Do you have a library of background NPC?

[Somebody]

Removed. No longer playing Traveller / No longer want to get close to the toxic community here

 

[CordwainerFish]

Everybody I've ever met is a throwaway background NPC.

 

[ottarrus]

I have a 'catalogue' of personality traits and mannerisms. I won't say they're fully fleshed out...
But it's the 'usual suspects'...
- Wubbawubba the Newt admin wonk
- Captain *BARK!* the Vargr Pirate
- The Right Honourable Flt. Lt Studley Hungwell-Swallowes, IN fighter pilot
- Special Agent Badgeflasher, IMOJ
etc.

 

[steelbrok]

My players have caught on to the fact that if they ask for a minor NPCs name and I come up with "Bob" or "Roger2, said PC has served their purpose.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Yes, every character rolled and died during character creation, every character killed during the game, they all end up in a file to be repurposed.

The hardest part for me is naming NPCs on the fly, so I have made a list of every given name and family name of every named character in every sci fi game I own.

I can then randomise a name pretty easily.

 

[Joe Trader]

I stumbled on a list of all the named female characters in the 007 series. Once you have a name to work from, the personality comes easy, in my experience.

 

[Joe Trader]

One of my female players is 182cm and practices sword fighting. The other regularly cooks for the group.

So using names like Holly Goodhead or Xenia Onatopp is bad for my health

I'd wager there are other lists with less overtly sexist names somewhere

 

[ottarrus]

Well, you can always punt with Austin Powers....

 

[Seffix]

I work for an international company, and the names that run across my computer are onomastic gold.
As for personalities, I use one or 2 quirks and let them get fleshed (or rolled up) out as necessary.

 

[golem64]

Traveller Tools has a good NPC generator that includes a name, personality traits and other details:
https://travellertoolsdemo.azurewebsites.net/character