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357773-Sample.Pdf Sample file THE BOOK OF RANDOM TABLES STEAMPUNKSample file CREDITS Written by Matt Davids Layout & Design by Matt Davids Cover & Interior Art by Albert Robida WWW.DICEGEEKS.COMSample file Contents copyright © 2021 dicegeeks. All rights reserved. All images in the public domain. GET MORE FREE RANDOM TABLES AT WWW.DICEGEEKS.COM/FREE Sample file TABLE OF CONTENTS How to Use this Book...................................................................................5 ITEMS & THINGS Airship Cargo................................................................................................7 Artifacts #1..............................................................................................8-9 Artifacts #2...........................................................................................10-11 Drugs and Medicines..................................................................................12 Items in a Desk...........................................................................................13 Items in a Scientist’s Lab.............................................................................14 Items in a Study..........................................................................................15 Steam Engine and Boiler Parts...................................................................16 Victorian Era Books #1...............................................................................18 Victorian Era Books #2..............................................................................19 FAMOUS VICTORIANS Famous Victorians #1.................................................................................21 Famous Victorians #2................................................................................22 Famous Victorians #3.................................................................................23 ENGLISH NAMES English Female Names #1..........................................................................25 English Female Names #2.........................................................................26 English Male Names #1..............................................................................27 English Male Names #2.............................................................................28 English Surnames #1.................................................................................29 English Surnames #2.................................................................................30 English Surnames #3..................................................................................31 FRENCH NAMES French Female Names #1...........................................................................33 French Female Names #2..........................................................................34 French Male Names #1..............................................................................35 French Male Names #2..............................................................................36 French Surnames #1..................................................................................37 French Surnames #2..................................................................................38 French Surnames #3..................................................................................39 LOCATIONS & ENCOUNTERS Cavern Locations and Encounters...............................................................41 Non-Combat Encounters...........................................................................43 ADVENTURE HOOKS SampleAdventure Hooks and Settings..............................................................44-46 file 4 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK This book, like all the other Books of Random Tables, is geared to help gamemasters cut down their preparation time and have more fun at the gaming table. Random tables are a gamemaster’s best friend. The tables can be used in a variety of ways. The GM can roll on the table. A player could be asked to roll. However the tables are used, they help reduce the amount of decisions gamemasters must make during the game. The tables are organized into six sections: Items & Things, Famous Victorians, English Names, French Names, Locations & Encounters, and Adventure Hooks. In the Items & Things section, GMs have plenty of options when their players ask to search common places like rooms and desks. There are many more lists, such as cargo, a scientist’s lab, books, and medicines. All are from the time period. The section of Famous Victorians lets the gamemaster add real people into their steampunk games. Many steampunk games are set in England or more specifically in London, so tables of English names have been included. Paris has also been the setting of numerous steampunk adventures, so likewise, French