u/DougTheDragonborn I had a time creating another All Dice Table. This time, we created a wondrous machine with a bizarre mix of processes and functions along with the motivations of its creator.
Doug also created the outline formatting, which goes like this: *Overall Description*...
*Size/Position*... *User Experience*. After the display, you see its
true purpose: *Purpose*. It was created by *Creator*... because of
*Creation Circumstances*.
Use it for inspiration, your NPC inventors, or to add some flavor to your PC. However you use it, enjoy it!
Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/g4jfb4/wonderous_mechanisms_of_the_impossible_variety_an/
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| 1d20 Roll | Overall Description |
|---|---|
| 1. | A loud mess of brass gears |
| 2. | A crowded array of marble channels |
| 3. | Twelve snakes tied to wind chimes swaying in the wind |
| 4. | Some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone |
| 5. | Books enchanted with various minor prestidigitations set up in sequence |
| 6. | Dominos of varying sizes |
| 7. | A complicated arrangement of various beakers and flasks filled with strange liquids |
| 8. | A series of bones tied together |
| 9. | Brilliant colors that dance around a series of mirrors |
| 10. | The back half (wheels included) of four close-top wagons hastily nailed together |
| 11. | Two-dozen standing hat racks- each wearing four diffent hats- connected by chains and pullies |
| 12. | A coup full of mechanical chickens |
| 13. | A series of connected triangular plates that shift into the form of a different animal twice a minute |
| 14. | A row of hedges with mechanical arms grafted to the trunks that reach out and trim themselves with clippers |
| 15. | A rotating dollarama filled with both humanoids and monstrosities |
| 16. | A clown figuring juggling pins |
| 17. | A captive halfling eating breakfast with its arms tied behind its back |
| 18. | About twenty cats following various lasers |
| 19. | Clear pipes twisting around one another with liquids of different colors and consistencies |
| 20. | Spheres with electricity beaming between them making a tasteful harmony |
| 1d12 Roll | Size/Position |
|---|---|
| 1. | that rests on the tip of a pen |
| 2. | taking up so much space, you have to press against the wall to move by |
| 3. | large enough to get an arm stuck between moving parts |
| 4. | all inside a small snowglobe |
| 5. | floating a two feet above the floor |
| 6. | resting on the back of a confused-looking ox |
| 7. | condensed enough to fit nicely inside a tankard |
| 8. | that’s bending reality in order to fit inside the physical space it occupies |
| 9. | that is constantly bouncing due to your footsteps and |
| 10. | projected onto the ceiling in three dimensions |
| 11. | placed inside a jar that you can flip over |
| 12. | which you see through a periscope that |
| 1d10 Roll | User Experience |
|---|---|
| 1. | showers you in sparks |
| 2. | blinds you with orange light |
| 3. | shoots hot oil at your feet |
| 4. | produces nauseating fumes that burn your eyes |
| 5. | smokes and shakes violently |
| 6. | reaches for nearby objects and grinds them to dust |
| 7. | produces eyes that stare unblinkingly at the user until the process is complete |
| 8. | rotates and interlocks with itself to create a new machine |
| 9. | makes a horrid noise that it tries to cover up by playing prerecorded clips saying “Nothing to see here. Everything is under control” |
| 10. | causes dizziness if you stand to close to it |
| 1d8 Roll | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 1. | to serve a cup of hot tea |
| 2. | to sign an autograph |
| 3. | to turn a page in a book |
| 4. | to pour a bucket over the guest’s head |
| 5. | to manufacture a replica of you in a given material |
| 6. | to massage a requested area |
| 7. | to fill a tub with soapy water that’s just the right temperature |
| 8. | to flip a pancake |
| 1d6 Roll | Creator |
|---|---|
| 1. | a sheepish gnome scared of loud sounds |
| 2. | a prank-loving orc with more time than sense |
| 3. | an indecisive naga who changed the purpose of the contraption each time they worked on it |
| 4. | an angry ent who wanted to see the world burn |
| 5. | a love-sick harpy who needed a good anniversary gift |
| 6. | a pair of conjoined ogre twins |
| 1d4 Roll | Creation Circumstances |
|---|---|
| 1. | their spouse nagging them to get out of bed |
| 2. | pure laziness |
| 3. | the need to keep busy during a slow workday |
| 4. | obligation to create this for an eccentric person who paid them good money |
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