Dyvers: Guilds are for Losers

At one time there were as many guilds as you could ever hope to find in one location in the city of Dyvers but that changed after Greyhawk's guilds began to dominate commerce in the region and the Great Kingdom fell to the wayside. Already the city's merchants had been forming companies to explore new lands and to establish new trade in distant lands. Now they became more prominent as the people began to fully reject the old ways and to organize themselves more effectively borrowing liberally from the mercantile companies. 

Gone were the old power structures as the city rejected all the old ways. Where once the leader of the guild was either the most powerful or influential member among the elite now with the rise of companies it was the individual voted into office by all of the shareholders (a title that varied from group to group). The city became a political machine and ground those who couldn't navigate it down to dust. As a result the city has become a City of Companies, small and large. Adventurers, mercenaries, markets, teachers, laborers, and skilled artisans: nearly every one you meet in the city is a part of some company; and yet no one who holds power in the city's elected offices can have been in a company within the last ten years. 

Those are ten lean years.

Let's say that you wanted to make your own company to be used in your home game set in Dyvers; how would you go about doing it? My answer is make your own up as you go while drinking Long Island Iced Teas and screaming at the fucking Bears as they lose another game; but, you know, your mileage may not be very far on that sort of cocktail. So here's a chart to help you out, kids.

Creating your own Dyvers Company

Process: 

1) Roll on the d6 Company Theme table.

2) Roll or pick your favorite out of the theme.

3) Repeat as many times as you like. 

4) Roll on the d30 adjective table

5) Roll as many times as you like

6) Combine them as best suits your sensibilities.

Examples: 

The Terribly, Ugly Jackasses

The Ring-Ring Mule Distributors

Tom's Ogre Furnace

Anna's Embittered Terrapin Guns

1d6 Company Theme

1   Animal

2   Vegetable / Fruit

3   Mineral

4   Monster

5   Occupation

6   Person

7   Machine 

8   Object

1d20 Animal

1    Monkey

2    Mule

3    Lion

4    Hare

5    Jackass

6    Turtle

7    Horse

8    Lamb

9    Skunk

10   Opossum

11   Bear

12   Raccoon

13   Snake

14   Terrapin

15   Crocodile

16   Rat

17   Dog

18   Cat

19   Turkey

20   Beaver

1d20 Vegetable / Fruit

1     Carrot

2     Cucumber

3     Potato

4     Yam

5     Pumpkin

6     Kale

7     Lettuce

8     Spinach

9     Peach

10   Pear

11   Pecan

12   Peanut

13   Walnut

14   Strawberry

15   Tomato

16   Grape

17   Water Chestnut

18   Avocado

19   Squash

20   Kumquat

1d20 Mineral

1    Gold

2    Pyrite

3    Cubanite

4    Pyromorphite

5    Lazulite

6    Wardite

7    Vesuvianite

8    Barthite

9    Sphalerite

10   Creedite

11   Koettigite

12   Helidor

13   Amethyst

14   Endlichite

15   Adamite

16   Manganadamite

17   Silver

18   Copper

19   Malachite

20   Chalcanthite

1d20 Monster

1    Flumph

2    Ogre

3    Goblin

4    Troll

5    Dragon

6    Giant

7    Demon

8    Devil

9    Golem

10   Were-(roll on 1d20 Animal Table)

11   Rakshasa

12   Vampire

13   Zombie

14   Umber-Hulk

15   Aboleth

16   Mind Flayer

17   Gorgon

18   Hag

19   Modron

20   Mongrelman

1d20 Occupation

1    Baker

2    Distributor

3    Tailor

4    Boatswain

5    Weatherman (or woman depending on your needs and mood)

6    Fishmonger

7    Bar Hop

8    Musician

9    Physician

10   Alchemist

11   Laborer

12   Scribe

13   Fisherman (or woman depending on your needs and mood)

14   Hunter

15   Tanner

16   Trader / Merchant

17   Inn Keeper

18   Gambler

19   Prostitute

20   Comedian

1d20 Person

1    Oscar

2    Anna

3    Maxwell

4    Jennifer

5    David

6    Christine

7    James

8    Megan

9    Luke

10   Sylvia

11   Norvel

12   Zelphia

13   Lester

14   Della

15   Earl

16   Peggy

17   Charles

18   Alisha

19   Thomas

20   Jaimie

1d20 Machine

1    Clock

2    Television

3    Gun

4    Pen

5   Canon

6    Dumbwaiter

7    Oven

8    Furnace

9    Jukebox

10   Tractor

11   Carriage

12   Crane

13   Escalator

14   Power Wheel

15   3D Printer

16   Truck

17   Tank

18   Phone

19   Fan

20   Elevator

1d20 Object

1    Book

2    Door

3    Gate

4    Rose Petal

5    Thorn

6    Guitar

7    Stocking

8    Picture

9    Bank

10   Chest

11   Funnel

12   Model

13   Home

14   Dice

15   Cards

16   Umbrella

17   Pry Bar

18   Hammer

19   Wrench

20   Jacket

1d30 Adjective

1    Ugly

2    Morose

3    Violent

4    Drunken

5    Slovenly

6    Bucolic

7    Trustworthy

8    Nonplussed

9    Disinterested

10   Forgotten

11   Embittered

12   Hidden

13   Worthless

14   Diabolic

15   Exquisite

16   Beautiful

17   Dishonest

18   Worthy

19   Friendly

20   Lackadaisical

21   Holy

22   Blasphemous

23   Ambidextrous

24   Disoriented

25   Tardy

26   Poignant

27   Unfinished

28   Numerous

29   Great

30   Terrible

There you have it. Now have fun making up the names for your own Dyvers styled Companies!