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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5834553" data-attributes="member: 59506">Personally, I almost never use random tables.&nbsp; I actually find them too limiting for me.&nbsp; I have quite an imagination (an overactive one if you ask my wife<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), that usually far exceeds what a random table can give me.&nbsp; But I do occasionally use them - like when my brain is just too fried to come up with something on my own, or when I need inspiration for something and I'm coming up blank.&nbsp; Sometimes a random theme or result can be the catalyst for some pretty cool things.&nbsp;However, I absolutely do not believe that a DM that uses them is abdicating responsibility.&nbsp;A DM has only one real responsibility: facilitate the game in a manner so as to be fun for all at the table, DM and Players alike.&nbsp;Within that definition are an infinite number of play styles and DM'ing styles - all equally valid, important, fulfilling, and exhibiting of skill.&nbsp;If a DM doesn't have the kind of improvisational skills or imagination as someone else, that does not mean they are somehow less than or not fulfilling their responsibility as DM.&nbsp;I would very much like to see some random tables for basic things in the core of D&amp;D Next.&nbsp; I believe it would be most appropriate in the DMG though.&nbsp; Some basic random table for environment description, world creation, and even action resolution/description would be great for both experienced and beginner DM's.&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 5834553, member: 59506"] Personally, I almost never use random tables. I actually find them too limiting for me. I have quite an imagination (an overactive one if you ask my wife;)), that usually far exceeds what a random table can give me. But I do occasionally use them - like when my brain is just too fried to come up with something on my own, or when I need inspiration for something and I'm coming up blank. Sometimes a random theme or result can be the catalyst for some pretty cool things. However, I absolutely do not believe that a DM that uses them is [I]abdicating responsibility[/I]. A DM has only one real responsibility: [I]facilitate the game in a manner so as to be fun for all at the table, DM and Players alike[/I]. Within that definition are an infinite number of play styles and DM'ing styles - all equally valid, important, fulfilling, and exhibiting of skill. If a DM doesn't have the kind of improvisational skills or imagination as someone else, that does not mean they are somehow less than or not fulfilling their responsibility as DM. I would very much like to see some random tables for basic things in the core of D&D Next. I believe it would be most appropriate in the DMG though. Some basic random table for environment description, world creation, and even action resolution/description would be great for both experienced and beginner DM's. :) [/QUOTE]

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