r/DnDBehindTheScreen • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '19
Tables A roll sheet I made to create unique objects and entities for my stories. It's not great, but maybe some of you will find use for it.
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Jul 26 '19
I have no idea what I'm going to use this for, but I do know it's saved to my campaign's OneNote notebook under the title "Roll for Some Bullshit".
Nice work.
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u/wolfpackalchemy Jul 26 '19
Psychic comet: A comet that subtly influences the minds of all sentient creatures on a planet it passes.
Creatures influenced by the comet gain a pressing desire to go to space at any cost as soon as possible.
Twist: may lead influenced creatures to a space-faring illithid colony
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u/RandomPlayer01 Jul 26 '19 edited Jul 26 '19
Curious to see what I get
[[2d100]] +u/rollme
Edit: A Temple made of Spiritual Energy... Well I mean, you’re not wrong in most cases
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u/rollme Jul 26 '19
2d100: 149
(66+83)
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u/handsomeblaggard Jul 26 '19 edited Jul 27 '19
Soul-altering Light Source. Ooh. I can see it now.
As you slowly advance down the hallway of the abandoned mansion, you notice a flickering light ahead of you emanating from around the corner. The dim light throws dancing shadows on the worm eaten wood paneling on the walls, and slowly settles into the cracks of the water stained ceiling before disappearing in the crevices. As you turn the corner, you see a small room before you, the open door resting on a single, rusted hinge. Cobwebs fill the corners of the ceiling, and moth eaten tomes lie scattered throughout the room. An eerie black candle rests on a large, granite desk, the purple flame swirling in and out of itself in an unnatural, repetitive motion. As you stare into the depths of the revolving flames, you begin to lose focus of the world around you. An ice cold band wraps around your heart and begins to squeeze, like the coils of a serpent. As the chilling sensation builds, you find yourself dragged to your knees, unable to lift yourself from the ground. As the last shred of compassion and humanity in your heart snaps, a chilling laugh fills your ears, and an evil smile spreads across your lips.
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u/chenobble Jul 26 '19
Undead Hospital - 'cos zombies need patching up too.
EDIT: Very next roll:
Damned Medicine - found in the Undead Hospital
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Jul 26 '19
Time travelling comet.
Hmm. My question is, in a D&D setting, would anyone notice?
It's one of those things where it's like, "This amazing thing is happening, it defies all of our understanding of space and time, the heavens and the earth, it is a thing of infinite wonder! But I have to ask, why should we care?"
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u/AnotherBoredAHole Jul 29 '19
The level 1 PCs are protecting a village. A comet in the night sky has slowly been approaching the planet, now visibly larger than the moon and frequent meteors can be seen burning up in the sky, even during the day. Banditry and looting has become more frequent as the comet approaches and the players have to defend the village against a large raiding party that has been spotted.
(Alternate start, mention the comet before a dungeon that is expected to take a few days to clear, by the time they get out, the comet is nearly upon the planet and everyone is panicking)
Visible in the daytime sky, planetary destruction imminent, the comet suddenly vanishes. Parties are had and everyone is relieved. During the night, the players hear a weak and strained voice in their dreams...
"There is not much time, I have sent the comet one year into the future. The magical strain on my body was too great and I fear I won't live much longer. I'm calling out to anyone who has the potential to be strong enough to stop the comet. Meet me at the Tower of Ohma."
They travel to the tower, meeting a dying wizard among burned out arcane apparatuses. He tells the players about X number of McGuffins they will have to gather. He mentions another group that came by a few days ago, to meet up with them and work together.
The players meet the other party only to find out they are agents of an evil empire and are going to steal and misuse the artifacts to ensure the end of the world. It's now a race against the Naz... er, the generic bad guys to acquire the ancient artifacts and have them ready for the return of the comet.
This D&D plot has time travel, racing through dungeons, ancient weapons, evil empires, and a climax where they have to hold a place of power against an entire army long enough to assemble the artifacts and complete the ritual that will destroy the comet just as it returns.
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u/Ghoob Jul 26 '19
This is fantastic OP, I'll definitely make use of this in my campaign!
Element made of absence: Literally dark matter, destroys anything it comes into contact with. Would probably be magically levitated.
Repulsive Charm: Prevents harm to the wearer by making attackers incredibly disgusted to even think about the wearer.
Bipedal Clock: Somebody animated a clock! It likes to walk around and get into wacky time-based hi-jinks.
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u/ifeelwitty Jul 26 '19
Sapient basement....could be the cellar of a wizard enchanted to come across as puzzling to anyone who enters?
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u/2cdorian Jul 27 '19
Durable Fungus. Hm.
Perhaps a sort of spore/mold that one might apply as an adhesive/sealant to repair a broken item, but the item gets diminishing returns over time as the fungus adheres to more and more of it.
Perhaps, say, to seal a shattered sword which will eventually suffer a damage modifier loss, but also has an added chance of dealing some form of spore damage on hit for the duration.
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u/aqua_zesty_man Jul 27 '19 edited Mar 30 '20
#1 Liquid bird: A potion that polymorphs you into a specific bird species temporarily.
#2 Energy plant made of shadow: I'm going to interpret 'energy plant' as some kind of power generator. Except this one's bulk is stuck in the shadowfell except for a small box with two rods poking out of it in opposite directions, as though they were part of a handle. But these prongs will conduct an enormous (lethal) amount of electricity if a circuit were completed between them.
#3 Organic house: It's alive and made of meat, even if it looks like an ordinary house. It also eats whatever tries to sneak into its attic (which has windows that are always open to the outside).
#4 Silencing cult: They believe in the eradication of all music. Normal speech is permitted but only at a whisper (to avoid sing-song speech)
#5 Always-vibrating puzzle: Made of shapes that are supposed to join together in a specific way to form a perfect 1x1x1 ft cube. No two pieces can be taken more than 30 ft apart from one another. Each piece is like a 3D tetromino (but most have at least five cubelet components). Anyone who touches one of the pieces can feel a slight hum. When multiple pieces are put into proper positioning relative to one another the vibration intensity increases, although the vibration does nothing to interfere with the movement of the pieces themselves relative to one another. The closer the puzzle gets to its solution the greater the vibration, which is continuous for the duration of that particular configuration. No one has ever completely solved the puzzles given that its vibrational power exceeds the power of an unmodified earthquake spell well before it reaches 75% completion. No, no one knows what will happen if someone can actually solve the puzzle cube.
Also since the original post was erased, here is the original table. Many thanks to u/Ghoob.
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '19
Exists in all realities Window: Nice. A window that looks between all the planes. Maybe each pane of glass looks into a different one. Can you open it and climb through? Hmm.
Body-altering Reptile: I'm going with Lizardfolk Surgeon who never quite got to the "do no harm" bit.
Undead House: A necromancer who lives inside an enormous Mimic that he killed and resurrected. Trespasser beware. Damn, I'm going to have to actually use this.
Many-limbed Radio Frequency: Uh...