#random table

[randomtable]

“Do I Know Someone Who Can Help Us With ____?” (2d6)

2. No; the person you thought could help refuses and adds another complication to the situation. (Example complications: they demand payment for a past debt, they are with someone you wanted to avoid, or they call the authorities regarding your illegal activities.) 3. The person you know who could help has gone missing, you’d have to find them first. 4. Yes, but they demand a steeper price than you would expect. Furthermore, if you refuse they will be offended. 5. Yes, but things are awkward between you. The price they ask will be generous, but only after an uncomfortable conversation. 6. Yes, but the help they can offer is sub-par, or only half of what you need. 7. Yes, but they need you to do a small favor for them right now before they help you. 8. Yes, but you’ll owe them one. Could be a future favor they call on, or a cut of whatever money you’re after, or something else. 9. Yes; they’ll give you a good price but it’s not free. 10. Yes, but they don’t seem too happy about it - you’ll have to look for help somewhere else next time. 11. Yes, there’s someone who owes you one and you can cash in that favor. 12. Yes, and that person also gives you an unrelated piece of helpful information.

#random table #random tables #ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg homebrew #homebrew #dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons #dnd homebrew #dnd table #npc #npcs #random npcs #random npc table #people #characters #adventure hooks #random adventure hooks #quest seeds #random quest seeds #plot hooks #random plot hooks #genre neutral

[ladytabletop]

have you done a d10 list of weird boats/ships before?

There are rings for oars, you think, but no oars aboard. There is a mast for sails, you think, but no sails to be seen. Still, the ship seems to be propelled forward, guided by unseen force despite its bare decks, devoid of crew and cargo alike.

The spiderwebbed rigging is the product of the arachnid that sits where you imagined the crow's nest should be. "It's her ship," the crew whispers, "we go where she bids. Her brood is in the hold."

The whole thing is made of glass, from bow to stern. You can see straight through down to the water beneath the hull. It's unsettling; moreso when you spot the shark-like creatures keeping pace with the vessel.

It's carved of teak, of all things. The shipwright was a demigod, they say, from a time when trees grew large enough for a ship to be carved whole from a branch - not even a trunk, a branch! No telling how long she's been asea, but she never wants for crew. Many a sailor would give up their greatest treasures to sail on her decks.

The flag it flies is known to no man. If you look away too long, its colors have changed again. It otherwise appears ordinary. But time goes a bit wobbly when that flag changes, the crew claims.

The churning turbines on its underside were torn from conquered mills. They kick up the silty riverbottom and leave whirlpools in the ship's wake. Its masts were the grists, the poles that did the turning, and its sails are flour sacks sewn together. What cause does a miller have to take to the water?

You'd never met a ship with a mindwright before, but that's what they seem to call the man in the brig. He could be sleeping, you think, but it is his will and his will alone tethering this ship to reality. By all rights it shouldn't exist: a hulk of bone and rot from a creature long-dead. The brig is to keep things out, not to keep him in, for if he is disturbed, the whole vessel will go to the drown.

Ebbs and flows, waves and still waters: the ship contains them all. You're unsure of the magic animating it, but you can walk on the deck and pull a line and turn the wheel just as you would on a mundane boat, albeit with wet hands and feet. The dampness chills your very bones.

Chains writhe around the hull with a horrible grinding cacophony. They crawl up the masts like ivy and weave in and out of portholes. That much weight might sink a ship, except the chain leviathan lurking beneath the waves holds it aloft. Those who set foot on its decks never see shore again.

You watch, incredulous, as the paper unfolds, and again, and again and again and again, into a four-masted vessel with trimmed sails and an origami figurehead.

all d10 lists

#d10 random list #the lady rambles #ships #boats #random table

[oldschoolfrp]

Looking further at the magic treasure tables in the 1979 AD&D DMG, we see that 25% of magic swords are supposed to be intelligent and have additional special abilities. One thing that stands out from a modern perspective: result "00" tell us that only 1% of all magic swords (1 in 25 of the intelligent swords) have the option of using telepathy. Other intelligent swords that can communicate directly have "speech." This implies that the entire party, and NPCs and monsters in the area, will hear some swords speaking out loud. Today many DMs play all intelligent weapons as speaking telepathically to the wielder while the rest of the party only sees that one character is beginning to act oddly.

Note all intelligent swords add 1-3 "primary abilities" from another table, all designed for treasure hunting and dungeon exploration:

(Keep in mind AD&D's 1" = 10' in the dungeon or 10 yards in the wilderness.)

