The Cepheus Engine Sociocultural Generator

The concept of culture includes the communal behaviors, foundations, and standards found in sophont societies, and also the knowledge, values, laws, social norms, and habits of the individuals within these groups. While such culture is often attributed to a specific world or region on that world, there are cultural norms, features, and social adaptations that sophonts make use of to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of their environment, such as survival, communication, cooperation, and creativity.

Creating a distinct culture for each world can be hard work for the Referee. The Cepheus Engine Sociocultural Generator is a set of suggested rules intended to lighten the load in establishing a culture for an alien or alt-human society. Using these rules, the Referee can in minutes come up with a discrete outlook for an individual or an entire species, using a familiar hexadecimal shorthand description.

The Cepheus Engine Sociocultural Generator. Seek out new civilizations…without committing social faux pas.