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DM Jeff
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oi ! Anyone found table 1-59 ? I'm missing mine :PI've notified the proper authorities. Please note they don't usually go looking for tables until 24 hours have passed.
Oh, wait, not unlike the kids from Jaws, table 1-59 is in disguise: as table 1-60. That sneaky bastage.
-DM Jeff
haha yeh :D
instead of a table 1-59 we got 2 tables 1-60 :D
DM Jeff
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Just for fun.
1d20 Evil Outsider Death Throes
1 Appendages are consumed by the torso, which then drops to the ground like loaded luggage.
2 Appendages turn to hellfire and begin lashing the rest of the creature into burning ash.
3 Body explodes into a thousand scarab beetles which burrow into the surrounding ground.
4 Body sliced into several parts by some phantom, unseen scythe…and a howling wind is heard.
5 Creature begins reciting underworld chants as his form is slowly consumed from the bottom up.
6 Creature immediately turns to slime and splatters outwardly around the area.
7 Creature solidifies as rock, then is scattered like ash from an unseen gale wind.
8 Creature takes on a gooey form and begins swirling into a miniature vortex before winking out.
9 Creature's body folds itself in half the infamous 8 times, finally bursting in a tiny droplet of carnage.
10 Eyes suck into the skull causing the head to swell to obscene proportions before exploding.
11 Flesh is pulled into the skeleton, which finally twitches, then bursts into splinters.
12 Form goes ethereal and creature tries to flee as it is pulled into the weapon that delivered the blow.
13 Form turns to coal-black stone in an instant, now a statue forevermore of smoldering evil.
14 Form seems to be pulled backwards beyond sight and boundaries into a distant doom.
15 Form twitches in agony as unseen jaws take chunks of the creature out amidst raining pulp.
16 Head looks up in fear as the creature begins to be atomized slowly upward from the feet up.
17 Otherwordly foot appears to squash the creature into a paper-thin sheet of fleshy bone and muscle.
18 Shadow forms appear and drag the creature to the apex of the area in two dimensions.
19 Torso of the creature implodes instantly while the legs and arms explode.
20 Wings of the creature fold around it like a cocoon, and then fleshy pulp melts out of a single crack.
-DM Jeff
DM Jeff
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Was bored at work... wrote up a new table for my players, whom have never heard of the toolbox other than my ravings on chat so far cant wait till they see the book :D
For backgrounds, npcs, treassure, pickpockeets, vendor wares, objects in a story you name it... Totally random items for any use :D
Table Totally Random Stuff
1. a wooden handle
2. 4 silver rings 3” radius
3. a 10” painting of a middle aged woman in fine clothes
4. 10 copper coins from a forgotten empire
5. a string of blue beads with strange symbols on each
6. a Used Orange mask from a masquerade ball
7. small paper bag with liqurice
8. small pendant shaped like a tree
9. 10’ statue of an angry dragon
10. Letter opener shaped like a manticores tailspike
11. an old broken beer mug
12. a crumbled note
13. a dead snake
14. mottled fur of a rat
15. box of teeth from various races/creatures
16. a severed limb
17. a tower shield with a blue ribbon
18. dusty red shirt
19. a silver framed monocle
20. a petrified pinecone
DM Jeff
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Special thanks to Gary Gygax for getting this one started...
Note these two tables are not endorsed by AEG.
1d20 Wandering Strumpet 1
1 Aged
2 Brazen
3 Cheap
4 Drunken
5 Expensive
6 Filthy
7 Flirty
8 Giggling
9 Greasy
10 Grumpy
11 Guarded
12 Haughty
13 Magical
14 Rich
15 Saucy
16 Sleepy
17 Slovenly
18 Sly
19 Typical
20 Wanton
1d20 Wandering Strumpet 2
1 Bawd
2 Concubine
3 Courtesan
4 Doxy
5 Escort
6 Floozy
7 Harlot
8 Hussy
9 Hustler
10 Madam
11 Panderer
12 Pimp
13 Pro
14 Streetwalker
15 Strumpet
16 Tart
17 Tramp
18 Trollop
19 Trull
20 Wench
I was a little skeptical when I first heard of this, but I picked it up recently and it is extremely useful--great for jogging the imagination as well as answering those annoying, difficult, complicated questions those players ask you like, "What is the inn's name?" and "Who is in the room?" Like I have to think of everything. No, but seriously, a useful tool, informative and a great creativity tool. I've already come up with some neat encounter and story ideas just from pulling a few phrases from tables here and there.
Edit: Only warning -- don't let your players sneakily grab it and start reading it during a game session. Not to keep them from ideas--but they'll have it in their hands when you need it!
DM Jeff
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Those complicated questions those players ask you like, "What is the inn's name?" and "Who is in the room?" Like I have to think of everything.