The rare "Extraordinary Power" can make a magic sword into something akin to a legendary artifact, when combined with 3 primary abilities and whatever base abilities the sword initially had from Table III.G:

The sword rules continue for another page with tables and clarifications for alignment, languages, ego, personality conflicts with the wielder, and those extremely rare "Special Purpose" swords mentioned on the Extraordinary Powers table which are driven to defeat a specific class of enemy and are enchanted with yet another random magic power used only for that goal.

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #AD&D #Dungeon Masters Guide #intelligent magic swords #magic sword #magic swords #gaming history #DMG #Gary Gygax #random table #random tables #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[titleknown]

"Build Your Character Like A Ninja Turtle" Random Tables

So, Friend of the blog Trent Troop, AKA @therobotmonster came up with a great concept called "Build Your Character Like A Ninja Turtle," with the idea of building a character via a combination of "Species/Type + Job/Skill + Schtick"

So, naturally I had to make some random D20 tables for doing that process, trying to go a bit broad and open-ended with it for maximum fun! Along with an optional bonus one to fit with Trent;'s toyetic aesthetics.

Roll once on each table to do the basic process or, for added fun, roll twice and try to combine the two results on each you roll up in an interesting way! (Re-rolling if you get doubles obvz)

Species/Type

Post-Human

Goblin

Fish

Arthropod

Furry Mammal

Alien

Body Part (Eye/Brain/Organ/Extremity/ect)

Robot/Cyborg

Demon/Devil

Dinosaur/Dragon

Mollusc

Mineral

Plant

Armored

Amphibian

Garbage

Undead

Avian

Elemental

Abomination

Job/Skill

Soldier

Sports-Person

Secret Agent

Wizard/Magician/Witch

Cowboy

Barbarian

Ninja

Martial Artist

Mad Scientist

Bounty Hunter

Doctor/Nurse

Greaser/Biker

First Responder/Rescuer

Animal/Creature Handling

Pilot/Driver

Musician

Clown

Construction/Maintainance/Demolition

Body Horror

Superhero

Schtick

True Hero

The Starscream

Pretentious Artiste

Angsty Loner

Lacksidaisical Jokester/Party Dude

Courageous Coward

Hippie

Goth

Autistic-Coded Nerd

Escaped Experiment/I Am Not A Gun

Boisterous Bruiser/Himbo (Gender Neutral)

Lovable Rogue

Stoic and Scary

Wise Mentor

Tsundere/Yandere (Gender Neutral)

Don Quixote-Type Delusional

Cynic With A Heart Of Gold

Fussy And Respectable Neat Freak

They Everything Hide A Basic Insecurity

Supreme Villain

Optional: Toyetic Gimmick

Miniaturized

Scented

Sparking

Color Changing

Translucent Plastic

Water Squirting

Glow In the Dark

Modular/Interchangable Parts

Missile-Firing

Transforming

Slime Dripping

Lights & Sound

Battle Armor

Spring Loaded Action Feature

Vac-Metalized Plastic

Covered In Fur

Magnets

Pumping Fluids

Self Destruct

Extremely Big

So... Have fun!

Also, since this was inspired by the man's work, if you like this, please donate to Trent's Gofundme and/or Paypal if you can afford it.

He's fallen on some hard times, and he deserves so much better from this world...

#random table #random tables #titlewriting #character design #character concepts #random generation #random generator

[made-some-ki-points]

Fantasy Culture Table: Local Celebrations

Your party walks into a new town and something exciting is happening. Something they may have never heard of and certainly didn’t know what was going on. Use this list as a random table or an idea list!

A new sorcerer has been born to a family in town, and local customs call it a cause for celebration of the child and all things magic, perhaps including a party member.

A military unit is due to come home this day, and the town is over the moon to welcome them back. Will it stay a time of celebration or will the party walk into a moment of extreme grief?

An auction is being held, selling the estate of a strange rich man on the edge of town. The rumors the party hears are tantalizing, and perhaps even relevant to their current quest.

A new detachment of clerics or paladins leaves the local temple for the first time, and is greeted with fanfare. Perhaps one has graduate with similar (or directly opposite) goals to your party’s.

A local monster has just been correctly appeased, and the village celebrates their temporary safety. It begs the question: What or who did they sacrifice to keep themselves safe, and more importantly, what are they trying to keep happy?

A local woman of status celebrates a public baby shower, with many excited for the new addition. As the party looks around though they cannot help but realize that some worry for the baby, whether it be that her partner is not the father, or the baby may be born having some form of unwanted magical influence.

