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Message no. 1
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:59:12 -0400
I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the fly
for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are no
prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar names
today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually name
our bars anyways...

Enjoy...

RANDOM BAR NAME GENERATOR

To generate a random Bar name (Or even a restuarant, Dance Club, or Hotel),
simply roll once and put the names together using the Adjective-Noun
method, which is simply placing the Adjective before the Noun. :]

ADJECTIVE (4d6)

4. Iron
5. Oozing
6. Glass
7. Plastic
8. Blue
9. Silver
10. Asphalt
11. Bleeding
12. Steel
13. Green
14. Yellow
15. Neon
16. Sleeping
17. Orange
18. Granite
19. Falling
20. Invisible
21. Purple
22. Copper
23. Black
24. Red

NOUN (4d6)

4. Dwarf
5. Cockroach
6. Stump
7. Horse
8. Mug
9. Elf
10. Robot
11. Tongue
12. Spider
13. Troll
14. Nuyen
15. Coin
16. Pistol
17. Drunkard
18. Pill
19, Dog
20. Ork
21. Elephant
22. Pope
23. Duckling
24. Vampire

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Message no. 2
From: Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:21:37 +0500
On 26 Aug 97 at 21:59, Bull wrote:

> RANDOM BAR NAME GENERATOR

Hehe, this is fun, but kinda silly. Here's what I got just now when I
tried it:

Sleeping Nuyen
Granite Drunkard
Steel Troll

Oh man.

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Message no. 3
From: Mike Sapp <cynner29@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:23:55 -0400
At 09:59 PM 8/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the fly
>for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are no
>prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar names
>today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually name
>our bars anyways...
>
Thanks, I've got the same problem, once playing **&* I was stuck for a
name, spied a Kellogg's Flakes box, and whipped up The Inn of the Rising
Cock. Needless to say the game quickly lost focus.
Message no. 4
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:53:59 -0400
At 10:23 PM 8/26/97 -0400, Mike Sapp wrote these timeless words:
>At 09:59 PM 8/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the fly
>>for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are no
>>prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar names
>>today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually name
>>our bars anyways...
>>
> Thanks, I've got the same problem, once playing **&* I was stuck
for a
>name, spied a Kellogg's Flakes box, and whipped up The Inn of the Rising
>Cock. Needless to say the game quickly lost focus.
>
LOL!

God, I could imagine...:]

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Message no. 5
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:53:56 -0400
At 10:21 PM 8/26/97 +0500, Drekhead wrote these timeless words:
>On 26 Aug 97 at 21:59, Bull wrote:
>
>> RANDOM BAR NAME GENERATOR
>
>Hehe, this is fun, but kinda silly. Here's what I got just now when I
>tried it:
>
>Sleeping Nuyen
>Granite Drunkard
>Steel Troll
>
>Oh man.
>
Hey, throw the word "The" in front those, and they aren't any worse than
most real bar names...;]

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Message no. 6
From: Gweedo The Killer Pimp <yawas@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:18:01 -0500
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:59:12 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
>I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the
>fly
>for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are
>no
>prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar
>names
>today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually
>name
>our bars anyways...

You know, theres probably a Random Generator for everthing somewheres out
on the net, now that I have this my collection is complete. How long did
this take you?

>Enjoy...

I tried this and I got
Invisible Duckling

I don't know, I might get laughed at for a little while before I could
get back to the Game!

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Message no. 7
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:21:24 -0400
At 11:18 PM 8/26/97 -0500, Gweedo The Killer Pimp wrote these timeless words:
>On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:59:12 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
>>I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the
>>fly
>>for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are
>>no
>>prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar
>>names
>>today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually
>>name
>>our bars anyways...
>
>You know, theres probably a Random Generator for everthing somewheres out
>on the net, now that I have this my collection is complete. How long did
>this take you?
>
Heh... About 5 minutes...:] And this thing could easily be expanded...
i'll probably try to do up a larger list, like 100 each, and make it
available through the net...;]

>>Enjoy...
>
>I tried this and I got
>Invisible Duckling
>
>I don't know, I might get laughed at for a little while before I could
>get back to the Game!
>
Hey... _I'D_ visit The Invisibly Duckling! :]

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Message no. 8
From: Gweedo The Killer Pimp <yawas@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:41:19 -0500
On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:21:24 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:

>Heh... About 5 minutes...:]

5 minutes huh? I probably would've had to have spent 10 for the whole
thing.

>Hey... _I'D_ visit The Invisibly Duckling! :]

Would you go as a Wendigo, or as something else entirely?

