On Never Being Able to Find a Table When You Need One

So, this blog is a resource for me (blog roll, links, etc.) with stuff for other people just being a side benefit. Traditionally I run 1st edition, hence why there's a big psionicist writeup for 1st edition on the right (putting all the rules in one place, etc.)

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)
Random Randomness (12 options (of random tables!), A Character for Every Game)
Contains:
Dungeoneer Cache (51 options, Aeons & Augauries)
    Random Curses (Tiered Table, 48 options, A Character for Every Game)
    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)

    22 comments:

    1. A very fine collection, and honored to be included! ;)

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    2. I suggest someone compile all these in a PDF or something for easy off-line referencing at the game table.

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    3. Man, 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.

      Who knows though?

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    4. Bookmarked! Thank you :) I'll be sure to leave links to more as I come across them.

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    5. I 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.

      Currently it only has backgrounds for fighters, clerics and magic users; need to write some stuff for demihumans and thieves. :)

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    6. Great collection. Same idea I had that lead to my own Random Randomness post this week (that you linked to).

      I love random tables.

      Bookmarked.

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    7. One I just found: Ghoul Tactics from the Mule Abides.

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    8. I have not added the suggestions in the comments to the post, because they are in the comments. :-)

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    9. Are odd dice okay? I've got a D57 table of magical side effects, along with some others.

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    10. Absolutely! 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.

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    11. Great resource. You have my permission to use the two Swords & Dorkery tables in your pdf. :)

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    12. I'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! :-)

      Things In A Box

      What Kind Of Box?

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    13. Mine random goodness:
      http://worldofortix.blogspot.com/search/label/random%20tables

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    14. Awesome collection! Will be mining for goodness, indeed!

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    15. I 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:

      http://savageswordofscadgrad.blogspot.com/2011/06/random-lairs-for-wilderness-sandbox.html

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    16. Some 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:

      www.apolitical.info/webgame/tables

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    17. A bunch of randomizer stuff, including various tables: http://www.pbegames.com/

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    18. Sweet, I've been needing this.
      Will 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




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    19. quick list of other peoples
      Sweet 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

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    20. Great list of resources!!
      I've got another one for you to add: Madness Chart: http://warlockshomebrew.blogspot.com/2011/09/madness-chart.html

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