Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Great Random Charts in RPG History, vol III

DROPPED OIL LAMP TABLE, early Runequest
01-30 lamp goes out completely
31-70 lamp burns on, unbroken; roll for beam direction if dropped.
71-85 lamp breaks and spreads all over the floor, leaving a very slick surface.
86-00 lamp breaks and spreads burning oil over floor; treat flames as a small fire


RANDOM HARLOT SUB-TABLE, 1st edition DMG
01-10 Slovenly trull
11-25 Brazen strumpet
26-35 Cheap trollop
36-50 Typical streetwalker
51-65 Saucy tart
66-75 Wanton wench
76-85 Expensive doxy
89-90 Haughty courtesan
91-92 Aged madam
93-94 Wealthy procuress
95-98 Sly pimp
99-00 Rich panderer

3 comments:

  1. That Harlot table totally confused us as kids, because we didn't know what a "harlot" was, and none of the other terms made sense, either. Among mostly understandable other terms for professions, it was almost a "gibberish encounter table."

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  2. I knew a couple of key words, so I figured out what the table was. It certainly expanded my vocabulary! To this day, I can't think of some of those nouns without the adjectives automatically attaching themselves.

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  3. We looked those words up, and while the Rich Panderer didn't seem to make any sense, the Wealthy Procuress seemed like the best roll possible to us, as such a person could easily hook you up with anyone from 01 - 90 without a problem, and we didn't want a 91 or 92 anyway.

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