Monday, 14 November 2011

Random "Mr Jones" Mission Generator

It's an urban setting in a grim future, and your players are trying to rustle up some work. They ask around, get in touch with some old friends, and discover:


The idea being you roll a d8 four times and see what happens. Very rudimentary - this took about 2 minutes to create; in reality I'd probably make it a d20 or d30 table. Also, "Deliver" should obviously read "Deliver something to".

If I had more time I would create sub-tables to flesh out things a little more (deliver what?), but you get the idea. Make your own.
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10 comments:

  1. John14 November 2011 at 05:19

    Also, "Deliver" should obviously read "Deliver something to".

    I think it's more interesting as written. Witnesses in protective custody, prisoners, hostage exchanges, enemies delivered into traps...

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  2. noisms14 November 2011 at 06:42

    True. In my probably-never-to-be-written full d20 table, there would be a "deliver" and a "deliver something to" result.

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  3. Zak Sabbath14 November 2011 at 07:34

    1. I approve.
    2. take a second look at column four before some grammar nazi does

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  4. noisms14 November 2011 at 07:35

    Haha. No, I'm going to leave it like that. Mainly because I can't be arsed changing it but also because, fuck grammar.

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  5. Ashikaider14 November 2011 at 19:36

    It's probably nothing, but I counted 7 items for each list. Does that mean 8s are 'roll again' or 'GM's Choice'?

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  6. noisms15 November 2011 at 03:07

    No, it means I'm stupid and can't count.

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  7. Zak Sabbath17 November 2011 at 10:30

    NOISMS' TYPO-Y RANDOM CHARTS UNDERMINE LEGITIMATE CHARTMAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  8. ProvoliK17 November 2011 at 16:16

    Good random thing. I've created a d12-based table (my game is d12 based :D) of this and I hope I will apply it very soon.

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  9. Billy19 February 2012 at 05:27

    I put together a chart like this for my sandbox--good stuff!

    The verb column seems like an extraneous roll. It all boils down to "is going to"...

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  10. Billy28 May 2012 at 02:35

    Posted it today here: http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2011/11/random-mr-jones-mission-generator.html

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