Wednesday, February 24, 2016

1000 verbs to gaze upon, slack-jawed


OUT OF A LIVING DICTIONARY I CUT THEM. SO MANY POSSIBLE ACTIONS


Abjure
Ablate
Abolish
Absorb
Abuse
Accelerate
Accumulate
Acquire
Act
Activate
Add
Admire
Adorn
Advise
Afflict
Aggravate
Aggregate
Agonize
Aid
Allow
Analyze
Animate
Annul
Anoint
Apprentice
Ask
Assassinate
Assert
Assess
Assist
Attack
Avoid

Friday, February 12, 2016

Revenant Hexes

EDIT: everyone's favorite Oscar-winning miserycrawl is now automated


Landscape


01-06 Snowy pine woods
07-10 A mountain path blocked by snow
11-14 A steep, winding mountain path
15-19 Woods flooded ankle deep
20-24 Swathe of tree stumps
25-32 Green woods
33-36 Leaf-filled ravine in green woods
37-44 Frozen flood plain, deep snow
45-48 Bare mountainside, silent
49-52 Leafless bushes on edge of plain
53-56 Cliffs; rapids far below
57-60 Wide river, rapids
61-64 Wide river, shallow ford, floating ice
65-68 Narrow but rapid river
69-72 Creek with steep clay banks
73-75 Dead bodies among empty hovels
76-78 Charred ruins of village
79-80 Burned village, still smoking
81-81 Burning boat
82-83 Run-down cabin
84-84 Roofless ruined church, trees growing inside
85-86 Sparse copse, a lean-to, still steaming
87-91 Winding game trail through boulders
92-94 Solitary tree on a hilltop
95-96 Pyramid of stacked animal skulls
97-98 Crude weir in shallows of river
99-00 Remains of a fire in lee of boulder




Weather


01-14 Wispy pastel clouds, clear
15-29 Dense clouds, light snow
30-44 Distant thunder, thin clouds
45-54 Driving sleet
55-64 Silent fluffy snow, blankets
65-74 Clear skies, sun or stars, extra cold
75-84 Extreme wind
85-94 Warm sun, meltwater
95-00 Light rain, mild temperature




Encounters


01-19 Ambient noises
20-39 Eerie silence
40-44 d3 moose
45-46 Dead horse and rider filled with arrows
47-49 Single dog, barking
50-53 Herd of buffalo grazing
54-55 Herd of buffalo stampeding
56-58 Herd of buffalo with additional encounter
59-59 Herd of dead, skinned buffalo
60-61 2d10 tame pigs running free, owner’s corpse nearby
62-63 Solitary bear
64-65 Bear with d4 cubs
66-70 d12 wolves
71-72 Hunting party (2d12) watching silently
73-74 Two riders: one alive, one dead
75-76 A bitter ex-soldier looking for the good life
77-78 A mutilated explorer, left for dead
79-80 Lone survivor looking for kin
81-82 Old woman, her food taken
83-84 Starving man scrounging for marrow from bones
85-88 Hanged body with arbitrary warning on neck
87-90 2d12 trappers driven far off course
91-94 2d12 trappers hiding slaves
95-97 2d20 horseback archers watching silently
98-00 2d20 horseback archers attacking (roll again)