Are you fiAre you finding hard to develop interesting characters or NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in your RPG games? Try adding a phobia. Phobias are more common than what you might think; more than 10% of the population has a phobia.
Phobias are a strong, irrational fear that a person has of something, for instance an animal, an object or a situation. Adding a phobia to a specific character can help you to make it more real.
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Throw a d20 and get a phobia for your character:
| Dice result (d20) | Phobia |
|---|---|
| 1 | Theophobia: Irrational fear of religion or gods. |
| 2 | Arachnophobia: Irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. |
| 3 | Acrophobia: An extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights. |
| 4 | Claustrophobia: Irrational fear of confined spaces. |
| 5 | Astrophobia: Irrational fear of stars and space. |
| 6 | Trypanophobia: Fear of sharp objects. |
| 7 | Ablutophobia: Fear of bathing, cleaning, or washing. |
| 8 | Anthropophobia: Fear of people. |
| 9 | Pyrophobia: Irrational fear of fire. |
| 10 | Thanatophobia: Fear of one’s own death or the process of dying. |
| 11 | Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes. |
| 12 | Agoraphobia: Fear of certain places and situations. |
| 13 | Scopophobia: Excessive fear of being stared at. |
| 14 | Achluophobia: causes an intense, irrational and lasting fear of darkness or being in the dark. |
| 15 | Ornithophobia: Irrational fear of birds. |
| 16 | Wiccaphobia: Irrational fear of witches and witchcraft. |
| 17 | Pedophobia: Extreme fear of children. |
| 18 | Bibliophobia: Intense fear of books. |
| 19 | Noctiphobia: The fear of night. |
| 20 | Hydrophobia: Intense fear of water. |