Role playing game software and accessories
As you probably know, we at Inkwell Ideas love random charts. (Some prior examples: Spicing Up the Empty/Mundane Room, Random Charts for “Spell Accents”, Coin Description Generator (Random Table), Random Unusual Weather Table, Random Magic Fountain/Pool Effects Chart, Hexmap Alphabetical …
Found this very imaginative table/list and wanted to share it! Some favorites: 9. The dungeons are the remnants of an ancient civilization that was much more technologically advanced than the current civilization. These ancients constructed a series of shelters and …
The art of the empty room is a curious line to walk. On the one hand you want to keep things interesting… otherwise the players will meta-game that the room with no/little description has nothing worth discovering. On the other …
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I’ve recently put together the first draft of what I’m referring to as a Spell “Accents” Chart. It helps describe what the magical effects of a spell look like, smell like, etc. Of course the term “Spell Descriptions” is already …
This is a chart of Random Unusual Weather Phenomena. I’d typically track the weather by rolling for whether the temperature goes up or down from the day before and roll separately if there is precipitation. But on a very unusual …
It had been over a week since I updated this popular chart and I started to see some comments pointing out the lack of an update. So I’ve added a few (7th Sea, Dragon Age, Marvel SAGA, Song of Ice …
The reaction to the “Select an RPG Chart” post a little over a week ago has been outstanding! I’ve continued to update it based on the suggestions I’ve read and it is now at over 90 games. If you haven’t …
If you saw the chart early this past weekend, give it another look. I’ve been watching the thread here on this site as well as comments on a couple of other sites and the number of games mentioned has nearly …
Updated (3.1.2011): The chart has been updated again (added Dragon Age, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7th Sea, Marvel Saga, as well as a few other changes.) The chart has also been elevated to a page on the site …
I was searching for a chart that lists random effects if one drinks from a magic fountain or pool of water. (I just think the idea is cool.) I only found references to NetHack’s fountains, an article in Dragon #34 …