Move Plot into its own class, do some reworking

koboldgen.py

 beg = ["a","e","i","o","u","ba","be","bi","bo","bu","by","y","da","de","di","do","du","dy","fa","fi","fo","fe","fu","ga","ge","gi","go","gu","ka","ke","ki","ko","ku","ky","ma","me","mi","mo","mu","na","ne","ni","no","nu","pa","pe","pi","po","pu","ra","re","ri","ro","ru","ry","sa","se","si","so","su","ta","te","ti","to","tu","ty","wa","we","wi","wo","wy","za","ze","zi","zo","zu","zy"]
 mid = beg + ["l","x","n","r"]
 
-def gen_name(n=None):
-    if n == None:
-        lgt = r.randint(3,9)
+def gen_name(length=None, minimum=None, maximum=None):
+    if length == None:
+        minimum = 3 if minimum == None else minimum
+        maximum = 9 if maximum == None else maximum
+        lgt = r.randint(maximum,maximum)
     else:
-        lgt = n
+        lgt = length
     morae = []
     while len("".join(morae)) < lgt:
         if len(morae) == 0:
             morae.append(mora)
     return "".join(morae)
 
+class Plot:
+    loc1 = ["a friendly","a hostile","a derelict","an airless","a poison-filled/covered","an overgrown","a looted","a burning","a frozen","a haunted","an infested"]
+    loc2 = ["asteroid","moon","space station","spaceship","ringworld","Dyson sphere","planet","Space Whale","pocket of folded space","time vortex","Reroll"]
+    miss = ["to explore!","to loot everything not bolted down too securely","to find the last group of kobolds who came here","to find a rumored secret weapon","to find a way to break someone else’s secret weapon","to claim this place in the name of the Kobold Empire!","to make friends!","to rediscover lost technology","to find lost magical items","to find and defeat a powerful enemy"]
+    prob = ["an Undead Sample Pack (swarm of zombies and skeletons)","a rival band of kobolds","a detachment from the Elf Armada","refugees with parasites. Big parasites","an artificial intelligence bent on multi-world domination","robot spiders","semi-intelligent metal eating slime","a living asteroid that intends to follow the kobolds home like the largest puppy","an old lich that wants everyone to stay off of their “lawn”","elder gods hailing from the dark spaces between the stars","a Flying Brain Monster"]
+    pstats = [[0,5,2,6],[3,3,4,4],[4,3,5,4],[2,4,0,0],[4,1,6,3],[3,3,2,4],[0,2,1,5],[2,3,1,6],[5,2,6,3],[6,6,6,6],[2,3,6,1]]
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.loc_desc = Plot.loc1[r.randint(0, len(Plot.loc1)-1)]
+        self.location = Plot.loc2[r.randint(0, len(Plot.loc2)-1)]
+        self.missIndex = r.randint(0, len(Plot.miss)-1)
+        self.oops = r.randint(1,12)
+        self.mission = ""
+        if self.oops == 12:
+            self.mission += "...well, they weren't paying attention, so don't tell them, but they're supposed "
+        self.mission += Plot.miss[r.randint(0, len(Plot.miss)-1)]
+        self.probIndex = r.randint(0, len(Plot.prob)-1)
+        self.problem = Plot.prob[self.probIndex]
+        self.problemStats = Plot.pstats[self.probIndex]
+        self.secProblem = None
+        self.secProbStats = None
+        self.thirdProblem = None
+        self.thirdProbStats = None
+        if self.probIndex in [1,2]:
+            self.problem += " led by " + gen_name()
+        if self.probIndex in [4,7,8,10]:
+            self.problem += " named " + gen_name(minimum=5, maximum=12)
+        if self.probIndex == 3:
+            self.secProblem = "Parasites"
+            self.secProbStats = [3,4,2,3]
+        elif self.probIndex == len(Plot.prob) - 1:
+            self.secProbIndex =   r.randint(0, len(Plot.prob)-2)
+            self.secProblem = Plot.prob[self.secProbIndex]
+            self.secProbStats = Plot.pstats[self.secProbIndex]
+            if self.secProbIndex == 3:
+                self.thirdProblem = "Parasites"
+                self.thirdProbStats = [3,4,2,3]
+        self.fullProblem = self.problem
+        if self.secProblem and self.secProblem != "Parasites":
+            self.fullProblem += ", and its minion, " + self.secProblem
+
 
 class Character:
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = gen_name()
 
     def gen_stats(self, n=12):
-        if n < 4:
+        if n < 0:
             print("Too few stat points!")
             return [0,0,0,0]
         stats = [0,0,0,0]
             while tgl == False:
                 slt = r.choice(slots)
                 if slt <= 1:
-                    if stats[slt] == 6:
-                        continue
-                    if stats[slt] == 5:
-                        if r.randint(0,1) != 1:
-                            continue
+                    if stats[slt] == 6: continue
+                    if stats[slt] == 5 and r.randint(0,1) != 1: continue
                 else:
-                    if stats[slt] == 6:
-                        continue
-                    if stats[slt] == 5:
-                        if r.randint(0,3) != 1:
-                            continue
-                    if stats[slt] == 4:
-                        if r.randint(0,2) != 1:
-                            continue
-                    if stats[slt] == 3:
-                        if r.randint(0,1) != 1:
-                            continue
+                    if stats[slt] == 6: continue
+                    if stats[slt] > 2 and r.randint(0,stats[slt]-2) != 1: continue
                 stats[slt] += 1
                 tgl = True
         stats[3] = stats[3] + 2
 