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Message no. 9
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:52:41 -0400
At 11:41 PM 8/26/97 -0500, Gweedo The Killer Pimp wrote these timeless words:
>On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:21:24 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
>
>>Heh... About 5 minutes...:]
>
>5 minutes huh? I probably would've had to have spent 10 for the whole
>thing.
>
Random names and the like are easy...:]

>>Hey... _I'D_ visit The Invisibly Duckling! :]
>
>Would you go as a Wendigo, or as something else entirely?
>
Now that would be telling, wouldn't it? :]

See ya at the Invisible Duckling! :]

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Message no. 10
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:37:34 -0400
>>I tried this and I got
>>Invisible Duckling
>>
>>I don't know, I might get laughed at for a little while before I could
>>get back to the Game!
>>
>Hey... _I'D_ visit The Invisibly Duckling! :]

And while you're there remind Caric that he still owes me a drink from when
you guys missed me at Gen Con I planned on collecting that drink when I as
there. But hey maybe next year I think I gonna make reservations at the
Hyatt in Dec for 98,so all I have to do is walk over to the con.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nightlife Inc.
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Message no. 11
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:51:49 -0400
At 01:37 AM 8/27/97 -0400, NightLife wrote these timeless words:

>>Hey... _I'D_ visit The Invisibly Duckling! :]
>
>And while you're there remind Caric that he still owes me a drink from when
>you guys missed me at Gen Con I planned on collecting that drink when I as
>there. But hey maybe next year I think I gonna make reservations at the
>Hyatt in Dec for 98,so all I have to do is walk over to the con.
>
This is a bit early for planning, but...

UWM was great, very spacious, and cheap. I'd like to, as GC grows closer,
to try and arrange something so that we can get a large gorup there. It
would also make having a List Party MUCH easier, and there is a lot of room
for a party tehre...;]

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Message no. 12
From: James Lindsay <jlindsay@******.CA>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 06:49:37 GMT
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:59:12 -0400, Bull wrote:

> I am absolutely terrible when it comes to coming up with names on the fly
> for some reason. When I get forced to describe a bar, the details are no
> prob, but I canb never think of a name. So I was thinking about bar names
> today, and came up with a Randome Generator based on how we usually name
> our bars anyways...

Once you figure out the name of the bar, you will undoubtedly need to
know what happens to your characters that wish to spend the evening
there. I thereby bring you the "Random Bar Encounter Tables",
shamelessly stolen from the Traveller Mailing List many moons ago
(original author: Peter H. Brenton pete@********.uchicago.edu).




===========================
Random Bar Encounter Tables
===========================


Table 1 Drunkenness (assumes active intake)
==========================================

By the end/middle of the evening the character is:

(2d6)

2. Passed out under a table. +8 on the Getting Lucky Table
3. Really Drunk plus has other intoxicants (appropriate to character
and location) in her/his system. Actions are very uncontrolled. +6
on Getting Lucky Table. 50% chance of forcible emptying of stomach
contents.
4. "Quite Drunk", other intoxicants optional (25% chance). +4 on
Getting Lucky table. 10% chance of forced stomach content ejection.
Actions uncontrolled.
5. "Toasted". +2 on Getting Lucky Table. Actions are poorly
controlled.
6. "Buzzing". +2 on Getting Lucky table. Judgement is very impaired.
7. Tipsy. Judgement impaired. +1 on "getting Lucky" Table
8. "High". Euphorics are primary intoxicants. judgement impaired. +2
on getting lucky table. Happy feeling with 5% chance of a paranoid
event.
9. "Flying". Euphorics are definitely at work. Judgement truly
unreliable. +3 on getting lucky table. 20% chance of a paranoid
event.
10. "Wicked High". Truly stratospheric. Occasional belief in ability
to fly without a grav belt. Judgement nonexistent. 50% chance of a
paranoid event. +4 on the getting lucky table.
11. "Crashing". A bit overdone. Rather than wanting to fly, this
person wants to die. Paranoid events are 100% likely. 50% chance
of mixed substances which could lead to stomach ejection (25%)
which will probably make this person feel better anyway. +6 on get
lucky table.
12. "Doing the Belushi". Get this poor sod medical treatment. State:
Comatose. Definite mixed substances present.


2. The Get lucky table
======================

Bars are often a place where people go to get picked up. However,
they are not often a good place to go to get picked up. Reroll
results which do not make any sense for the setting.

2A. How Lucky
=============

Apply the get lucky DM from the drunkenness table.

