Maskmaker | js API for generating non

Maskmaker is a JavaScript library. Maskmaker has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

I run a number of tabletop RPGs for a variety of groups, and one of the hardest parts for me is coming up with distinct personalities for non-player characters (NPCs) on the spot. So, I decided to write myself an application that could automatically generate NPCs, at least in the broad strokes, on my behalf. This API has two core pieces of functionality. The first is the ability to generate characters, taking in a number representing the number of characters to generate, and outputting a list of that many JSON objects, each containing a name, a set of personality traits, and a list of attributes (tabletop RPGs usually use statistical attributes to represent things like a character's intelligence or strength) described in relative terms. Optionally, a user may supply a region from which to choose names, a gender for the characters, and a list of custom attribute titles to use (if no attributes are given, the API defaults to the classic Dungeons and Dragons attributes). A separate endpoint also allows users to submit a list of their own pregenerated names, in which case the API will randomly assign names from that list to the generated characters instead of producing names of its own. This ties in to the API's second piece of functionality: name generation. By posting to a /markov endpoint with a list of example names, the API can also produce a Markov Chain trained on that test data set. This Markov Chain is then returned to the user, who can then provide it as an argument in the body to another endpoint, which takes a Markov Chain (it doesn't need to be one generated by the API, as long as it fits the format) and produces a number of names with it, of variable names within a minimum and maximum defined in the body. There are two primary consumers I plan to build for this application. The first is a Discord bot which will consume this API and use it to generate NPCs on the fly for a GM of an online tabletop game. The second application is a consumer which will take the output of this API and convert it into CSV tables which can be used with an application called CardMaker, which can take csvs and turn them into printable card sheets. This is useful for physical play sessions, in which I'd like to have a "deck" of NPCs ready to go, but would prefer to not be shackled to electronics while I play.