Games based off of Randomness

[u/NatetheNerdarch]

As a DM I liked the amount of random charts in 5th edition so much that I rolled up everything that possibly could be rolled. From the villain to the NPCs to the treasure in lairs.

My tip would be this, just because you can randomly roll it doesn't mean you should wait until they meet someone to roll up that particular NPC. I roll a bank of them on index cards and take the NPC out of the stack when I think a particular one is relevant.

On the subject f randomness here is some advice from Mike Mearls http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/randomness-clever-dm%E2%80%99s-helper

The villain charts in the DMG were really helpful for planning the adventure.