Tuesday, May 13, 2025

d30 generic items

I have a couple of all-purpose tables. One of them is the Amazing Inspirational Animal List (d30 animals...), which I've written about previously.

Another simple little table I always keep at hand is this list of 30 items.

For those "what's in its pocketses" situations. Players search the room/body/shelf/table, whatever, you just need something quick.
  1. Alcohol
  2. Blade
  3. Book
  4. Cards/dice
  5. Charm/talisman
  6. Coins
  7. Cosmetics
  8. Creepy
  9. Documents
  10. Drawing
  11. Figurine
  12. Fire-making device
  13. Food
  14. Handkerchief
  15. Jewelry
  16. Knick-knacks
  17. Light source
  18. Live creature
  19. Medication
  20. Mirror
  21. Musical instrument
  22. Pocket lint
  23. Poison
  24. Recreational herbs
  25. Religious item
  26. Sweets/treats
  27. Time-keeping device
  28. Tool
  29. Twine/rope
  30. Weird
This is a generic list, usable in any setting. However, it's also a cool exercise to try and come up with setting-specific reskins for all these items.

E.g., in a modern urban fantasy game, you would have

Alcohol → Fairy beer*
Card → The business card of a shady detective
Cosmetics → Vampire-attracting lipstick
...and so on.


* As elaborated during a discord convo, that's a regular IPA, but you burp rainbows after drinking it.




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