(2d6)

2. Character goes home with the most attractive being (of their
preference) in the place (which is not always saying much). They
have a beautiful experience together. Subsequent events to be
decided by the GM.
3. Character goes home with an attractive being (add 4 to partner type
roll. The experience is excellent.
4-6. Character Goes home with someone. Add 2 to partner type roll.
The experience is rated on a d10 roll-- "10" being excellent, "1"
being impotent. Use positive DM from drunkenness table as a
negative DM on the experience rating. If the character did not
imbibe at all, add 3.
7-9. Character is rejected. They may roll again at the very end of
the night with a +4 "desperateness" penalty.
10. Character goes home with someone, anyone, out of desperation or
intoxication. Use the same method of rating the experience as in
4-6, but with a -2 DM. Generally a cheap encounter. No modification
to the partner type table.
11. Character sleeps with "something that moves". 50% chance that
they have sex in a restroom or phone booth (or other appropriate
setting). Always a cheap experience. Apply a -2 to the partner
type roll. Apply a -4 to the experience rating roll.
12. "I remember Going home with this person, but not what happened
when we got there." Character blanks or blacks out when at the
scene of the encounter. Apply a -5 to the experience roll (for the
other participant, the character remembers nothing). If not
intoxicated, the character is "slipped a mickey" by their potential
partner.
13. "Oh my god, *WHO* is this next to me and where am I". The
character remembers nothing after entering the bar the night
before. Partner roll is at -3 (effectively random). Roll a single
d6 for the experience rating.
14. "Oh my god, *WHAT* is this next to me and where am I". Apply a -5
to the partner roll. If human, This partner is quite scary and
potentially (50%) dangerous (per the GM, one suggestion: Obsessive
directed at the character).


2B. Partner Type
================

Use this table to determine whether the characters lover is male,
female or alien. If alien, roll without modifications. If another
"My Alien Lover" result is rolled, this creature is from an alien race
without the usual two sexes (GM should make something interesting up).

Example, A (generally) heterosexual human male rolls a 5 on this
table, lover is a human male.

(2d6)

2 or 3 "My Alien Lover"
4 to 6 Contrary to Usual preferences
7 to 12 Usual Preference

Note: Characters should determine their level of homophobia/
heterophobia or xenophobia and react as is appropriate to such an
encounter


Optional Modifiers
==================

If you use charisma, A character with a high charisma should get a -1
for every point above 8 on the Getting Lucky table.

If chasing a specific person, events should be decided by the GM.

The getting Lucky table assumes the character is actively seeking a
sexual encounter. If they are not, but are "quite drunk" or "flying"
or worse, roll anyway. If they still aren't rolling, there is a 50%
chance (modified by +5% for each charisma point over 8, -5% for each
charisma point below 6, and 5% for each SS point over 9) they will be
hit upon by someone else. Use the drunkenness and partner type tables
to determine the state of the potential lover.

Certain people seem to always be able to find just the lover they want
on any place, at any time, no matter what their state. This often goes
along with a high charisma as well. If the GM decides a PC or (more
likely) NPC leads such "blessed" life, give them a -3 to -8 modifier
on the get lucky table, as appropriate.

If a character expresses no sexual preference (or rather, expresses
that they prefer one sex no more than the other) use the Lover type
table to determine only whether the lover is alien, then roll gender
randomly (50-50).

Cheap Slut Bonus. (aka "Rob's DM"). Someone with a reputation for
"sleeping around" has a higher likelihood of getting the cheap end of
the encounter table, and of getting any at all. apply the -4
desperation modifier to anyone who fits this category, and allow them
to make a second roll if they are rejected at the same DM.

Persuasion, Act/Bluff, etc. Certain skills can modify the rolls on
this table. Depending on the version of Traveller you use, apply the
skill level (not asset) for persuasion skill as a DM to the getting
lucky table (subtract the skill level from the roll) and to the
partner type table (add the skill to the roll). All modifiers are
additive by the way. Other skills should be treated the same way if
the GM decides they are applicable.



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the grace to accept the things I cannot,
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Message no. 13
From: Jaymz <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:56:11 -0500
At 12:52 AM 8/27/97 -0400, Bull wrote:
#At 11:41 PM 8/26/97 -0500, Gweedo The Killer Pimp wrote these timeless words:
#>On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:21:24 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
#>
#>>Heh... About 5 minutes...:]
#>
#>5 minutes huh? I probably would've had to have spent 10 for the whole
#>thing.
#>
#Random names and the like are easy...:]

Umm, didn't you make this table because you found it difficult to come up
with random names?
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Message no. 14
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Random Bar Generator
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 17:12:39 -0400
At 08:56 AM 8/27/97 -0500, Jaymz wrote these timeless words:
>At 12:52 AM 8/27/97 -0400, Bull wrote:
>#At 11:41 PM 8/26/97 -0500, Gweedo The Killer Pimp wrote these timeless
words:
>#>On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:21:24 -0400 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
>#>
>#>>Heh... About 5 minutes...:]
>#>
>#>5 minutes huh? I probably would've had to have spent 10 for the whole
>#>thing.
>#>
>#Random names and the like are easy...:]
>
>Umm, didn't you make this table because you found it difficult to come up
>with random names?
>
No, I made it cause I find it hard to come up with random names when I NEED
to... M<sigh> i'm wierd that way...

I have absolutely no probs with it at 3 AM when I REALLY bored though...;]

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