City encounters and features table

[ferratus]

Can anyone point me to a few tables to randomly generate city features, locations or encounters? I'd like my city to have the feeling of an ancient power that is now largely mostly in ruins and experiencing severe decline, but still inhabited.

 

[ExploderWizard]

The 1E DMG has a few city encounter tables complete with it's own harlot subtable. IIRC there are many monsters included in those tables which would fit your ruined city theme well.

If there is one dominate type of race or creature that is taking over the ruined parts you might be better served creating your own to give the city the unique feel you are going for.

 

[Gilladian]

I developed a ruined city region for one campaign: Vishteer Campaign / Escruag

Anything you want to steal you're welcome to.

 

[NewJeffCT]

The 1E DMG has a few city encounter tables complete with it's own harlot subtable. IIRC there are many monsters included in those tables which would fit your ruined city theme well.

If there is one dominate type of race or creature that is taking over the ruined parts you might be better served creating your own to give the city the unique feel you are going for.

I remember that table - it was fascinating to me in my young teenage years with your "Brazen Strumpet" and your "Haughty Courtesan" and so on & so forth.

 

[Aurumvorax]

Check out this amazing RPG City Map Generator which randomly generates some very detailed city maps based on dozens of selectable sliders and options. It will create anything from a wild west style "snake" town to European style cities and American style metropolises (this thing has been generating a city the size of Manhattan for over 20 minutes now!).

The 1e DMG is absolutely amazing resource no matter what RPG you're playing. Cityscape for 3.5 is also an amazing source (probably my favorite of the "adventure site" books) that's focused entirely on creating cities. Chapter 3 of 3.5's DMG II has some great information on medieval campaigns, city adventures, and city hazards like fires and flooding.

 

[Aus_Snow]

I'll second Cityscape - it's not at all a bad resource for, in particular, d20/OGL fantasy city games and features. But quite a bit pf it is system-free.

Also, if you want random tables, you really can't go past Toolbox, and/or - my all-time fave - Ultimate Toolbox, both from AEG, with only the latter still in print, I believe. The latter is also totally system-free.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Eldarad the lost city for Runequest has some impressive bits to it if my memory hasn't failed me completely.

Runequest Cities is essentially a book of random encounters. Also good stuff.

 

[Hand of Evil]

AEG's TOOLBOX and Ultimate Toolbox is a great add-on to any game, it is full of tables, lot of which is for city based games. Things like, who is in the cell with you, what comes out of the pocket picked, etc. Review of http://www.enworld.org/forum/reviews/253174-ultimate-toolbox.html

But some other links from DM Advice (see sig)

http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/4867-city-based-adventure-setting.html

http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/5074-what-should-large-city-have.html

http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/5862-encounter-city.html

http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/9747-city-states-their-towns-villages.html

http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/48389-city-sizes-populations.html

http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...-dms-how-do-you-handle-your-city-streets.html