Immersion Tables
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PhDnd presents
ImmersionTables
a free resource for GMs
Written & Developed by
Kirk [email protected]
youtube.com/phdnd
Designed by Chloë [email protected]
youtube.com/bit3gamergal
Edited by Matt Click [email protected]
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stfulofdice
Created June 2013Published under Creative Commons 3.0
SA-BY-NC share alike, attribute, non-commercial
Available for free atfacebook.com/Phdnd
!"#$%&'(#)%"I want to start off by saying thank you to myamazing viewers, subscribers, and friends
within the YouTube and Facebook RPGcommunity. Your support and interactionsince my channel first debuted in October2012 has been amazing and rewarding
for me. I look forward to interacting andsharing with many of you in the future asmy channel will continue on. I could thankso many people individually at this pointfor their advice, mentoring, and supportbut it would consume too much more of
your time. I will close the introduction with a single note of gratitude to ChloëRose for her astounding work at makingthese tables not only a reality, but a sweet-looking one at that. And now friends, agift from me to you!
!"*#$'(#)%"* ese tables have the goal of being animmersive tool that is quick and easy touse. Just roll the dice as the tables instructor go through the lists and pick for yourself. is resource can be used mid-game as animprovisational tool or in the preparationstages before you actually play.
» Table 1 provides you withmultiple choices for trees and foliage
that can set a scene.» Table 2A and Table 2B provide
you with a main dish, fully preparedand served with sides!» Table 3 provides you with ideasfor sundry tomes to fill your world’slibrary shelves with.
» Table 4 provides the names ofthose who inhabit your world, be theylord, lady, brigand, or barmaid.
Use these tables as you wish and refer tothe upcoming examples for inspiration.
+,-./01* Your adventuerers are walking down aroad, and you’re in need of some trees. Youroll 1d4 and 1d6: 1, and 5 - mulberry.
“ e roadside tavern is hard to see, thanksto the thick mulberry trees that guard it like
armor.” Once in the tavern, your adventurersapproach the barkeep, and now you needa meal to be served. You break out 4d20sand 1d12 and roll: 17 - onion, 17 - sautéed19 - lamb, 20 - dates, 3 - honeycakes.
“Once inside the tavern, you can smell theonion-sautéed lamb being served up withdates. e only thing sweeter is the fresh, hothoneycakes that follow it to your table.”
One of your adventurers starts lookingaround the tavern’s bookshelves. Youroll 2d20s 3 times: 12 - e Brave, 19 -Flower(s); 17 - e Esoteric, 3 - King(s)3 - e Sapphire, 4 - Hero(es).
“After the meal, you fi nd the bookshelf is hometo a few volumes that you are unfamiliar with e Brave Flower and e Esoteric Kingare new to your eyes yet everyone knows theblue tome sitting next to them. e SapphireHero is a tale told to all in this area.”
e adventurer peers through e SapphireHero, his arcane knowledge tells himthat there are secrets in these pagesand thinking he’ll have an easy go of itattempts to pilfer the book. You roll 2d20sand 1d8: 8 - Avia, 3 - Berwin, 1 - stone.
“A beautiful, but large women walks up to you, tapping you on the shoulder. ‘Put my father’s book back on the shelf, or I’ll show youthe infamous fi sts of Avia Berwinstone.’”
“ e mulberry trees are so thick you almost missedthe tavern. But once inside, you smell the onion-
sautéed lamb being served up with dates. e only
thing sweeter is the fresh, hot honeycakes that followit to your table.”
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