A festival celebrating a seemingly inconsequential item such as the local water buckets or gardening hoes. As comical as it seems, the people take it very seriously, and delight in showing the party members their “odd” traditions.

A day of somber remembrance for the local soldiers who died in a larger conflict. Dissatisfied with the widespread remembrance day, locals will tell you they’ve moved it to the birthday of one of the fallen.

A day dedicated to the large, play-style re-enactment of a group of adventurers’ deeds, perhaps even the current party’s. A feast will follow, and all are more than welcome.

A town wide resurrection ritual that seems to take the full day. Immediately, the locals enlist the party to help.

A harvest festival of proportions the party have never seen before. There’s massive street parties, revelry of all kinds and even some brawls simply because the crops did well this year. Locals claim it’s their favorite day of the year near universally.

A fair with vendors from a different plane, one with an entrance very close to this town. It’s a chance for the party to get incredibly rare goods at a great price, and get a peek into planes they may soon venture into.

A local brewery has finally finished their new batch for this season, and though it’s not a formal celebration, the locals seem to be having a great time regardless.

An organized, several hours long anything goes bar brawl. It’s in a remarkably non-violent village historically speaking, but everyone seems immensely excited to begin the fight.

An elaborate, rather joyful funeral procession for a young woman who appears to have died from a magical illness. Though it becomes clear to the party that this is odd, even mysterious, the locals seem to only want to celebrate her life, not investigate her death.

An adoption ceremony for a very emotional teenager, seeming in disbelief that the community cares this much. It is a largely emotional display, and some may express that they see the party as intrusive.

A bardic competition sponsored by the local college. There’s betting, magical showcases, even rabid fans, and if your party has a bard, the townsfolk become thrilled at the concept of a new competitor.

The transportation of massive amounts of expensive goods to a local beloved dragon to add to its hoard. When the festivities are over, the party may be contracted to guard the caravan from bandits, and perhaps even meet the dragon they’ve heard so much about.

A monastic temple is having an open house for new students that has captured a lot of attention. They welcome the party to learn their ways, if they wish.

The people claim a god is visiting this evening. That can’t be disproven, but the implications are beyond disturbing.

#d&d #d&d 5e #dungeons and dragons #dungeons and dragons 5th edition #d&d homebrew #random table #world building #fantasy world building

[juddgeeksout]

Hex Flower: Bastion Political Unrest

I’ve got this ridiculous Hex Flower on a Jamboard that is probably too complicated by a longshot. Maybe it should have half the crap on it. Maybe less. But here it is in all its glory. Let’s toss some factions into the soup. Looking at the Oddpedia, Bastion’s Greatest Businesses, page 125, and the Red Ghost Roads and Carriages catches my eye. Robber barons who pay pennies to laborers, doing…

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#Hex Flower #Into the Odd #Random Table

[labyrinth-land]

Random Random Table Table

Use the golfball, if you have one.

1d100:

