The Merry Manticore
The Merry Manticore is a free collection of fun, whimsical random generators spanning taverns, dungeons, dystopias, and the delightfully absurd — built for tabletop RPG game masters and world-builders who need the perfect detail right now. Roll as many times as you like; every result is different.
Over 30 generators & counting
Rumors
All sorts of gossip, murmuring about secret cults, and whispers of ancient items
✦Gluug-ul, the Local Preacher, Was a Successful Rogue
✦Ur-ula-ul, the Local Wheelwright, Is in Love With Gargol
✦A Haunted Javelin Is Hidden in a Den Beyond the Tundra
Fantasy Books
Good books, terrible books, even evil books.
✦Eberleys's Noxious Compendium of Prowess
✦The Rot Lexicon
✦The Archery Almanac
Dystopian Canned Food
Has everything gone wrong in the world? Well, you still need to eat.
✦A Plastic Tube of Fermented Tomato
✦A Old Yogurt Container of Rancid Quail Hunks Bulked up With Rice
✦A Plastic Tub of Oil-packed Beet and Lentil
Group Name
Need a name for a bandit troupe? Mercenary band? Holy order? Look here.
✦The Centipedes of the Vault of Poisoning
✦The Opal Maces
✦The Yearning of the Undertomb
Made by Charles @ Spinfoam Games
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