About humanoid names
Original body plans take shape through results like "Enormous flappy ears" on a wide head "covered in scaly ridges" or arms ending in "claw-like hands with stubby fingers". Each line settles one region, so a handful of rolls produces a species no bestiary already owns. Useful when your setting needs natives who are clearly not elves, orcs, or reskins.
How humanoid names are built
This describes a humanoid's anatomy rather than naming it. Templates run head to foot, eyes and nose and mouth, ears and head covering, torso and arms and hands, legs and feet, then skin and shoulders, with two parallel sets so a creature can read as monstrous (scaly ridges, bony spikes, a tail) or ordinary. Around fifty banks feed the slots, including a 27-entry skin pool and a 26-entry head-covering pool. Roll a region and read its sentence as one line of a character's physical build.
On either side of its horned, fur-matted head sit small, rounded pierced ears, the whole of it sheathed in tangled banded scales.
region: ears and head (monstrous set) + covers the ears, head, and covering and growths
On either side of its crested, angular head sit long, pointed feathered ears, the whole of it sheathed in matted spines.
region: ears and head (monstrous set) + covers the ears, head, and covering and growths
A coat of drooping folds sheaths the body, and the shoulders sit even with the pelvis, trailing a thin, whip-like tail.
region: skin and shoulders (monstrous set) + covers the skin, shoulder ratio and a tail clause
Naming notes
Assemble the figure region by region: face, ears and head, upper body and hands, legs and feet, then skin and shoulders. The monstrous set adds horns, spines, ridges and a tail ('trailing a thin, whip-like tail'), while the plain set keeps to hair and unremarkable builds, so choose a set per creature to keep it consistent. Details matter, coverings and markings are stated, so the output doubles as a sketch reference for an artist.
Questions about humanoid names
- Does this generate humanoid names?
- No, it describes the body. Each pull returns a sentence covering one region, face, ears, arms, legs, skin, so you build a full figure by rolling head to foot.
- How do I describe one whole humanoid?
- Roll each region in order: eyes and face, ears and head, torso and arms, legs and feet, then skin and shoulders. The independent rolls combine into one consistent creature.
- Can I make the result look monstrous or human?
- Yes. There are two parallel template sets: one adds horns, spines, ridges and a tail; the other keeps to hair and plainer builds. Pick one set per creature and the body stays coherent.