EBK Empire Builder Kit - History Generator (9670829)

Thorbjøn Sten (orde #967082)
Empire Builder Kit Preface ............................................................ 2

History Generator Credits & Legal ................................................ 2
What happened before your empire was Historical Events ............................................. 3
founded? What occurred before the current How to Use ................................................. 3
time? What about future possible events?
Simple Calendar Creation ........................... 3
All these questions and more go towards Year Naming................................................ 3
fleshing out the details of your empires and Event Types ..................................................... 4
kingdoms.
Birth ............................................................ 4
A small disclaimer – A random generator will Combat & Military ...................................... 6
never be as good as your imagination. Use Construction & Commission ....................... 9
this to jump start your own ideas or when you
need to fill in the blank. Most of the entries Crime & Justice ......................................... 11
are designed to prompt you and give vague Death & Injury........................................... 13
details.
Discovery & Science .................................. 15
Espionage .................................................. 17
Marriage & Relationships ......................... 20
Migration & Movement ............................ 21
Natural & Weather ................................... 23
Plague & Disease....................................... 26
Political & Diplomacy ................................ 29
Religious & Divine ..................................... 32
Resource ................................................... 34
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interesting. Fate does not always bring an
event when we want it most.
Year Naming
How to Use
Most people refer to events as occurring now
For each year between founding and current or [x] amount of time ago. Historical and
time, roll 1d4 to determine the number of official records normally have some kind of
events that occur. This can also be used to system in place to keep track of how long
plan for current and future events that have events occur, even if it’s just for tax records.
yet to occur. It can also be used for planning
out an enemy empire’s history if desired. How to name the year?
You will probably also need to determine D6 Year Name

when in the year these events occur. Best way 1 Cycles
to do this is with some kind of calendar 2 Length of reign
system. 3 Named afterwards
4 Numerical Increments
5 Pre-determined
Simple Calendar Creation
6 Random from list
Creating a calendar for your empire can be
very time consuming. The simplest way is to Cycles of small amount pre-determined
use a calendar based on one used on Earth, names, such as 4th year of the Thunder
just with different names. The question then Dragon, like Chinese years on Earth etc.
becomes, when in the year does the event
occur? Assuming an earth like year - 7 days a Length of reign of current ruler - 7th year of
week, 4 weeks a month and 12 months to a the Aldar Council, 10th of Queen Jessa etc.
year (with every month being equal as
possible), you can use the following for Named afterwards - Once the year has passed
random determination of when an event the major event of the year lends its name to
starts: the year.
d7 for day - This can be achieved by rolling a Numerical increments that start from a major
1d6 + another dice (odds = +1, evens = +0) event, such as the founding of the empire,
d4 for week birth of the 1st king etc.
d12 for month
Pre-determined beforehand by official year
So rolling a 3, a 4 and another 3 would result namer or lucky citizen.
in an event starting on day 3, week 4 of the
3rd month. This method can be used if you Random choice – A pre-determined list, from
don’t need to know an exact date, but a either the population or council has an option
month or week. If you had 4 events, you could randomly picked from it.
simply roll 4d12 and use the months
generated. It is recommended that for your own records
at least, you use an incremental system
Multiple events at same time alongside whatever format you use within
your games and stories, as this will make
If you wish to keep things simple, then re-roll keeping track of events easier.
events that occur in the same month.
However, by doing this, you are making your
history and future events less believable and

Birth
A birth is normally a joyous event, celebrating
E vents come in roughly one of twenty

types, with some overlap between
them. The entries below have a short
overview of what the type of event is. For
each event, pick or randomly decide where it
the arrival of a new life in the world.
Determine the number of children born and

also roll on the secondary birth event table.
occurs and who it happens to. D100 Type of Birth

01 – 70 Single Birth
When coming up with your own events, 71 – 95 Twins
remember that not everything is positive or
96 - 99 Multiple (1d4+2)
negative. Try to keep a balance and add one
00 Multiple (1d4+4)
positive item for every negative and vice
versa.
For each event, roll a d20 and compare it to D100 Birth Event
the table below. 01 – 05 Accident
06 – 10 Accusation
D20 Type of Event 11 – 15 Birth Mark
1 Birth 16 – 20 Blessing
2 Combat & Military 21 – 25 Curse
3 Construction & Commission 26 – 30 Death - Child
4 Crime & Justice 31 – 35 Death - Mother
5 Death & Injury 36 – 40 Defiance
6 Discovery & Science 41 – 45 Deformity in child
7 Espionage 46 – 50 Major holiday declared
8 Marriage & Relationships 51 – 55 Omen - Negative
9 Migration & Movement 56 – 60 Omen – Positive
10 Natural & Weather 61 – 65 Feud – Start
11 Plague & Disease 66 – 70 Feud – End
12 Political & Diplomacy 71 – 75 Feud - Change
13 Religious & Divine 76 – 80 Other Birth Related Event
14 Resource 81 - 00 No Other Event
15 Settlement
16 Social & People
17 Supernatural
Accident
18 Trade, guild & business
19 Minor Event
An accident has occurred at an important
20 Something Else birth. It could be something like the child
being dropped or the instruments being
broken. Whilst these events are not life
Some of the sub-tables have sub-sub-tables threating to either the child or the mother,
and require you to roll again. Unless stated they may lead to other problems in the near
otherwise, this means to roll again on the or distant future.
master table above. Each sub-table also has
an “other“ entry, to allow for your own ideas,
future supplements or other rare events.

Accusation Death (Mother/Child)
The child does not resemble his father. In fact Despite the best measures of the medical
he looks rather like someone the lord employs profession, death during birth does occur. The
in his guard. Or the child could have an birthing process can sometimes be quite
uncanny resemblance to another species in traumatic for both the mother and child
the kingdom. Whatever the reason, the birth
of the child triggers accusation of infidelity If the birth is part of a multiple birth, then
from one of the parents. randomly decide which child it applies to.
Birth Mark Defiance
For the majority of people, birth marks are The majority of the time, when a child is born,
nothing to worry about. For some, a birth the rest of the family considers it a happy
mark is a symbol of someone touched by fate. event. Sometimes however, the birth may
For a few unlucky souls, a birth mark can be displace an older child from the line of
quite noticeable and could cause them succession due to ancient laws.
problems later in life.
The other way this event could be interpreted
is that the birth itself was forbidden by family
Blessing &and/or locals traditions and laws and the
parent(s) chose to ignore this ruling to bring a
The local church or the religion the parents new life into existence.
follow have decided, or have been
“encouraged”, to publically bless the birth of
this child. The court sorcerer may have been Deformity in child
asked by the king to ensure the fate of the
child is prosperous. Whatever the reason, this The vast majority of children are born fine and
child is fated to lead a good life, or at the very relatively healthy. Some though, for
least, given the appearance of leading one. supernatural or mundane reasons have a
deformity when born. Depending on the
culture the child is born into, these may be
Curse considered positive, negative or simply
accepted.
The opposite of the blessing, the child has
been cursed in some way. mad wizard Some example birth deformities are:
slighted in the past, curses the child with a
sleeping sickness that plagues their adult life.  Blood Disorder (e.g. sickle cell,
An ancient curse that mutates a random child haemophilia)
in each generation of the mother’s family line  Cleft lip/palate
strikes once more.  Clubfoot
 Dwarfism
Curses work better when they don’t kill the  Missing or malformed limb
victim (but sometimes do affect their loved  Child is albino
ones), after all, if they are dead, they don’t
learn the lesson.

