Those Wacky D&D Tables

[I'm A Banana]

I needed the Wandering Prostitute table to settle something....but it brings up a bigger convo about the wierd, wild, and wacky tables throughout the editions of D&D. So present them, discuss them...and why Gygax's obsession was so darn compelling!

I also found this:

http://obscurearchives.stupidquestion.net/D&D.html

And found it hilarious. Discuss Gygaxian vague precision and how tables gave the 1e feel!

 

[Starglim]

edit: Seems to be OK with the content filter.

01-10 Slovenly trull
11-25 Brazen strumpet
26-35 Cheap trollop
36-50 Typical streetwalker
51-65 Saucy tart
66-75 Wanton wench
76-85 Expensive doxy
86-90 Haughty courtesan
91-92 Aged madam
93-94 Wealthy procuress
95-98 Sly pimp
99-00 Rich panderer

 

[I'm A Banana]

Many gracious gracias to you, sir!

Tee hee, Brazen Strumpet...

Now my next party has the chart for determining characters!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So, which would Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman" be? (Hey, that was a fantasy movie if anything ever was.)

 

[I'm A Banana]

Possibly unrelated question:

Anybody have the Parasitic Infestation table?

 

[Aus_Snow]

Parasitic Infection Table

Dice                                  Severity (d8)
Score  Parasites Infest           Mild  Severe  Terminal
01-10  cardiovascular system      1-2   3-5     6-8
11-35  intestines                 1-2   3-7     8
36-40  muscles                    1     2-3     4-8
41-45  respiratory system         1     2-4     5-8
46-75  skin/hair                  1-7   8       -
76-00  stomach                    1-2   3-7     8

 

[demiurge1138]

I also found this:

http://obscurearchives.stupidquestion.net/D&D.html

And found it hilarious. Discuss Gygaxian vague precision and how tables gave the 1e feel!

Man, there's some serious hate-on for 3E in there. But yes, it does go to show how great the original DMG is. I can open it at random every time and find something new and awesome... and I think I might need to make use of that random book table. Sounds relevant to my game.

Demiurge out.

 

[Starglim]

So, which would Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman" be? (Hey, that was a fantasy movie if anything ever was.)

I'm thinking 51-65.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Strangely, I miss the tables. Even the To-Hit tables. Not that I'd ever go back to that system, but thinking about them brings back fond memories of my early gaming days.

 

[S'mon]

I'm thinking 51-65.

36-50. She was an 'everyhooker' type character AIR.