News or event generator? I am trying to let the players guide me more through the world. They often ask for the local news. Is there a generator for that? That way I could generate 100 headlines to keep on hand to feed out a couple as the group strolls into town.
News or event generator?
News or event generator?
thesurrealist.co.uk – Fantasy World News Generator – 24-Hour Mirror-Universe News from Another World
Red Dice Diaries That is great for headlines and I will use it. I hope there is a smaller event generator out there for a little village. Perhaps it is a rumor generator.
If they are asking for news, you can use that to hint at your grim portents that are going on.
A google search on “fantasy rpg rumor generator” turns up this:
inkwellideas.com – Rumor Generator
And here is a golden opportunity to turn to the players. With maybe a bit of leading guidance. They ask, “what news is there”…and you can pick a player and say; “You are talking to the hostler and she is speaks of something driving off cattle…. what would that something be?” and let the player fill it in.
Or simply turn to a player who did NOT ask about a rumor, news and say, reference the player’s character who did and say; “PC X heard what at the bar last night?” And let them make something up.
This way, the world creation is shared. The table still gets a veto… if the table doesn’t like “cattle were driven off by 100 dragons”… yeah, there is a veto coming.
Thanks everyone these ideas will really work well.
drivethrurpg.com – Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells – Addendum This supplement is PWYW, and has some fun generators for between-adventure events (random life events, what happened since the group was last in town, etc)