I haven't picked up Krevborna yet, but I plan to. It being an early modern setting would imply that you at least need rules/stats for appropriate weapons and armor.

Quote from: 3rik;1049962Pulp Egypt
Heroes of Rura-Tonga
Krevborna: A Gothic Blood Opera

Wow. These look fantastic and I've definitely never even heard of them, thanks!

Quote from: nightlamp;1049963Very nice!  I haven't had a chance to check out Krevborna, but I've found that author's Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque trilogy to be a great resource for Gothic and gaslamp-fantasy adventure.  It's ostensibly for OSR D&D, but most of the tables can be used with any system.

Hm, site looks like it has some interesting stuff laying around but the links included on the page unfortunately appear to be broken...

Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque I-III and Tales of Gothic Earth are available in Pay-What-You-Want pdf from Dolorous Exhumation Press through DTRPG.

Link: DriveThruRPG.com - Dolorous Exhumation Press

Quote from: 3rik;1050157Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque I-III and Tales of Gothic Earth are available in Pay-What-You-Want pdf from Dolorous Exhumation Press through DTRPG.

Link: DriveThruRPG.com - Dolorous Exhumation Press

I should have figured these would be available through DTRPG, thanks for guiding this horse to water.

Quote from: Antiquation!;1050147Hm, site looks like it has some interesting stuff laying around but the links included on the page unfortunately appear to be broken...

Sorry about that, I didn't think to check the links themselves. I'm glad someone else rode to the rescue with the DTRPG links!

Quote from: nightlamp;1050167Sorry about that, I didn't think to check the links themselves. I'm glad someone else rode to the rescue with the DTRPG links!

No worries, we got there in the end. I appreciate the tip-off!

The encounter rules for groups and items in Twilight:2000 are about 99% system-agnostic. I hadn't used them in ages, but in the last while, I've found myself generating small groups and encounters using the generators. They're definitely geared towards Twilight:2000 style encounters: travelling through hostile terrain meeting similarly traumatized and suspicious people who all want your food. But they are designed to develop a sandbox setting of Poland--every settlement smaller than a large town is considered a village that is randomly generated via the charts.

The NPC motivation chart in T2K, using a deck of cards, is also system-agnostic and quite evocative for basic NPC motivations.

Transylvanian Adventures (DCC) is another good resource if you're running gothic or Hammer-style horror games, it's loaded with random tables that are mostly system-neutral.  I don't play DCC, but it's something I reference regularly when prepping Carpathia adventures.  Too bad the author didn't continue the line, I would have loved to see the magic and monster books.

Quote from: Heavy Josh;1050221The encounter rules for groups and items in Twilight:2000 are about 99% system-agnostic. I hadn't used them in ages, but in the last while, I've found myself generating small groups and encounters using the generators. They're definitely geared towards Twilight:2000 style encounters: travelling through hostile terrain meeting similarly traumatized and suspicious people who all want your food. But they are designed to develop a sandbox setting of Poland--every settlement smaller than a large town is considered a village that is randomly generated via the charts.

The NPC motivation chart in T2K, using a deck of cards, is also system-agnostic and quite evocative for basic NPC motivations.

This would actually be perfect for one of the two campaigns I'm running right now. I'll check it out!

Quote from: nightlamp;1050260Transylvanian Adventures (DCC) is another good resource if you're running gothic or Hammer-style horror games, it's loaded with random tables that are mostly system-neutral.  I don't play DCC, but it's something I reference regularly when prepping Carpathia adventures.  Too bad the author didn't continue the line, I would have loved to see the magic and monster books.

Wow, and THIS would be perfect for the other campaign! I feel like a kid in a candy store. Time to at least glance at the bank account...

Tome of Adventure Design by Frog God is really good for avoiding ruts.  It is specifically designed to generate stuff that you have to think about and synthesize to make sense of, so not for use during the game.

It's not quite exactly system agnostic, but very close. It's certainly OSR-agnostic: Cults of Chaos is my sourcebook to allow you to create medieval-authentic cults, sects, witch covens, heresies and other nefarious groups. With tons of random tables and details.

Quote from: atomic;1050438Tome of Adventure Design by Frog God is really good for avoiding ruts.  It is specifically designed to generate stuff that you have to think about and synthesize to make sense of, so not for use during the game.

This sounds right up my alley, I'll check it out. Thanks!

Quote from: RPGPundit;1050739It's not quite exactly system agnostic, but very close. It's certainly OSR-agnostic: Cults of Chaos is my sourcebook to allow you to create medieval-authentic cults, sects, witch covens, heresies and other nefarious groups. With tons of random tables and details.

I don't mind some OSR trimmings at all, they're generally very straightforward to convert. The main thing for me is the strength of the ideas behind the tables and details. I'll take a look at this, sounds like it would be useful for an upcoming campaign I'm prepping based around witch covens/bloodlines and the conflicts between them. Thanks for the recommendation.

Chronicles of Talislanta (1987) is system free, and it is all a ref needs for a Talislanta campaign.  Most of the other first edition books are pretty light on system content, though (Naturist Guide and Sorcerer's Guide).

Pirate's Guide to Freeport (2007) is completely system free.

If you like Kevin Crawford's games, Red Tide (2011) has very little system based content, with most of the book setting content.

Richard LeBlanc's d30 books are good table books (lulu). They are D&D type of game focused, though very broadly.  D30 Sandbox Companion and d30 DM companion are pretty neat.

Going back to days of yore, Thieves World (1981) for Chaosium was designed for most of the systems around back in the day.  It's an all time favorite of mine.

By far my favourite systemless resource is the random tables at https://donjon.bin.sh/ - you have to poke around a bit to find the best ones eg https://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/random/#type=encounter;enc_type=Road for fantasy road encounters or https://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/random/#type=Space%20Encounter for space opera space encounters.

Quote from: Antiquation!;1050779I don't mind some OSR trimmings at all, they're generally very straightforward to convert. The main thing for me is the strength of the ideas behind the tables and details. I'll take a look at this, sounds like it would be useful for an upcoming campaign I'm prepping based around witch covens/bloodlines and the conflicts between them. Thanks for the recommendation.

I'm confident you'll find it useful.