120+ Indispensable Random Tables for Enriching Your Fantasy Tabletop RPG Campaigns

Random tables are an essential tool for any Game Master (GM) or player in a fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Whether it's for generating quick encounters, creating unique NPCs, or adding depth to the game world, random tables can help you save time and unleash your creativity.

In this comprehensive guide, we present a collection of over 120 D100 random tables tailored specifically for fantasy tabletop RPGs. These tables will provide you with inspiration, variety, and a helping hand whenever you need it.

1. Defining Physical Features

The Great Book of Random Tables: 120 D100 Random Tables for Fantasy Tabletop Role-Playing Games

by Matt Davids

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• Roll for height, weight, eye color, hair color, and skin tone, creating unique and diverse characters.

2. Personality Quirks and Traits

• Generate quirks like "twitches when nervous" or traits such as "gregarious and outgoing," adding depth to your characters.

3. Determining Backstories and Motivations

• Discover tragic pasts, childhood traumas, or secret ambitions that shape your characters' actions and motivations.

4. Naming Conventions

• Roll for common names, surnames, or even fantasy-inspired titles, ensuring your characters stand out from the crowd.

5. Character Relationships

• Determine bonds, rivalries, or connections between characters, creating complex and dynamic relationships.

6. Generating Towns and Villages

• Roll for population, buildings, landmarks, and even unique customs, creating vibrant and memorable settlements.

7. Crafting Dungeons and Lairs

• Determine room size, traps, monsters, and treasure, populating your campaigns with perilous and rewarding locations.

8. Describing Landscapes and Ecosystems

• Generate terrain, weather, vegetation, and wildlife, bringing the game world to life with vivid descriptions.

9. Designing Unique NPCs

• Roll for personality, profession, goals, and quirks, creating memorable and engaging non-player characters.

10. Creating Organizations and Factions

• Determine membership, hierarchy, goals, and rivalries, adding depth and complexity to your game world.

11. Encountering Monsters and Creatures

• Roll for type, strength, abilities, and weaknesses, creating diverse and challenging foes for your players.

12. Generating Random Treasure

• Determine item type, rarity, and value, rewarding players with coveted loot.

13. Designing Quests and Storylines

• Roll for quest objectives, obstacles, and rewards, inspiring engaging and memorable adventures.

14. Weather and Environmental Effects

• Generate weather conditions, natural disasters, and seasonal changes, adding realism and unpredictability to your campaigns.

15. Social Encounters and Interactions

• Roll for NPC reactions, behavior, and dialogue, fostering dynamic and immersive social encounters.

16. Random Events and Plot Hooks

• Generate unexpected events, strange encounters, or intriguing rumors, providing inspiration for new storylines.

17. Dream and Vision Interpretations

• Roll for symbolic meanings and hidden messages, adding depth to character development and unraveling mysteries.

18. Magic Item Effects

• Determine the effects of unidentified magic items, creating uncertainty and excitement for your players.

19. Describing Spells and Abilities

• Generate unique descriptions and visual effects for spells and abilities, enhancing the sensory experience of your campaigns.

20. Devising Puzzles and Riddles

• Roll for riddles, puzzles, and code words, engaging your players' minds and adding a touch of mystery.

21. Trap Descriptions and Effects

• Generate the appearance, trigger, and effects of deadly traps, adding tension and danger to your dungeons.

22. Secret Passages and Hidden Chambers

• Roll for locations, descriptions, and access methods of secret areas, rewarding players for their exploration.

23. Treasure Chests and Hoards

• Determine chest appearance, contents, and traps, creating excitement and anticipation for your players.

24. Underground Environments

• Generate cave formations, water features, and lighting conditions, enhancing the realism and immersion of your dungeons.

25. Dungeon Room Encounters

• Roll for room size, hazards, monsters, and potential treasure, creating diverse and engaging dungeon experiences.

26. City District Descriptions

• Generate district names, appearances, inhabitants, and unique features, creating a vibrant and diverse urban environment.

