Tau Cadre Creation Tables

Inspired by Fantasy Flight Games' Deathwatch role-playing game's Space Marine Chapter Creation Tables, these tables let you roll up (or otherwise generate) your very own Tau Fire Caste Cadre. Without any role-playing game featuring the Tau specifically, this table is more or less entirely to generate fluff.

Sept Origins

What phase was your sept founded in?(d12)
1-2	1st Sphere of Expansion
3-4	2nd Sphere of Expansion
5-7	3rd Sphere of Expansion
8	4th Sphere of Expansion
9-10	5th Sphere of Expansion
11	Outpost/Colonies
12	Farsight Enclave

What is the primary function of your cadre?(d10)
1-2	Exploration of new worlds
3-6	Conquest of new worlds
7-8	Peacekeeping/Policing
9	Planetary defense
10	Adaptive/Changes according to commander's whim

Sept Philosophy and uniqueness

What is the Ethereal Caste presence/adherence to Greater Good?(d10)
1	High/Fanatical
2-3	Higher than normal
4-8	Normal
9	Lower than normal
10	No presence / Questioning adherence to Greater Good (Automatic if Table 1 Farsight Enclave)

Sept Homeworld

What is the predominant terrain of your homeworld? (d6)
1	Desert
2	Forest
3	Swamp
4	Urban
5	Jungle
6	Ice

What is going on within the territory of your sept? (d100)
1-19	Nothing of note
20-29	Auxiliary rebellion
30-39	In the path of a hive fleet
40-49	Imperium rebellion
50-59	Chaos invasion
60-69	Minor hostile xenos empire
70-79	Dark Eldar raids
80-89	Activating tomb worlds
90-99	Massive warp storm
100	Reroll, or choose something unique.

Who are the predominant people of your homeworld? (d10)
1-2	Earth Caste
3-4	Fire Caste
5-6	Air Caste
7-8	Water Caste
9	Gue'vesa
10	Other xenos

Tactics and Military

Which tactical philosophy does your Commander prefer?(d10)
1-5	Mont’ka, the Killing Blow – Study the enemy before attacking its weak point
6-9	Kauyon, the Patient Hunter – Lure the enemy into a trap and surprise them
10	Monat, the Lone Hero – Fight the enemy in one-on-one combat

Which tactic does your cadre prefer?(d4)
1	Static/Stationary units shelling the enemy before they risk casualties in combat
2	Mobile units for rapid strikes and creating confusion
3-4	Hybrid, with stationary units supporting mobile ones

What is the cadre's preferred type of battlesuit?(d20)
1-4	Crisis Battlesuits
5-7	Predominance of a particular Crisis Battlesuit model (Enforcer, XV8-02, new prototypes)
8-9	Stealth battlesuits
10-11	A particular Stealth battlesuit model (XV15, XV22, XV25, XV95 Ghoskeel)
12-13	Various heavy battlesuits
14-15	A particular heavy battlesuit model (Riptide, Rvarna, Stormsurge, new prototype)
16-17	Broadside Battlesuits
18	Assault battlesuits (XV109 Y'vahra, XV9 Hazard, prototype suits)
19	Specialist battlesuits to fill niche roles, like void warfare (XV46) and/or something equally specific
20	Superheavy battlesuits (Supremacy or some experimental prototype of a similar size)

What is the size of the auxiliaries in the cadre?(d10)
1	Majority of the cadre
2-3	Larger than average
4-6	Average deployment
7-9	Smaller than average
10	Xenophobic lack of aliens in cadre (Automatic if Table 1 4th Sphere of Expansion)

What is the composition of the auxiliaries?(d25)
1-2	Majority Gue'vesa
3-4	Majority Kroot Mercenaries
5-6	Majority Vespid
7-8	Majority Tarellian Mercenaries
9-10	Majority Galg Mercenaries
11-12	Majority Hrenian Light Infantry
13-14	Majority Morralian Deathsworn
15-16	Majority Anthrazods
17-18	Majority Demiurg
19-25	No majority/mix of several species

What is the cadre's preferred enemy?(d100)
1-25	Imperial Guard
26-40	Specific Space Marine chapter
41-65	Orks
66-80	Tyranids
81-85	Eldar
86-90	Dark Eldar
91-97	Chaos
98-99	Necrons
100	Inquisition

Cadre Leader

Who is the leader of your Cadre?(d10)
1-6	Shas'el - Fire Caste Noble
7-9	Shas'O - Fire Caste Commander
10	Ethereal Caste

How would characterize your leader?(d10)
1	Cars'hesa - Evaluative
2	Or'la - Friendly
3	Vior'la - Hot-blooded
4	Gal - Inquisitive
5	Alhosive - Reclusive
6	M'es - Subservient
7	Doran - Stoic
8	Res - Barbaric
9	Or - Ambitious
10	Va'yan - Proud