Major Holiday declared
Combat & Military
This birth has been long awaited. The parents
have been trying for a child for a long time. It This covers wars starting and ending, border
could even be the first child born under a new skirmishes, invasions or something connected
Empress. Whatever the reason, this birth with the military of the empire.
brings a time of great joy to the region and a
major public holiday is declared. Sometimes, D20 Combat & Military
this holiday becomes a regular event, 1 Ambush
celebrating the child’s birth. 2 Border Skirmish
3 Capture
4 Clear-out
Omen (Positive & Negative) 5 Conquered
6 Conquering
Omens are considered to be signs of
7 Draft/Recruitment Drive
something to come and can vary from region
to region. What one group considers a bad 8 Invasion - Monster
omen, such as a thunderstorm at the time of 9 Large Scale Troop Movement
birth, may be considered by another to be a 10 Liberation
blessing from the local thunder god. 11 Military Ceremony
12 Random Attack
Feud 13 Serious Injury/Wounded NPC
14 Territory Change
Feuds & births are often related. A child being 15 War – End
born to a set of parents whose family don’t 16 War - Start
normally get along may bring them together 17 War - change/escalation
or drive them further apart. A jealous lover, 18 War Games/Training
seeing the one they desire become a parent
19 Weapon/Tactic Test
may drive them over the edge. It could help
20 Other
change the course of a feud, from reducing
the level of intensity or even increasing it,
Ambush
possibly leading to a war
Someone notable was attacked by surprise.
This could be a one off event by local bandits,
Other Birth Related Event
the precursor to an invasion, or something
more sinister.
Covers anything else and allows you to come
up with your own events.
Border Skirmish
Where two or more nations meet and don’t

No Other Event
get along, the borders can become minor
battle grounds.
Nothing else occurs, there may be a small
celebration, but for the majority of the region,
life continues as normal.
Capture
Someone or something has been captured by

your forces. It could be a settlement from the
enemy or one of their leaders. Either way

something that’s considered important to
them is now yours.
Clear-out Liberation
A region, town, dungeon etc. needs to be Your allies thank you for helping to liberate an
cleared out. The monsters need to be area from a mutual enemy. The cost may have
removed, the old population escorted out of been high, but in the long term it will be
town. worth it.
Conquered Military Ceremony
An area of your empire has been lost to the Paying respect to your troops, awarding them
enemy! A settlement is now in hands of one the honours they deserve or even a simple
you despise and needs to be recaptured. parade does wonders for moral and
sometimes even boost recruitment.
Conquering
Random Attack
It’s payback time and now those vile enemies
of yours have lost a city to your mighty armies A random creature, rouge military
or you have captured some strategic land commander or something else has attacked
from them. Now you must keep it from falling your citizens. You don’t desire a war, but you
back into their hands. have to deal with this.
Draft/Recruitment Drive Serious Injury/Wounded NPC
You need troops to help defend your borders A major persona in the empire has become
and protect your loyal citizens. It’s time to get injured in combat. Roll again on the combat &
recruiting or issue a draft for mandatory military sub-table to determine where it
military service, but be warned this option is occurred and also on the Death and Injury
very unpopular. table to determine what happened, re-rolling
if the results do not make sense.
Invasion – Monster
Territory Change
Dragons, hydras, Orcs, demons from another
realm. All have one thing in common; they An area of the empire has been permanently
desire your land and what it holds. You may lost or a new area has been captured or even
need to get help from your allies fighting this given up as part of a peace treaty. Unlike
war. capture, this change is recognised as being
legal and the new region is now subject to the
laws and regulation of its new parent empire.
Large Scale Troop Movement
In peace or war-time, troops need to be

moved around. Large scale movement may be
alarming to neighbours and may be a strain
on relations.

War (all) War Games/Training
War is a terrible thing, but sometimes is Your troops need to practice. In times of
needed to bring down a corrupt empire or to peace a simulated war games can help keep
defend yourself from your enemies. skills honed and minds sharp. Some also enjoy
war-games as they get to be in the military
In this result, war has one of three states. without hurting anyone and the results can
Start, Escalation/Change and End. help boost morale and foster friendly rivalry
between the various arms of the military and
Start their respective squads.
Diplomacy has failed and war has now started
between your kingdom and another. You may
wish to elaborate as to why this war has Weapon/Tactic Test
started. If you need an idea, roll on the master
event table and use that as a prompt. Your sages and clever people have developed
a new weapon or tactic to use.
For example, a birth may mean that another
kingdom no-longer has a legal claim to your
area and now starts a war due delusions
Other
Escalation/Change
Wars do not stay the same, they can get more This covers anything else, and like on other
intense as new technologies are developed or tables, allows for rare and unique events.
new information comes to light. They may
also scale down due to natural problems or You could have;
enter a “cold war” stage when no major  A military commander has gone off
fighting occurs but espionage type events are the grid with their squad
increased.  A new weapon has been stolen and
needs to be retrieved before it is used
If you are not in a full war, then you enter into  A base has had a random citizen walk
a cold war with another. If you are already in in and explore. Nothing serious was
a cold war, then it can escalate full or reduce stolen, but it has highlighted a major
to peace. flaw in your military security
 A number of crimes have been
There is a 50% chance either way of a war committed by criminals in fake
escalating or calming. The list below gives an military uniforms, pretending to be
idea of the different tiers of war you can be in. from your empire.
 A famous general is about to retire
1. Peace and your citizens are asking for a
2. Cold grand parade to celebrate them, but
3. Full your general is refusing.
4. Escalation
End
No war lasts for ever. Either through military
triumph, an angry population or diplomacy a
random war, assuming you are involved in a
war

Construction & Commission Collection
A large or otherwise important item is being From odd bits or art, to arcane wonders, to
constructed or commissioned. It might be an divine relics. A collection can show off how
impressive statue of the glorious leader, or a wealthy an empire is or the superior taste of
system to protect the empire from invaders. their ruler.
D20 C&C
1 Arcane Damage & Destruction
2 Painting
Something in the kingdom has been
3 Castle/Fortress
destroyed or damaged. Pick a random
4 Collection
important building/area in a random
5 Damage & Destruction settlement, then roll/pick on the master table,
6 Divine and appropriate sub-tables, to get an idea or
7 Industrial area suggestion of how it happened.
8 Magical Item
9 Medical
10 Military Divine
11 Nature
12 Play/Musical Those who worship and follow the gods can
13 Poem/Story do great works when struck by divine insight.
14 Science It might be a divine powered fountain, or a
15 Social picture that allows the gods to speak to their
followers. Whatever it is, the divine have truly
16 Statue/Sculpture
touched this work.
17 Technology
18 Wall/Border If your world/region has no gods then this can
19 Work of Wonder be replaced by nature or something similar.
20 Other
Arcane Industrial area
A new spell has been created or asked for. It An area of a random/picked settlement has
may be something to help the citizens or to been chosen for industrial improvement. A
bring pain to your enemies. region may have been selected for being
turned into a massive strip mine. This option
can bring a lot of work and disruption to
Painting whatever region is picked, and the results are
not allays positive.
On canvas or other material, a painting of the
ruler or something they enjoy is
commissioned. Magical Item
A new item, powered by either arcane or

Castle/Fortress divine energy has been unveiled. What does it
do?
The kingdom needs protection and what’s
better than a mighty castle or fortress to
intimidate your enemies.

Medical
Social
This could be a new hospital has been
opened, or pressure is put on researchers to A new social event, such as a festival or new
find a cure for a disease. It could even be a tradition instigated by the king or other
medical program to help those in a foreign influential person has been introduced to your
region has been announced. citizens. It may be popular or they may hate it.
Roll on the social & people table if you need

Military ideas.
A new training facility has been opened, or a

new recruitment centre. The Air-Force HQ Statue/Sculpture
may have been refurbished, or a new shipyard
declared operational. A statue of the ruler or other famous person
in your empire has been unveiled, or a
sculpture has been made in their honour.
Nature
This result may be a nature park established, Technology

or has been sadly closed. It could be a reward
offered for a capture of a certain rare beast or Some say that technology is the physical
a breeding program. application of what science has discovered. A
new device for moving items may have been
built
Play/Musical
The king enjoys plays and musicals and one is Wall/Border

done for them to enjoy. A rich, famous
theatre producer may be financing a new A wall or something else that makes it
musical and the news is spreading around the obvious
kingdom like wildfire.
Work of Wonder
Poem/Story
A grand project that may bring great wealth
In some regions, many of the population or interest in the region, or something that
cannot read or write, but they do enjoy a may be remembered for generations to come.
good story. Bards and storytellers around the
empire are looking forward to this new Note:
publication The “World Wonders” series by ennead
Games has some ideas you may find useful in
this regards.
Science
Sages sometimes have astounding Other

breakthroughs in knowledge, but these have
to be paid for. It may be the king or someone Covers anything else or your own ideas.
else, but the benefit could bring them a lot of
wealth and technological growth to the
country.

