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NPC generator (city folk)

1. A shopkeeper with increasingly strange hours.

2. A guard who always wanted to become a bard.

3. An undercover princess, having briefly escaped from the castle to see the world.

4. A priest who is an uncommon race for someone worshiping this deity.

5. A traveler who doesn't know how to speak Common.

6. A bartender with a beautiful voice.

7. An alchemist being tried for illegal potions.

8. A lawyer who dresses exactly like her mother.

9. A crazy cat lady who keeps baby owlbears instead of cats.

10. An artificer who keeps expanding his house.

11. A beggar who has been living in the same inn room for three years.

12. A tailor who specializes in making eyeglasses.

13. The owner of a magic shop who has some magical curse upon him.

14. A tea shop owner who speaks in a different accent to each of her customers.

15. An obsessive librarian looking for one specific book.

16. An eccentric professor whom all his students love.

17. A doctor who dresses in plague doctor gear. No one knows why...

18. A dragonborn who thinks he's an ancient dragon.

19. The “most beautiful woman in the city” according to the townsfolk.

20. A young girl who everyone thinks is a god.

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NPC Generator #1: strangers found while traveling

1. A tired traveling merchant with a dark past.

2. A druid clad in gold and bronze, meditating in the center of an open field.

3. A chatty tabaxi, just looking to find the newest festival.

4. An orphaned dark elf, newly escaped to the surface.

5. A begger child, who looks a little... off.

6. A newly wed couple traveling by carriage to see the world.

7. A dragonborn bard desperate for work.

8. An exiled elvish prince, now undercover as a wizard-for-hire.

9. A shadow moving quickly through the woods...

10. A small group of mounted soldiers.

11. An animal, secretly a druid in disguise.

12. A gnome, living in a treehouse in the middle of the woods.

13. A silent traveler riding an unrecognizable beast.

14. A queen and her entire procession, traveling to an ally nation.

15. A mercenary, sleeping under the shade of a tree.

16. An escaped convict, newly injured.

17. A monster trying desperately to be good.

18. A thief, looking to swindle his way into the party.

19. A wise old wizard who just discovered something incredible.

20. An equestrian, illuminated by the moon. Looking closer, you see he doesn't have a head.

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Dwarvish Name Generator

Roll a d20 on the desired table, or defy fate and pick one.

Male:

1. Korrvun Copperhelm

2. Bredefurg Dusthaven

3. Caerlandro Dragonbreath

4. Ildo Ironfist

5. Porduk Spearhead

6. Grudeg Stonearm

7. Gorm Redbeard

8. Birgir Jewelhouse

9. Arne Blackheart

10. Skarde Firesoul

11. Torsten Treemarsh

12. Sten Iceteeth

13. Kardorg Crystalfell

14. Kund Magmasteam

15. Frode Mountcleft

16. Ulf Oceaneyes

17. Perrg Cavemouth

18. Calgar Gemstone

19. Sekmott Towerkeep

20. Harald Brightstar

Female:

1. Yulga Bearheart

2. Bodil Greenfern

3. Thyra Sunbright

4. Tove Fireleap

5. Revnak Strongarm

6. Sigrid Elksoul

7. Hilda Cleftchin

8. Liv Rubyrock

9. Inga Bluewater

10. Frida Oakenhouse

11. Gunhild Gloryheart

12. Forghold Yakhair

13. Sorfov Stonechest

14. Tora Dragonhoard

15. Ulfhild Foghorn

16. Helga Greatfury

17. Daphne Wolfchild

18. Varka Winterstorm

19. Lokna Watersea

20. Astorda Starfolk

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Haunted Location Generator

Happy Halloween! All of these could be turned into dungeons if you so desire.

1. People start hearing whispers around the altar outside the city... they seem to be coming from underground.

2. The oldest cemetery in town reports that some of its gravestones have gone missing.

3. A lonely castle sits on a hill. Villagers look up one day to find it painted black.

4. A hundred years ago, a famous explorer left his country by sea and never returned. Today, his boat reappears. 

5.  The temple is the largest building in the city. At midnight, all the windows shatter.

6. Every summer, the townsfolk worship the trees to keep the forest happy. This summer, the trees are far from pleased.

7. There's a spot in the woods that's filled with completely charred trees. No one remembers the fire.

8. In the middle of the woods, there's a lake. It looks like there's a structure beneath...

9. One night, a mother opens the door to her child's bedroom to find another world, saturated in black and white.

10. A bag of holding is home to a family of ghosts. They've made a mansion in the bag, and a talented wizard says he can take you there.

11. There's an abandoned city built on the underside of a cliff. Lately, it's been throwing stones at people.

12. One day, a strange tower appeared in a field. No one knows where it came from. 

13. Everyone has always thought the fortune teller has been a little creepy. One night, she goes missing, but her tent is smeared in blood.

14. There's one house in the city that no one will live in.

15. People swear that in this mountain cave, their loved ones come back to life.

16. In one night, an entire family dies. The culprit? The child's treehouse.

17. While staring at a painting, you see it move.

18. In a war, all the buildings of a village have been destroyed except for one.

19. One day out of the year, a palace is seen floating through the sky. This time, it's headed straight for you.

20. In a festival, the largest attraction is the circus tent. Once you step inside, you realize that its rooms are infinite, and the carnival workers are trying hard to not let you out.

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  New DnD blog here. Hope you all are well.

  First and foremost, this is a Q&A blog. Ask me questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability. These can be from anyone, player or DM, and can be anything from “how do I get involved in DnD?” to “my five-player party will be fighting a level 7 boss at level 5, is this too hard?” to “what color socks should I wear today?” I do not judge. Ok maybe a little. Please do not fail to do this. I am bored and time is short.

  Secondly, I will be occasionally providing dice-roll generators for all you DMs who struggle with creativity. Some of the ideas brewing in this old glass cauldron are name generators, joke magic item generators, and a fun haunted dungeon generator for those of you planning on running a one-shot this Halloween. If you have any suggestions for generator themes don’t hesitate to send them to me. There are never enough alchemists in the laboratory as long as I reign supreme.

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