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Random Charts?

Started by Zachary The First, September 14, 2007, 09:53:23 AM

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Zachary The First

Thinking of this, I was wondering:  has anyone ever just put out a huge list of tables for generic fantasy gaming?  Seems like that'd be a fun product.

I know there's The Mother of All Treasure Tables, but hadn't gotten a chance to check it out ($20 for a pdf is too steep for me).
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jrients

The Armory released at least 3 books of d30 based die charts of the "generic meaning for D&D" variety.

AEG's Toolbox is specifically d20, but basically a chartfest.

The Central Casting series from Task Force consists of four books full of generic lifepath charts.
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James J Skach

Hmmmm...a d20 version for the Haven, perhaps?

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Quote from: jrientsAEG's Toolbox is specifically d20, but basically a chartfest.

Yes, that was the example I was going to give.  It's pretty decent for what it is.
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The old Ready Ref Sheets put out by Judges Guild have reams of tables for all kinds of fantasy stuff - monsters, ruins, gems, caravans, underwater dangers, NPCs, etc. Great stuff, and it's not hard to find a copy.
 

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Toolbox is awesome.

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I actually picked up Toolbox, and was pleasantly surprised!  There's a lot more in there than I had supposed would be! :)
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Age of Fable

Charts are indeed awesome. I wanted to contribute to the Forward to Adventure chart competition, but didn't because of all the entries becoming their property.

After that competition is over, would anyone be interested in gathering/creating a collection of useful charts? I could host it on my site.
free resources:
Teleleli The people, places, gods and monsters of the great city of Teleleli and the islands around.
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Tables for Fables Random charts for any fantasy RPG rules.
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