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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6486090" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p><em><strong>CAVEAT:</strong> I'm not sure how this matches up to published adventures, but it works well enough for me. Also, apologies for the crappy formatting. </em></p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM ARMOR DETERMINATION</strong></p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM ARMOR (Any)</strong></p><p><strong><u></u></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Armor Type</u></strong> </p><p>01-08 Breastplate</p><p>09-18 Chain mail </p><p>19-25 Chain shirt</p><p>26-30 Half plate </p><p>31-37 Hide</p><p>38-47 Leather</p><p>48-50 Padded</p><p>51-60 Plate</p><p>61-67 Ring mail </p><p>68-72 Scale mail</p><p>73-87 Shield </p><p>88-94 Splint</p><p>95-00 Studded leather</p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM ARMOR (Light)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Armor Type</u> </strong> </p><p>01-50 Leather </p><p>51-63 Padded</p><p>64-00 Studded leather </p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM ARMOR (Medium)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Armor Type </u></strong> </p><p>01-25 Breastplate</p><p>26-46 Chain shirt </p><p>47-62 Half plate</p><p>63-83 Hide</p><p>84-00 Scale mail</p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM ARMOR (Heavy)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Armor Type </u></strong><u> </u> </p><p>01-30 Chain mail</p><p>31-62 Plate </p><p>63-81 Ring mail</p><p>82-00 Splint </p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM WEAPON DETERMINATION</strong></p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM WEAPON (Any)</strong></p><p> </p><p>First, determine which of the following charts to roll upon (50% chance of either). Then, roll 1d12+1d8 to determine the specific weapon involved. </p><p></p><p><u><strong>d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon</strong> --- <strong>d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon</strong></u> </p><p>2 Club --- 2 Blowgun </p><p>3 Trident --- 3 Pike </p><p>4 Lance --- 4 Sling </p><p>5 Light Hammer --- 5 War Pick</p><p>6 Light Crossbow --- 6 Warhammer </p><p>7 Javelin --- 7 Heavy Crossbow </p><p>8 Mace --- 8 Maul </p><p>9 Greataxe --- 9 Rapier </p><p>10 Longsword --- 10 Shortsword</p><p>11 Greatsword --- 11 Longbow</p><p>12 Dagger --- 12 Battleaxe</p><p>13 Spear --- 13 Handaxe </p><p>14 Glaive --- 14 Scimitar </p><p>15 Flail --- 15 Shortbow </p><p>16 Halberd --- 16 Morningstar </p><p>17 Hand Crossbow --- 17 Quarterstaff </p><p>18 Greatclub --- 18 Dart </p><p>19 Whip --- 19 Sickle </p><p>20 Net --- 20 Other exotic</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>RANDOM AXE</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Axe Type </u> </strong> </p><p>01-30 Battleaxe </p><p>31-70 Greataxe</p><p>71-80 Halberd </p><p>81-00 Handaxe</p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM SWORD</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Sword Type </u> </strong></p><p>01-25 Greatsword </p><p>26-50 Longsword</p><p>51-70 Rapier</p><p>71-80 Scimitar </p><p>81-00 Shortsword</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>RANDOM RANGED WEAPONS</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Weapon Type</u> </strong> </p><p>01-05 Blowgun</p><p>06-12 Dart </p><p>13-22 Hand crossbow</p><p>23-36 Heavy crossbow </p><p>37-48 Light crossbow</p><p>49-71 Longbow</p><p>72-76 Net </p><p>77-89 Shortbow </p><p>90-00 Sling</p><p></p><p><strong>RANDOM AMMUNITION </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><u>d% Roll --- Ammunition Type</u> </strong></p><p>01-60 Arrow</p><p>61-90 Bolt </p><p>91-00 Bullet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6486090, member: 1210"] [I][B]CAVEAT:[/B] I'm not sure how this matches up to published adventures, but it works well enough for me. Also, apologies for the crappy formatting. [/I] [B]RANDOM ARMOR DETERMINATION[/B] 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. [B]RANDOM ARMOR (Any)[/B] [B][U] d% Roll --- Armor Type[/U][/B] 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 [B]RANDOM ARMOR (Light) [U]d% Roll --- Armor Type[/U] [/B] 01-50 Leather 51-63 Padded 64-00 Studded leather [B]RANDOM ARMOR (Medium) [U]d% Roll --- Armor Type [/U][/B] 01-25 Breastplate 26-46 Chain shirt 47-62 Half plate 63-83 Hide 84-00 Scale mail [B]RANDOM ARMOR (Heavy) [U]d% Roll --- Armor Type [/U][/B][U] [/U] 01-30 Chain mail 31-62 Plate 63-81 Ring mail 82-00 Splint [B]RANDOM WEAPON DETERMINATION[/B] 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. [B]RANDOM WEAPON (Any)[/B] First, determine which of the following charts to roll upon (50% chance of either). Then, roll 1d12+1d8 to determine the specific weapon involved. [U][B]d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon[/B] --- [B]d12 + d8 --- Random Weapon[/B][/U] 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 [B] RANDOM AXE [U]d% Roll --- Axe Type [/U] [/B] 01-30 Battleaxe 31-70 Greataxe 71-80 Halberd 81-00 Handaxe [B]RANDOM SWORD [U]d% Roll --- Sword Type [/U] [/B] 01-25 Greatsword 26-50 Longsword 51-70 Rapier 71-80 Scimitar 81-00 Shortsword [B] RANDOM RANGED WEAPONS [U]d% Roll --- Weapon Type[/U] [/B] 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 [B]RANDOM AMMUNITION [U]d% Roll --- Ammunition Type[/U] [/B] 01-60 Arrow 61-90 Bolt 91-00 Bullet [/QUOTE]
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