as the ones.

1d6	Soc 12 – Nobility
1	Idler
2-3	Landlord
4-5	Military Officer
6	Ruler

1d6	Soc 11 – Upper Class
1	Administrator
2	Idler
3-4	Landlord
5-6	Military Officer

D66	Soc 9-10 – Middle Class
11-12	Apothecarist
13-14	Architect/Engineer
15-16	Barrister
21-26	Bureaucrat
31	Gem-cutter/Jeweler
32	Idler
33-43	Military Officer
44-45	Moneylender
46	Sage
51-52	Sea Captain
53	Surgeon/Physician
54-56	Trader
Other	Re-roll

1d6	Soc 8 – Freeholder
1-2	Farmer (freeholder)
3-6	Freeholder (see sub table)

1d6	Soc 4-7 – Working Class
1-2	Citizen (see sub table)
3-4	Farmer (tenant)
5-6	Fisherman

1d6	Soc 2-3 – Indigent
1-2	Beggar
3-4	Indentured
5-6	Slave

1d6	Citizen Sub table
1	Laborer
2	Sailor
3	Servant
4-5	Soldier/Guardsman
6	Woodsman

D66	Freeholder Sub table
11	Armorer
12	Artist
13-14	Baker
15	Barber
16-21	Blacksmith
22	Bookbinder
23-24	Brewer or Vinter
25	Bureaucrat
26-32	Carpenter
33	Clerk
34	Glazier
35-36	Grocer
41-44	Hostler or Publican
45	Idler
46	Joiner
51-53	Mason
54	Musician/Actor
55	Miller
56-61	Painter
62	Shipwright
63-64	Shopkeeper
65	Tailor
66	Weaponsmith

Dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings do not roll for social standing. Half-elves roll as humans. Half-orcs are always indigent.