A-to-Z d30: Zombie Encounters

Welcome to the final entry in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I have posted 26* d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... zombie encounters.

Of course it's zombie encounters. You expected zebra encounters?

I know, I know, I know. Everybody and his mama is probably doing Z for Zombies today. Who gives a zombie's ass? This is a free PDF download. How many of those other zombie posters are doing that?

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Zombie Encounters page from MediaFire.



It was actually 27, since I posted two "i" PDFs, but the goal was to post
1 PDF for each letter of the alphabet, which I have done.

A-to-Z d30: Yanked, Cranked, and Turned

Welcome to entry 25 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... things that are yanked, cranked, and turned
(i.e., levers, switches, gears and other assorted devices).

Coming up with a really great "Y" entry was tough. As is evidenced by the fact that, even with the offer of a free PDF up for grabs via a Google+ post, that nobody guessed right what it would be. Again, this is one of those entries where the letter-to-subject connection is a tad of a stretch, but still leads to a very useful set of tables.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Device Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: "X" Marks the Spot

Welcome to entry 24 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today, "X" marks the spot... on this Treasure Map Generator.

Tired of generic "treasure maps" that lead to buried treasure? Use this generator to generate more interesting maps, and even determine if they're usable at all!

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Treasure Map Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Wizard Encounters

Welcome to entry 23 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... wizard encounters.

At first, I was thinking I'd upload a couple of new worksheets for today's post. I actually have notes on a Major Locations Worksheet and a Minor Locations Worksheet. But that just didn't seem right. My goal is to do 26 d30 charts; that would have made it 25 d30 charts and a couple of worksheets. (Although my "i" day double-post would have technically put me at 26 by the time I finish the challenge, the challenge for me is to a d30 page for each letter of the alphabet. It's bad enough that "Y" is fast approaching and I have no idea what to do for that one. Oddly enough, "X" and "Z" I have covered.)

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Wizard Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Village Generator

Welcome to entry 22 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... a Village Generator.

This is really meant to be an extension/companion piece to the "Settlement Suppliers by Size of Settlement" table on page 34 of the d30 Sandbox Companion, but can also be used completely independently of that chart.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Village Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Underground Entrances

Welcome to entry 21 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... underground entrances.

Essentially, this page generates dungeon entrances. I know it's a bit of a stretch to make it a "U" entry, but I think it works... it's entrances that go from above ground to below ground (and are, therefore, underground entrances).

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Underground Entrances page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Tavern Encounters

Welcome to entry 20 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... tavern encounters.

I fully expect this to be the most downloaded PDF for the month. 'Nuff said.

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d30 Tavern Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Swamp Encounters

Welcome to entry 19 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... swamp encounters.

I know these encounter charts by terrain aren't as popular as some of the others I've been doing, but I really like these for a couple of reasons. When you think about it, they really provide you an overview of what should/shouldn't be common in an area. The way I look at it, the common and uncommon types should be the basis for your wandering monster charts in any given area (e.g., roll for 6 different commons types, and 2 uncommon types). Then use a few rare types and 1 very rare type as the centerpieces for adventures in the area. Then everything makes sense naturally. I truthfully believe this is why the founding fathers included frequency as part of the 1e MM listings.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Swamp Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Riddles

Welcome to entry 18 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... riddles.

Let's face it, we'd all use more sphinxes in our games if we just had more riddles lying around. Okay, we wouldn't, but you can never go wrong with a decent riddle or two thrown in to your adventure. Most of the riddles on this PDF are taken from Heithreksgátur ("The Riddles of Heithrek"), a series of verse that should have probably been included in the Poetic Edda, but wasn't.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Riddles page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Quills

Welcome to entry 17 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... quills.

Today's chart is based on an idea I've had for quite a while.

In the 1e DMG, you'll note that, in order to manufacture a scroll, "A fresh, virgin quill must be used for each spell transcribed." Furthermore, "the quill must be from an animal of a strange or magical nature." Okay... so how often has that character sat down to manufacture a scroll, and assumed they were doing it with a goose, duck, or chicken quill? Not gonna work, my friends. And where are they getting those strange and extraordinary feathers needed to prepare them for writing (and thereby turning them into a "quill proper")? Especially considering they need a new quill after each spell. Yes! Not each scroll, but each spell!

