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Chainsaw Hobbit
2011-04-28, 01:26 PM
Here are a bunch of tables for generating a random adventure:

Setting

Desert
Forest
City
Evil pane of existance
Feywild/Realm of Fey
Shadowfell/Plane of Shadow
Ruins
Caves
Ocian
Demiplane


Special Setting Trait

Very hot
Very cold
Active battlefield
Deserted battlefield
Haunted
Leakage from Far Realm/Dungeon Dimensions/Limbo
Infested with fungus or fast-spreading plants
Collapsing/burning/dissipating
Wrecked by massive evil entity
Will expire after a fixed amount of time


Objective

Rescue hostage
Escape imprisonment
Kill BBEG
Destroy object
Retrieve object
Explore uncharted territory
Investigate mystery
Clear space for settlement
Consult oracle
Track down escaped convict


Adversaries

Orcs/goblins/hobgoblins/ogres/bugbears
Demons/devils
Bizarre Lovecraftian monsters
Dark elves/drow
Cult of evil humans
Draconians/dragonborn/kobolds/lizardfolk
Frog-men/bullywugs
Fungus-men/myconids
Fish-men/deep ones/Kao-Tau
Other (open the Monster Manual to a random page)


BBEG

Lich/undead wizard
Illithid/mind flayer/psionic threat/star-spawn of Cthulhu
Beholder/floating eye/eye tyrant
Depraved cult leader
Dragon
Undead dragon
Lovecraftian evil entity
Giant robotic monster
Evil wizard/necromancer
Demon lord/Balrog/pit fiend/balor


Complication (Optional)

Characters are relentlessly hunted by a strange entity
A great deal of the treasure found in the adventure turns out to be cursed
Characters must save to avoid contracting a stange disease for every hour spent on the site of the adventure
The laws of physics are messed up
The entire area is cloaked in magic darkness/fog
Creatures killed in the area rise as zombies
The place is full of traps
The monsters turn out to be another kind of minster in disguise. Roll twice on the adversaries table
The BBEG is an imposter
The characters are constantly tempted by seductive demons

XiaoTie
2011-04-29, 05:39 AM
At first I was like :smallconfused:
And then I was like :smallbiggrin:

Awesome tables. The results can be very interesting, such as the one I just rolled:

9 - 3 - 7 - 2 - 6 - 2
Ocean - Active battlefield - Investigate mystery - Demons/Devils - Undead dragon - Cursed treasure

Mastikator
2011-04-29, 07:30 AM
Hate to burst your bubble, but this is not system neutral. Planes of existence does not exist in all systems, especially "Far Realm". And the adversaries are all fantasy based.
The BBEG 2nd, 3rd and 7th option relies on the setting either being Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu.

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Edit: Neat though.

Comet
2011-04-29, 08:51 AM
Hate to burst your bubble, but this is not system neutral. Planes of existence does not exist in all systems, especially "Far Realm". And the adversaries are all fantasy based.
The BBEG 2nd, 3rd and 7th option relies on the setting either being Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu.

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Edit: Neat though.

To be nitpicky, the world and mythology of D&D are not that much connected to the actual system, or otherwise people wouldn't be quite so able to go on about their "crunch" and "fluff" and the separation of the two.

So you could, say, use this table to play in the world of D&D (Forgotten Realms or some such) with the rules of GURPS. System neutral.

Yeah, I know, I'm not being very helpful. Anyway, cool tables. Could do with some expanding for maximum fun.

Mutazoia
2011-04-29, 09:03 AM
Kind of reminds me of the old "Hero's of X" books back in the 80's that had tables for randomly generating backgrounds for your characters. You could wind up with anything form extra skill points to a mental disorder...

Chainsaw Hobbit
2011-04-29, 11:23 AM
I just rolled up an item-retrieval adventure in an orc-filled fungus-infested forest where the laws of reality are screwed up.

My tables are more fun than I first imagined. :smallbiggrin:

Andraste
2011-04-29, 08:02 PM
People want to move into some caves, but they can't, because a Lich lives there with his frogmen and zombie frogmen. The cave is going to collapse soon, so if successful, the people will be crushed. (I don't quite understand "Will expire after a fixed amount of time")

You are exploring an uncharted forest. You encounter a group of Dark Elves. They are guarding a rift where energy is coming from another dimension. Their leader is an evil wizard who is gaining power from the rift. When you kill them, you find that the dark energy cursed most of the treasure.

Chainsaw Hobbit
2011-04-29, 08:04 PM
(I don't quite understand "Will expire after a fixed amount of time")

It means that the place will flood or cave in or blow up or whatever after a fixed amount of time, so the PCs have to act fast.

Ajadea
2011-04-30, 02:43 PM
So the one I rolled (with some elaboration):

In a Desert
That is Infested with fungus or fast-spreading plants
The PC's must Track down an escaped convict
While fighting Bizarre Lovecraftian monsters
And evading the notice of Akysthsze, an Undead dragon
All while The characters are constantly tempted by seductive demons.

Not running that complication :smalltongue:.

Chainsaw Hobbit
2011-04-30, 02:48 PM
So the one I rolled (with some elaboration):

In a Desert
That is Infested with fungus or fast-spreading plants
The PC's must Track down an escaped convict
While fighting Bizarre Lovecraftian monsters
And evading the notice of Akysthsze, an Undead dragon
All while The characters are constantly tempted by seductive demons.

Not running that complication :smalltongue:.

I know my tables are a little quirky, but that could still be a lot of fun to play.

flabort
2011-04-30, 06:06 PM
Hmm. Odd. I also got a Fungus infested Desert my first try.
1-7-8-4-9-5
Desert-fungus-clear space for settlement-drow-evil wizard-thick fog.

Odd.
Lemme see what I get if I reroll.
5-7-2-4-6-3
Feywilds-fungus again-escape imprisonment-drow again-undead dragon-strange disease.

That doesn't make sense. :smallconfused: That would be an awesome adventure, though.