So take a nice, simple dungeon with lots of rooms and several entrances. Put the party in competition for treasure and glory with another party. After finding half the dungeon has battle damage, and the monsters are all on high alert, and lots of rooms have been searched and possible treasure broken, the party will get to confront the rivals. The rivals will be the most dangerous enemies and have the best loot. They are the big, bad bosses.
d10 Quick Types
1 Junk
2 Trinkets
3 Violence
4 Battle scap
5 Magic violence
6 Tragedy
7 Destruction
8 Gross body horror
9 Graffiti
10 Close contact
d100 Murder hobos were here first
01 Half-burned-out torch
02 Broken lamp
03 Iron spikes
04 Caltrops 1in6 poison
05 Slick of lamp oil
06 Broken iron bar for prying things open
07 Ash from smoking, smell of pipe weed
08 Broken crate, chest, barrel or urn
09 Length of rope, cut or burned
10 Broken potion bottle
11 Dwarvern trinket
12 Broken holy symbol
13 Leaf cloak clasp of elven design
14 Bent lockpick
15 Broken key
11 Dwarvern trinket
12 Broken holy symbol
13 Leaf cloak clasp of elven design
14 Bent lockpick
15 Broken key
16 Used bandages
17 Old glove
18 Free drink tokens for the local tavern
19 Knife or dart in a high out of out-of-reach place
20 Beads from a priest or monk
21 Blood spills and spatters, more than one person
22 Fingers or toes
23 Teeth scattered about
24 Clump of someone's hair recently pulled out with some skin
45 Severed hand or foot
26 Severed head
27 Slices of someone's face
28 Someone's ear 1in6 with 15gp earring
29 Trail of blood
30 Puddle or blood
31 Arrows or other ammo
21 Blood spills and spatters, more than one person
22 Fingers or toes
23 Teeth scattered about
24 Clump of someone's hair recently pulled out with some skin
45 Severed hand or foot
26 Severed head
27 Slices of someone's face
28 Someone's ear 1in6 with 15gp earring
29 Trail of blood
30 Puddle or blood
31 Arrows or other ammo
32 Broken weapon
33 Dented helmet
33 Dented helmet
34 Broken shield
35 Pieces of armour
36 Smashed trap
37 Signs of an oil fire
38 Broken bow or gun
39 Ceiling partly caved in
40 Hole through a wall
41 Burned humanoid remains look hideous
42 Traces of magical or spider webs partly burned
43 Puddle of acid partly ate a hole in a paving stone
44 Dropped weird spell components
45 Broken holy water bottle
46 Broken wand or rod, or staff
47 Patch of frost
48 Blackened and exploded corpse with scarred flesh from lightning
49 Circle of light or darkness, long-lasting or permanent, 1in6 fixed on a corpse
50 Undead bodies arise as corporeal undead, craving vengeance
51 Corpse with boobytrap left by adventurers (bear trap)
52 Magical rune or ward, possibly dangerous and armed (magic might lure victims)
53 Monster feeding on a fresh corpse
54 Dead creature, (1in6 species generally thought of as helpful) with valuable parts hacked off
55 Monsterbody with many, many injuries
56 Zombie blinded or limbless or burned troll body parts twitching and nailed to the ground
57 Imp offering wounded creature aid if it accepts a deal with hell
58 Mother with children trying to sneak out of here
59 Orphan baby monster is feckless about what is happening
60 Pile of monster corpses in methodical heap, all searched
61 Slashed up mattress torn open looking for loot
62 Smashed statues
63 Shattered doors
64 Smashed desk or cabinet
65 Broken beer bottles thrown around
66 Holes in the walls smashed, looking for secrets
67 Smashed artwork or framed painting
68 Shattered furniture or burned bookshelf
68 Eyes were removed from the idol
69 Dumped coffin with roughly searched corpse inside
70 Ancient corpse hacked open looking for treasure
71 Field dissection of a monster
72 Monster guts cut open searching for loot
73 Adventurers took a dump here on a break
74 Body tied, died from extreme interrogation
75 Corpses hacked or mashed up by superior numbers
76 Bodies of monsters non-combatants
77 Bodies chopped into many, many pieces. Too many
78 Dead bodies, fresh beer bottles and some rations packaging from a break
79 Blinded monster crawling on all fours, badly injured
80 Corpses gnawed on by critters 1in6 riddled with parasites
81 Graffiti of adventurers' names
82 Graffiti of abuse from adventurers