So what I've done is outline a list of extraordinary (i.e., "strange") and magical creatures that have feathers (as well as a couple others of a "normal nature" beyond the standard 1 gp goose, duck, chicken). I've calculated costs for a prepared quill (not the same as a raw feather, mind you), and how that affects the scribe's chances for scribing the scroll, as well as any possible increased effects that may result if the scroll is scribed successfully using that quill.

Use this chart to stock that magic-item shop.
Throw a couple into that secret study behind that secret door in that evil MU's bedroom.
Put a few in a small scribe's case and mix it in with that treasure horde.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Quills page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Paladins

Welcome to entry 16 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... paladins.

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Paladin Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Orcs

Welcome to entry 15 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... ORCS!

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d30 Orc Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Necropolis Generator

Welcome to entry 14 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... necropli. Or is that necropoleis? I'm pretty sure it's not necropolises. Anyway...

Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Necropolis Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Money (Coins)

Welcome to entry 13 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... money. Specifically, coins.

Haven't you always wondered what's on those coins in that horde? Well wonder no more! Simply roll a few d30's and figure it out! The first roll will determine what kind of image is on each of the coin's 2 faces. And the other rolls take it from there.

Click here to download a free PDF of this 2-page
d30 Coin Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Library Details

Welcome to entry 12 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... library features.

Like most of the charts/tables I've been doing this month, I don't see this as much of an end-all-be-all to randomly determining a library. Instead, I see it as as a set of d30 tables meant to start the juices flowing in adding color to that encounter area. Aw, c'mon. You know that more adventures than you care to mention have a library (or at least should have a library).



Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Library Details page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Kobolds

Welcome to entry 11 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... KOBOLDS!



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d30 Kobold Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Jungle Encounters

Welcome to entry 10 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... jungle encounters.



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d30 Jungle Encounters page from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30 Bonus: Intelligent Swords

Welcome to entry 9B in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
This is the second of my possible four posts for the day for the letter "I."

Earlier today, I released entry "9A" — a d30 Illusions Generator. In that post, I mentioned several "I" topics that I put up as candidates yesterday. By the time the votes came in, I was already underway with the Illusions Generator, and had a start on this Intelligent Swords Generator. If time allows today, I plan on doing as much of the other two candidates as I can (a set of d30 injury tables, and some sort of d30 insanity tables). But we'll see how the day goes.

This Intelligent Sword Generator is a lot like the Sage Generator from the d30 Sandbox Companion, in that it attempts to take a lot of rolls and boil them down to as few rolls as possible. In both 1e and BX, rolling an intelligent sword takes a minimum of 7 rolls (assuming you're giving the sword a special purpose), and up to around 10 or 11 (depending on the number of primary abilities and extraordinary powers possessed by the sword). This page gets it down to as few as 5 and a standard maximum of about 8 (there are some very rare cases where an additional roll or two might be required to replace a primary ability with an extraordinary power, but in BX/1e, this is when you start to get into 12 and 13 roll territory). Anyway... here it is—



Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Intelligent Sword Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Illusions

Welcome to entry 9 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... illusions.

I had hopes of getting to at list one of the other "i" topics I threw out on Google+ yesterday (intelligent swords, insanity charts, and injury tables), but the evening got away from me. I did get about halfway done with the intelligent swords page, so you'll probably see it at some point.

I'm not 100% sold on everything about this illusion generator, but think it does a good job of being a thought starter (which is really what I want most of these d30 charts to really do). Will it change over time? Possibly. A lot of charts from the d30 Sandbox Companion went through a lot of refinement before I thought they were book ready. This may be one of those kinds of pages (not that I have any kind of next book planned... which I may or may not).



Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Illusion Generator from MediaFire.

A-to-Z d30: Hauntings

Welcome to entry 8 in my A-to-Z blogging challenge,
wherein I attempt to do 26 d30 charts during the month of April.
Today... HAUNTINGS!



Click here to download a free PDF of this
d30 Hauntings encounters page from MediaFire.