Background tables for Teen Cthulhu

Background tables

These tables are meant to serve as inspiration for your teen’s background. You’re not required to use them, or to roll randomly. 

D10	Ideology/Belief
1	There is no such thing as bad attention.
2	Being a kid is really an application process for being an adult. I know where I’m meant to go.
3	I have faith (specify). It helps me tell right from wrong.
4	“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.”
5	I know that the world could be better, and it’s my job to make others see this (what’s your cause?)
6	There are more things out there than what people will admit to. I want to see what’s beneath the surface.
7	Childhood is a golden, fading memory. I don’t like I’m heading.
8	I only trust you guys. The rest of the world is out for blood.
9	My hobby (what is it?) comes first.
10	Without my family and friends, I am nothing.

Significant People

D10	Who are they?
1	Parent (e.g. mother, father, stepmother).
2	Teacher (at school, or anyone who takes the time to teach you)
3	Sibling (older, young, step- etc.)
4	Girl/boyfriend
5	A grandparent, uncle, aunt or other older family member.
6	The person who taugh your characters her highest skill. What skill is it, and who taught it to you?
7	A faith leader.
8	A famous person (artist, politician, historical figure).
9	A friend (long-time, new, or someone you just WANT to be your friend).
10	A fictitious person (an imaginary friend, a character from fiction etc.)

D10	Why are they important?
1	I’ve never tried to be without them. Not having them in my life would be like walking without legs.
2	We’ve shared so many experiences. I may not even like them, but no one else knows what we’ve been through.
3	Their genius makes them important, duh. (their art, glamor, cutting wit etc.)
4	I’m better than them, and I need the world to recognize this (What’s wrong with them?)
5	Guilt. I wronged them terribly. Now seeing them is a punch to the gut. I must make things better somehow.
6	I owe them! (What did they do to help you?)
7	I love them with that kind of heady love which resembles malaria or madness.
8	They have wronged me, and I want payback. (What did they do? What do you dream of doing to them?)
9	I want to rise to their level. I want them to see me as I see them.
10	I think they know something they’re not telling me. There is strangeness in the world, and they’re involved with it.

D10	Meaningful locations
1	That empty building where we party.
2	Our secret place from when we were little. It’s still a good place to think and get away.
3	The place where I get to use my most cherished skill (Where is that, and what’s the skill?)
4	My room. People best not come in without knocking!
5	Nature. It’s just more real than the rest you know?
6	A place of culture (music venue, museum,
7	School. Not something I’ll necessarily admit though!
8	The grave, or another place which reminds me of a dead person (who?).
9	The mystery place. That certain place where the world shows its true colors (or something otherworldly pokes through).
10	A place connected to your faith (church, sweat lodge, the rec center when the Skeptics Society meet etc.)