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Random "X" Tables

A sort of repository thread for the Random Encounter, Wandering Monster, Pocket Contents, etc. table that can be so useful when you're experiencing GM's block or trying to get something done five minutes before the players show up. (Or you're showing off some implicit worldbuilding...)

Re: Random "X" Tables

Dungeon Vermin Table

This is for those creatures that might inhabit underground caverns, sewers, and eldritch dungeons - either because they find them comfortable or, in the case of the undead, that's where they spontaneously animate from unfortunate souls.

Code:

d% roll        Monster - Page Reference - Number - Notes

01-05        Jelly - Monsters p. 38 - 1        

06-10        Ooze - Monsters p. 44 - 1d6 - Wanders

11-14        Pudding - Monsters p. 46 - 1 - Apply variant if appropriate.

15-16        Erupting Slime - Monsters p. 26 - 1        

17-18        Ochre Jelly - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 149 - 1        

19-20        Pudding, Giant Black - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 155 - 1        

21-25        Giant Centipede (big) - Companion 3, p. 104 - 2d6        

26-28        Giant Centipede (Humongous) - Companion 3, p. 104 - 1 - plus possibly 2d6 young (5 or 6 on d6)

29-30        Leaping Leeches - Monsters p. 40 - 2d6 x 10        

31-35        Giant Spider (big) - Monsters p. 31-32 - 3d6        

36-39        Giant Spider (huge) - Monsters p. 31-32 - 2d6        

40-42        Giant Spider (humongous) - Monsters p. 31-32 - 1 - Wanders

43-45        Giant Beetle (big) - Companion 3, p. 103 - 1 or 1d3 x 10        

46-50        Foul Bats - Monsters p. 28 - 1d6 x 5        

51-55        Giant Rats - Monsters p. 30 - 1d6 x 10        

56-60        Swarm - Monsters p. 54 - 1d hexes        

61-62        Death Grip - Nordlondr Ovinabokin - p. 56 - 1 - Natural caverns only

63-65        Dark Cape - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 60 - 1d6 - Natural caverns only

66-68        Strix - Monsters 2 p. 42 - 3d6        

69-70        Rock Mite - Monsters p. 47 - 1d6+3        

71-72        Demon Spawn (Imp) - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 113 - 1d6 - Usually scouting for other demons

73-77        Doomchildren - Monsters p. 21 - 1d20+4        

78        Toxifier - Monsters p. 56 - 1d3        

79-80   Fiendling - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 82 - 2d6        

81-84        Skeleton - Monsters p. 48 - 2d6+3        

85        Ghost - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 89 - 1d3        

86-89        Zombie, Infectious (“Horde”) - Monsters p. 36 - 2d6 + 3        

90-93        Zombie, Reanimated - Monsters p. 62 - 2d6+3        

94        Fury Wisp - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 105 - 1        

95-96        Remnant - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 132 - 1        

97        Wraith - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 156 - 1 - plus 1d6 Remnants and/or Draugr

98        Shadow - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 165 - 1d6        

99        Wight - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 180 - 1 - plus 1d6 Wight-Spawn

100        Wight-Spawn - Nordlondr Ovinabokin p. 181 - 2d6

Re: Random "X" Tables

For a nice set of links to random NPC traits, contents of orc pockets, facial hair, 30 infinity rings, random curses, hireling backgrounds, wizard obsessions, etc. see http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/...able-when.html

For a really neat concept of curses and how to lift them, plus a random table of examples, see https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/201...20-curses.html

Re: Random "X" Tables

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Originally Posted by Apollonian (Post 2463515)

The Donjon https://donjon.bin.sh/

This site has a ton of random RPG generators for many genre's. Names, planets, dungeons, towns, magic shops, and more. It's a great resource for quick random stuff.

And then there's my own website GURPSLand where I have a random name generator for modern US, a basic Tavern Name generator, Cyberpunk Network generator, and most on topic for this forum a Random Dungeon Generator, written by Emily Smirle and Kyle Norton based on the Donjun Dungeon Generator but customized for the DFRPG/GURPS Dungeon Fantasy.

Re: Random "X" Tables

Perhaps as a result of a curse or dark magic or a crystal ball, a PC is visited with a frightening vision. Each of these may be an opportunity for the player to improvise and/or for the GM to add layers to the story.

Frightful Vision Table (1d6)

Vision of your worst childhood memory.
Vision of a betrayal by a trusted companion.
Vision linked to your phobia or other mental disadvantage.
Vision of things going horribly awry in the near future (trap going off, ambush, quest failure, etc.).
Vision reveals that a beloved possession is cursed or malevolent.
Vision of plausible mortal danger to a loved one not associated with the current quest (perhaps tempting the character to change course).