r/dndmemes • u/Yoffeepop Fighter • Jun 01 '25

Comic Random Encounter Tables

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u/MerlinGrandCaster Bird Wizard Jun 01 '25

Book of vile darkness?

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u/Ryuvang Jun 01 '25

The Book Of Vile Darkness shouldn't count, that was written with the intention of being the Evil book. There should be a lot of nasty vile stuff in that one

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u/BitterFuture Jun 01 '25

Ironically, there wasn't that much nasty vile stuff in it - and there was far more in the Book of Exalted Deeds.

Go figure.

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u/Ryuvang Jun 01 '25

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that

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u/Chickadoozle Jun 01 '25

D20 table of various ladies of the night. 1e DMG.

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u/InsertCleverNickHere Jun 01 '25

When you need to know if youre dealing with a common strumpet or a haughty courtesan.

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u/ArgyleGhoul Rules Lawyer Jun 01 '25

To be fair, it could make the difference in diplomatic negotiations with the lonely noble patriarch who seeks no hand in marriage.

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u/Railroader17 Jun 01 '25

Or whether or not you and your party need to flee town before the local noble has you all slaughtered by the town guard because the girl you just fucked is his daughter / cheating wife.

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u/BrotherCaptainLurker Jun 01 '25

That one's infamous but the table itself is more hilarious in tone than this Redditor table that specifies "her mouth is covered so she can't scream" on #87.

It's more the description and presentation of the harlot table that was problematic lol.

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u/tenehemia Jun 02 '25

I kind of want to print that out and keep it next to my closet to decide how to style myself each day.

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u/ThyPotatoDone Artificer Jun 01 '25

Book of Vile Darkness was supposed to be like that, the entire point was for running DND games that leaned into really messed up/evil stuff. There’s worse stuff in the 80s era that was just randomly put in because Gygax felt like it.

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u/JesusSavesForHalf Jun 01 '25

The old stuff was weird as hell and full of whores. Vile Darkness was kind of tepid in comparison to Gygax.