Posts Tagged by random generator
| February 21, 2013 | Posted by Scott Martin |
Sometimes your villain needs something a little out of the ordinary to set him apart. Or maybe that hapless NPC has a redeeming quality. If you’re feeling inspired, working out extra details for characters can be interesting, but if you’re on a deadline–or really not feeling inspired–sometimes a blunt tool is what you need. Below are 4 tables to encourage an out of the ordinary encounter even when you’re brain’s not at maximum creativity. Villainous Secrets (Modern) [d8] 1: Secretly supports a local animal shelter.…
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
Based on the positive response from the my recent d100 random generator, Fantasy Wagon Train, I thought I would present another – this time along the lines of a suggestion user Randite made in the comments. So back beneath the shade tree my daughter and I went, iPad in hand. While a new batch of terrain-making plaster set, we brainstormed about the sorts of appropriate, yet sometimes strange and interesting folk you might encounter in a fantasy world’s version of a rest stop. Perhaps your caravan…
| July 16, 2012 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
Of late I have extolled the virtues of earlier editions of Dungeons and Dragons. This has delighted our gnome-in-chief, especially, who like many other gamers, is rediscovering what Old School gaming is about. And it served as a touchstone for those like me, who have more gray hairs than experience points (my current photo on this site indicating the contrary). But it also vindicated those folks who never stopped using the Chainmail, Basic, Expert or AD&D rules sets and find now that the creators and…
