Location Description Generator I

Roll 1d20 (3 times)

1.       Historical / Legendary

2.       Local customs

3.       Religious habits

4.       Natural Wonders

5.       Ruins

6.       Weird Facts

7.       Groups

8.       Military Conflict

9.       Magical Conflict

10.    Legendary Beast

11.    Monuments

12.    Magical properties

13.    Lost Stuff

14.    Local Products

15.    Rumors

16.    Reference / link to another site

17.    Persons of note

18.    Haunted

19.    Weather

20.    Structures Occupied

Example A: Rolls: 13,2,4

Title: Spear Tree

The town of Spear Tree was founded around  the infamous tree of the same name. It is told that barbarians use to test their courage by being tied to the tree and those which showed no sign of fear while spears where thrown at them would rule for one year. A revered spear called Treespear  was used in the contest and was kept in a hallow of the tree. It was stolen  50 years ago. The current chieftain has ruled all this time. The tree that harbored the spear quivers  and trembles and it is said that the sap can cause fear in men.

Example B: Rolls: 3,9,11

Title: The Pillar of Wespar

The pillar of was the site where the hermit Wespar lived for 10 years atop a pillar. Followers of the faith erect pillars every year and set atop them for a week in honor of the hermit. A group of cabalist wizards poses a worshipers at the event to exchange information and conduct business. They are slowly taking over the pilgrims and using them as unknowing pawns in their plans.

Example C: Rolls: 15,7,6

Title: Wooden Castle of Eurgam

This wooden castle is home to the noble family of Eurgam. The family sponsors a small knighthood called the Order of the Golden Gauntlet dedicated to protecting or more like guarding against the magical sites of the land. It is rumored that the knighthood is securing the sites for use by the knighthood only or more likely the noble family Eurgan.

HEX MAP (VIVID GREY SCALE)

I present a map illustrating the different stages of fantasy cartography. Please feel free to use it in your own game.

BLANK MAP (no labels)

HEX MAP (no labels)

HEX MAP (labeled)

The final hex map with labels shows many locations man made and natural. What awaits heroes in Giant's Teeth Mountains? What dangers challenge them in the Wight Wood? Who dwells with in Castle Red Rune?

Blank Hex Map

I present a blank hex map. Feel free to use it it your own games. It is in a regional scale so it cam be any thing from 1 mile per hex to 25 miles per hex. It uses standard hex map icons: Mountains, Hills, Forest, Grassland and Swamp.

There are many campaign possibilities having a island chain between two larger land masses.

For example:

• Pirates Kingdoms - Competing pirates preying on merchants ships traveling from the northern land to the southern. Pirate strongholds conducting pirate on pirate warfare.

• Exile Dumping Grounds - For centuries the northern kingdom and southern kingdom have dumped their criminals, undesirables and anything dangerous on the island. The exiles now are conducting raids on their former homes. The have a grudge and the power to fulfill their revenge.

• Races Living on Different Islands - The goblinoid races of orc, hobgoblin, goblin, bugbear have taken over the northern and southern land masses. The surviving good humanoid races live on isolated islands between the land masses. Halflings have a mercantile island, Dwarves have a strongholds defending their island and trade in stone and steel, Elves have magic glowing forests and sell enchanted items, Gnombs farm and fish and make ornaments, Humans formed a corsair society on their island serving one island or another raiding goblinoid ships .

H is for Hex Map

Hex maps are useful tools for a game master and player alike. Also movement is accurately determined in any direction. Below is a sample map showing a wilderness area full of adventure possibilities.

World Creation!

So I have been once again laboring to create a fantasy RPG setting. I have attempted this several times with varying degrees of success. This time I think I have balance. I have started from the bottom up approach due to lack of time. I have focused on one geographic region. I have made a skeletal frame work to hang adventures on. The adventures and the players actions will flesh it out. Of course I have tried to make it some what generic to be more palatable to new players. Although I have added a bit of flare with the names conventions and what they evoke. At this time I am still working on it. I still don't know if I'm going to keep it system free or tie it to another game system. I will refrain from publishing but will provide some concepts from time to time.