D&D 5E Random Table of Weapons? Random Table of Armor?

[CapnZapp]

Hi,

Do you have a good table to randomize which exact weapon you find when an adventure merely says "you find a +1 weapon"? Same with armor.

I am specifically looking for tables that try to reproduce the frequencies of actual treasure in published modules.

That is, tables where longswords are more common than glaives, for instance.

Thanks.

 

[CapnZapp]

The DMG says things like "If a magic weapon doesn't specify its weapon type, you may choose the type or determine it randomly" and "If a magic armor doesn't specify its armor type, you may choose the type or determine it randomly." Also, ammunition.

Okay, so I want to "determine randomly".

Only I don't want to count the number of weapons in the PHB (38, I believe) and then roll 1d38, making it equally likely to end up with a +1 Club and a +1 Net. That feels daft.

Didn't the playtest rules at one point attempt to categorize weapons into common, uncommon etc?

 

[Rune]

You could set it up like the DMG random encounter charts: 1d12+1d8. In the case of the weapons, do two lists and determine which to use by rolling 1d2.

1d12+1d8 is nice because it has a fairly wide plateau in the center of its bell curve. And also because it has 19 results, which accounts for half the weapons.

 

[Psikerlord#]

There used to be random weapon and armour tables in earlier DnD editions I believe... yep just checked my 3rd edition DMG - it has random armour and weapon tables you could use. So that is probably available in the SRD online.

 

[the Jester]

You could set it up like the DMG random encounter charts: 1d12+1d8. In the case of the weapons, do two lists and determine which to use by rolling 1d2.

1d12+1d8 is nice because it has a fairly wide plateau in the center of its bell curve. And also because it has 19 results, which accounts for half the weapons.

Nice, doing this now.

HOWEVER- there are only 38 if you count "unarmed strike", so I'm including "Other exotic" on my list to round things out.

I'll post them here once I'm done.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Nice, doing this now.

HOWEVER- there are only 38 if you count "unarmed strike", so I'm including "Other exotic" on my list to round things out.

I'll post them here once I'm done.

You know that table won't be complete if you don't include "unarmed strike".

ROFLMAO at the idea of finding a +1 unarmed strike in a treasure hoard.

 

[the Jester]

CAVEAT: I'm not sure how this matches up to published adventures, but it works well enough for me. Also, apologies for the crappy formatting.

RANDOM ARMOR DETERMINATION

When characters discover a random suit of armor, the DM can roll on the following chart to determine what type of armor it actually is. If the armor is specifically light, medium or heavy, specific charts for each category are provided.

RANDOM ARMOR (Any)

d% Roll --- Armor Type
01-08 Breastplate
09-18 Chain mail
19-25 Chain shirt
26-30 Half plate
31-37 Hide
38-47 Leather
48-50 Padded
51-60 Plate
61-67 Ring mail
68-72 Scale mail
73-87 Shield
88-94 Splint
95-00 Studded leather

RANDOM ARMOR (Light)

d% Roll --- Armor Type
01-50 Leather
51-63 Padded
64-00 Studded leather

RANDOM ARMOR (Medium)

d% Roll --- Armor Type
01-25 Breastplate
26-46 Chain shirt
47-62 Half plate
63-83 Hide
84-00 Scale mail

RANDOM ARMOR (Heavy)

d% Roll --- Armor Type
01-30 Chain mail
31-62 Plate
63-81 Ring mail
82-00 Splint

RANDOM WEAPON DETERMINATION

When characters discover a random magical weapon, the DM can use the following charts to determine exactly what type of weapon it is. In other cases, a weapon might specify that it is a sword, axe, any melee or any ranged. Specific charts follow for axes, swords, and ranged weapons; if it is “any melee”, roll on the Random Weapon (Any) charts and simply re-roll ranged weapons.

RANDOM WEAPON (Any)

First, determine which of the following charts to roll upon (50% chance of either). Then, roll 1d12+1d8 to determine the specific weapon involved.

d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon --- d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon
2 Club --- 2 Blowgun
3 Trident --- 3 Pike
4 Lance --- 4 Sling
5 Light Hammer --- 5 War Pick
6 Light Crossbow --- 6 Warhammer
7 Javelin --- 7 Heavy Crossbow
8 Mace --- 8 Maul
9 Greataxe --- 9 Rapier
10 Longsword --- 10 Shortsword
11 Greatsword --- 11 Longbow
12 Dagger --- 12 Battleaxe
13 Spear --- 13 Handaxe
14 Glaive --- 14 Scimitar
15 Flail --- 15 Shortbow
16 Halberd --- 16 Morningstar
17 Hand Crossbow --- 17 Quarterstaff
18 Greatclub --- 18 Dart
19 Whip --- 19 Sickle
20 Net --- 20 Other exotic

RANDOM AXE

d% Roll --- Axe Type
01-30 Battleaxe
31-70 Greataxe
71-80 Halberd
81-00 Handaxe

RANDOM SWORD

d% Roll --- Sword Type
01-25 Greatsword
26-50 Longsword
51-70 Rapier
71-80 Scimitar
81-00 Shortsword

RANDOM RANGED WEAPONS

d% Roll --- Weapon Type
01-05 Blowgun
06-12 Dart
13-22 Hand crossbow
23-36 Heavy crossbow
37-48 Light crossbow
49-71 Longbow
72-76 Net
77-89 Shortbow
90-00 Sling

RANDOM AMMUNITION

d% Roll --- Ammunition Type
01-60 Arrow
61-90 Bolt
91-00 Bullet

 

[Rune]

Nice, doing this now.

HOWEVER- there are only 38 if you count "unarmed strike", so I'm including "Other exotic" on my list to round things out.

I'll post them here once I'm done.

There's room for a magical unarmed option. Wraps, gauntlet, gloves. Something to help the druid or monk keep up.

 

[the Jester]

There's room for a magical unarmed option. Wraps, gauntlet, gloves. Something to help the druid or monk keep up.

Sure- an amulet of mighty fists or whatever. But I don't define that as a magical weapon, but rather as a wondrous item/ring/whatever.

 

[CapnZapp]

CAVEAT: I'm not sure how this matches up to published adventures, but it works well enough for me.

What's your source? Or did you come up with the probabilities yourself?