Taking note of Mythmere's observation about the sudden appearance of a wave of redundant sounding published adventures, I was inspired to offer this modest contribution to help speed up the OSR production process.
Naming Convention Chart
All names should be preceded by a random or chosen series of two capital letters and a number in sequence, such as “OG1”.
Roll d10
| 1 | “Search for the” + [Place Chart] “of” + [Adjective Chart] +[Being Chart] |
| 2 | “In Search of” + [Place Chart] “of” + [Animal Chart] + [Being Chart] |
| 3 | “Journey to” + [Place Chart] “of” + [Adjective Chart] +[Being Chart] |
| 4 | “Journey to” + [Place Chart] “of” + [Animal Chart] + [Being Chart] |
| 5 | “Against the” + [Adjective Chart] +[Being Chart] |
| 6 | “Against the” + [Animal Chart] + [Being Chart] |
| 7-8 | [Place Chart] “ of the” + [Adjective Chart] +[Being Chart] |
| 9-10 | [Place Chart] “ of the” + [Animal Chart] +[Being Chart] |
Adjective List
Roll d12
| 1 | Deep |
| 2 | Dark |
| 3 | Ice |
| 4 | Fire |
| 5 | Unknown or Forgotten |
| 6 | Lost |
| 7 | Eldritch or Elder |
| 8 | Mad or Insane |
| 9 | Stone |
| 10 | Skull or Bone |
| 11 | Sinister |
| 12 | Color of your Choice |
Place Chart
Roll d12
| 1 | Hall or |
| 2 | Tower or Castle |
| 3 | Tomb |
| 4 | Temple |
| 5 | Fane |
| 6 | Valley |
| 7 | City |
| 8 | Undercity |
| 9 | Island or Isle |
| 10 | Mountain |
| 11 | Hill |
| 12 | Maze |
Being Chart
Roll d12
| 1 | Master |
| 2 | Lord |
| 3 | Queen |
| 4 | Princess |
| 5 | King |
| 6 | Dragon |
| 7 | Mage |
| 8 | Demon |
| 9 | Giant |
| 10 | Vampire |
| 11 | God |
| 12 | [Animal Chart]-Men or -People |
Animal Chart
Roll d10
| 1 | Frog |
| 2 | Toad |
| 3 | Snake or Serpent |
| 4 | Bat |
| 5 | Hawk |
| 6 | Dog |
| 7 | Spider |
| 8 | Wolf |
| 9 | Bull |
| 10 | Wombat |
Looks like my players will soon be visiting the "Island of the Bat Princess". LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteIf they survive that they can go on to "BP2: Mountain of the Dog Demon"
ReplyDeleteI know this is tongue in cheek, but I'm finding it quite inspirational, actually. :)
ReplyDelete@Joseph
ReplyDeleteIt's funny as soon as I rolled up "Mountain of the Dog Demon" I instantly thought: "hey, that'd actually make for a cool adventure."
Hill of the Bull God - it even has it's own theme song. ;)
ReplyDeleteHmm, where to adventure next?
ReplyDelete"Undercity of the Mad Demon" or the
"Journey to the Tomb of the Snake Queen"
Thanks for the chart!
"Against the Sinister Dog." Sounds like a winner.
ReplyDeleteThis is always fun stuff -- I've got one of these in the Deskbook series I did, which was then renamed Ultimate Book of Adventure Design, and is now Tome of Adventure Design.
ReplyDeleteRolling up adventure names is not only inspirational, but every once in a while there's also something that's a hilarious double-entendre or is screamingly funny, too.
This is a nice, compact table, by the way, from one table-tinkerer to another! There's a lot more to designing good tables than it appears on the surface!
I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat pretty much covers everything.
"Journey to the Tower of the Stone Mage"
ReplyDeleteSounds pretty awesome, actually.
Very, very cool!
ReplyDeleteNice! I rolled "Against the Snake-People" and "Journey to the Maze of the Elder Giant".
ReplyDeleteDeep Dark, Ice
ReplyDeleteOver Hill and Mountain
Master rode ever long
To face the God-Frog
The dark forest waits, horse breath clear in the damp air, stamping in rhythm to the hum of of strange insects that lie just inside the shadows.
He peers in, but sees nothing but shapes moving in the darkness. Laying his hand on hilt he gently leans the reins against the winded animals neck and they move slowly towards their destiny...
I Loved it! I will translate to portuguese in my brasilian RPG blog, with the credits of this woundeful blog. See you soon.
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Sweet! Built a generator for Inspiration Pad Pro and now I can generate 100 modules in less than a second... Of course, added in a few choice adjectives and more placenames, woot!
ReplyDeleteBattle of the Dungeon
Ruins of the Horse God
Island of the Insane Vampire
Island of the Bone King
Journey to the Catacombs of the Infernal Giant
Journey to the Port of the Goat Lord
Gigantic Hold of the Blackbird Dragon
Port of the Lost Queen
Utopian Catacombs
Battle of the Bridge
Lost City
Heavenly Gate
Search for the Basillica of the Ice Giant
Stormy Keep
Temple of the Leach Mage
Journey to the Marsh of the Fire Demon
Search for the Island of the Infernal Owl-Bear-People
Gate of the Lost Vampire
Maze of the Roc Princess
Keep of the Shadow Vampire
Battle of the Mad Eagle
Forgotten Tomb of the Hidden Queen
Bridge of the Tusker Vampire
Journey to the Donjon of the Heavenly Princess
Journey to the Mines of the Fearsome Queen
Battle of the Catacombs
Lost Harbor
Journey to the Keep of the Fanatical God
Battle of the Ice Valley
Lost Valley of the Lost Mage
Harbor of the Monkey Dragon
Journey to the Mines of the Wolf King
Journey to the Catacombs of the Stormy Dragon
Against the Fiery Princess
Journey to the Monastery of the Jaguar Demon
Journey to the Sanctuary of the Sea Cow God
Very nice Chris, and a pleasant distraction. I, for one, am looking forward to having my players someday brave the dangers of "Against the Sinister Wombat"
ReplyDeleteLove it! I did something similar a few months ago, but more of a tongue-and-cheek deal.
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Nice! It can even help in writing sword and sorcery fiction!
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ReplyDeleteI even went so far as to randomly generate the module letters, and ended up with what altogether sounds like a trilogy surrounding the Slaad:
ReplyDeleteSL1 Against the Toad Lord
SL2 Mountain of the Sinister Princess (I really like this)
SL3 Fane of the Frog Vampire
Sign me up for Harbor of the Monkey Dragon.
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