I completely get you, and am so glad you're finding the book useful! Cities in particular seem to be loaded with features intrigued players ask about the most. And in that lies the clincher: intrigued players is a good thing. It shows their interest in the world.. The more a GM gives flippant answers or doesn't want to bother causes cracks in the foundation of their game.
Patrick Curtin
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Those complicated questions those players ask you like, "What is the inn's name?" and "Who is in the room?" Like I have to think of everything.I completely get you, and am so glad you're finding the book useful! Cities in particular seem to be loaded with features intrigued players ask about the most. And in that lies the clincher: intrigued players is a good thing. It shows their interest in the world.. The more a GM gives flippant answers or doesn't want to bother causes cracks in the foundation of their game.
Yeah nothing spoils the mood than a DM scrambling for a name of some NPC or tavern during gameplay.
"The tavern's called the ...errr... Red Robin ..run by ...umm.. Bob the Cleric"
Or the even worse, jokey scramble:
"The tavern's called the ...err.. Whack-A-Mole and it's run by Chuck E-Cheeze."
Just a bump to find out if there has been movement on this product as a .pdf or not...
Last I saw Jim Pinto say, last week, is that they had been trying to upload it to PDF sites for about a week, and not figuring out why it couldn't be uploaded. I checked a day or two ago and they still hadn't got the PDF up yet.
So hopefully any day now. Hopefully today.
DM Jeff
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DM Jeff
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What is happening? I am the first to post? Anyway has anyone seen this book? I would be interested in hearing opinions about it.I've seen it, only because I wrote it (along with my wife and AEG's jim pinto). So, while I think it's pretty slick I can't say so! ;-)
If you have any questions about it at all, ask away!
-DM Jeff
Man, I can't find this book anywhere! Print more please!
Man, I can't find this book anywhere! Print more please!What is happening? I am the first to post? Anyway has anyone seen this book? I would be interested in hearing opinions about it.I've seen it, only because I wrote it (along with my wife and AEG's jim pinto). So, while I think it's pretty slick I can't say so! ;-)
If you have any questions about it at all, ask away!
-DM Jeff
If your in the US it appears that AEG is still selling copies from their web site.
Yeah, I am glad I bought when I did, its disappearing fast.
DM Jeff
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You guys should put a "notify when item is available" option in the store. I'm going to forget about this forum, or not be able to easily find it once the product is back in stock.While that's not a bad idea, you could also just place a backorder now. We don't charge your card until we ship.
Well, yes, but the trouble with backordering is remembering where you backordered. And if you're looking around at shops or are out of town at conventions (where there are convention dealers), it's problematic to find that you've accidentally purchased a second copy because the order came through too.
And then there's the experience of taking a store at its word for it getting you a book, and so passing up a bird-in-the-hand at another store, and then the first store ends up not getting the book. Aside from a lesson in how to ritually curse Diamond and/or Ingrams, it's not very useful as a book buyer.
Honestly, I've gotten more accurate answers out of my tarot cards than out of some book orders.
DM Jeff
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You guys should put a "notify when item is available" option in the store. I'm going to forget about this forum, or not be able to easily find it once the product is back in stock.While that's not a bad idea, you could also just place a backorder now. We don't charge your card until we ship.
Plus you can not do combined shipping on back orders. Or at least I have not been able to do it.
Alaska shipping seems to get up there for some reason. Despite flat rate shippers and from Seattle to Florida is the same price as to Alaska.
Sean
Folks, I've notified the powers that be at AEG to the situation here, maybe we can get a resolve shortly. I know there are copies of the book left to go to distributors.
Thanks for the continued interest!
Make sure lots get filtered into Paizo! :D
And don't make me come over there (to steal your personal copy!).
Hey DM Jeff, how have you been? I've never owned the original Toolbox, although I see, printed in 2002, it might still be of great use as compatible with 3.x games including Pathfinder RPG. I see the new one advertised as "continuing" where the last one left off. What I'd like to know from you is whether the new one includes all of the previous data updated for v.3.5 gaming? Is one in the works and should I wait? Is alderac going Pathfinder RPG? Or, should I just pick up both books now?
Thanks.\
Hey DM Jeff, how have you been? I've never owned the original Toolbox, although I see, printed in 2002, it might still be of great use as compatible with 3.x games including Pathfinder RPG. I see the new one advertised as "continuing" where the last one left off. What I'd like to know from you is whether the new one includes all of the previous data updated for v.3.5 gaming? Is one in the works and should I wait? Is alderac going Pathfinder RPG? Or, should I just pick up both books now?
