Table: How to Enter an Alternate/Parallel/Pocket Universe/Plane

Time for a table! This is the eighth table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

How to Enter an Alternate/Parallel/Pocket Universe/Plane

Roll 1d20

Via...

1. An alien artifact.
2. An altered state.
3. An archway engraved with mysterious symbols.
4. Astral projection.
5. Conveyance by an unnatural beast.
6. An earthquake.
7. A fissure.
8. A floating portal.
9. A free-standing door.
10. A funhouse ride/rollercoaster.
11. A giant hat.
12. A hole.
13. An ingenious contraption.
14. A magic pool.
15. A mirror.
16. A painting.
17. A potion.
18. A tornado/cyclone.
19. A wardrobe.
20. A vortex.

[This table originally appeared in "RPGaDay 2025: Day 20" ("Enter").]

Table: Most Memorable Encounter

The most memorable encounter is sure to be found in the most memorable encounter table. This is the seventh table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Most Memorable Encounter

Roll 1d6

1. A fully clothed centaur (with briefcase).
2. An enigmatic macroplanarian.
3. A Floating Head of Lettuce (of Doom).
4. A gourdian angel (primarily protects gourds).
5. An octopus piloting a mecha.
6. The Aquabats!

[This table originally appeared in "RPGaDay 2023: Day 29" ("Most memorable ENCOUNTER").]

Table: Alternative Wizardly Abodes

Not every wizard resides in a tower. This is the sixth table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Alternative Wizardly Abodes

Roll 1d8

1. mountain cave
2. stilt hut
3. geodesic dome
4. ziggurat
5. cottage
6. bungalow
7. A-frame
8. penthouse

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2020 19. "Tower").]

Table: Forest Encounter

What or whom will you encounter in the forest? This is the fifth table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Forest Encounter

Roll 1d6

1. You encounter a wolfwere dressed like a typical grandmother. It has the power to transform into Graham Chapman.

2. You happen upon a ring of toadstools. Don't dance around it or you'll turn into a toadstool yourself. If you eat one, well, that's another random table.

3. You chance upon a house constructed entirely of candy and baked goods. If you're short enough, the resident will try to eat you when she catches you gnawing on her domicile. If you're taller, she forces you to renovate her home for 1d6 months.

4. You trip over, and enrage, a lion, which happens to have a thorn in its paw.

5. You step on a venomous snake. If you apologize quickly enough, you will be spared its scathing sarcasm and biting insults. In the best of circumstances, it's quite the amiable conversationalist.

6. You meet a werebear in mid-transformation. It's preoccupied with preventing fires.

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2020 6. "Forest").]

Table: Connection

How are the player characters connected? This is the fourth table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Connection

Roll 1d8

1. mutual friend
2. mutual enemy
3. are all kin
4. are all colleagues
5. are all former (or current) classmates
6. are all fugitives
7. are all survivors
8. met at a party/festival/gathering

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2019 30. "Connection").]

Table: Idea

Here's an idea... In your next RPG adventure/module/scenario, every player character must be played as if the player were a certain well known comedian. So, for example, your Ulric Hellbringer is now "Ulric Hellbringer (as played by Jerry Stiller)." This is the third table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Idea

Roll 1d6

1. The GM assigns each player a comedian.
2. Each player chooses a comedian.
3. Each player chooses a comedian for the player to their left.
4. Each player chooses a comedian for the player to their right.
5. Each player's comedian is determined randomly.
6. Choose one or roll again.

I never said it was a GOOD idea.

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2019 26. "Idea").]

Table: Surprise

When you regain consciousness, you find yourself on a beach. Your only possession is...

(This is the second table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.)

Surprise

Roll 1d6

1. a knife
2. a stainless steel windproof lighter
3. a 30' rope
4. a Sherman tank
5. a UFO
6. a birthday cake

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2019 23. "Surprise").]

Table: Found Familiar

If you Find a Familiar, let it know there's a magic-user looking for it. Otherwise, said magic-user has a 25% chance of screwing up the spell and won't be able to cast it again for another year. This is the first table of the Table of Misplaced Tables.

Found Familiar

Roll 1d10

1. Ilemauzar
2. Pyewackett
3. Pecke in the Crowne
4. Griezzell Greedigutt
5. Vinegar tom [sic]
6. Holt
7. Jarmara
8. Sacke & Sugar
9. Newes
10. None. You have a famulus instead.

#ADnD #1stLevelSpells #FindFamiliar #1stEditionProblems

[This table originally appeared here (#RPGaDay2019 7. "Familiar").]

Table of Misplaced Tables

April is Random Generator Month, but this is September, which is an honorary random generator month when it suits us, and this time we are collecting the random tables scattered throughout the #RPGaDay articles of Applied Phantasticality and reproducing them in their own Random Generator Month master table for everyone's convenience. Enjoy the early autumn nonsense!

Table of Misplaced Tables

Roll 1d?

1. Roll on the Found Familiar Table!
2. Roll on the Surprise Table!
3. Roll on the Idea Table!
4. Roll on the Connection Table!
5. Roll on the Forest Encounter Table!
6. Roll on the Alternative Wizardly Abodes Table!
7. Roll on the Most Memorable Encounter Table!

[Results of the Table of Misplaced Tables will be added daily (or sporadically) throughout the month.]

Blogger Blahs

Has anyone else noticed that the Blog List gadgets on Blogger are only sporadically displaying up-to-date posts? It has been getting worse. I don't know whether this is only affecting my blogs or it's a system-wide issue, but it certainly doesn't help the cause (namely, in this case, the support of the hobby and our fellow bloggers). Blogging is already an uphill battle. We should at least be able to depend on the basic functionality of the blog itself to act as a blog. This is disheartening.