A Random Encounter Table

A Random Dungeon Dressing Table

A Random Mutation Table

A Random Character / Villain (is there a difference?) Quirk Table

A Random Item Table

A Random Overland Feature Table

A Random Weather Table

A Random Magic Effect Table

A Random Name Table

A Random “What Are My Rations?” Table

A Random Mushroom Table

A Random Disease Table

A Random Critical Hit Table

A Random Fumble Table

A Random Potion Table

A Random Character / Villain Motivation Table

A Random Language Table

A Random Ritual Table

A Random Ancient Cromlech Table

A Random “Where Was The Absent Player’s Character?” Table

A Random Trap Table

A Random Dungeon Entrance Table

A Random Dungeon Theme Table

A Random Freaky Habit The Noble Has Table

A Random Thing To Steal From Souls Table

A Random Prosthetic Table

A Random City Block Table

A Random Tiefling Demonic Feature Table

A Random Angel Form Table

A Random Familiar Table

A Random Magic Item Activator Table

A Random Steed Table

A Random “Why Is My Bedroll Full Of Ants?” Table

A Random Fetish, Magical Or Not, Table

A Random Unknown Continent Table

A Random Sphinx Riddle Table

A Random “How Is The Secret Door Hidden?” Table

A Random Monty Python Reference Table

A Random “How Does The New Character Appear?” Table

A Random Skirmish Tactic Table

A Random Barbarian Taboo Table

A Random Clerical Justification For Genocide Table

A Random New Mechanic Table

A Random Madness Table

A Random M.C. Escher Architecture Table

A Random Bard Band Name Table

A Random Sleeper Agent Activation Code Table

A Random Magical Tome Ward Table

A Random Morally Hard Scenario Setup Table

A Random Thing To Steal From Some Eroguro Manga Table

A Random Dragon Breath Weapon Table

A Random Evil Empire’s Aesthetic Table

A Random Common Tongue Slang Word Table

A Random Childhood Trauma Table

A Random Wizard’s Tower Defense Table

A Random Elemental Table

A Random Level 1 Party Quest Table

A Random Alternative For “You All Meet In A Tavern” Table

A Random Salad Dressing Table

A Random Fairytale Turned Dark Table

A Random Thing To Steal From Studio Ghibli Table

A Random Decadent Drug Table

A Random Shade Of Parchment Table

A Random Familiar Table

A Random Tavern’s Name Table

A Random Adjective Table

A Random Combat Conclusion Table

A Random Vampire’s Lover Table

A Random The Mars Volta Lyric Table

A Random Alternative Name For The Class You Picked Table

A Random Dungeon Boss Table

A Random Mysterious Benefactor Table

A Random Shield Shape Table

A Random Weirdness Of The Moon Table

A Random Minor Downtime Annoyance Table

A Random Way To Subvert A Trope Table

A Random Childhood Friend Table

A Random Suspicious Sausage Table

A Random End Times Preacher Table

A Random Healing Herb Table

A Random Helmet Table

A Random Local Folktale Table

A Random Rash That Appeared Overnight Table

A Random Musical Instrument Table

A Random Religious Crisis Table

A Random Justification For Monsters In A Room

A Random Cult Leader Table

A Random Number Table

A Random Modern Thing But Fantasy Table

A Random Debased Currency Table

A Random Warlock Patron Table

A Random Bar Patron Table

A Random Dungeon Graffiti Table

A Random Fantasy Heartbreaker Table

A Random Real World Culture But Fantasy Table

A Random Metaphor For Rebirth Table

A Random Pseudo Roman Name Table

A Random Fingernail Length Table

A Random Time Signature Table

A Random Random Random Table Table

#dungeon crawler #dungeons and dragons #tabletop rpg #random table #random tables #d&d #dnd #osr #meta #ttrpg #you can write one if ya wanna #d100 #sorta pretentious

[paxesoterica]

An Elegant Solution to an Eternal Question: "Which Gundam to Watch?"

Follow the instructions, roll polyhedral dice (or use a RNG like random.org, tomayto, tomahto), and voila! A unique way to watch Gundam unlike any other! Uninfluenced by bias, no need for research! Enjoy!

Actual enjoyment up for interpretation, poster not responsible for any user dissatisfaction incurred.

#anime #mobile suit gundam #random table

[tow-bees]

snapple knees

#cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl meme #apple bees #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl the one who waits #cotl baal #cotl aym #cotl bishops #cotl leshycat #cotl narilamb #cotl ratau #cotl sins of the flesh #because there's an egg #they needed to take it with them because it needed to be babysat #idk whose it is #I was originally gonna include a bunch of random followers but I ran out of space and thought the bishops would be funnier #just imagine the followers all squeezed together in another table #you can't see it but narinder is still wearing the socks and sandals from the fishing drawing I did #that's just canon for me

[comicaurora]

So I’m reading The Green Knight for my Medieval English lit class and I went back and watched your Arthuriana videos for fun nostalgia, but I noticed when you were covering the Green Knight you called Arthur tired. Was there a specific reason why you did that or is that one of those things that, if you decided to redo that video, you would change? I just found it interesting bc the poem clearly states Arthur as boyish and his reason for initially accepting the challenge was pride.

The character of King Arthur that lives in my head has a little more "has been through the Arthuriana timeloop too many times" malaise than any proper characterization of King Arthur in the original stories. The story drifts and changes over time but Camelot always falls, because Arthur is a good king - some would say the perfect king - but that still isn't good enough.

#and it's very funny to me that life at the Round Table is a constant parade of random bullshit quest objectives #characters in my videos are usually significantly more self-aware of their narrative role than the version in the source material #and for king arthur that means my boy needs a Fucking Nap #not aurora #asks

[shanksxbuggy]

Buggy/Shanks + Tumblr text posts

#one piece #shanks #buggy #one piece shanks #red haired shanks #buggy the clown #akagami no shanks #shuggy #red hair shanks #shanks x buggy #buggy x shanks #one piece buggy #my contribution #i see a random text post or lyrics and i’m like *slams table* that’s shuggy #buggyshanks #shanksbuggy #one piece text posts

[randomtable]

a table of odd magic items that may or may not be useful

“…the GM will only tell you something interesting—it’s on you to make it useful.” — Dungeon World

1d20 Magical Items of Mild Utility

A doorknob that can be easily affixed to any door by simply holding it on for about thirty seconds. Once affixed, it permanently transforms into an ordinary doorknob and lock, to which you have the key.