27. Taverns and Inns

• Roll for atmosphere, clientele, menu, and entertainment, providing a place for players to relax, socialize, and gather information.

28. Shops and Markets

• Determine store types, wares, prices, and bargaining opportunities, adding depth and realism to your cities.

29. City Guards and Law Enforcement

• Generate ranks, uniforms, patrols, and attitudes of city guards, creating a sense of security and potential conflict.

30. Urban Encounters and Events

• Roll for random encounters, street performers, protests, or riots, making your city a dynamic and unpredictable place.

31. Forests and Woodlands

• Generate tree types, undergrowth, wildlife, and potential hazards, creating vast and immersive forest environments.

32. Plains and Grasslands

• Roll for vegetation, animals, weather conditions, and landmarks, creating open and expansive landscapes.

33. Mountains and Hills

• Determine elevation, terrain, climate, and potential obstacles, adding verticality and challenge to your adventures.

34. Rivers and Lakes

• Generate flow rates, water clarity, wildlife, and potential hazards, creating dynamic waterways and bodies of water.

35. Deserts and Wastelands

• Roll for climate, terrain, vegetation, and potential ruins, evoking a sense of solitude and desolation.

36. Astral Plane Phenomena

• Generate cosmic events, entities, and celestial bodies, adding a touch of the ethereal to your campaigns.

37. Ethereal Plane Manifestations

• Roll for ethereal creatures, dreamlike landscapes, and mystical occurrences, delving into the realm of the subconscious.

38. Elemental Plane Encounters

• Determine the appearance, hazards, and inhabitants of elemental planes, creating chaotic and transformative environments.

39. Shadowfell Horrors

• Generate the inhabitants, landscapes, and eerie effects of the Shadowfell, exploring the darker aspects of fantasy.

40. Feywild Wonders

• Roll for faerie creatures, whimsical landscapes, and ancient secrets, adding a touch of enchantment to your campaigns.

41. Critical Hit Effects

• Generate devastating or humorous effects for critical hits, adding excitement and uncertainty to combat.

42. Critical Miss Effects

• Determine the consequences of critical misses, creating comical or embarrassing moments that break the tension.

43. Battle Maneuvers

• Roll for special maneuvers, tactical options, and combat strategies, enhancing the depth and variety of combat encounters.

44. Siege Weapon Effects

• Generate the effects of siege weapons, such as catapults, ballistae, and trebuchets, adding realism and destruction to your battles.

45. Poison and Disease

• Determine the effects, symptoms, and treatments for different poisons and diseases, adding an element of risk and strategic gameplay.

46. Roleplaying Inspiration

• Roll for scenarios, dialogue prompts, and character motivations, providing inspiration for players during roleplaying encounters.

47. Character Background Details

• Generate random details about a character's past, family, or aspirations, fostering character development and depth.

48. Conversation Starters

• Roll for questions, topics, or anecdotes to start conversations between characters, encouraging roleplay and group interaction.

49. Persuasion and Diplomacy

• Determine the effects of persuasion attempts, social interactions, and negotiations, adding depth and variety to roleplaying encounters.

50. Random Encounters for Roleplay

• Generate random encounters that spark roleplaying opportunities, such as travelers, merchants, or mysterious strangers.

51. Campaign Setting Ideas

• Roll for unique campaign settings, such as a floating city, a cursed forest, or a steampunk world, providing inspiration for new adventures.

52. NPC Personality Traits

• Generate personality traits, quirks, and motivations for NPCs, creating memorable and engaging characters.

53. Plot Twist Generators

• Roll for unexpected plot twists, betrayal, or sudden revelations, adding excitement and unpredictability to your campaigns.

54. Dungeon Generator

• Roll for dungeon size, room descriptions, and monster encounters, creating randomized and engaging dungeons on the fly.

55. Event Hook Ideas

• Generate random events, rumors, or quests to grab players' attention and kickstart new

The Great Book of Random Tables: 120 D100 Random Tables for Fantasy Tabletop Role-Playing Games

by Matt Davids

5 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	148486 KB
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Print length	:	272 pages

FREE