Thanks.\
I was one of the writers on Ultimate Toolbox. UT is completely crunchless. While Toolbox had some monster stats in there, UT contains none at all. This make UT useful for D&D 3.x, 4E, PFRPG, True20, RuneQuest, Fudge/Fate, WEG d6 Fantasy or any other fantasy RPG. UT is a book of fluff. It builds the world, makes a dungeon unique, gives you some way to this pirate different from the last 10 you encountered, etc.
I was one of the writers on Ultimate Toolbox. UT is completely crunchless. While Toolbox had some monster stats in there, UT contains none at all. This make UT useful for D&D 3.x, 4E, PFRPG, True20, RuneQuest, Fudge/Fate, WEG d6 Fantasy or any other fantasy RPG. UT is a book of fluff. It builds the world, makes a dungeon unique, gives you some way to this pirate different from the last 10 you encountered, etc.Hey DM Jeff, how have you been? I've never owned the original Toolbox, although I see, printed in 2002, it might still be of great use as compatible with 3.x games including Pathfinder RPG. I see the new one advertised as "continuing" where the last one left off. What I'd like to know from you is whether the new one includes all of the previous data updated for v.3.5 gaming? Is one in the works and should I wait? Is alderac going Pathfinder RPG? Or, should I just pick up both books now?
Thanks.\
Congrats. Looks like good stuff. I am, however looking for crunch. Crunchy like grape nuts cereal. I think I'll need to find a hard copy of the original, and maybe will buy both. Thanks.
P.s. I look forward to seeing your work.
DM Jeff
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Ye have questions, we have answers!
Hey DM Jeff, how have you been?
Darn fine, how about yourself?
I've never owned the original Toolbox, although I see, printed in 2002, it might still be of great use as compatible with 3.x games including Pathfinder RPG.
Enough so. There's loads of stat blocks and the like that for a DM remotely familiar with 3rd edition could use them nearly as is.
I see the new one advertised as "continuing" where the last one left off. What I'd like to know from you is whether the new one includes all of the previous data updated for v.3.5 gaming?
No, the new book is nearly 95% new material, and as mentioned above, UT is crunchless.
Is one in the works and should I wait? Is alderac going Pathfinder RPG? Or, should I just pick up both books now?
Thanks.
I'm pretty such there's not going to be a 3rd volume, and I have no hints that AEG will be supporting PFRPG at this time. UT should provide you with loads of inspiration. Do me a favor and drop me a line at ocasek50 at hotmail dot com!
-DM Jeff
DM Jeff
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Bought the PDF. LOVE it. I cannot wait to get off work so I can go home and start drawing maps and creating characters. (Yes, it's been a ridiculously unproductive day at the office.)
Warning: One you start flipping through this, you will need a big chunk of time and a well conditioned wrist, because you will not be able to write down your ideas fast enough.
This is a surprisingly awesomely useful book, I hope everyone who even suspects they might be interested have bought this. One of very few books where I not only bought the print version, but then bought the PDF version. I usually only have both because the PDF was offered as a freebie.
However, to be able to copy/paste those tables is just too handy!
This is a surprisingly awesomely useful book, I hope everyone who even suspects they might be interested have bought this. One of very few books where I not only bought the print version, but then bought the PDF version. I usually only have both because the PDF was offered as a freebie.
However, to be able to copy/paste those tables is just too handy!
I just have the print versions of both Toolboxes, but they are very nice.
DM Jeff
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I'm really glad everyone is still enjoying the book. I do myself, and yet every once in a while I come across something we hadn't done for whatever reason. Viva la Paizo boards!
Table X-X Dinner Party/Banquet Happenstance
1 Begging pet (familiar?)
2 Entertainment is a no-show
3 Guest berates servant for sleight
4 Guest polishes goblet
5 Guest rubs PCs leg under table
6 Guest tells a glory story
7 Guest uses own custom cutlery
8 Guest uses illusion spell as a joke
9 Party crasher
10 Servant flirts with PC
11 Servant drops a bowl
12 Servants deliver whispered news to host
13 Someone proposes a toast-community
14 Someone proposes a toast-deity
15 Someone proposes a toast-host
16 Someone proposes a toast-PC
17 Someone proposes a toast-PC's exploits
18 Someone proposes a toast-politician
19 Visiting relative drops in
20 Wine glass or candle knocked over
I think he's building up a secret stash of tables to spring on jp et al later this year. I hear he's using the working title of "Son of the Toolbox" on the file-folder holding all his charts. These crumbs he's tossing out like beads at a Mardi Gras parade are just that - mere crumbs, just the physical manifestation of the distillation of sheer random geniusness.
...that's what the voices said...
I love this book, i managed to get my greedy hands on a hardcopy. But I would love a indexed, searchable bookmarked pdf for fast n easy lookup reference on the spot on the laptop if there was something you hadn't thought about and need to make a quick lookup for a name or whatever... could be easier making a search in pdf instead of flipping thro pages :D