Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
D&D Older Editions
Making themed Random Encounter Tables in 4e
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Badwe" data-source="post: 4687442" data-attributes="member: 61762"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>I've played D&D casually for as far back as AD&D, getting most of my playing in during 3.x, and finally cut my DMing teeth in 4e. My latest task has been to create more modular and simple storylines peppered throughout the world. To essentially "glue" them together I want to make random encounter tables.</p><p></p><p>The rub to this is that I don't want to merely make tables for whatever the party's level is, I'd also like to make vaguely themed ones. The problem is I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the kinds of monster you can find in certain ecologies. To this end, I'd like the help of you ENWorlders for keywords and categories I can use in the 4e compendium to create environmental encounter tables.</p><p></p><p>For example, to make an underdark encounter table I might use the categories Drow, Mind Flayer, Troglodyte and use the keywords spider and earth.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to start with basic environments like Forest, Mountains, Hills/Plains, Desert, etc. and eventually move on to elemental encounter tables like Fire, Ice, Plant, Astral, etc.</p><p></p><p>I'll do my best to edit this first post to include any information I end up using, and If I finish an encounter table I'll upload it and post it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badwe, post: 4687442, member: 61762"] Hello all, I've played D&D casually for as far back as AD&D, getting most of my playing in during 3.x, and finally cut my DMing teeth in 4e. My latest task has been to create more modular and simple storylines peppered throughout the world. To essentially "glue" them together I want to make random encounter tables. The rub to this is that I don't want to merely make tables for whatever the party's level is, I'd also like to make vaguely themed ones. The problem is I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the kinds of monster you can find in certain ecologies. To this end, I'd like the help of you ENWorlders for keywords and categories I can use in the 4e compendium to create environmental encounter tables. For example, to make an underdark encounter table I might use the categories Drow, Mind Flayer, Troglodyte and use the keywords spider and earth. I'd like to start with basic environments like Forest, Mountains, Hills/Plains, Desert, etc. and eventually move on to elemental encounter tables like Fire, Ice, Plant, Astral, etc. I'll do my best to edit this first post to include any information I end up using, and If I finish an encounter table I'll upload it and post it. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
D&D Older Editions
Making themed Random Encounter Tables in 4e
Top