Crime & Justice Assault & Battery
A major crime has occurred or someone has Assault & Battery is two crimes: Assault (the
been brought to trial or to plead their case threat of violence) and battery (physical
before the king. What crime have they violence).
committed and are they guilty or innocent?
Blackmail
D20 Crime & Justice
1 Amnesty Blackmail is unjustified threats to make a gain
or cause loss to another unless a demand is
2 Arson
met, such as threating to go the ruler with
3 Assault & Battery
proof of possession of illegal items unless they
4 Blackmail
pay the criminal a lot of gemstones.
5 Bounty
6 Bribery
7 Burglary Bounty
8 Crime Ring
9 Embezzlement A bounty is a reward offered for the capture
10 Forgery or killing (with proof, such as head) of a
11 Fraud wanted individual. The greater the criminal (in
12 Freedom the eyes of the one placing the bounty), the
13 Hostages greater the reward.
14 Murder
15 Pardon There is a 50% chance of this event being a
bounty placed or collected.
16 Robbery
17 Sexual Assault
18 Trial - Guilty Bribery
19 Trial - Innocent
20 Other Bribery is the act of giving money or a “gift” to
alter the behaviour of an individual. Someone
Amnesty found to be accepting a bribe can sometimes
get into as much trouble as the person
An amnesty is a pardon extended by the offering the bribe in the first place.
government to a group or class, usually for a
political related offense, such as terrorism or
possessing a banned item. This sometimes Burglary
brought in before a new law is introduced and
are normally time limited. Sometimes known as breaking and entering,
burglary is the illegal entry into a building for
the purposes of committing an offence,
Arson typically stealing.
Arson is the act of intentionally and

maliciously starting fires in buildings,
woodlands or any area where fire is normally
dangerous.
11

Crime Ring Hostages
This is a form of organised crime, where A hostage is someone who has been held
criminals get together to organise when against their will and will be hurt or executed
crimes take places and by whom. unless an interested party gives into the
hostage takers demands.
Roll again on the Crime and just chart, re-
rolling results which don’t make sense, to find
out what type of crime ring has been Murder
discovered or busted.
Murder is the act of unlawful killing of
another sentient being. There are many
Embezzlement various types of murder with varying degrees
of severity.
Embezzlement is the criminal act of
withholding assets, such as goods or coins,
with the intention of conversion to legal Pardon
tender or selling later.
If you need to decide what has been To determine what type of crime they have
embezzled, then roll on the 2nd chart in the been pardoned for, roll again (or pick) on the
Resource section for suggestions and ideas. crime & justice table, re-rolling if the results
don’t make sense.
Forgery
Robbery
Forgery is the process, which some call an art
form, of making copies of existing items with Robbery is the crime of taking something by
the intention to deceive. This can range from force or putting the victim in fear of force
copies of artwork, to the currency of the being used against them, such as in a bank
realm or even hard to get hold of paperwork robbery.
needed to pass the borders of the empire.
Sexual Assault
Fraud
Sexual assault, a form of sexual violence, is
Fraud is a deception deliberately practiced in any involuntary sexual act in which a person is
order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. Such threatened, such as rape.
as making a deal with the king to help clear a
forest of monsters which you illegally placed
there last month yourself. Trial (guilty or innocent?)
A trial takes place of a famous prisoner and

Freedom the suspect is either found guilty or innocent
(50% either way). If found guilty then they
Sometimes a criminal serves their time and may be imprisoned or executed.
released or they have escaped. Whatever the
reason, a famous prisoner is now free.
Other
Covers anything else, from corrupt judges, to

mistrials, to the criminal going missing.

Death & Injury Assassination/Murder
There are two certainties in life - birth and People make enemies. Sometimes the hatred
death. An important or famous character in runs deep enough that, directly or indirectly
the empire has died or become injured. The through a 3rd party, arranges to have the
question is how and what happened? individual killed. The method of death can be
simple like a dagger into the eye, or
D20 Death & Injury something more subtle, like a poison in their
1 Accident favourite tea.
2 Amnesia & Memory Problems
3 Assassination/Murder
Blindness
4 Blindness
5 Broken/Damaged Limb This person has lost the use of one or both of
6 Combat Related their eyes. If they are an important character
7 Crime Sentence in the empire, they may be forced to resign or
8 Deafness let someone else take control. This may have
9 Disease been due to an accident or combat or
10 Duel gone wrong deliberate act of malice.
11 Experiment gone wrong
12 Monster Related
13 Natural Broken/Damaged Limb
14 Paralysed
15 Poisoned food or drink Accidents happen, but the majority of time
they are relatively minor. An arm may be
16 Supernatural Death
broken on a horseback ride, or a leg cut in a
17 Surgery/Treatment gone
battle.
wrong
18 Unexplained The vast majority of time this puts the user
19 Water related out of action for a month or two. There is a
20 Other 10% chance that this injury is permanent from
the severe damage caused or the limb having
Accident to be amputated.
A trip or fall can be very dangerous if you land

badly. A snapped neck of broken bone in the Combat Related
wrong place will end a person’s life as much
as a dagger through the heart. Combat is dangerous and can often result in
injury or death for those involved.
Amnesia & Memory Problems Roll on the combat & military chart to
determine where the injury occurred. There is
A head trauma can trigger off memory a 10% that this event results in a death.
problems in a poor individual, leaving them
unable to recall a period of their life or
stopping the forming new memories.
13

Crime Sentence (guilty or innocent?) Experiment gone wrong
At some point in the months before this event This covers science go away, such a crazy
occurs a character or npc was caught and clockwork automaton going berserk, or a
brought to trial or judgement for a crime they chemical explosion in an alchemist lab
committed. The judgement has been passed creating a poison cloud. The discovery &
and the sentence carried out. Use the crime & Science table can give ideas as to what may
justice table to get ideas and suggestions for have occurred.
what the crime was. For minor crimes they
may have been injured in prison or been
deliberately injured. For serious crimes, the Monster Related
sentence is often death.
A dragon bites them in half. A Basilisk turns
There is a small 10% chance that the person them to stone, a kobold bite infects them and
who was sentenced was in fact innocent of they get the burning fever. For every
the crime of which they were accused. dangerous monster out there in the world
there is one or more possible ways for people
Deafness to die.
As with blindness, this may have been

deliberate from an attack or an accident. Natural
There is a 10% chance this event makes the There are two types of Natural death:
chosen character deaf in both ears.
The first is from old age and is considered to
be one of the few “good “deaths.
Disease
The second is from nature and involves snow
Many diseases, once cured or dealt with can storms, heat waves or other natural event.
leave a permanent effect of the victim’s body. For suggestions and ideas on these types of
Sometimes they cannot be cured and the deaths roll on the Natural & Weather table.
disease kills them. For suggestions and ideas
as to what disease may have finished them
off, roll on the plague & disease table. Paralysed
Due to illness or combat or deliberate design,

Duel gone wrong a well know person in your empire has
become paralysed in one or more limbs.
A duel is a fight between two people,
normally over a matter of honor or principle. You need to determine what part of the body
The majority of the time it is to first blood or has become paralysed or damaged. Either
injury or submission. Sometimes though the pick a part or roll randomly
participants get carried away and
permanently injure or kill their opponent. D20
1–6 Arm (left or right)
7 – 12 Leg (left or right)
13 – 15 Both arms
16 – 17 Both legs
18 – 19 Arms and legs
20 Full body

Poisoned food or drink Discovery & Science
Something has been eaten or drunk which has Something important has been discovered or
caused temporary problems for the consumer uncovered…is it new information or a relic of
or even death. This is one of the reason many a forgotten age or a tasty new dish from some
paranoid rulers have an official food taster. faraway lands?
D20 Discovery & Science

Supernatural Death 1 Drink
2 Exploration
Covers anything from the arcane, such as a
3 Food
spell misfire, a ghost scaring them to death or
4 Forbidden
a divine messenger claiming their soul
5 Lost knowledge - mundane
6 Lost knowledge - supernatural
Surgery/Treatment gone wrong 7 Lost settlement/location
8 Major Accident
Not all medical treatments are successful, the 9 Medical
more dangerous the procedure, the greater 10 Mystery
the chance of death or injury. 11 Profession & Class
12 Research breakthrough
13 Research loss
Unexplained 14 Resource
15 Secret
Sometimes, a death occurs that has no
16 Secret/hidden
explanation that satisfies those concerned.
17 Spell (arcane or divine)
This could have occurred recently or new
evidence has arisen to help determine the 18 Tactic
nature of a mysterious death that occurred a 19 Technology
while ago (50% chance of either) 20 Other
Drink
Water related
A new drink has been discovered or invented.
Death and injuries don’t occur just on dry There is an equal chance of it being alchaholic
land. Rivers, lakes, and even the open seas and non-alcoholic drink. Whatever the type, it
can cause injury and death for the unwary sure is proving popular among your citizens.
traveller.
Exploration
Other
An expedition from distant lands has returned
As with other sections, this is for your own or is setting off for the area of maps normally
ideas for deaths or injuries. marked “here be dragons”.
15

Food Medical
A new dish, an old item has been improved, or A medical breakthrough has occurred. This
a new type of food has been brought into the may be something that affects a vast number
realm and is proving to be popular of people, but quite often will, to begin with
only benefit a small amount of the population,
or those who can afford the new treatment.
Forbidden
Some knowledge was never meant to be Mystery

(re)discovered. It could be a device for
causing disease or the chant to awaken He- Something is the past occurred that has
Who-Must-Ever-Be-Sleeping. remained a mystery, such as a missing person
or who was the masked man seen on during
the ceremony of the sun running off with the
Lost knowledge (mundane and supernatural) Orb of Light. That mystery has now been
solved, or a new one has come to light.
Sometimes, the secrets of a bygone era get
lost to time, only to be re-discovered some
time later. Profession & Class
This knowledge may be something mundane, Wizards, paladins, carpenters, blacksmiths

such as who truly owns the bit of land that the and more all work on improving their craft
War of Ten Thousand Deaths was fought over, and profession. Something has happened
or who IS the king father.
You need to determine what class or
Supernatural lost knowledge covers anything profession has had a major breakthrough and
related to the arcane, divine or anything just what this actually is.
beyond the scope of normal people.
Research breakthrough & loss

Lost settlement/location
Sometimes projects have a something occur
It is not just knowledge that becomes lost. that either gives them a major boost or a
Whole cities or locations can have records of terrible setback. A random research projects
them lost and their location lost to the mists currently underway in the realm has achieved
of time. But now the knowledge on how to the desired results or it has been discovered
get there has been found. that the information they have is wrong and
needs to be re-done, setting the whole
project back by 2d4 months.
Major Accident
Something has occurred during an experiment Resource

that has caused a major accident, something
that has reached the attention of the ruler of A new resource has been discovered in the
the empire. The new bridge to the capital may realm that was not encountered before. Roll
have collapsed or a new spell gone wild and on the 2nd Resource table to determine what
blown up the test area. this may be if you are need inspiration.

