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3lbb, ad&d, as&sh, basic d&d, bfrpg, character generator, character sheet, delving deeper, henchmen, hirelings, Holmes Basic, holmes basic d&d, labyrinth lord, lists, mutant future, od&d, oec, old school gaming, original d&d, ose, osr, osric, swords & wizardry, traveller, whitebox, whitebox: fmag
I love random character generators. As a DM, they are great for quickly generating a party for a spur-of-the-moment pickup game, or for that henchman or major NPC. Here are the old-school RPG character generators I know of, let me know if there are any more out there and I’ll add them to the list (updated 2025-06-04).
- AD&D 1e (Dragonsfoot)
- AD&D 1e (DMG NPC generator – dwarvenautomata.com)
- AS&SH (PDF)
- AS&SH (gizmomathboy.com)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (campaignwiki.org)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (chacowingnut)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (dndcharacter.com)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (dizzydragon.net)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- Basic (B/X / OSE) D&D (totalpartykill.ca)
- Basic Fantasy RPG (github.io)
- Basic Fantasy RPG (Quick Character Generator document – PDF or ODT)
- Basic Fantasy RPG (perchance.org)
- BLUEHOLME Prentice (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- Classic Traveller (devilghost.com)
- Delving Deeper (character.totalpartykill.ca)
- Holmes Basic D&D (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- Holmes Basic D&D (character.totalpartykill.ca)
- Labyrinth Lord (campaignwiki.org)
- Labyrinth Lord (truculent.org – PDF output)
- Labyrinth Lord (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- Labyrinth Lord OEC (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- Mutant Future (mfchargen.com – may be offline)
- OD&D – First three books (3 LBBs) only (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- OD&D – First three books (3 LBBs) only (character.totalpartykill.ca)
- Swords & Wizardry Whitebox (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
- White Box FMAG (osr.smolderingwizard.com)
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