     def print(self):
         print(f"The {self.fullname} {self.gqual}, but {self.bqual}.")
+        print()
 
 class Campaign:
-    def __init__(self, n=None):
+    def __init__(self, n=None, makeChars=True):
         n = 6 if n == None else n
         self.ship = Ship()
-        self.gen_plot()
-        self.characters = []
-        for _ in range(n):
-            c = Character()
-            c.generate()
-            self.characters.append(c)
-        self.art = "an" if self.params[1][0] in ["A","E","I","O","U"] else "a"
-
-    def gen_plot(self):
-        loc1 = ["a friendly","a hostile","a derelict","an airless","a poison-filled/covered","an overgrown","a looted","a burning","a frozen","a haunted","an infested"]
-        loc2 = ["asteroid","moon","space station","spaceship","ringworld","Dyson sphere","planet","Space Whale","pocket of folded space","time vortex","Reroll"]
-        miss = ["to explore!","to loot everything not bolted down too securely","to find the last group of kobolds who came here","to find a rumored secret weapon","to find a way to break someone else’s secret weapon","to claim this place in the name of the Kobold Empire!","to make friends!","to rediscover lost technology","to find lost magical items","to find and defeat a powerful enemy","Reroll"]
-        prob = ["an Undead Sample Pack (swarm of zombies and skeletons)","a rival band of kobolds","a detachment from the Elf Armada","refugees with parasites. Big parasites","an artificial intelligence bent on multi-world domination","robot spiders","semi-intelligent metal eating slime","a living asteroid that intends to follow the kobolds home like the largest puppy","an old lich that wants everyone to stay off of their “lawn”","elder gods hailing from the dark spaces between the stars","Reroll"]
-        pstats = {
-            "an Undead Sample Pack (swarm of zombies and skeletons)": [0,5,2,6],
-			"a rival band of kobolds": [3,3,4,4],
-			"a detachment from the Elf Armada": [4,3,5,4],
-			"refugees with parasites. Big parasites": [2,4,0,0],
-			"an artificial intelligence bent on multi-world domination": [4,1,6,3],
-			"robot spiders": [3,3,2,4],
-			"semi-intelligent metal eating slime": [0,2,1,5],
-			"a living asteroid that intends to follow the kobolds home like the largest puppy": [2,3,1,6],
-			"an old lich that wants everyone to stay off of their “lawn”": [5,2,6,3],
-			"elder gods hailing from the dark spaces between the stars": [6,6,6,6],
-			"Reroll": [2,3,6,1]
-        }
-        cl1 = r.choice(loc1)
-        cl2 = r.choice(loc2)
-        cm = r.choice(miss)
-        cp = r.choice(prob)
-        cs1 = pstats[cp]
-        cs2 = None
-        cs3 = None
-        if cp == "refugees with parasites. Big parasites":
-            cs2 = [3,4,2,3]
-        if cl2 == "Reroll":
-            cl2p = r.choice(loc2[:-1])
-            if cl2p == "Asteroid":
-                cl2 = "battlefield on an asteroid"
-            else:
-                cl2 = "battlefield on a " + cl2p
-        if cm == "Reroll":
-            cm = "to ...well, the kobolds weren't paying attention, so don't tell them, but they're supposed to " + r.choice(miss[:-1])
-        if cp == "Reroll":
-            newprob = r.choice(prob[:-1])
-            if newprob == "refugees with parasites. Big parasites":
-                cs3 = [3,4,2,3]
-            cs2 = pstats[newprob]
-            cp = "a Floating Brain Monster and its minion, " + newprob
-        self.params = [cl1, cl2, cm, cp, cs1, cs2, cs3]
+        self.params = Plot()
+        if makeChars:
+            self.characters = []
+            for _ in range(n):
+                c = Character()
+                c.generate()
+                self.characters.append(c)
+        self.art = "an" if self.params.loc_desc in ["A","E","I","O","U"] else "a"
+
 
     def print_params(self, endc=""):
         st = ["Order:", "Chaos:", "Brains:", "Body:"]
         print(f"The Kobolds of the {self.ship.fullname} ", end=endc)
-        print(f"have been sent out to {self.art} {self.params[0]} {self.params[1]} ", end=endc)
-        print(f"in order {self.params[2]} ", end=endc)
-        print(f"-- but they're challenged by {self.params[3]}!")
-        cst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params[4]]))])
+        print(f"have been sent out to {self.art} {self.params.loc_desc} {self.params.location} ", end=endc)
+        print(f"in order {self.params.mission} ", end=endc)
+        print(f"-- but they're challenged by {self.params.fullProblem}!")
+        cst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params.problemStats]))])
         print(f"The challenger's stats: {cst}")
-        if self.params[5] != None:
-            mst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params[5]]))])
-            if self.params[3][0] == "r":
+        if self.params.secProblem != None:
+            mst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params.secProbStats]))])
+            if self.params.secProblem == "Parasites":
                 print(f"- The parasites' stats: {mst}")
             else:
                 print(f"- Its minion's stats: {mst}")
-                if self.params[6] != None:
-                    pst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params[6]]))])
+                if self.params.thirdProblem != None:
+                    pst = ", ".join([" ".join(y) for y in list(zip(st, [str(x) for x in self.params.thirdProbStats]))])
                     print(f"- - The parasites' stats: {pst}")
         print()
         self.ship.print()
         cmp.print_params()
         cmp.print_chars()
     elif args.params:
-        cmp = Campaign()
+        cmp = Campaign(makeChars=False)
         cmp.print_params()
     elif args.ship:
         ship = Ship()