I see lots of awesome tables and such on various blogs - but never quite where I need them. I'm going to use this post to collect them in one place whenever I run across them. Please take the time to leave links to any random table on a blog you might use! Thanks! I'll link this too the left and add to it every time I run across an interesting table. Please feel free to praise your own blogs & tables! You can find many of my own random tables in my Treasure (many random treasure & good types) and Tricks, Empty Rooms & Basic Trap Design (100 things found in pits, 100 interesting corridors, infinite magical fountains and more!) documents.
Making this list, I'm considering organizing them by theme.
Mine, first of all, :-)
Spellbook Traps (52 options)
Dungeon Entrances (66 options)
Interesting stairways (62 options, Sham's Grog 'n Blog)
100 Interesting Character Traits (100 options, Sham's Grog 'n Blog)
Carousing Mishaps (20 options, Jeff's Gameblog)
What's the Orc Got In His Pockets? (20 options, Jeff's Gameblog)
Corridor Materials (57 options, d100, Jeff's Gameblog)
Ceiling Materials (57 options, d100, Jeff's Gameblog)
Floor Materials (57 options, d100, Jeff's Gameblog)
Other Materials (37 options, d100, Jeff's Gameblog)
Random Tables (A Character for Every Game)
- Banners & Standards (Tiered Table)
- Beggars (12 options x 2)
- Brigands, Bandits & Highwaymen (12 options)
- Festivals & Holidays (12 options, 4 options)
- Houses of Ill Repute (Tiered Table)
- Polearms (Tiered Table)
- Potion Containers (Tiered Table)
- Racial Subtypes (12 options)
- Tattoos (12 options x2)
- Things Found in a House of Ill Repute (20 options)
- Treasure Map Destinations (12 options)
- Undead Special Abilities (30 options)
- Flowing Fountains (12 options)
- Infinite Caves of the Shroom Goblins (Tiered Table)
Contains:
- Thrones of Telengard (Random Effects for Reading Runes (12 options), Prying Gems (6 options), and Sitting (30 options), , Swords & Dorkery)
- B/X Headgear (Random Headgear and Accouterments Tiered Table - You have to download the .pdf, B/X Blackrazor)
- Weird Treasure Containers (40 options, Telecanter's Receding Rules)
- Unusual Spellbooks (21 options, Malevolent & Benign)
- Random Facial Hair Chart (20 Options, Jeff's Gameblog)
- Hex Dressing (20 options, The Society of the Torch Pole and Rope)
- The Price of Magic (20 options, Grognardia)
- What's in the Barrel? (30 options, Swords & Dorkery)
- The Infinity Rings (30 options, Order of the d30)
- 100 Random Encounters (100 options, Jeff's Gameblog)
- Random Island Generation (100 options, RPG Blog II)
- Random Castle Shenanagins (20 options, Jeff's Gameblog)
- Magical Footware (13 options, Aeons & Augauries)
- Magical Candles (19 options, Aeons & Augauries)
- Magical Ropes (16 options, Aeons & Augauries)
- Peddlers of the Deep Dark (Tiered table Aeons & Augauries)
- Vagabond Camps (Tiered table Aeons & Augauries)
Peasants with Magical Weapons (12 options, Blog of Holding)
Lady (or Dude) of the Night - The Morning After. (20 options, ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog)
What Happens When A Spellbook Dies? (10 options, Dungeons & Digressions)
Superstitious Dungeoneers (30 options, Dungeons & Digressions)
Taxes, Tariff's & Fines (30 options, Dungeons & Digressions)
Random City Events (30 options, Dungeons & Digressions)
Random Hirelings (10 options, Planet Agol)
Random Mercenary (10 options, Planet Agol)
Mind Wizard & Assassin Traits (20 options each, Planet Agol)
NPC Traits (Tiered Table, Planet Agol)
Pulpy Planetary Romance Generator (Tiered Table, Savage Swords of Athanor)
Random Drug creation (Tiered Table, Monsters & Manuals)
Chaos Patrons (Tiered Table, Monsters & Manuals)
Hireling Background (12 options, Monsters & Manuals)
What's in the Hole? (100 options, Beyond the Black Gate)
Random Megadungeon Area Name Generator (Tiered Table, Beyond the Black Gate)
Random Trap Disarming Table (100 options, Beyond the Black Gate)
Quick and Dirty Weather Tables (Tiered Table, The Mule Abides)
Dragon Generator (Tiered Table, Old Guard Gaming Accouterments)
Humanoid Trait Tables (Tiered Table, A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons & Dragons)
Random City Encounters (30 options, RetroRPG)
Wilderness Dressing (50 options, Greyhack Grognard)
Dungeon Motivations (100 entries, Dungeonskull Mountain)
What are those wandering monsters doing? (11 entries, 1d8)
Death Experience (20 entries, Underworld Kingdom)
I Make A Pass At The Tavern Wench (30 entries, Underdark Gazette)
Things About Villains (100 entries, D&D with Porn Stars)
Things About Villains, Again (100 entries, D&D with Porn Stars)
Random Angel Generator (Various, Underdark Gazette)
99 Rites of Fairy Creatures (100 entries, Blog of Holding)
Appearance of Underworld forests (Various, Underworld Kingdom)
Giant Slug Properties (Various, Underworld Kingdom)
Disturbing Standards (6 entries, Underworld Kingdom)
Wizard Obsessions (20 entries, Rolang's Creeping Doom)
Random Hermit Generator (various, Rolang's Creeping Doom)
Random God Generator (various, Rolang's Creeping Doom)
The Dungeon Dozen (all)
100 Random Impedimentia (100 entries, d4 caltrops)
Mundane Items table (pdf download, Swords & Dorkery)
Who the Hell is This Jerk Henchman (100 entries, the only successful one)
100 Endings to Conversations (100 entries, Kobold Quarterly)
18 Common Hireling Motivations (18 entries, Rolang's Creeping Doom)
20 Wilderness Situations (20 entries, Magician's Manse)
28 Random Domain Events (28 entries, Land of Nod)
100 Peculiarities (50 entries, A Dandy in the Underworld)
20 Ossuary Finds (20 entries, Underworld Kingdom)
Random Building Contents (100 entries, Beyond the Black Gate)
Random Castle Leader and Minions (Jeff's Gameblog)
Random Castle Leader and Minions (Planet Agol)
50 Ring Types (Papers & Pencils)
Strange Gang Motivations and Descriptions (Monster Manual Sewn From Pants)
Gonzo Magic Weapon History Tables (A Wizard's Kiss)
Portals. Seriously lots of portals (Lost Pages)
Random Graffiti (Tired table, Tower of the Archmage)

A very fine collection, and honored to be included! ;)
ReplyDeleteI suggest someone compile all these in a PDF or something for easy off-line referencing at the game table.
