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You’re an off duty (Table 1) at a (Table 2) when a group of (Table 3) attack, they’ve got (Table 4) and (Table 4 again), but they didn’t count on you! Table 1 D6 Profession 1 Detective 2 Hitman 3 Kung Fu Master 4 Special Forces 5 Wizard 6 Monster Hunter Table 2 D6 Profession 1 Tower 2 Boat 3 Casino 4 Mansion 5 Airship 6 Laboratory Table 3 D6 Bad Guys 1 Thieves 2 Terrorists 3 Cultists 4 Mercenaries 5 Shapeshifters 6 Warlocks Table 4 D10 Profession 1 A brilliant and charismatic mastermind 2 A secret true motive (roll again on table 3 to know what they really are) 3 A man on the inside 4 One really badass motherfucker 5 An uncompromising fanaticism 6 Hostages. 7 The blessings of a dark god 8 A powerful artifact 9 A craving for human flesh 10 Immortality unless their weakness is exploited

A random table I built to create community traditions, I've built it in the way that's most helpful to my creative process so hopefully it'll work for other people as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: Roll once on the Significance table, once on the Season table, once on the Occurrence table, and twice on the Elements table. Significance 1 Strengthens bonds between people 2 Teaches and strengthens people 3 Expresses devotion to a religion or ideal 4 Brings joy into people's lives 5 Expresses gratitude toward a god or nature 6 Connects people with the dead Season 1 Spring Dry 2 Summer Dry 3 Fall Dry 4 Winter Rainy Occurrence 1 On an auspicious date such as an equinox, eclipse or star alignment 2 On the anniversary of an important event, such as a battle or significant fi...

Some of my other posts have added a completely new element to a game that facilitates play in a whole new genre, this post is not one of those. It’s more a collection of cool things to use in games, specifically a collection of magical books and journals. I hope you enjoy reading about them, and if you use one in a game, have a question about one, or for whatever other reason want to make your voice heard feel free to comment. A Book to be Read by All Any words written in this blank book may be read by any being who can read any language with the words appearing to them in their preferred language. Autonomous Journal When the name of a person is signed in blood by their own hand in this journal it begins to automatically record their actions in detail. The book will automatically write down, in third person and in the preferred language of its subject, every action the subject takes, even actions the subject is unaware they are taking (for instance while they are drugged or ...

1d4 Practice Belief 1 Villagers cultivate seemingly useless white vines to encircle trees that grow near their homes. This is especially common with useful trees, such as those that bear fruit shade or lumber. The vines occur naturally and may be found growing wildly or spreading out from where villagers grew them. Villagers believe these pure white vines ward the tree from disease.In actuality the vines leech off the trees energy to survive without need for sunlight (something villagers may attribute to magic powers possessed by the plant). Even if this is mere superstition the vines may catch diseases before the trees thus serving as an early warning. 2 Privileged and wealthy people have an unrelated child sleep in the same room as them. This may be a servant's child or the child of a less fortunate family who are paid for the service. Having a child nearby supposedly keeps one from having nightmares. The idea is that nightmares are more attracted to the in...