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I made a randomized story generator, which still leaves a lot of creative freedom. I'm hoping it's useful for brainstorming, or if (like me) you have a very fertile imagination and have more trouble narrowing down your ideas than finding one. If you don't have all the requisite dice (e.g., d20's and d10's), simply use this online dice-roller.



The story must involve (roll a d3): (The faction or character rolled must feature somewhat prominently in the story, though they do not need to be the protagonists. For an additional challenge, you may roll more than once.)

1. Servants of the Imperium (roll a further d20):




2. Criminals, heretics and servants of Chaos (roll a further d10):




3. Xenos (roll a further d6):





Theme of the story (roll a d20):

1. Loyalty
2. Betrayal
3. Survival
4. Sacrifice
5. Corruption
6. Redemption
7. Faith
8. Doubt
9. Pride or hubris
10. A debt to be repaid
11. Failure – its weight, its price
12. The enemy of your enemy
13. Knowledge is power…
14. …and power corrupts
15. A moment of weakness
16. A necessary evil
17. The dead, their remembrance, their legacy
18. The darkness within
19. The making of a hero
20. A very low-stakes story


Format, style or tone of the story (roll a d10): (Optional, as some of the possibilities are quite challenging.)

1. A story in the third person
2. A story in the first person
3. A letter or report
4. A heavy-handed morality tale or propaganda piece
5. A fragment of an in-universe play
6. The transcript of an audio communication
7. A story with an abrupt twist ending
8. A story with an unreliable narrator
9. A story within a story
10. The same story from two or more different perspectives

So I got. Transcript of an audio communication between Orks concerning the rememberance of the dead.... Errrm ok...

"Sir, we intercepted this transmission an hour ago over short wave comms. It's the Greenskins' Boss, Sir. I mean, its about the enemy's HQ. We think there's been some sort of Coup."

"We'll play the damn thing! I havnt got all day."

"Sir!"

+++ All Dakka-jets return ta base... Dat's all Dakka-jets, drop yer gak now an' get yer green arses back on deck right the zog now! +++
+++ Who sez so? Who izziss?+++
+++ It's yer new Boss gakka-jet. Now land dat burd afore my Snazzgunnas blows ya outa da sky!+++
+++ What 'appened ta RazzNaz? Last I hurd he's da Boss of da Dakka-Wing. I only takes orders from RazzNazz.+++
+++ If ya can find a Wierdboy dat talks ta da dead I reckon his orders'll be "do whatever the zog GrodMek GearGrinda tells ya!" I'm da BigMek round here and dis is my Waaagh now. So either you land my jetz or I collect dem as scrap.+++
+++All Dakka-jets, GrodMek's orders, drop yer loadz an bring it in. +++
+++ An' if I hears one more word 'bout that zog-fer-brains Gak-Mek RazzNazz I'd be surprised if my Snazzgunnas let a single one-ov-yas land. Got it?+++
+++ copy dat BossMek.+++