AutoRoll Tables

Generate details for a wide array of different things like NPCs, magical effects, food, plot points, and much more

Reddit Castle Generator

Use these tables for quick inspiration to lay out a castle and to suggest some of its history. I tend to model castles as defensive places more than luxurious palaces. There is an inner keep where most inhabitants will shelter during a siege. The outer defenses are manned by defenders (archers and guards mostly). The castle likely has a handful of knights on hand to run down besieging infantry. Commonly, most of the rooms of the castle are part of the inner keep, but other layouts are not uncommon. The size of a castle can vary widely, as suggested by the number of defenders and the number of people it can protect. These numbers aren’t superbly accurate in terms of medieval history, but they span the range I’ve found for small castles and large citadel-type castles (someone will correct me if I’m way off). I wouldn’t expect that the castle could accommodate that many residents at all time. Only that with sufficient provisions, they could keep that many people (mostly frightened and defenseless commoners) safe from raiders or a foragers of an enemy army. These tables are in no way meant to be authoritative or complete.

Reddit Caverns Generator

These are tables for adding quick flavor and encounters to natural caves and cavern complexes. You can use these to generate a single cavern location for an encounter or to set up a map of a subterranean region.

Reddit Mines Generator

These are tables for adding quickly fleshing out a mine. These tables are designed to answer some of the basic questions regarding a mine, but they are not exhaustive, and fit best for a mine that is—at least partially—still actively being excavated.

Reddit Monasteries Generator

Use these tables for laying out an active monastery for your PCs to visit, to infiltrate, or to seek wisdom and training.

Reddit Temple Generator

Use these tables for laying out an actively used temple complex. I tend to model temples after churches. There is a primary worship chamber where most prayer ceremonies are held. This chamber’s size can vary greatly—in a city, the temple might accommodate 1,000 worshipers or more at a time with room for crowds to spill out into a square in front of the temple; in a rural setting or for an obscure faith, the temple might accommodate 100 worshipers or less. Then there are adjacent rooms, wings, or other nearby buildings to support the operation of the temple. These tables are designed to work primarily with this design model in mind, but other layouts are possible.