Rubik’s Cube | a twist on character generation

Update: A pdf version can be downloaded for free on DriveThruRPG here

I saw a character generator using a Rubik’s Cube (here; original author unknown). I liked the general idea, and thought I’d come up with my own version of it:

Steps
:: Jumble the cube thoroughly

:: The centre square represents one of the six attributes, e.g.

• STR = red
• INT = blue
• WIS = yellow
• DEX = green
• CON = orange
• CHR = white

:: The ability score is 7 with the following modifiers:

Positive modifiers:

• +2 for each square which is the same as the centre colour (like squares)
• +1 for a 3 square L-shape which is the same as the centre colour
• +2 for a line which is the same as the centre colour
• +2 for a diagonal line which is the same as the centre colour
• +3 for a + or a × shape of the centre colour
• +3 for a 2×2 square which is the same as the centre colour

Negative modifiers:

• -2 for a 3 square L shape of a matching different colour
• -3 for a line of a matching different colour
• -4 for all four corners of a matching different colour
• -4 for all four centre non-corner edges of a matching different colour

Visual examples:

       

:: *Optionally*, the colour of one non-centre square may be changed by the player to improve one ability score (to give a bonus and/or cancel out a negative modifier); or as suggested on Reddit the player gets one free rotation

:: Score are rounded up to 3 or down to 18.

Some worked examples, without the optional swapping rule; the cubes were generated with https://ruwix.com/puzzle-scramble-generator/ with 66 iterations.

 

• STR; red                     8
• INT; blue                   12
• WIS; yellow               11
• DEX; green                17
• CON; orange              8
• CHR; white                16

 

 

• STR; red                    9
• INT; blue                   9
• WIS; yellow               9
• DEX; green               11
• CON; orange             9
• CHR; white                7

 

 

• STR; red                   11
• INT; blue                  12
• WIS; yellow              9
• DEX; green               9
• CON; orange            9
• CHR; white                7

 

 

• STR; red                     9
• INT; blue                    9
• WIS; yellow               3
• DEX; green                7
• CON; orange             12
• CHR; white                11

 

 

• STR; red                  14
• INT; blue                 15
• WIS; yellow             12
• DEX; green              12
• CON; orange           16
• CHR; white              16

 

Clearly, the base score of 7 can be made smaller or larger to scale the whole thing up or down a notch. The modifiers could be tweaked/removed or new one added.

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