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Wizard’s Study/Library Book Title Generator

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Has your party ever found its way to a library, scholar’s office or wizard’s study and you needed some book titles fast?  Here are some charts to help you out!  Just roll a d6 (1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3) and a few d12s.

  1. Book studies a type of creature.
  2. Book studies a war.
  3. Book studies an aspect of magic.

Table 1: Book studies a type of creature. Roll a d12 for each column.

# Subject Adjective Object
1 Studies of the _____ _____ Ferocious Drake
2 Ecology of the _____ _____ Gelatinous Demon
3 Analysis of the _____ _____ Domesticated Eye
4 Ruminations on the _____ _____ Rapacious Giant
5 Investigation of the _____ _____ Marauding Troll
6 _____ _____ Experimentations Avaricious Vampire
7 _____ _____ Origins Barbaric Naga
8 Properties of the _____ _____ Malignant Rakshasa
9 Contemplations on the _____ _____ Baleful Goblin
10 Dissection of the _____ _____ Inexorable Hag
11 Substantiations of the _____ _____ Virulent Elemental
12 Roll twice (ex: Analysis & Dissection of the…) Roll twice Roll twice

Table 2: Book studies a war. Roll a d12 for each column. Replace these with country names from your game setting or keep these as names of countries long forgotten or even recently conquered.

# Title Country 1 Country 2
1 Studies of the ____-____ War Alazahn Niconga
2 Treatise on the War Between ____ & ____ Bethell Orphus
3 Analysis of the ____-____ War Dormyr Prinkia
4 Causes & Excuses of the ____-____ War Earlex Quollon
5 _____’s Folly; The War Against ____ Figgurdy Resputia
6 The ____ War: ____ vs. ____ (First blank is time period: 100 Days, 10 Years, 100 Years, Millennial.) Gormana Ukranda
7 The Final Days of the ____-____ War Helsune Valuna
8 _____ Tradgedy, _____ Triumph Irvany Wickenstein
9 The _____ Feint of _____ Jelland Xaxus
10 Strategies & Tactics from the _____-_____ War Kango Yolia
11 _____-_____ War Reimagined Larasia Zaruba
12 Magic in War: Decisive Battles in the _____-_____ Conflict Marantz Civil War

Table 3: Book studies a type of magic. Roll a d12 for each column.

# Title Adjective Magic
1 Studies of ____ ____ Introductory Abjuration
2 The ____ _____ Cookbook Continuing Conjuration
3 _____ _____ Arcanapedia Advanced Divination
4 Effective _____ _____ Master Enchantment
5 _____ _____ Patterns Dark Evocation
6 Interdisciplinary _____ _____ Angelic Illusion
7 _____ _____ Techniques Unique Necromancy
8 Faithful _____ _____ Fundamental Transmutation
9 Structures & Approaches to _____ _____ Exemplary Path Magic
10 Art & Science of _____ _____ Defensive Blood Magic
11 Illuminations & Ruminations of _____ _____ Amplified Rune Magic
12 Grey Wizard’s Treatise on _____ ______ Roll twice Elemental Magic

I’d like to add another section or two (maybe on studies of monarchs or heraldry.  And because I’m in the middle of reading some Jack Vance I’d love to make some of these more ostentatious.  So if you have suggestions, please post them!

1 Comment on “Wizard’s Study/Library Book Title Generator”

  1. An obvious subset for the books about war would be books about battles, perhaps:

    The battle of {place}
    {Place}
    Holding {place}, an analysis.
    {Person}’s choice, the assault on {place}.

    and so on. A set of tables for people and places would be useful in general and along with country names could be split off from the specific types of titles, (e.g. Table 2 would say to roll twice on Table N1: Nations).