A couple of generators I built for Blades in the Dark using the tables in the back of the book. The primary intent is speed of use and simplicity of operation in order to minimize narrative disruptions caused by complex rolls across multiple tables. Ideally this makes your narrative seamless during the occasions where a GM needs something on the fly.
The generator outputs are loosely inspired from Dwarf Fortress's presentation when describing procedurally generated content. Due to tense, plurality, and other issues of language, sentences may sometimes still require a bit of creative interpretation.
Feel free to make suggestions or report errors!
Stand-alone Instructions: You only need the "executable" folder and its contents to run the generator. Just double-click the .exe to run.
Python instructions: This project was built in python and can be run from the .py files in the "src" folder if you have python installed. Double-click the doskvolMasterGenerator.py to launch.
General operation info:
Enter the number associated with the desired option to get an automatically generated description.
Each generator exists as individual module that can be run from a terminal instance. Buildings and People require "common" or "rare" as a terminal argument to work correctly.
For ease of modification of the various table contents, each table from the book is it's own .json file which gets imported as a python list.
If the table options had more than one option for a given roll, they were split out so each is it's own entry.
Due to inconsistency on the tables, sometimes the output is imperfect in terms of case/tense/pronoun/etc.
Streets: Get a random street description using the information from page 300 of the Blades in the Dark sourcebook.
Buildings: Get a random building description using the information from page 301. Use the arguments "rare" or "common" in the terminal to decide which table to roll from.
People: Get a random NPC from the data on pages 302 and 303. Use the arguments "rare" or "common" in the terminal to decide which profession table to roll from.
Demons: Creates a random demon out of the data on page 304.
Ghosts: Creates a random ghost using the ghost tables on page 304. Also uses the names/aliases from page 303 to give a name to the ghost.