# Randomly-generated orchestras

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-generated-orchestras/662899>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 8, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-generated-orchestras/662899 "2013-07-08T00:08:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-generated-orchestras/662899/1 "2013-07-08T00:08:27Z")

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It would be nice to have a rule for randomly rolling up the various parts of a band or orchestra.

Because that way, you could have …

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wait for it  
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**7d6 trombones**!

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-generated-orchestras/662899/2 "2013-07-08T00:24:39Z")

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with d100 and 10 cornets close behind.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-generated-orchestras/662899/3 "2013-07-08T00:40:50Z")

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\<tries to think of some dice joke involving “rows and rows”\>

\<ends up thinking of roses\>

\<awwww … aren’t they pretty?\>