tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post3065003648052346883..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: Creative ConsumablesTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-64096079891647865042009-08-17T07:17:05.394-07:002009-08-17T07:17:05.394-07:00Sorry for the late response, been house sitting fo...Sorry for the late response, been house sitting for friends.<br /><br />I too have been thinking of an item generator. My first stab at it, specifically for magic items, was too abstract. I think an item generator needs some crunch, some detail. And, while I've been trying to stick with the simplicity and uniformity of the Roll All the Dice method, it's hard to use it to get that charty crunch.<br /><br />Also, I can glean a generating strategy from your examples: associative combining. A DM struggling to invent fresh interesting treasure could walk around picking pairs of random things and seeing what treasure could be made from them.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-59470690676664870772009-08-15T20:55:03.980-07:002009-08-15T20:55:03.980-07:00I've thought about this too, Telecanter. I hav...I've thought about this too, Telecanter. I have a vague notion of a very large random item generator, but I haven't done any work on it. Something with a dozen d100 columns designating material, color, design, history, theme, etc... What I've been doing is to just let items come to mind during the day as I go about my business, and then giving them two or three twists to make them unusual. That wheelbarrow full of buttons on my treasure item list came from the fact that that day, I dumped out the wheelbarrow by my shop, it was full rainwater. I was also missing a button on my shirt. wheelbarrow full of buttons. It had to have treasure value, so I made the buttons gold, ivory, silver,etc...<br /><br />The bucket of piss and coins is another story.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.com