Imperial Guard Regiment Creation Tables

This page is in need of cleanup. Srsly. It's a fucking mess.

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 Imperial Guard Regiment. In the absence of any role-playing game featuring Imperial Guard regiments specifically, this table is more or less entirely for the purpose of generating fluff.

Known problems: this page could use some cleaning up (divide it up with sections, perhaps?), maybe add some suggested fluff hooks to the various table entries? Also, I think many of the "friends" organizations (seen below) are duplicates -- Navigators, Astropaths, Adepta Astra Telepathica, and Scholastica Psykana seem to have some overlap, as do Chartist Captains and Rogue Trader Dynasty. Somebody check those out, OK?

Regiment Origin

Regiment Classification (d10)
1-4	Imperial Guard
5-6	Planetary Defense Force
7-8	Penal Legion
9	Militia
10	Imperial Navy Armsmen

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Regiment Demographics

Recruitment Criteria (d100)
1-15	All male [m/f ratio adjustable]
16-25	All female
26-30	Caste-born
31-35	Nobility
36-40	Priesthood
41-45	Subhumans
46-50	Tribespeople
51-55	Lottery
56-60	Space pilgrims
61-65	Firstborn
66-70	Vat-grown
71-85	Gangers
86-95	Convicts
96-100	Roll d3+1 more times on this chart.

Nature of recruitment (d10)
1	Punishment/redemption/recycling: recruits are gathered from convicts and the dregs of society
2-4	Elite tithe: The best of the best of the planet are sent to the regiment
5-10	Standard conscription: Average or above-average citizens recruited from all levels of society.

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Regiment Homeworld

Home World (d100)
1-25	Hive World
26-40	Feral World
41-50	Death World
51-60	Forge World
61-70	Medieval World
71-80	Civilized World
81-90	Shrine World
91-100	Home World Lost

Home World Predominant Terrain (d100)
1-25	Jungle
26-50	Desert
51-60	Ice
61-65	Ocean
66-75	Wasteland
76-80	Urban
81-85	Dead
86-90	Airless
91-100	Temperate

Regiment Tactical Information

Regiment Core Units (d100)
1-35	Infantry Regiment
36-45	Light Infantry
46-55	Heavy Infantry
56-70	Mechanized Infantry
71-75	Drop
76-80	Armored
81-85	Artillery
86-95	Siege
96-99	Shock Troopers
96-99	Abhuman

Specialization (d10)
1	Drill & Discipline
2	Counter
3	Stealth Warfare
4	Lightning Strike
5	Trench Warfare
6	Close Combat
7	Ranged Combat
8	Shock & Awe
9	Guerrilla Warfare
10	Hive Warfare

Loyalty Rating (d10)
1	Overzealous: need to be actively held back from giving their lives for the Emperor
2-3	Fanatical: No remorse, no retreat, no fear.
4-5	Adherent: Hold fast to the Creed and His will.
6-7	Undisciplined: Will follow the Emperor but don't expect them to bow to authority figures.
8-9	Unorthodox: Serve the Emperor in ways frowned upon by most in the Administratum.
10	Heretical: This regiment has abandoned the truth of the Emperor.

Regiment Creed (d100)
1-40	For The Homeworld: This regiment's mission is to demonstrate the skill and steel of the homeworld to the rest of the Imperium.
41-65	For the Emperor: Fervent belief in the Imperial cult and the righteous mission of the Imperium fuels this regiment.
66-75	Best of the Best: The regiment believes itself to be elite and constantly strives to prove itself.
76-80	Glory In Death: The regiment's mission is to die, and take as many enemies with it as possible.
81-85	We Must Repent: The regiment believes it is on a mission to pay for their homeworld's sins with blood.
86-90	Tribal Faiths: This regiment is beholden to primitive beliefs. If from a civilized world, clannish practices from hive gang cultures or other such traditions predominate.
91-95	Steel Over Flesh: This regiment believes the way to victory is through machine augmentation.
96-100	Esoteric Beliefs

Special Equipment (d100)
1-10	Traditional Weapon
11-20	War Trophies
21-30	Specialized Lasgun Pattern
31-40	Exotic Mounts
41-50	Rare Heavy Weapon
51-60	Blessed Wargear
61-70	Augmented Troops
71-80	Special Vehicle
81-90	Preferred Fighting Style
91-100	Modified Weaponry

Regiment Relations

Regiment Friends (d100)
1-5	Administratum
6-15	Adeptus Arbites
16-30	Adeptus Astartes (a specific chapter)
31-35	Adepta Astra Telepathica
36-45	Adeptus Mechanicus
46-50	Adepta Sororitas
51-55	Adeptus Titanicus
56-58	Astropaths
59-60	Chartist Captains
61-65	Ecclesiarchy
66-75	Imperial Guard (of a specific world)
76-79	Imperial Navy
80-85	Inquisition
86-88	Navigators
89-91	Officio Assassinorum
92-93	PDF (of a specific world)
94-98	Rogue Trader Dynasty
99	Schola Progenium
100	Scholastica Psykana

Regiment Enemies (d100)
1-2	Roll on the "Regiment Friends" table.
3-31	Orks
32-42	Eldar
43-51	Tyranids
52-68	Chaos Space Marines
69-79	Daemon Prince/Daemon/other specific disciple of Chaos
80-87	Specific Chaos-aligned group
88-96	Dark Eldar
97-98	Tau
99-100	Other