How to Make the Best D&D Random Tables

Truly great random tables let the DM work with near-zero prep time. Here's how to do it.
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[VengerSatanis]

I agree that specificity and genre emulation are key to creating memorable random tables. *CHA'ALT*

[joenittoly]

Thanks for this - I found it quite helpful, especially since I'm designing my own game and setting. Cheers.

[AdlerMow]

Really far back (90s and early 00s), it was really hard to find rpg dice, so I did D66 tables using only D6s. But nowadays, I find the use of D100 perfect to create a baseline and strange and stranger things on really low numbers. If you a make multi-roll generator and D100 tables, there is a so many combinations that you will never get the same result in a life time! From straight D100 tables, 1 roll there is 100 results, 2 rolls 10.000 combinations and 3 rolls there is 1 million combinations!

I loved this video, I learned a lot and it felt very cleaver!

[destroso]

I have to say thank you again! I’ve learned so much from you and also have collected most of your catalog and enjoy it immensely, even if I can’t play it all! My dream though would be to play in your last Sun campaign

[matthewhyke]

interesting but would be nice to see one or two of the tables just to see what they look like.

[taylorlane]

If I'd known you could get a video out of it, I'd ask you more questions 😂

[jeffreyadamo]

Oh yeah this is the stuff I like. Mainline it!

[UncleDwalin]

I use tables religiously in my own play! This is great advice, especially for newer DMs! I also have a bit of a question related to the Star Adventurer rules, if you don't mind. Under "Firing into melee or at a moving opponent" on page 27, it says the following: "A character must be at least 5 feet away from an opponent to fire any ranged weapon." Does that mean there needs to be 5ft. of empty space between them? If that is the case, does that mean someone with a pistol or shotgun can't fire at a target in the adjacent 5ft. tile to them? If so, how would you describe that working, 5 ft. being a fair bit of distance at all, and shooting someone at point blank would technically be easier. If that's not what it means, does it imply that you can enter into someone else's square? I'm not trying to be pedantic of course, but I've got a player who definitely is, haha, so I was looking for some advice! Have a good one, Pundit!

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I would be interested in a Wild west game from you.

[AnEvilMan]

This is actually perfect. I'm working on a project that needs a metric ass ton of tables.

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[destroso]

Hey Pundit, I’m making a book of random tables and I heard you say you do consulting on another video. What’s the best way to get in touch? Therpgsite?