names are included. The Locations & Encounters section gives the GM options and ideas for situations or interesting locations during sessions. The Adventure Hooks section provides ideas and settings for creative steampunk adventures. This little book will help take the pressure off the next time you run your steampunk campaign or sessions. Relax and have fun exploring the future of the past. Bon voyage! Matt Davids 3/24/2021 Sample file 5 ITEMS & THINGS Sample file AIRSHIP CArgO 1. Walrus tusks (2D20) 51. Pink Ivory (1D6 planks) 2. Birch (1D20 planks) 52. Nails (1D100 lbs) 3. Muslin (1D20 bolts) 53. Velvet (1D20 bolts) 4. Enfield revolvers (1D20) 54. Dried peppers (1D20 lbs) 5. Cardamom (1D6 lbs) 55. Canvas (1D12 bolts) 6. Tea (1D100 lbs) 56. Boxes of clockwork toys (1D10) 7. 1822 pattern infantry officer’s sword 57. Curry(1D8 lbs) 8. Caraway (1D4 lbs) 58. Sail canvas (1D100 square feet) 9. Sandalwood (1D4 planks) 59. Peppermint (1D20 lbs) 10. Thyme (1D4 lbs) 60. Ginger (1D4 lbs) 11. Bags of rice (1D12) 61. Caged monkey 12. Balbriggan (1D10 bolts) 62. Small iron pipe fittings (1D100) 13. Hyssop (1D6 lbs) 63. Sacks of sugar (1D6) 14. Linen (1D20 bolts) 64. Crepe (1D8 bolts) 15. Faille (1D10 bolts) 65. Martini-Henry rifles (1D20) 16. Bombazine (1D4 bolts) 66. Parsley (1D10 lbs) 17. Hickory (1D20 planks) 67. Maxim gun 18. Mahogany (1D10 planks) 68. Sage (1D8 lbs) 19. Rope (5D100 feet) 69. Cumin (1D6 lbs) 20. Catnip (1D20 lbs) 70. Paprika (1D12 lbs) 21. Lawn (1D6 bolts) 71. Ball bearings (6D100) 22. Oregano (1D20 lbs) 72. Holly (1D12 planks) 23. Silkworms (1D10 cages) 73. Moire (1D6 bolts) 24. Taffeta (1D4 bolts) 74. Cashmere (1D4 bolts) 25. Black pepper (1D12 lbs) 75. Bocote (1D6 planks) 26. Water drain valves (1D100) 76. Iron pipe (1D100 2”x6’) 27. Chives (1D12 lbs) 77. Flax (1D100 lbs) 28. Small values (2D100) 78. African Blackwood (1D8 planks) 29. Crack discs (1D100) 79. Bay leaf (1D20 lbs) 30. 1845 pattern infantry officer’s sword 80. Coriander (1D10 lbs) 31. Butter (1D20 lbs) 81. Caged tiger 32. Turmeric (1D12 lbs) 82. Bales of wool (1D8) 33. Otter pelts (1D100) 83. Saffron (1D6 lbs) 34. Lamp oil (1D20 gallons) 84. Spearmint (1D12 lbs) 35. Ebony (1D10 planks) 85. Small cogwheels (3D100) 36. Bags of mail (1D4) 86. Satin (1D12 bolts) 37. Lavender (1D12 lbs) 87. Oiler filler caps (2D200) 38. Cinnamon (1D8 lbs) 88. Pongee (1D8 bolts) 39. Caged minks (1D4) 89. Caged peacocks (1D6) 40. Seersucker (1D20 bolts) 90. Bales of cotton (1D10) 41. Dalbergia (1D4 planks) 91. Lancaster pistols (1D20) 42. Coffee (1D100 lbs) 92. Tarragon (1D20 lbs) 43. Silk (1D10 bolts) 93. Rosemary (1D10 lbs) 44. Burlap sacks (1D100) 94. Bags of salt (1D4) 45. Elephant tusks (1D20) 95. Vanilla (1D4 lbs) 46. Bags of mail (1D20) 96. Nutmeg (1D8 lbs) Sample47. Basil (1D8 lbs) 97. Bushels of wheat (1D20) file 48. Chain (2D100 feet) 98. Small gears (5D100) 49. Poplin (1D12 bolts) 99. Sacks of flour (1D8) 50. Beaver pelts (1D100) 100. Guano (2D100 lbs) 7 ARTIFActS #1 1. Sarcophagus of Hapmen, Cairo, 26th Dynasty or later, (600–300 BC) 2. Braganza Brooch, Ornamental gold fibula reflecting Celtic and Greek influences (3rd century BC) 3. Taylor Prism, hexagonal clay foundation record, (691 BC) 4. Lachish Letters, group of ostraka written in alphabetic Hebrew from Lachish, Israel, (586 BC) 5. Bronze statuette of a rider and horse from Armento, southern Italy (550 BC) 6. Pair of statues of attendant god dedicated to Nabu by Adad-Nirari III and Sammuramat, (810–800 BC) 7. Colossal head of Amenemhat III, Bubastis, (1800 BC) 8. Fragments from a large bronze equestrian statue of the Taranto Rider, southern Italy, (480–460 BC) 9. Statue of the Goddess Mamaki from Candi Jago, eastern Java, Indonesia, (13th–14th centuries AD) 10. Human Headed Lamassu Bull, sister piece in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (883–859 BC) 11. Coffin of King Nubkheperre Intef, Thebes, (1570 BC) 12. One of the Burghead Bulls, Pictish stone relief from northeast Scotland, (7th–8th centuries) 13. Gold libation bowl from Sant’Angelo Muxaro, Sicily, (600 BC) 14. The Punic-Libyan Inscription from the Mausoleum of Ateban, Dougga, Tunisia, (146 BC) 15. Jasper ware vase known as the Pegasus Vase made by Josiah Wedgwood, England, (1786) 16. Pair of inscribed stone objects known as the Blau Monuments from Uruk, Iraq, (3100–2700 BC) 17. Cameo glass Portland Vase, the most famous glass vessel from ancient Rome, (1–25 AD) 18. Small bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Bihar, eastern India, (7th century AD) 19. Statue of Rehuankh, Abydos, (1850–1830 BC) 20. Mummy of Ginger and five other individuals from Gebelein, (c.3400 BC) 21. Stela of Samontu, Abydos, (1910 BC) 22. Granite Kinnari figure in the shape of a bird from Candi Prambanan in Java, Indonesia, (9th century AD) 23. Huguenot silver from the
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