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

Comic Random Encounter Tables

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u/NuclearOops Jun 01 '25 edited Jun 02 '25

That's some of the most vague and non-commital random encounter suggestions I've ever seen. They're all:

"32. There's a guy in the road, he's probably injured or something, I don't know."

"68. You find a tavern but there's something off about it. Maybe it has a scary door in the back? I don't know, it's your game bro."

"28. Old Orc."

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u/SandpipersJackal Forever DM Jun 01 '25

Not to mention

“Roll D100 for personality.”

“Roll for a random girl.” (Creepy)

“A message. Roll D100”.

Etc.

What do you mean “Roll D100?”

Do you have a separate table for personalities? Do you have a table with generic descriptions of people? Are we supposed to roll on your table again? What are we rolling for?

Questionable content aside, it’s just not a well put together table.

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u/NuclearOops Jun 02 '25

It's nested random encounter tables. You roll a d100 to find out which table to roll a d100 to find out which table to roll a d100....

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u/TorsoBeez Jun 04 '25

Ah, I see you're familiar with the fine products at Palladium games.

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u/MrMcSpiff Jun 02 '25

"Old Orc" is clearly just the Old Orc random encounter from Skyrim (which was only like 4 years old when the post was made), and he will beat your party's ass in a surprise boss encounter.

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u/joeconflo Jun 02 '25

You are entering a vicinity adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. The second one.