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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5986476" data-attributes="member: 10479">Thanks for the heads up, TC.  Yup, the title generator is one of mine -<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/16711/%28Generator%29-Unlimited-Titles-5?it=1" target="_blank">(Generator) Unlimited Titles 5 - Creative Mountain Games | ERA 3.5 | Fiction | RPGNow.com</a>And for me it was usually enough to get the title then riff some general outline that fit the book title or, sometimes if the title lent itself to such, was a play off the book title as if the author was being clever.  However, I recall their being a site with a generator that included summaries of what was in a book.  I'll look around for it.  Also, if you want to simply say it is in a language someone doesn't know, you can print up a few pages on fake parchment using Lorem Ipsum.  Many layout programs can do this but there is also a website that can give you all of this you want -<a href="http://www.lipsum.com/" target="_blank">Lorem Ipsum - All the facts - Lipsum generator</a>One of the fun things about the title generator is that the titles are just specific enough that their contents should be more or less obvious.  Combine it with a name generator for the authors and you can rattle off hundreds of these in a row (though I suggest you copy and paste any you generate since players have damnedable long memories for obscura) and I've found once you give them a pile of titles (feel free to make them write them down themselves, particularly any they are taking with them), players usually want to move along once they realize you could go on for hours and especially if you are a DM who rolls for wandering monsters (make sure they know you are!).I'll see if I can find that other generator.  It wasn't mine and I think it was only for use online but as long as you are a laptop DM and have a wifi connection, you'll be good to go.</blockquote>

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