Players Unknown

Players Unknown (PUGs) are real people in the server who are also playing .dungeon. Interacting with them is different than interacting with anything else in the game. They don’t have to listen to the party, give them information, or do as the party asks (like NPCs do). Stats and dice do not work on them unless you are engaged in combat. Each PC has their own internal and external wants and needs that they are in this game to accomplish.

They have Sync, roles, aspects, and memories of the game. They are just as complicated and multi-faceted as you or I. Their only limitations are the internal mechanisms of the game. PUGs can be cruel and helpful. They can be streamers or roleplayers. They can have abilities from a previous patch, and gear that you can't even get in the game anymore. They are trolls, friends, rivals, and your companions in this dead MMO.

Below are a few tables to help you flesh out a PUG, but there is no shortcut to this. This is roleplay. It’s up to you to take these disparate results and find the complexity of a real person

Screen Name:

Aesthetic:

Trait:

Ideal:

Secret:

Reason:

Screen Names

  • XxImportantFoxxX
  • Zirconium Zucchini
  • wreckyoung
  • Absolutism
  • 420InjiBlissfully
  • andyBrooding
  • ScareMulberry69
  • cloudcool
  • ZuluH0rs3
  • Elephant load
  • Day Dr3am
  • XxLoyalAntixX
  • Sl33pyW34ry
  • allyArtistic
  • R0y4lB1tt3r
  • e
  • Brandman1Tuille
  • Boxes Scare Me
  • Ragefulbill
  • H1z1Hyoid
  • this empire
  • GRAB HBOOTY
  • I Need A McFlurry
  • Glocktapus
  • inborn relay
  • RawHealer
  • Triumphloose
  • Cloakwinged
  • imGamer_2003
  • SodaGod
  • Deadredempt10n
  • n0tSoB3r
  • WTFWTH
  • Marbles
  • Shr3k4lyfe
  • dolphins137418
  • ChillingSpr33
  • MaxMan1313
  • HOLD ME BRO
  • DrowningJenny
  • OptimalDu3ce
  • FINNessed
  • Mynamedoesntfit
  • STARRR SCREAMMMM
  • Turtle Baron
  • Zombie Hump
  • ObservePolarity
  • TinyDud3
  • Legendary588
  • I Hit Headshots

Aesthetic

  • Trancewave
  • Solarpunk
  • Apocalypse World
  • Acid Funk
  • Psychedelia
  • Jazz Fusion
  • Hardcore
  • Occult Fae
  • Hard Sci-Fi
  • Sword & Sorcery
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Sword & Planet
  • Dying Earth Fantasy
  • Pulp Fantasy
  • Heavy Metal
  • Emo Chique
  • Steampunk
  • Cthulhu Detective
  • Nano-Tech
  • Surrealism

Trait

  • Lucky
  • Charming
  • Stoic
  • Romantic
  • Grumpy
  • Overwhelmed
  • Conformist
  • Observant
  • Imaginative
  • Alert
  • Destructive
  • Clueless
  • Inoffensive
  • Benevolent
  • Brilliant
  • Mannerless
  • Impulsive
  • Melancholic
  • Scholarly
  • Sentimental

Ideal

  • Tradition
  • Faith
  • Power
  • Fairness
  • Hatred
  • Lust
  • Aimlessness
  • Desire
  • Mastery
  • Success
  • Integrity
  • Patience
  • Forgiveness
  • Exploration
  • Obligation
  • Beauty
  • Logic
  • Community
  • Love
  • Change

Secret

  • I can't believe that anyone could even think they're better than me.
  • There's not a law in the world that stop me from doing what I want.
  • There's not much that gets me excited. Or sad. Or anything really.
  • You're not worth my time. No one is.
  • Everyone's better than me. I can list all the ways if you give me a minute.
  • I'm so jealous of them. How do they do it?
  • I rely on people for just about everything.
  • Sometimes I forget to take care of myself.
  • I thirst for excitement at all times.
  • I see the best in everyone! I even give my bullies tips!
  • No one invites me to parties. They call me a killjoy.
  • I can't stand it when things don't go my way.
  • I don't believe there's anything Up There. Life is meaningless.
  • I can't stand up for myself.
  • I am obsessed with all the ways I could fail.
  • There's nothing I can't do.
  • I have no regrets. Especially not for those who have wronged me.
  • I doubt everything.
  • I live in the limelight. I require it.
  • I can't help but lie. It's just so easy

Reason

  • Summer vacation. They're in junior high and just got the game.
  • Boring office job that drains their soul every day.
  • Social anxiety has them retreating to a safe place within the game.
  • First year at college, no IRL friends yet.
  • They are a rather popular author and need to maintain an online presence.
  • Mother of two, trying to socialize beyond her children.
  • Dad's time after the kids go to bed. He streams sometimes.
  • Hold-over from childhood. Been playing for years.
  • They're dating another PC, but they still play alone sometimes.
  • Professional esports gamer and this is their hobby game.
  • YouTuber mining the game for content.
  • Confused about their gender and trying out a new name and body online.
  • Disability has them restricted to their home for most of the day.
  • Quarantined at home due to an illness.
  • Broke their leg while doing a keg flip and now they're stuck in bed.
  • Pregnant and trying to find new hobbies while at home.
  • Mom trying out the game because they know their daughter plays a lot.
  • Recent bout of insomnia has them clinging to old hobbies.
  • Using the game to hold onto their waning youth.
  • They've found a way to turn it into a job that barely pays the bills.