Ghost Generator

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Occupation

1. Beggar
2. Sea captain
3. Monarch
4. Scion of noble family
5. Petty criminal
6. Manservant
7. Priest
8. Witch
9. Knight
10. Highwayman
11. Scholar
12. Poet

Death

1. Drowned
2. Starved
3. Stabbed in gut
4. Burnt alive
5. Strangled
6. Eaten alive
7. Throat cut
8. Head bashed in
9. Fell from a great height
10. Poisoned
11. Decapitated
12. Froze

Tragedy

1. Suicide over failed love affair
2. Unfortunate misunderstanding
3. Executed for someone else's crime
4. Freak accident, avoidable with hindsight
5. Saw something they shouldn't have
6. Reputation ruined, died in disgrace
7. Cold-bloodedly murdered for profit
8. Driven by madness to terrible deeds
9. Betrayed by closest friends
10. Broke an oath, with terrible consequences
11. Harboured ambitions beyond their status
12. Victim of mob justice

Appearance

1. Nude and hideously scarred
2. Rag-clad, pale as moonlight
3. Wreathed in ankle-length hair
4. Masked and shackled in iron
5. Rotted, crawling with maggots
6. Face contorted into permanent scream
7. Bleeding from every orifice
8. Skinless
9. Bloated
10. Weirdly sexy
11. Formally attired skeleton
12. Only visible in mirrors

Site Of Haunting

1. Castle
2. Crossroads
3. Catacombs
4. Church
5. Inn
6. Library
7. Graveyard
8. Prison
9. Garden
10. Abandoned house
11. Painting
12. Mirror

Power

1. Animates objects
2. Invades dreams
3. Commands animals
4. Steals your senses
5. Possesses your friends
6. Eats sanity
7. Has a howl that rots flesh
8. Turns things inside-out with a touch
9. Warps the environment into a maze
10. Makes people forget it exists
11. Makes people forget you exist
12. Curses anyone who see it to die the same way it did

Remembered By

1. Last remaining family member
2. Eccentric historian
3. Town drunk
4. Village idiot
5. Gravedigger
6. Guy who runs a weird little shop
7. Reclusive aristocrat
8. Night watchman
9. Woods hermit
10. Forgetful grandmother
11. Bartender
12. Faithful dog

Dispelled By

1. Finding the body, burying and mourning it
2. Solving the mystery of their death
3. Wreaking vengeance on the right person
4. Completing their final project/quest
5. Keeping watch over the haunted site until morning
6. Burning the haunted site to ash
7. Reminding them what they valued in life
8. Killing them again with a specific weapon
9. Beating them in a specific game
10. Protecting their descendants from a specific evil
11. Trapping it in a bottle
12. Hiring a professional ghost eater

Treasure

1. Seven drops of ectoplasm, worth money to a professional ghost eater
2. Final words are the answer to a riddle you'll one day be asked
3. Lingering sense of contentment, gives bonus to earned XP
4. Rust-eaten heirloom sword, treasure map hidden in hilt
5. Lead coin makes any corpse it's buried with emerge from grave to return it
6. Bottle imp. Your choice of Arnold K. or Robert Louis Stevenson version
7. Translucent mantle that gives you ghost powers and saps your life force
8. Townsfolk throw you a party, offer you a spouse
9. Townsfolk run you out of town but the mayor secretly sends you money later
10. You get legal ownership over the haunted site
11. The next time you wake up a valuable poem comes to you, write it down in one sitting without distraction or forget it
12. You are now an amateur ghost eater