Secret (own empire or another) Espionage
A secret has been discovered. There is a 50% Espionage is the art of obtaining information
chance it is for your empire or another considered secret or confidential without
neighbour. permission.
You may also need to determine the target of

Secret/hidden the espionage, how successful the act is and
what the results are.
Unlike the secret discovered option above this
covers something that was deliberately D20
covered up - Roll on master table again to find 1 Accusation
out what was hidden or attempted to hide)
2 Agitation
3 Assassination
4 Counter Intelligence
Spell (arcane or divine)
5 Double Agent
A new spell has been created or the gods have 6 Encrypted Message
seen fit to bless their loyal servants with new 7 Extraction
divine knowledge. 8 Framing
9 Honeypot
10 Impairment/Injure
Tactic 11 Propaganda
12 Resource Control
The military have finally perfected a new 13 Sabotage
tactic or technique which could change the 14 Secrets/Information Stolen
balance of power in the region. Guard this 15 Sleeper Agents
discovery well or it could be used against you.
16 Stolen Knowledge
17 Subtle
Technology 18 Surveillance
19 Theft
A bright inventor has come up with a new 20 Other
piece of engineering that could change the
world, make communication faster and more Accusation
secure…or simply keep your hot chocolate
hotter for longer. Your empire has been accused, either rightly
or wrongly, of espionage. Roll again on the
espionage chart to find out what the
Other accusation is, re-rolling a 1.
As with the rest of the tables, this entry is for Alternately (20% chance) you are accusing
your own ideas or rare events or even future another nation of the act of espionage from
supplements. evidence that has been discovered. But can
this evidence be relied on…?
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Agitation Framing
Agitation is the act of stirring up the You have deliberately left evidence behind
population of another realm or city. This can that suggest and activity, such as espionage,
be through lies or revealing truths that the was in fact done by a 3rd party.
enemy would rather now come to light.
Assassination Honeypot
Sometimes, your enemies need to die. But A honeypot, sometimes called a honey trap, is
you don’t want to go to war just to kill one a strategy of using an attractive person to use
crazy and violent emperor. So you send in the their powers of seduction to achieve the
assassin to do the job. desired goal, such as information or access to
locations.
Counter Intelligence
Impairment/Injure
Counter intelligence refers to the gathering of
information and performance of activities to Like assainsnations, sometimes, you need to
protect against other hostile acts of espionage just deal with one person to further your
by other realms and nations. plans. Unlike assassinations, this act of
espionage just injures the target, removing
them without killing them.
Double Agent
Considered by many to be part of Counter Propaganda

Intelligence, the double agent is a useful tool
in feeding false information to your enemy. Propaganda is the influencing the attitude of a
However, be sure to keep an eye on them to population toward some cause or position.
make sure they are not in fact working for the Sometimes used by governments on their
enemy and not you. own to make their enemies seem worse and
rile up the population to fight for the cause.
Encrypted Message
Resource Control
A coded message has been intercepted. As yet
there is no idea what the contents are. All Some empires rely on a certain resource.
that is known is who sent it and who the Covert control of that resource and you
recipient or location for drop was. control your enemy. If you need ideas or a
suggestion to what resource is being
controlled, roll or prick from the resource
Extraction table.
Sometimes your deep undercover agents

blow their cover. They may have completed Sabotage
their task. Whatever the reason, these agents
now need extraction or removal from their Sabotage is the deliberate act of damaging
current location. the target through subversion, obstruction or
damage.

Secrets/Information Stolen Subtle
Everyone has secrets. This type of espionage This act of espionage is not used often, but
grants you what some to be the most done right can drive an emperor mad. Small
powerful of all weapons, that of information. acts are done that on the surface appear like
nothing has happened, like breaking into
Another aspect of this act of espionage often someone house and simply moving their
used is instead of stealing the information, it paintings around, or intercepting a message
is replaced with some that benefits you, such and changing a few words carefully.
as changing the secret order that sends a
military squad to a location that allows you to This can take a long time, but a few countries
ambush them instead of the other way through history have taken subtle espionage
around. to an art form.
Be warned, there is no guarantee that the

information is accurate or still valid. Plus once Surveillance
the enemy has discovered the loss they may
change their plan. This is quite a simple form of espionage. The
agent is charged with keeping an eye on the
target and regularly reporting back their
Sleeper Agents findings to their handler or controller.
A sleeper agent is a spy who has been placed

in the target country or organisation to be Theft
used, or activated, for a task at a later date.
Up until that point, they are the same as Another empire has something you want, or
everyone else. something of yours you want back. The best
way to do this, from an espionage point of
There is a 50% chance of this event meaning a view, is to send someone in to get the item.
sleeper agent is in your empire and has
become active.
Other
Stolen Knowledge As with other tables, this is for future

expansion and your own ideas.
Unlike secrets, stolen knowledge is when
information is stolen that belongs to a private Some other ideas that you may wish to
citizen or company, such as information on a consider as acts of espionage are:
new spell or a technique
 Kidnapping a person and replacing
Like secrets, this can also be used to change them with an agent to impersonate
information that currently exists in another them.
empire.  Instead of killing the target, the
assassin kills some favoured animals
that belong to the target along with
the message
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Marriage & Relationships Forbidden marriage
The union of two (or more) people is a time A marriage has taken place that for social or
for celebration…most of the time. Sometimes legal reasons is forbidden or banned. It may
for love, sometimes to stop a war, marriage is be due to species or gender or even simple
something that can bring people and nations hatred between the two families.
together, or drive them apart.
D20 Type of marriage Forced due to pregnancy

1–2 Affair
There is a belief in some cultures that a child
3–4 Ceremonial/Symbolic marriage
born out of wedlock is a bad thing, or even a
5–6 Divorce
sin. This type of marriage is to help prevent a
7–8 Forbidden marriage
perceived shame from falling on the mother
9 – 10 Forced due to pregnancy or her family.
11 – 13 Genuine marriage
14 Illegal act
15 Jealously/Accusation Genuine marriage
16 Political marriage - Arranged
17 Political marriage - Genuine The majority of marriages are between beings
affection that love each other and wish to celebrate
18 Separation this fact by a permanent union.
19 Sham/Fake
20 Other
Illegal act
Affair
What is legal in one country, such as marrying
Someone important in the empire has been your cousin, may be illegal in yours. Or having
caught in an affair. The wronged party is 2 or more husbands. Whilst it may not be
demanding justice. morally or ethically wrong, according to the
letter of the law, this is an illegal act.
Ceremonial/Symbolic marriage
Jealously/Accusation
This marriage is a symbolic one, such as
marrying a god or used to help bring fertility Someone in the empire has been spending
to the area. Normally consist of one living time with a member of the opposite sex and
person being legally married, but “allowed” to their partner has become jealous. Their fears
spend time with others, but can never marry may be justified or it may be just in their
another. heads and they are acting paranoid.
Divorce
Not all marriages last, people grow apart or

grow to hate each other. Someone important
in your empire who is married is now legally
separated or going through the process of
separation.