83 Graffiti of genitalia
64 Graffiti of death threats, often with some blood or animal corpses
85 Graffiti of arrows from some split party
86 Graffiti of RIP notice
88 Graffiti of numbers, counting recent kills
89 Graffiti written in faeces
90 Graffiti written in blood
91 Spirit arises from a freshly killed creature, points towards the killers, and sobbing
92 Gasping, bleeding creature crawling with a blood trail will point to enemies
93 Monsters freshly killed and missing a body part taken as trophies for bounties
94 Hear screams and fighting in the distance, and locals responding
95 See adventurers taking money from a monster faction
96 Party of adventurers now all undead or berserkers or lycanthropes
97 Body of a known adventurer stripped of valuables
35 Pieces of armour
36 Smashed trap
37 Signs of an oil fire
38 Broken bow or gun
39 Ceiling partly caved in
40 Hole through a wall
41 Burned humanoid remains look hideous
42 Traces of magical or spider webs partly burned
43 Puddle of acid partly ate a hole in a paving stone
44 Dropped weird spell components
45 Broken holy water bottle
46 Broken wand or rod, or staff
47 Patch of frost
48 Blackened and exploded corpse with scarred flesh from lightning
49 Circle of light or darkness, long-lasting or permanent, 1in6 fixed on a corpse
50 Undead bodies arise as corporeal undead, craving vengeance
51 Corpse with boobytrap left by adventurers (bear trap)
52 Magical rune or ward, possibly dangerous and armed (magic might lure victims)
53 Monster feeding on a fresh corpse
54 Dead creature, (1in6 species generally thought of as helpful) with valuable parts hacked off
55 Monsterbody with many, many injuries
56 Zombie blinded or limbless or burned troll body parts twitching and nailed to the ground
57 Imp offering wounded creature aid if it accepts a deal with hell
58 Mother with children trying to sneak out of here
59 Orphan baby monster is feckless about what is happening
60 Pile of monster corpses in methodical heap, all searched
61 Slashed up mattress torn open looking for loot
62 Smashed statues
63 Shattered doors
64 Smashed desk or cabinet
65 Broken beer bottles thrown around
66 Holes in the walls smashed, looking for secrets
67 Smashed artwork or framed painting
68 Shattered furniture or burned bookshelf
68 Eyes were removed from the idol
69 Dumped coffin with roughly searched corpse inside
70 Ancient corpse hacked open looking for treasure
71 Field dissection of a monster
72 Monster guts cut open searching for loot
73 Adventurers took a dump here on a break
74 Body tied, died from extreme interrogation
75 Corpses hacked or mashed up by superior numbers
76 Bodies of monsters non-combatants
77 Bodies chopped into many, many pieces. Too many
78 Dead bodies, fresh beer bottles and some rations packaging from a break
79 Blinded monster crawling on all fours, badly injured
80 Corpses gnawed on by critters 1in6 riddled with parasites
81 Graffiti of adventurers' names
82 Graffiti of abuse from adventurers
83 Graffiti of genitalia
64 Graffiti of death threats, often with some blood or animal corpses
85 Graffiti of arrows from some split party
86 Graffiti of RIP notice
88 Graffiti of numbers, counting recent kills
89 Graffiti written in faeces
90 Graffiti written in blood
91 Spirit arises from a freshly killed creature, points towards the killers, and sobbing
92 Gasping, bleeding creature crawling with a blood trail will point to enemies
93 Monsters freshly killed and missing a body part taken as trophies for bounties
94 Hear screams and fighting in the distance, and locals responding
95 See adventurers taking money from a monster faction
96 Party of adventurers now all undead or berserkers or lycanthropes
97 Body of a known adventurer stripped of valuables
98 Limping urchin torchbearer of adventurers and has fled or is lost, has seen some stuff
99 Party of local commoners who have gone deeper than they should
100 Party of vicious murder hoboes face to face in their claim!
99 Party of local commoners who have gone deeper than they should
100 Party of vicious murder hoboes face to face in their claim!
Interesting idea. The d100 table is awesome. It is going into my dungeon dressing folder.
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