The Shaker of Infinite Salt

A pencil that significantly improves the user’s penmanship when writing with it.

An orb containing a very small pocket dimension, into which one can transfer their familiar so that it may safely rest.

A palm-sized stone figurine of a shark, which will bite any fingers that come near its mouth.

Self-Fluffing Pillow

Watch that shows you what time it was the last time you looked at the watch, instead of what time it is now.

Piece of string that, when tied around your finger, actually helps you remember to do that thing.

Temporary Scissors: They can only cut the normal things you’d expect from a pair of scissors, but if you hold the cut pieces together tightly they will magically re-form into a whole, as though they’d never been cut.

Robes that make the wearer an inch or so taller.

Magic Eraser (erases pencil, ink and crayon!)

Hand-sized stone that, when thrown, always lands 5 feet in front of your intended target—whether your aim is perfect or abysmal.

A bucket that transforms any liquid poured into it into seawater.

A bar of soap that temporarily changes the color of anything washed with it. The color is random, and changes each time the bar is used (1d6: 1: Red, 2: Orange, 3: Yellow, 4: Green, 5: Blue, 6: Purple). The color lasts one day.

Goggles of Shrimp-Color Vision

A ring with a single very round stone. When you say the magic word the stone pops out and transforms into a bowling ball. It turns back into a small stone after 2d4 hours and must be manually returned to the ring before it can be used again.

Boots that produce an animal sound of your choice when you jump up and do a jaunty little bell-kick while wearing them.

A small glass bottle that, when filled with water, appears instead to be full of a swirling, shimmering potion.

A quiet trumpet.

A knife that can only cut sandwiches. It is up to the GM’s discretion what does and does not count as a sandwich for this enchantment, but the rules are consistent.

#whoops i cant believe it took me an entire month to get to this request i apologize ^^' #random table #random tables #ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg homebrew #homebrew #fantasy #dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons #dnd homebrew #dnd table #random item table #random treasure table #items #treasure #loot #random loot #random loot table

[tagthescullion]

when I say I’m annoyed at the show’s changes, I don’t mean that I expected it to be 100% the same as the books, that’s impossible and would’ve been a bit boring even.. no, what I’m upset about is that they sold the show as this

and then made it this

#and half the changes are going to mess up any attempt at future seasons bc all the info’s already in the table #or well correction all the random future info bc we never got to see a lot of shit that was important #pjo #pjo show #pjo disney #pjo show crit #riordanverse #tagthescullion

[oldschoolfrp]

I looked back through the random treasure tables in Gygax's 1979 AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide and was reminded how generous the results could be for swords -- 45% have desirable special abilities beyond +x, and most of those are quite powerful. Of the rest, only 25% of magic swords are a "mere" +1, with 8% being +2, 4% are +3, 2% are +4, and 1% are a mighty +5. Another 15% are cursed (though one of those, the Sword +1, Cursed, grants a positive bonus but simply has the annoying trait of not allowing you to select a different weapon or disengage from a fight).

As a test I rolled on this table three times and immediately got the Vorpal Sword, the +2 Dragon Slayer (which is +4 against true dragons and does triple damage against one type), and the +1 Luck Blade (which also grants +1 on all saving throws and grants 2-5 wishes, the spell most likely to break game balance when used even once).

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #AD&D #magic sword #magic swords #Dungeon Masters Guide #DMG #Gary Gygax #gaming history #dnd #random tables #random table #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[bucket-of-amethyst]

I'm organizing my folders and deleting stuff but before I do that I think imma share some of the stuff I have there with 0 context

#big fan of big sippy impulse in the middle of a currency converter table #hermitcraft #mcc #bucket of random #impulsesv #grian #skizzleman #tangotek

[glassgob]

[Image ID: Digital illustration of Chime from Counter/Weight. Cass is the focal point, piloting the Megalophile. Surrounding them are pop-ups of the other Chime members doing various tasks on an assumed mission. End ID.]

ringing in the new year. ting 🔔

#friends at the table #counter/weight #f@tt #cassander timaeus berenice #mako trig #aria joie #audy #the chime #ive had this sitting in my wips for a while and then had a random itch to finish #uhm. i cant draw machines :"D #theres probably a million mistakes but im posting anyway. happy new year