Wilderlands (Random ruin generator)

[Mystery Man]

Thursdays are apparently the day I come in to work and don't do anything. So I have my Wilderlands book with me (probably why I'm not doing anything) and I'm playing with the Random Ruin Generator. Works pretty well actually, lots of encounter ideas, you get some cool mental pictures as you're going down the list. Thought I'd share a couple that I came up with to show you what it can do:

Random Ruin #1
Class – Ruins
Condition – Charred and burnt
Covering – Cinders
State – Crumbled and decayed
Keeper – Giant types

Ruins
Citadel – Keep, 4twrs, moat and wall
Relics
Machines – Grinding wheel and 2 looms
Remains
Utensils – writing and musical (rolled twice)
Vestiges
Mounds – Treasure and lair (rolled twice)
Remnants
Structure – granary
Refuse
Fuel – wood
Wrecks
Air vehicle – two wings
Skeletons
Medium – Hobgoblin
Antiques
Statues – life size
Artifacts
Protective device - armor

Random Ruin #2
Class – Artifacts
Condition – Partially Covered
Covering – Thicket
State – Dangerous Operational
Keeper – Insects

Ruins
Manor – Cottage
Relics
Tools – Anvil
Remains
Tome – Lexicon
Vestiges
Monolith – minaret
Remnants
Masonry – mud bricks
Refuse
Food – vegatables
Wrecks
Land vehicle – carriage
Skeletons
Skulks – multisockets
Antiques
Fittings – hinges
Artifacts
Leadership device - scepter

 

[Shadowslayer]

Thats cool! I got my copy of the Box set a couple weeks ago, but haven't had time to play with that RR generator. Hopefully soon. Looks like you could design a campaign's worth of dungeons and locations just from this table alone.

Good job.

 

[der_kluge]

There's a program that I've seen, but have since lost, and forgotten the name of that you can plug in the values from these charts, and with the click of a button, have it generate the results. Anyone know what that program is? I'd love to have the Wilderlands charts put into that.

 

[der_kluge]

Nevermind, I found it. It's called Tablesmith.

http://www.webgamelist.com/download/game.asp?ID=5418&i=computer+games

 

[Mystery Man]

Yep, Tablesmith. You could build one in Etools too I suppose. There's just something about rolling real dice for me though, I just can't let it go.

 

[Krypter]

Yeah, those ruins tables remind me of the random tables at the back of the old 1E DMG. I played with those for hours as kid. Very evocative.

 

[der_kluge]

Here's a better link for TableSmith.
http://www.mythosa.net/Utils.html

 

[bushfire]

Ten more

I already did a tables for tablesmith for myself, below are Ten ravaged ruins generated by it.



The Remains of a Writing Instrument
Lying Above Ground, In a Crumbled & Decayed State
Guarded by Undead Types

The Remains of a Haubrek
Lying Inside a Large Crater, In a Wormeaten State
Guarded by Insects

The Remains of a Scroll
Charred & Burnt, In a Crumbled & Decayed State
Guarded by True Giants

The Remains of a Writing Instrument
Lying Inside a Cave, In a Partially Operational State
Guarded by Dragon Class

An Antique Knocker
Partially Covered in Earth, In a Dangerously Operational State
Guarded by Insects

An Ancient Relic of a Hoe
Charred & Burnt, In a Wormeaten State
Guarded by Animals

An Artifact Used as an Informative Device (Orb)
Lying In a Crevice, In a Collapsed & Tumbled State
Guarded by Lycanthropes

The Remains of a Digging Tool
Lying Partially Sunken in Ashes, In a Disfigured & Defaced State
Guarded by Lycanthropes

The Remains of a Toy Vehicle
Lying Above Ground, In a Collapsed & Tumbled State
Guarded by Insects

The Vestiges of a Flat Sided Pyramd Used as a Temple
Lying Partially Sunken in Webs & Dust, In a Crystallized & Petrified State
Guarded by Nothing