Political marriage – Arranged & Genuine Migration & Movement
Some marriages are done to solidify treaties A large amount of animals or sentient beings
or bring together warring families. Two has either entered or left the empire. Troops
people are picked to be married, such as the have been repositioned, goods and services
prince of one kingdom and princess of are relocated.
another. The marriage unifies the two realms
in ways diplomacy never could. Often the D20 Migration & Movement
offspring of this union has an equal claim to 1 Animals - Forced
the ruler ship of both kingdoms, but this may
2 Animals - Natural/Seasonal
cause problems down the line.
3 Event
4 Government
It can surprise both parties when genuine
affection develops between the two who are 5 Industrial
married. 6 Medical treatment
7 Military
8 Monsters - Forced
Separation 9 Monsters - Natural/Seasonal
10 People - Asylum
Not quite as severe as divorce, when a couple 11 People - Forced
are separated, they are still legally married, or 12 People - Voluntary - Illegal
were never married in the first place, such as 13 People - Voluntary -
an engagement called off Economic/Social
14 People - Voluntary - Nomadic
15 Resources - Goods/Items
Sham/Fake
16 Resources - Natural
17 Religious
Due to a fake priest, or some obscure legal-
loop-hole, a marriage has been declared to be 18 Sport or other activity
fake and not legally binding. This can cause 19 Valuable Item(s)
major problems if the marriage was to help 20 Other
join two nations or some other arrangement.
Animals - Forced & Natural/Seasonal
Other Animals, generally, have only two reasons for

moving on mass to a new location, either they
This is the chance for your own ideas to be have been forced out of their old homes by
used. You can combine results, such as industry or they have a seasonal migration
jealousy and ceremonial to get someone who and always take this route. Not their fault you
is jealous that the person they intended to built a city right in migration path.
marry is now in fact married to the sun.
You need to determine what animals have
moved, where they have moved from and
where they are moving to and what effect the
migration would have on the new area where
they are settling.
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Government People - all
Governments grow and change like any other People move around and into and out of the
body. The king may decide to move his court empire for many reasons. This event deals
to the coast or to a safer location or it may be with large scale movement of people, not
more practical to have the new capital of the individuals.
empire in a different location.
Asylum
If these people stayed in their homes they
Industrial would be persecuted and hurt, possibly killed,
simply for being who they are.
Some industries work better under certain
conditions or in particular locations. If their Forced
current location changes, then it is wise to Due to some kind of disaster (natural or
move to one where it is more favourable. otherwise), these people cannot live in their
homeland for a long period of time and need
to find someone willing to help them.
Medical treatment
Voluntary – illegal
Some areas have better medical facilities For whatever reason, these people have
when compared to others or a cure that only entered your country illegally.
works in once location. This can prompt a
large influx of people into the area who wish Voluntary – Economic
to take advantage of this. These people have left their homeland and
entered your country legally to for economic
reasons.
Military
Voluntary – Nomadic
A military that can move and respond quickly Due to ancient laws and treaties, these people
to threats is a military to be feared and are allowed to pass through, but not stay
respected. Large troop movements around more than a short period in your realm.
the empire can cause massive population
change, not just from the troops, but from
their families and business hoping to take Resources - Goods/Items & Natural
advantage of the population change.
Resources, be they goods, items or natural
like wood and stone, are often never acquired
Monsters – Forced & Natural/Seasonal where they are needed and sometimes need
to be moved in a massive amount from one
The same as with animals, but this time the region of your empire to another. This can be
creatures that are moving can be small and a massive undertaking for some materials and
easily dealt with, like goblins or fairies or could be a prime target for bandits or others
large and powerful monsters, like naga or seeking their fortune.
even dragons!
If you need ideas or suggestion as to what
resources are being moved, roll on the
resource table.

Religious Natural & Weather
This covers from pilgrimages of the faithful The forces of nature can be both a blessing
following the steps of the most holy of their and a curse to a ruler. You need to determine
religion. This may be a regular event or one where the event occurs, how widespread it is
off. and what the after-effects are.
It could even be a band of roving clerics, going If you need to determine how many days(or
from location to location preaching the good weeks) the event goes on for, roll a d6. If you
word and spreading the knowledge and love get a 6, roll the dice again and combine the
of their god wherever they go. Although result. If you get another 6 roll again and
typically not violent themselves, it can be a repeat until you fail to get a 6. Total up the
foolish ruler who denies them access or brings numbers you got and that’s the number of
them harm. days the event went on for.
D20 Natural & Weather

Sport or other activity 1 Blizzard
2 Cyclone/Tornado
This covers a large influx of people moving
3 Drought
around your empire or into your area for the
4 Dust storm
purposes or a sporting event or other activity
where large groups of people are expected to 5 Earthquake
congregate. 6 Fire
7 Flood
8 Fog
Valuable Items 9 Gas
10 Hailstorm
A variation of moving good, this deals with the 11 Heat Wave
large scale movement of valuable item form 12 Impact
one location to another, such as the imperial 13 Limnic Eruption
jewels to a new secure location, or the 14 Sinkhole
artefacts from the college of sorcery being 15 Storm
moved to a place where they can harm no-
16 Tornado
one anymore.
17 Tsunami
18 Volcano
Other 19 Wildfire
20 Other
This can cover anything else you can think off,
such as supernatural migration from plane to
plane via yours, or the movement of If a weather event occurs in a region that
something large and unstoppable, like a living doesn’t make sense, such as a blizzard in a
mountain. desert region, then either pick/roll again, or
go with and try to come up with some reason
why this has occurred. It could be some angry
gods or a mage spell gone wrong.
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Blizzard Fire
A blizzard is a severe snow storm, were heavy This applies mostly to urban areas – For fires
snow is combined with strong powerful winds. in the wild, see the wildfire entry. A fire has
They can be more dangerous than people occurred, probably through natural means
think and cause many accidents, not only such as bolt of lightning hitting the wrong
from the biting cold, but the ice that may not place or a natural gas explosion. The end
be visible on the ground. result is the same, a massive and rapidly
spreading conflagration.
Cyclone This event can occur quite quickly, being over

in a few days, and can end if there is rain or
A cyclone is a rotating area of fast air around a similar weather
central calm “eye” that moves. Found in
tropical like regions. They don’t last as long as
other events, but are much more devastating Flood
whilst they exist.
Too much water can be as dangerous as too
little. Rivers burst their banks, damaging
Drought property and crops, people drown, livestock is
lost and then you have the problems of
There has been no rain for a long time. This is certain waterborne diseases having a greater
causing problems for farmers and anyone else chance to appear and infect the population.
who relies on a regular supply of water. Often
occurs during heat waves, but not always as
you can have a drought in temperate regions. Fog
By itself, fog does no real damage; after all,

Dust storm it’s just water vapour near or at the ground.
The real damage comes from the reduced
Typical found in desert or dusty regions, a visibility it also brings. This applies to
dust storm can cause major damage to creatures and sentient beings alike, although
unprotected and unprepared areas, with there are some who can see through a fog
strong wind throwing up fine particles that better than others.
can shred and decimate anything soft, like
flesh or animals. To get an idea of how bad the fog is, roll a
d100. That is how much the typical person’s
has been reduced, with 100 as the fog is so
Earthquake thick you can’t see your hand in front of your
face.
Earthquakes, a violent and terrifying shaking
of the very ground on which you stand, occur
all the time, although the strength will vary Gas
dramatically. Commonly followed in the days
after the big one by smaller aftershocks. A gas has started leaking from somewhere. It
could be flammable, poisonous or something
else. Each brings its own problems and
solutions for dealing with it.

Hailstorm Storm
Hail is balls or lumps of ice. Ranging from the A storm is a violent disturbance in the
tiny, to the huge, these storms rarely last atmosphere accompanied by heavy winds and
long, but can cause injury or death to those rain and sometimes thunder and lightning.
caught in them as hundreds or possibly
thousands of chunks of ices are thrown
around at high speeds. Tornado
Whilst cyclone and tornados are atmospheric

Heat Wave disturbances, a tornado is often smaller and
can be found in non-tropical regions. Some
Heat waves are high temperatures combined sages have theorised that a tornado is faster,
with a lack of rain fall. The two elements but smaller cyclone, but the debate is still on-
combined can devastate crops and farms, and going with regards to this.
cause unrest among the population the longer
it goes on.
Tsunami
Impact A Tsunami is a wave caused by an earthquake

or underwater eruption. Sometimes wrongly
An impact is a catch all term for something referred to as tidal waves, these mega bodies
falling from the sky and impact, such as a of fast moving water can bring devastation to
meteor. Most the time they hit in areas where a coastal region.
the population is low, but when they impact
in an urban or highly populated area, the
results can be nasty, leaving behind nothing Volcano
but a smouldering crater.
Volcanoes are formed when the earth surface
ruptures and allows for hot lava, ash and
Limnic Eruption other materials and gasses to escape. Some
mountains near to settlements are in fact
A limnic is a rare type of natural disaster in dormant volcanoes.
which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly
erupts from deep lake water, suffocating
wildlife, livestock and humans. Some believe Wildfire
that this can happen with other gasses as
well. Also known as a wild land fire, forest fire,
vegetation fire, grass fire, these occur when
natural sources start a fire and can spread
Sinkhole rapidly in dry or arid regions.
A sinkhole, sometimes called a swallow hole