ReplyDeleteMan, I thought about it, but short order that would involve contacting every author and getting permission. Some of whom haven't updated their blog in months. Also, the list is woefully incomplete.
ReplyDeleteWho knows though?
Bookmarked! Thank you :) I'll be sure to leave links to more as I come across them.
ReplyDeleteI use my Character Generation Shortcuts instead of rolling for starting gold and shopping whenever I need to create characters for newbies. There is also an expanded PDF.
ReplyDeleteCurrently it only has backgrounds for fighters, clerics and magic users; need to write some stuff for demihumans and thieves. :)
Great collection. Same idea I had that lead to my own Random Randomness post this week (that you linked to).
ReplyDeleteI love random tables.
Bookmarked.
One I just found: Ghoul Tactics from the Mule Abides.
ReplyDeleteI have not added the suggestions in the comments to the post, because they are in the comments. :-)
ReplyDeleteAre odd dice okay? I've got a D57 table of magical side effects, along with some others.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! If a table isn't on the above list, it's because A) it's linked in the comments, or B) I haven't ran across it yet.
ReplyDeleteGreat resource. You have my permission to use the two Swords & Dorkery tables in your pdf. :)
ReplyDeleteI've recently posted a few tables on my blog. The 1st is things that might be found in a box in a dungeon, the 2nd is a variety of boxes that might hold things in a dungeon. Enjoy! :-)
ReplyDeleteThings In A Box
What Kind Of Box?
Here are the tables I've made so far in my d30's Day series:
ReplyDeleted30 Special Effects for Teleportation
d30 Unnatural Character Origins
d30 Potion Containers Besides a 1 oz. Flask
Enjoy!
Mine random goodness:
ReplyDeletehttp://worldofortix.blogspot.com/search/label/random%20tables
Awesome collection! Will be mining for goodness, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI found this post a while back and thought it was a great Idea since blog posts tend to get lost over time. Here's one to add to your list:
ReplyDeletehttp://savageswordofscadgrad.blogspot.com/2011/06/random-lairs-for-wilderness-sandbox.html
Great resource, thanks!
ReplyDeleteSome people might be interested in my tables website. I'm not updating it at the moment because of other projects, but there's a lot on there:
ReplyDeletewww.apolitical.info/webgame/tables
A bunch of randomizer stuff, including various tables: http://www.pbegames.com/
ReplyDeleteSweet, I've been needing this.
ReplyDeleteWill include mine and some other peoples I like
that is a d20 of traps
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/1d20-traps.html
d20 table on why a npc is being unhelpful
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/hey-it-was-these-songs-plus-npc.html
a d100 name table
(between some stuff about archetype classes and pictures of a Pegasus )
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/pictures-of-monsters-archetypes-lists.html
1d100 table of mutations
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/1d100-table-of-mutations-and-wait.html
d30 table of mutations
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/d30-mutation-table.html
urban crawl tables for sigil
http://monstermanualsewnfrompants.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/planes-scape-some-tables-for-sigil.html
quick list of other peoples
ReplyDeleteSweet encounter tables, including ones for the entire planet earth:
http://rottenpulp.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Rotten%20Encounter%20Tables
You hit undead and worse stuff happens table
http://metalvsskin.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/why-youll-regret-hitting-this-undead.html
weird urban occupations for DCC
http://gibletblizzard.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/dcc-d100-weird-urban-occupations.html
tables for toad licking and spider god healing hi-jinks
http://gibletblizzard.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/random%20tables
drugs
http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/never-turn-your-back-on-drug.html
random cabaret table
(this site has plenty of other good stuff, you should dig and rechoice)
http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/random-cabaret-generator.html?zx=d3e29cf00380ac59
WAMPUS country, also damn fine, also lose yourself here , some examples
http://wampuscountry.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/magic-bullets.html
Random diversions
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuqwG8Z6j6dbdG9sbHo1U2Z4UkV4VlZhLTNIUUpNR3c#gid=0
d20 magic guns from yet another blog I need to spend more time reading
http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/six-shooters-and-sorcery.html
Great list of resources!!
ReplyDeleteI've got another one for you to add: Madness Chart: http://warlockshomebrew.blogspot.com/2011/09/madness-chart.html