Perdition Encounter Tables
Perdition Encounter Tables
I've been using a variation of Beloch Shrike's method here to build tables for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Here's what I did. I made a main 2d6 encounter table:
2 Dragon
3 Demon
4 Devil
5 Humanoid
6 Roll on terrain table
7 Recurring NPC
8 Roll on terrain table
9 Monster
10 Weird
11 Big Monster
12 Wizard
Each of those is sub-table with six entries. If I want some options to be more rare than others, I made it a 2d6 table (so the Marilith and her army don’t have a 1 in 6 chance of showing up on the “Demon” table), otherwise 1d6. Each terrain type gets a 1d6 table (easy to keep track of since we’ll be hexcrawling). Monsters are things that could show up in any terrain type (like owlbears, everyone loves owlbears). Weird results are 1d6 odd encounters that still have the possibility of NPC interaction or combat. I will probably check them off until they’re all gone, then write six more.
Not sure how to start the “Recurring NPC” table. Treat it as a “Terrain” result until they’ve met some fun NPCs and fill it out as we go probably.
Originally shared by Casey G.
Bookmarking for myself.
http://www.paperspencils.com/2017/01/01/structuring-encounter-tables
I've been using a variation of Beloch Shrike's method here to build tables for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Here's what I did. I made a main 2d6 encounter table:
2 Dragon
3 Demon
4 Devil
5 Humanoid
6 Roll on terrain table
7 Recurring NPC
8 Roll on terrain table
9 Monster
10 Weird
11 Big Monster
12 Wizard
Each of those is sub-table with six entries. If I want some options to be more rare than others, I made it a 2d6 table (so the Marilith and her army don’t have a 1 in 6 chance of showing up on the “Demon” table), otherwise 1d6. Each terrain type gets a 1d6 table (easy to keep track of since we’ll be hexcrawling). Monsters are things that could show up in any terrain type (like owlbears, everyone loves owlbears). Weird results are 1d6 odd encounters that still have the possibility of NPC interaction or combat. I will probably check them off until they’re all gone, then write six more.
Not sure how to start the “Recurring NPC” table. Treat it as a “Terrain” result until they’ve met some fun NPCs and fill it out as we go probably.
Originally shared by Casey G.
Bookmarking for myself.
http://www.paperspencils.com/2017/01/01/structuring-encounter-tables
Either treat it as terrain or reroll. If you treat it as terrain, you'll end up with 3 entries for that and that might be too much.
ReplyDeleteI like it. I also generally love this stocking method and Perdition so it's not hard to love.
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