or doline, is a depression or hole in the Other
ground that forms when the surface area
collapses. Hopefully, there is no-one living on As always, this is for your own ideas or other
or near the area when this occurs. rare events.
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Plague & Disease Ebola
Plagues and diseases and a part of the world. Ebola is contracted through blood or other
It is a foolish ruler who treats these events bodily fluids or another infected person or
with contempt. This covers animals, people animal. It has in incubation period of about 8
and crops. to 10 days.
In your world the disease may have a different Symptoms include fatigue, fever, headaches,
name with a cures and treatment that range and pain in various locations around the body.
from simple non-medical placebos to The worst symptom is the bleeding, which can
quarantine or other more extreme methods come from various orifices and makes any
of dealing with these diseases, Leprosy for small cut or bruising much worse, possibly
example may be called “Gannas Rot”. fatal.
In worlds with supernatural healing, particular

spells or miracles may be developed for these Ergotism
or other problems, but the cost is generally
not something most can afford on their own. Ergotism is the result of long term ergot
poisoning. It comes from a fungus infect
D20 Plague & Disease certain grain crops, like rye. Symptoms
1 Dysentery include symptoms include painful seizures and
spasms, diarrhoea, paresthesias, itching,
2 Ebola
mental effects including mania or psychosis,
3 Ergotism
headaches, nausea and vomiting. High levels
4 Flu
of exposure can eventually lead to
5 Hallucinations convulsions, twitching and even gangrene.
6 Infectious Parasites
7 Leprosy It can also pass from mother to child whilst
8 Madness/Hysteria feeding. This may throw people off what is
9 Malaria causing the problem, when infants are
10 Measles infected even though they have not eaten any
11 Narcolepsy solids yet.
12 Pneumonia
13 Rotavirus
14 STD epidemic Flu
15 Smallpox
Influenza, often called the flu, is a virus affects
16 Tuberculosis
the respiratory tract. Symptoms include fever,
17 Typhoid Fever
runny nose, stuffed up sinuses, fatigue,
18 Yellow Fever headache, cough, sore throat, vomiting,
19 Supernatural Disease diarrhoea, and achy muscles and joints.
20 Other
There is no-known cure and it can be caught
many times in your life. It is advised by some
Dysentery to keep those who are considered weaker,
such as children and older citizens away from
Dysentery is diarrhoea which contains blood. those infected.
Can spread through poor hygiene and tainted
food. Chances of survival are good, with a full
recovery in two to three weeks.

Hallucinations Malaria
This is a catch-all term for mundane-diseases Malaria is a deadly fever spread by

that affect the mind and cause hallucinations. mosquitoes, although in your world it may be
These are often typically accompanied by a another similar creature. A single bite can be
fever of some kind, but this does not always all it takes to kill an untreated person.
occur. The hallucinations are, by themselves,
harmless, but will cause problems for those Symptoms can start from approx. 7 to 20 days
infected and those close to them as they after being bitten. They include a high
restrain the patient to stop them from hurting temperature or fever, headache, sweats, chills
themselves. and vomiting.
The causes and cure for this type of plaque

can range from a fungus, to a tainted water Measles
supply, to some kind of parasite.
This affects mainly children, but can occur in
adults. Spread easily by physical contact,
Infectious Parasites coughing and sneezing. Symptoms include
high temp, sore eyes, small white spots in the
Parasitic infections can be spread in a number mouth, a red blotchy rash, going off ford,
of ways. They can be spread through aches and general tiredness.
contaminated water, waste and food that has
handled incorrectly or undercooked. As diseases go this is one of the more
common ones, and the majority of children
Like hallucinations, there are many causes and who catch it live normal lives afterwards.
cures and likewise symptoms and survivability However there are always some in any
rates. outbreak that react badly and fatally. If you
didn’t catch it as a child, then the risk of death
from getting it as an adult is much greater.
Leprosy
Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes Narcolepsy

severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve
damage in the arms and legs. Narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder. Symptoms
include not being able to sleep at night
Surprisingly, it’s not as contagious as many properly, sleeping at random intervals during
people think, as you need repeated contact the day (even if they had had a decent night’s
with an infectious person. However, it is a sleep the night before) and temporary muscle
highly visible disease and many people react weakness. Whilst not a communicable disease
accordingly. that can cause major problems for the
kingdom if, in the middle of important
negotiations to end a war, the king falls
Madness/Hysteria asleep, something which the enemy take
great offense to.
If hallucination type diseases affect the
senses, then these cover the mind. People
literally go mad and hysterical for no obvious
reason. Then their neighbours go hysterical
from the fear. The cause and cures are as
varied as the symptoms and insanities.
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Pneumonia Tuberculosis
Pneumonia is the swelling or inflammation of Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial

tissue in one or both lungs (or all for those disease characterized by the growth of
creatures with more than two lungs). This is nodules, also known as tubercles in the
causes by fluid, such as pus or filling the tissues, especially the lungs. It is spread by
infected lung, making it harder to breathe. It coughs, sneezes, speaking singing etc.
is caught be breathing in the virus.
Without proper treatment, 2/3rds of those
Normally healthy people can recover with rest who catch TB will die.
and medical treatment. For those with a
weakened body, Pneumonia can be deadly.
Typhoid Fever
Rotavirus TF is an often fatal disease that caught from

consuming contaminated food or water.
This is another disease that mainly affects Symptoms include red spots on the chest and
young children and babies and causes fever, abdomen, high fever, headaches, lethargy,
vomiting, and watery diarrhoea. It is highly aches and pains, chest congestion and
contagious but will resolve itself in a week or abdominal pains. It is fatal in 10 to 30% of
two as long as the infected child survives. those who catch it.
STD epidemic Yellow Fever
STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases exist in Typically a tropical virus disease affecting the
all societies, despite what the locals say. The liver and kidneys, causing fever and jaundice,
come in many forms, from Herpes to sometimes bleeding into the skin and fatal
Gonorrhea to Syphilis and more, each with 20% of the time. Spread by mosquitoes.
their own levels of infection and causes and
cures.
Supernatural Disease
Smallpox Is the disease or plague had a supernatural

origin then it comes under this section. There
Smallpox gets its name from the pus-filled are as many supernatural diseases are there
blisters (or pocks) that form. Its other are normal ones, but the symptoms can be a
symptoms include high fever, chills, malaise, lot more varied (e.g. skin turning a bright blue
headache, severe back pain, abdominal pain when it normally isn’t) and deadly to some
and vomiting. In its early stages is often whilst leaving other unharmed. This can be
mistaken for the, relatively harmless in especially true if the disease was made to
comparison, chickenpox. Approximately 30% target one particular group. They also have a
of those who catch it will die. nasty tendency to be able to resist more
natural and traditional cures.
It is spread when the infected person coughs,
talks, or sneezes.
Other
New diseases, your own ideas or something

else that resembles a disease or plague can go
here.

Political & Diplomacy Change of Government type or ruler
This covers any event that is tied to politics This can be either the most devastating or the
and/or diplomacy. A treaty may have been most liberating event in a nation’s history. It is
brokered or broken. A new law passed, or a not something that occurs often. You may
scandal that involving the leader and a wish to re-roll or pick another if you get this
farmyard animal may have occurred. event twice in the same year, or you could
explain it away with some logic.
D20 Political/Diplomacy
1 Adoption The way the realm is governed is changed. It
may change from feudal from democracy or
2 Change of Government type or
ruler to dictatorship. There are many, many forms
of government and rulers. The time leading
3 Directive
up to the change can be one full of unrest and
4 Distraction
intrigue and the new type may not be what
5 Donation/Gift people hoped for.
6 Election/change of ruler
7 Extradition Note: There will be a future supplement that
8 Grant/Award covers government types, but some common
9 Law changed ones are listed below:
10 Law made
11 Law repealed D6 Simple government type
12 Promotion 1 Aristocracy
13 Scandal 2 Democracy
14 Summit 3 Democratic Republic
15 Treaty - broken 4 Dictatorship
16 Treaty - brokered 5 Monarchy
17 Treaty - call to uphold/help 6 Republic
ally
18 Unification
19 Visitor Directive
20 Other
A directive is not a law but more a goal to
achieve or to direct the population towards.
Adoption Roll again on the main table and appropriate
sub-tables for ideas if needed.
Someone has been legally adopted into the
rulers (or other notable character in the For example, if you get a disease they
realm) family from another. This may be a directive might be for those under the kings
captured prisoner of war or a peace offering command to try and find a cure or treatment,
to the nearby empire. Whatever the reason, if political and get a treaty , it may be that the
this person is now an official part of the family empire is publically working towards getting
and can claim the rights that come with it. two nations to work together for mutual gain.
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Distraction Grant/Award
A common political tactic, the distraction is Sometimes a citizen does something your
used to direct people’s attention from one empire wants to recognise for favours or
thing towards another. deeds done. The typical award
One way of using this event is to roll twice on D10 Grant/Award

