{"id":4687,"date":"2003-07-21T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2003-07-21T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2003-07-21T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2003-07-21T17:00:33","slug":"i_am_not_a_numb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/21\/i_am_not_a_numb.html","title":{"rendered":"I am not a number! I am a human being!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not any more, bub, what with the UPC Bar Code Character Generater<\/a>. Just take a UPC barcode, key it into the page (or scan it with a wand, I suppose, if your PC is so equipped), and get a fully-fleshed-out PC or NPC, complete with stats and background. Cool.<\/p>\n

So, for example, the copy of Starship Troopers <\/i>I’m reading at the moment produces …<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

STR: 17 [+3]
\nDEX: 11 [+0]
\nCON: 11 [+0]
\nINT: 14 [+2]
\nWIS: 7 [-2]
\nCHA: 17 [+3]
\nTotal ability modifier: +6
\nWhere you were raised: (see Hero Builder’s Guide for details)
\nTemperature Zone: Cold (arctic or subarctic)
\nTerrain: Forest
\nCommunity Size: Religious, Arcane, Monastic, or Military Compound
\nFamily notes:
\nEconomic Status: Military Support
\nSocial Standing: Positive Religious, Arcane, Monastic or Military Affiliation
\nFamily Defense Readiness: Rudimentary
\nPrivate Ethics: Fair
\nPublic Ethics: Normal
\nReligious Commitment: Strong
\nReputation: Unknown
\nPolitical Views: Enfranchised
\nPower Structure: Divided
\nAncestors of Note: Villian
\nEducation:
\nEarly Childhood Instruction: Arts
\nFormal Education: Agriculture
\nLearning a Trade: Hunter\/Trapper
\nLife Events (thus far):
\nEarly Childhood events: Became a Refugee
\nYouth Events: Crime
\nPivotal Events: No Pivotal Events
\nRelationships:
\nParents: Adoptive or Foster Parents
\nSiblings: Only Child
\nGrandparents: One Grandparent on Each Side Alive
\nExtended Family: Few Living Relatives
\nFriends: No Friends
\nEnemies: Jilted Lover
\nInstructors: No Instructors of Note<\/p>\n

Again, cool (and a few amusing parallels to the source book, which is pure coincidence).<\/p>\n

(via SfAD<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not any more, bub, what with the UPC Bar Code Character Generater. 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