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Random Table: Dungeon Odors
photo courtesy: disoculated @ flickr I am going to try piloting a new weekly feature here at The Iron Tavern. There is always room for more random tables in games. They are handy for on the fly ideas...
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Random Table: Treasure Chests
Last week I kicked off my random table experiment with a random table of odors one might smell in the dungeon. Some folks noted the table could be used in other situations as well – odors in town, NPC...
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Random Table: Ale Names
For this week’s random table we have 20 different ale names! Taverns are one of the favorite places for adventurers to seek out anytime they come to town. What better place to meet the locals and get...
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Random Table: Ring Descriptions
This week’s random table is ring descriptions. Rings of magical and decorative variety are quite popular in fantasy role-playing games. Use the table below to liven up the description of the next...
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Random Table: Treasure Items
This week’s random table is a list of random mundane treasures. There are lots of random tables for magic weapons and magic items, but sometimes you just need a little something to spice up some...
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Random Table: Boot Descriptions
This week’s random table is a list of random boot descriptions. Use these descriptions to spice up your next set of Boots of Speed or Boots of Elvenkind or any other type of boot in that treasure...
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Random Table: Ship Names
Art – Johnny Automatic This week’s random table is a list of ship names. This is certainly not the first random table of ship names or even the biggest. But the ship names here should all drop easily...
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Random Table: Helm Descriptions
Art by Johnny Automatic Helm descriptions. That is this week’s random table. The descriptions below can be used to give the Gamemaster a quick description for either a magical or non-magical helm....
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Random Table: Goblet Descriptions
This week’s table for Random Table Thursday brings us goblets! Goblets are everywhere – treasure hoards, at the local tavern, or at the King’s table. Today’s post includes 20 random goblet descriptions...
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Random Table: Coin Descriptions
I missed the random table last week, I was recovering from Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day and the trio of posts I did for that! The random table returns this Thursday though, with the 10th...
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Random Table: Shield Coat of Arms
It is Thursday again at The Iron Tavern, which means another random table! This week I focused on coat of arms for shields. I purposefully left the shape and size of shield out of the description and...
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Random Table: Enemy Organizations
photo by ARendle @ Flickr It is random table day at The Iron Tavern again! This week I bring you 20 enemy organization names. These organizations could be minor groups of people struggling and clawing...
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Random Table: Tavern Names
image by nicubunu I was running short of time this week when I wrote up this week’s random table. Due to that I went with something easy, Tavern Names! These names are ready to be used on the fly or...
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Random Table: NPC Traits
open clip art library I have been accused in the past of having some NPCs that were very “cardboard-like”. Some had little personality, no unusual mannerisms, and just another voice among many. My...
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