the main table and appropriate sub-tables. 1 Job/Position
The first is the event that the leaders are 2 Land
trying to distract from, such as a war. The 3-4 Medal/Ceremony
second is what they are distracting with, such
5 Money
as news about a new project or a resource has
6 Permit
been found.
7 Right
8 Item
Donation/Gift 9 Title
10 Combination (roll twice on this
There may be a motive behind the gift, such table, re-rolling a 10)
as a bribe for better treatment or
appeasement to a ruler so they don’t crush
your puny kingdom. Sometimes though, a gift Law (all)
is just a gift with no motive attached.
The law is, for many, the ultimate thing to
There is a 50% chance of this event being a protect and separates the civilised being from
gift being presented to another ruler or the barbarian horde.
government.
A law can be made, changed to close a
If you need suggestions or ideas, roll on the loophole, or repealed, although this last one
resource table. doesn’t happen as much as people think,
leading to some rather odd and archaic laws
still “being on the books” such as the right to
Election/change of ruler kill a dwarf on a Wednesday if they are within
50 feet of the throne.
Whilst governments don’t change style that
often, the ruling body will do, unless they are
in a for-life government. Even then, when Promotion
they die a new person or group must be
appointed or elected to take their place. The A simple event in which someone is promoted
method of this selection varies from system to to a position of high importance within your
system, with some being chosen by the country, such as Grand Vizier or Hand of the
people, to other more complicated rituals. King.
But behind the scenes, just why did this

Extradition person get promoted or who did they step-
over to get the job.
Extradition is where one country transfers a
criminal (or suspect) to another country.
50% chance of this being either from your

country or to your realm.

Scandal Treaty (all)
A scandal has rocked the nation and one of A treaty is a formal agreement between two
the important people in your realm is or more states in reference to peace, alliance,
affected. commerce, or other international relations.
They can be brokered, broken or your empire
Some suggested ideas for the scandal are in may be called upon to honour the treaty they
the table below, but feel free to come up with made with a neighbour in return for peace.
your own ideas.
Depending on the terms of the treaty,
D10 Sample scandals breaking one could lead to worse relations
1 Attacking someone and possibly war.
2 Being a member of a banned
group/cult
3 Breaking a major law
Unification
4 Cheating in a relationship
5 Child out of wedlock
Unification occurs when another empire,
6 Consorting with the enemy
country or even a city-state willing joins yours.
7 False identity
8 Killing someone Not everyone is happy when this occurs, as it
9 Taking a bribe may put a burden on the empire. But then
10 Treason against the ruler again they may bring an advantage or benefit
you never had before.
Summit Of course someone would say that this event

may not have occurred willingly and that
A summit is when a group of leaders (political behind the scenes, some kind of deal was
or otherwise) gather together to try and solve made.
a mutual problem or to broker a deal that
benefits them all, possibly leading to a treaty.
Visitor
Summits can cover anything, from what to do
about the dragon menace in the north, to Someone, or something, important has
sharing knowledge about a new cure for a decided to visit your realm on an official visit
plague or diseases, or even a simple, semi- for some reason. This can be a popular event
informal get-together, although this could be for the citizens if the person visiting is well
considered a conference or convention rather liked, but security and costs will be high.
than a summit.
50% chance of this event being one of your
Nothing is legally binding at these events, but important citizens visiting another country
it is heavily encouraged to stick to the spirit of instead.
the summit, if not the actual details.
Other
Covers anything else, such as new political

events of your own making.
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Religious & Divine Blasphemy
The gods have spoken, either directly or Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing
through their mortal clerics and priests. A contempt or lack of reverence for a deity, to
religious event is one that is connected in any religious or holy persons or things, or toward
way, through the church of the land or their something considered sacred.
agents, to the god or gods that your people
follow.
Blessing
If you nation is more secular or the divine
does not exist in your world, then don’t re- One of the gods has shown favour on your
roll, but instead try to figure out a way of empire and has blessed an aspect related to
integrating into your world. For example the the god. A god of war would bless a war that
visit of Avatar may refer to an ancient legend is ongoing, a goddess of the harvest would
your people once held, or a mad-man roaming make a crop be abundant this year etc.
your lands claiming to be a god.
D20 Celebration
1 Avatar Visit
This normally centres on a positive religious
2 Blasphemy
event, such as the anniversary of the birth of
3 Blessing
the most holy prophet, or when the goddess
4 Celebration
helped to found the capital city. It could even
5 Change of religious leader be just a celebration being held to improve
6 Crusade morale and give praise to the chosen deity(s).
7 Cult - emergence
8 Cult - dispersed
9 Cure Change of religious leader
10 Curse
11 Divine Sign Mortals die. Leaders retire or are judged unfit
12 Fasting time for duty. Whatever the reason, this event is
13 Gods Time (per god?) about a major leader in your religion or holy
14 Heresy body has changed and a new one has taken
15 Inquisition up the cause.
16 Message from the gods
17 Miracle
Crusade
18 Scandal
19 Wrath/Act of God A crusade is, for the most part, a religious led
20 Other war, to crush those heretics in foreign lands
and bring the light of your god to dark places.
Not all deities approve of crusades though;
Avatar Visit even some war gods look down on them.
An avatar is a manifestation of a deity. They

have decided to pay a visit to the world, either
in disguise or openly. How they are treated
and what they see will determine their
reaction.

Cult Divine Sign
There are three main, simplified definitions of A divine sign, sometimes called an omen, is a
a cult: phenomenon that is believed to foretell the
future.
1. Devoted fans
2. A religion who’s beliefs differ from the 50% chance either way of it being a positive or
majority around them negative omen.
3. A group that is exclusive, secretive
and authoritarian
Fasting time
For the most part, this concerns the 3rd type,
but feel free to use the other two as well. A fast is willing abstinence or reduction from
certain or all food, drink, or both, for a period
Emergence of time.
Emergence is when a cult emerges, or is The more sever or restrictive the fast, the less
discovered by the general population or time it takes up. Many events do make
leaders. They may have been in the shadows allowance for those unable to fast for various
for years or just formed. reasons, but they expect the person to do
something else instead, such as feeding the
Dispersal poor if they cannot fast for medical reasons.
Sometimes cults become a threat to At the end of the fast, many groups hold a big
authorities or they have a division that breaks meal or feast.
them apart. Sometimes they may just simply
give the appearance of breaking up, to fool
those who seek to harm them, and return to Gods Time
the shadows.
Ranging from a day to a month, God’s time is
the term used when a particular time of the
Cure year is dedicated to one or more particular
deities, such as a the harvest god at harvest
The god(s) of your realm have shown mercy time, or the goddess of time at the summer
and cured someone or an area of something solstice.
bad. This may be a once only event or a
regular occurrence at a certain location
and/or time. These tend to be minor and Heresy
centre around people or areas being cured.
Heresy is any provocative belief or theory that
is strongly at variance with established beliefs
Curse or customs, such as saying the most holy
prophet was in fact a murderer and not the
A divine curse can be nasty and extreme, but woman of peace the Great Book says she is.
rarely kills. After all, the victim cannot learn
much if they are dead. There are as many
curses as there are stars in the heavens, so
get creative.
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Inquisition Resource
An Inquisition is two things, a prolonged and A major resource has either been found or
intensive questioning and ecclesiastical or lost. Roll on the two tables below to
religious tribunal with an aim to combat determine not only what type of event has
heresy. Some think of them as a religious occurred, but what resource has been
police force and judge & jury rolled into one affected. The duration is typical only for the
and can be very powerful and feared in some month in which it occurs (1d4 weeks) unless
empires, or simply seen as an arm of the stated otherwise.
major religions in the region. When an
inquisition event occurs, the population may D6 Effect
be fearful or amused, depending on the god 1 Abundance
or pantheon the inquisition is attached to.
2 Failure/destroyed
3 Degraded
4 Gain
Message from the gods
5 Loss
Sometimes the ways of the gods are 6 New Trade Route/Resource
mysterious and they send omens and
portents. Other times, they can be quite
direct and tell their worshipers what they Abundance
want. This resource has doubled or even tripled its
output this month.
Miracle
Failure/destroyed
A statue weeps blood with healing properties. This resource’ income has been halved or
A damaged castle is repaired in preparation even negated for some reason this month.
for a war. An invading superior army suddenly
lays down its arms and surrenders. Degraded
This resource or trade route is now
Scandal permanently worse by 1d20%
Something bad has occurred related to the Gain

imperial religion. The high priest is a heretic or This route or resource is now permanently
a king has denounced the faith. If you need better by 1d20%
ideas roll again on the religious/divine table
here. Loss
A trade route has been lost, through war or
Wrath/Act of God your customers finding another supplier. The
oil well has dried up and there is nothing
The gods are angry at something or someone more in a particular mine left.
in your empire. Roll on the natural/weather
table or the plague & disease to find out what New Trade Route
is going on and on the master table to find out A new route has been opened. A new deposit
what has angered them. of minerals has been found. This opens up
new income streams and opportunities for
your empire and its citizens.
Other
Anything else or your own ideas.

