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<blockquote data-quote="skinnydwarf" data-source="post: 6041946" data-attributes="member: 7024">Like many of you, I find random tables useful in stimulating the creative process, as your subconscious figures out interesting ways for random results to work together.&nbsp; I'm a big fan of Richard Baker's &quot;World Builder's Guidebook,&quot; a fun AD&amp;D 2e worldbuilding book.&nbsp; One of the really cool things about that book was in one of the last chapters there was table of generic random historical events.&nbsp; It had entries like &quot;Empire rises/falls,&quot; &quot;Kingdom Growth,&quot; &quot;Revolution&quot; Plague,&quot; &quot;Monster incursion,&quot; &quot;Religious supremacy.&quot;&nbsp; I used this table to generate neat histories for the dwarf clan in the main nation of my world, and the general outlines of the history of the human countries.I'd like to build a larger table for inspiration when writing histories in my D&amp;D game (or any fantasy game), and thought I'd ask the community for help.&nbsp; Entries can be as specific or generic as you want.I'll start off with a few so you get the idea:Generic ideas:Major rival of nation is ascendant/descendantInternal political strife (could be expanded- is it local or capital politics?)Internal economic strife (could be expanded- mass poverty or trade wars?)Internal religious strife (could be expanded- crusade or inquisition or something else?)Planar incursionSpecific ideas:The heir of a neighboring kingdom (or other important noble) marries the heir of your kingdomA young priest has gained a large following and local secular and religious authorities are oppressing the upstart religionThe heir of a recently conquered empire has been slain in battle, and his generals fight over the spoilsThe commoners in the capital city have gone on strike and are demanding more representation in governmentThe rival nation has launched a successful invasion of the country and have won several battles, establishing a fortified position in mountains. (could be expanded to a sub-table of what happens next? Allies assist freedom fighters in driving out the rival, years of oppression followed by a slave revolt, fall of the nation?)I'm just brainstorming, but over time this could become a whole series of tables, with sub-tables to expand upon certain ideas (like the course of a war), and flesh out major historical personages and families.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skinnydwarf, post: 6041946, member: 7024"] Like many of you, I find random tables useful in stimulating the creative process, as your subconscious figures out interesting ways for random results to work together. I'm a big fan of Richard Baker's "World Builder's Guidebook," a fun AD&D 2e worldbuilding book. One of the really cool things about that book was in one of the last chapters there was table of generic random historical events. It had entries like "Empire rises/falls," "Kingdom Growth," "Revolution" Plague," "Monster incursion," "Religious supremacy." I used this table to generate neat histories for the dwarf clan in the main nation of my world, and the general outlines of the history of the human countries. I'd like to build a larger table for inspiration when writing histories in my D&D game (or any fantasy game), and thought I'd ask the community for help. Entries can be as specific or generic as you want. I'll start off with a few so you get the idea: Generic ideas: Major rival of nation is ascendant/descendant Internal political strife (could be expanded- is it local or capital politics?) Internal economic strife (could be expanded- mass poverty or trade wars?) Internal religious strife (could be expanded- crusade or inquisition or something else?) Planar incursion Specific ideas: The heir of a neighboring kingdom (or other important noble) marries the heir of your kingdom A young priest has gained a large following and local secular and religious authorities are oppressing the upstart religion The heir of a recently conquered empire has been slain in battle, and his generals fight over the spoils The commoners in the capital city have gone on strike and are demanding more representation in government The rival nation has launched a successful invasion of the country and have won several battles, establishing a fortified position in mountains. (could be expanded to a sub-table of what happens next? Allies assist freedom fighters in driving out the rival, years of oppression followed by a slave revolt, fall of the nation?) I'm just brainstorming, but over time this could become a whole series of tables, with sub-tables to expand upon certain ideas (like the course of a war), and flesh out major historical personages and families. [/QUOTE]

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