Wizard’s Study/Library Book Title Generator
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.
- Book studies a type of creature.
- Book studies a war.
- 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!
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).