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
✦Verarai, the Local Merchant, Is in Love With the Trapper
✦Seedy Chants Have Been Heard Coming from the Delve Across the Stream
✦The Local Butcher Wandered Into a Priory Close by
Fantasy Books
Good books, terrible books, even evil books.
✦The Grim Testament of Forests
✦The Rot Treatise
✦The Battered Covenant of Prophecy
Dystopian Canned Food
Has everything gone wrong in the world? Well, you still need to eat.
✦A Leaking Can of Sour Muskrat Hunks Mixed With Corn
✦A Cracked Jar of Vinegared Lettuce and Potato
✦A Cardboard Box of Dried Lettuce
Group Name
Need a name for a bandit troupe? Mercenary band? Holy order? Look here.
✦The Dashing Mongooses
✦The Glorious Axes
✦The Inclination of Grace
Made by Charles @ Spinfoam Games
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