Build-A-Character Tables - Superstitions & Beliefs 100 System and Setting Free Ideas for Character Building
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Build-a-Character: Superstitions & Beliefs
System-Free • Setting-Free • 100 Entries
What little quirks of belief guide your character’s life? Do they toss salt over their shoulder to ward off spirits? Refuse to whistle indoors for fear of inviting misfortune? Or tie a ribbon to a tree so their wish will be heard?
This d100 table of Superstitions & Beliefs is a toolkit for players and GMs to flesh out characters with vivid details that transcend genre. From slapstick lucky charms to grim omens of death, these traditions and taboos give your PCs and NPCs unique personality hooks that influence how they act, what they fear, and what they hold sacred.
Whether you’re building a haunted adventurer, a quirky inventor, a devout wanderer, or a modern skeptic with one guilty ritual, this collection helps bring them to life. Perfect for roleplay prompts, worldbuilding flavor, or even weaving into plot hooks and cultural lore.
Dare you knock three times before entering… or risk what lies beyond?
