Here they are: Dark Fantasy Religion and Dark Fantasy Places.
One is currently PWIW; you can get it for free for a limited time. The other is currently $0.99.
Any feedback (and re-sharing, etc.) is greatly appreciated.
These are collection of tables and short essays to inspire the creation of fantastic religions and places. The focus is on dark fantasy tropes: flawed heroes, terrible villains, corrupting magic, ominous ruins and damned wastelands.
They are mostly system-less, to be used with any game of your choice.
Here is one example of table you'll find in DFR. It answer the question "Where are your gods now?".
d20
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State
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1
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Slain by its foes
(demons or even mortals).
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2
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Abandoned humankind (or
only the wicked) to its own fate for its sins.
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3
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Dead from old age, or
turned to ash, stone, etc.
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4
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Imprisoned by dark forces in
the depths of existence.
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5
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Evil or inimical to
humankind. They hate our guts.
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6
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Non-existent, just wishful
thinking form puny mortals.
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7
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Uninterested in this world,
is building a better one.
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8
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Unknown, the whole
concept is alien to this setting.
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9
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Walking the earth as mortals after
falling from godhood.
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10
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Terrorizing the
world as gigantic monsters.
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11
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Gathering
followers in order to regain power.
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12
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Forgotten to all but a
select, half-crazy few.
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13
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False, just powerful
immortals or normal humans behind the curtains.
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14
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Insane, playing dice
games with the universe.
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15
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A projection of our hopes and
fears made manifest.
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16
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Gaolers keeping us from
seeing the truth and becoming gods ourselves.
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17
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Sleeping in the
depths until the day of judgment comes.
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18
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Incomprehensible to mortals,
cannot be please, placated or reasoned with.
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19
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Unborn. One day they will come to save us… hopefully.
|
20
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Disappeared mysteriously.
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In addition, the Dark Fantasy Basic - Player's Guide in on sale, for $3.74.
Which means you can get the whole collection for less than 6 dollars:
Future plans: I want to publish a few "Dark Fantasy Settings" soon, in a similar way. Then I'll publish my big monster book... I'm aiming for a BIG book, print+PDF, for every system - specially DFB and 5e!
If all goes well, by the end of 2020 I'll publish a complete version of DFB - i.e., PHB + DMG + MM, with lots of new stuff.
If you like any of these ideas, let me know! We aim to please!
I like your random table. You covered all the bases plus a few I hadn't considered.
ReplyDeleteThanks, man, it's great to hear that!
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