Here it is...the last sibling's child branch of the royal family for my Ballads of Dawn game...at least, until I need to fill in details for one of the lesser branches. I decided that I'll do that if I encounter one of those characters, and if I need to know those details. Otherwise, I'm content to let this tree stay as it is for now.
Gael is 82 years old, has had 2 spouses, and 5 children with them. Both ex-spouse and current spouse are alive.
Assumptions:
- Winged it on marriage length of first partner with a 2d4 roll and re-rolled if over 30. Then, rolled for a gap with a d12.
- Children were born between Gael's age of 20 to 55, a 35 year timespan. The minimum possible age of the youngest child is 27, and the maximum possible age of the oldest is 62.
- Children from 2nd marriage were born within wedlock.
- Gael is more free-spirited, so ancestries for spouses are evenly weighted.
- 1: Human
- 2: Elf
- 3: Dwarf
- 4: Beastfolk (roll on Animals)
- 5: Orc
- 6: Goblin
- Birth parent decided by 50/50 coin flip, with Gael as heads and spouse as tails.
- Number of notable partners and children are d4 rolls.
- 50/50 chance of having notable partners, and 50/50 chance of having children.
Spouse 1 Branch
Marriage Length: 22 years
A couple of rolls helped me decide that Gael got married to the first spouse (or at least, entered into a "notable" relationship) at age 20. The marriage dissolved when Gael was 42. There was an 11-year gap between marriages, and Gael re-married at age 53. This leaves a 2-year (with some wiggle room) period for children to occur for the 2nd spouse.
D20 table for Spouse 1 Children ages, where I rolled for what year of the marriage they were born in:
- 1 through 17: Use number as year.
- 17 through 20: Roll a d6, then use...
- 1 = 17
- 2 = 18
- 3 = 19
- 4 = 20
- 5 = 21
- 6 = 22
- For 2nd child, re-roll if the number is lower than the 1st child's, same for third but with 2nd's.
Simultaneous Child Check (d20):
- 1-5: Twins
- 6-14: Separate
- 15-20: Concurrent
- Result: Separate
Child 1
- Name: Basti
- Gender: Male (he/him)
- Ancestry: Half Human/Half Dwarf
- Birthing Parent: Spouse
- Age: 60
- Life Status (Likely): Alive
- Number of Partners: None
- Number of Children: None
Child 2
- Name: Carmil
- Gender: Non-binary (they/them)
- Ancestry: Half Human/Half Dwarf
- Birthing Parent: Spouse
- Age: 47
- Life Status (Likely): Deceased
- Number of Partners: None
- Number of Children: None
Child 3
- Name: Vikas
- Gender: Genderfluid (he/she/they)
- Ancestry: Half Human/Half Dwarf
- Birthing Parent: Gael
- Age: 46
- Life Status (Likely): Deceased
- Number of Partners: 2
- Number of Children: 2
- Child 1: Partner 2
- Child 2: Partner 2
Spouse 2 Branch
Marriage Length: Ongoing
Simultaneous Child Check (d20):
- 1-5: Twins
- 6-14: Separate
- 15-20: Concurrent
- Result: Separate
Child 1
- Name: Badainna
- Gender: Demi-masculine (they/he)
- Ancestry: Half Human/Half Dwarf
- Birthing Parent: Spouse
- Age: 28
- Life Status (Very Likely): Alive
- Number of Partners: None
- Number of Children: None
Child 2
- Name: Cadwynn
- Gender: Male (he/him)
- Ancestry: Half Human/Half Dwarf
- Birthing Parent: Spouse
- Age: 27
- Life Status (Very Likely): Deceased
- Number of Partners: None
- Number of Children: None
Conclusion
This was a fascinating exercise. I learned very quickly about the impact of having a max range of spouse and children quantity. Figuring out ages was an entire can of worms, even on the branches with fewer children. I could have dug deeper, figure out who had children out of wedlock, if anyone had children through an affair, if any of the spouses had children before the marriage, so on and so on. There are many factors I could have added on, but after that doozy of a first sibling branch, I had to create some limitations, or else I'd be working on this tree forever instead of actually playing the game it was meant for!
10/10 experience, though. Would totally do it again. :D
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