Settlement
D20 Resource
1 Animals - Exotic A new settlement has been founded or
2 Animals - Normal something major has occurred within one of
3 Drinks (normal and alcohol) the empires cities. These events occur to one
4 Fruit major settlement within the realm, either
5 Gemstones picked or randomly decided.
6 Grain crops
D20 Settlement Event
7 Herbs/medicines
8 Luxury goods 1 Change of local
government/rulers
9 Metals
2 Damaged
10 Oil & fuel
3 Destroyed
11 Seafood
4 Dispute with another
12 Spices
settlement
13 Skills/People (#1)
5 Embargo (roll on resource
14 Stone
chart)
15 Tools
6 Improvement
16 Tobacco
7 Independence related event
17 Vegetables
8 Joined
18 Weapons & Armor
9 Local Law
19 Wood
10 Lost contact
20 Other (#2)
11 Major construction
12 Name change
13 New Settlement
#1 = This includes people such as slaves,
servants or mercenaries. If your population 14 Neglected
doesn’t have access to a certain skill or 15 Quarantine (roll on disease)
profession, then this entry covers it as well, 16 Specialisation/Focus change
but certain one may be harder or more 17 Local Taxes & tariffs
expensive to hire when compared to others. 18 Twinning (within empire or
another friendly one)
19 Visit from ruler
#2 = This could be items that are legal in one 20 Other
location, but illegal in another, or
experimental medicines. Another option is
that it could be for hard to get hold of item, Change of local government/rulers
such as alchemical components
The leader of the settlement has changed,
either through retirement, criminal
imprisonment or death or something else.
Damaged
Due to an event the settlement has become

severally damaged. Roll on the
nature/weather (or supernatural) table if
ideas are needed or it has become damaged
due to combat and war.
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Destroyed Joined
The settlement has been, in effect destroyed Another settlement, from a neighbouring
and is now a big heap of rubble. This could country has willing (or been coerced) into
have been caused by a natural event, combat joining your realm. Their previous rulers are
and war, or something supernatural. What not happy with this turn of events and will be
happened to population? Did they get out in getting in touch very shortly.
time and where do they go now?
Local Law
Dispute with another settlement
This settlement has brought in a law that only
Another nearby settlement, within within the applies within the borders; it could be minor
empire or a neighbouring country has a or something major, like allowing slaves
dispute with this settlement. Roll on the within the city or banning a certain class from
master table for ideas, re-rolling or picking if entering.
the results do not make sense.
Lost contact
Embargo
Contact with a random town on the edge of
For some reason, normally political, a certain your empire has been lost. Nothing has been
resource has been banned from being sent to, heard from them for almost a month now.
or received from, this settlement. Roll of the What is going on there?
2nd resource table to find out what it is.
Major construction
Improvement
A major construction work, such as a wall to
An aspect of the settlement has been defend the city or a cathedral to praise the
improved. The sewers may have had the gods has been built or
alligators removed from it or the gardens re-
done. This covers anything that makes the Note: If you are using the “World Wonders”
lives of those who live in this settlement quite system from Ennead Games, this would be
a bit better. considered to be a major wonder.
Independence related event Name change
Some settlements are not happy being part of A settlement, perhaps the capital, has
your empire and want to leave. This event changed its name. It may have been to
covers anything related to them wanting honour the great leader of the kingdom, or to
independence, from the first public protests, hide who they once were, or even that they
to becoming independence, to withdrawing got tired of the jokes of their town name
their declaration and returning to the arms of sounding like something rude and suggestive.
the empire.

New Settlement Local Taxes & tariffs
A new settlement has been officially founded Most settlements are giving a bit of leeway in
within the empire! There may have been a how they collect their taxes, as long as they
few families or buildings there before, but pay their dues to the imperial coffers. To this
now it’s official. end, many local based taxes and tariffs exist.
From the entry fee into the city, to the
infamous arcane spell tax and more, this helps
Neglected to bring in money for the settlement and
empire. But too many will drive people away.
A settlement on the edge of your empire has
been neglected. Improves promised have not
come, the army sent to protect them from Twinning
monsters was called back to go on a more
important task. This has caused moral to Twinning your settlement with another is a
plummet and may lead to the settlement largely social agreement to help foster or
seeking help from your enemies. promote mutual understanding and cross-
Alternatively, it could be the settlement from border projects of mutual benefit.
a nearby country wanting your help for the
same reasons. It is commonly done with settlements outside
your empire, but older twinning pacts may
exist within your empire when a town is
Quarantine brought under your control.
A settlement has become infected with

something and needs to be isolated from the
rest of the empire until the disease has been Visit from ruler
dealt with.
A visit from a ruler, either the one ultimately
Roll on the plague & disease table to find out in charge of the country in which the
what has infected this poor town. settlement resides or another visiting
dignitary, can, if the ruler is well liked, boost
There is a 1% chance that this is a morale and trade and make for a grand day
supernaturally caused disease or plague. out for everyone. If the ruler is feared or
lathed, then it can bring terror and fear as
those in the settlement wonder why HE is
Specialisation/Focus change coming here.
Some settlements focus on clothing, others on

farming, whilst others are built around a Other
mine. This settlement has for various reasons
changed its focus. As with others entries, this is for future
expansion or your own ideas.
This settlement may also have decided to
start focusing on one resource or trade. Roll
on the 2nd resource for suggestions and ideas.
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Social & People Awards given
These types of events are more concerned A public award ceremony is being held, with
with the population of the empire. Are they honorary and real titles handed out for
happy? Annoyed by the latest taxes? Or various activates and to reward upstanding
simply celebrating the annual festival of citizens.
drinking and eating?
D20 Social & People Celebration

1 Activity Festival
From the founding of the empire to the
2 Addictions
birthday of the queen, the population will
3 Awards given
often find any and many reasons to celebrate.
4 Celebration
5 Contest/tournament
6 Drink festival Contest/tournament
7 Famous Person - Negative
8 Famous Person - Positive Jousting, mock combat, games of skill and
event chance. A popular contests or tournament is
9 Food festival being held and the whole country and
10 Holiday - Ceremonial sometimes even in the world is watching to
11 Holiday - Historical see who would win.
12 Holiday - Religious
13 Mass Hysteria
14 Population - major deaths/loss Drink festival
15 Population - major
growth/births A week long (or more) festival themed around
a certain drink or type of drink, not always
16 Protest
alcaholohic.
17 Public Feud
18 Referendum/Polling
19 Retirement Famous Person – (both)
20 Other
Famous people seem to have events focus
around them more than the regular citizen. If
Activity Festival you need ideas to what these events might be
roll on the master table and alter the event to
A countrywide festival based around a certain be positive or negative as appropriate.
theme, not including food or drink. It may be
to celebrate a certain activity or to give thanks
to a particular person, such as the “great and Food festival
trusted” leader of the realm.
Eating new dishes, seeing who can eat the
fastest or consume the hottest chillies. All this
Addictions and more – not recommended for those
trying to lose weight.
A new addiction is sweeping your population,
from a drug to a type of drink to a type of
activity.

Holiday - all Public Feud
In many empires, for the majority of people, a Two (or more) groups, such as family, guilds,
holiday is a day off and a time of celebration. business or public figures are having a public
Normally only a day or so, these can range and on-going disagreement.
from founder’s days to celebrate the founding
of the empire to the more sombre Day of the For the majority of time this is just seen as a
Dead, where the day is spent reflecting on bit of political of social news, but sometimes
those you have loved and lost. these feuds can lead to further problems,
especially when one of those involved
controls or owns something the empire finds
Mass Hysteria valuable or needs to run its day to day affairs.
Mass Hysteria is the collective delusions of

threats to society that spread rapidly through Referendum/Polling
rumours and fear. This might be justified,
when for example; an enemy comes to your Some empires like to let the people vote or
gates pleading for help. Or it could be the indicate their views on various subjects. This
result of unfounded beliefs, such as that those doesn’t always mean they will listen to the
evil gnomes will eat your children. people, but most do. A few unscrupulous
leaders have been known to use these as an
excuse when things wrong and say things like
Population – major changes “well, it wasn’t MY decision to do this. You
voted on it, I just did what you asked…”
There has been a large population change in
your empire, either upwards or downwards.
Where have all these extra citizens come from Retirement
or gone? Are they refugees? If someone
tampering with the water supply, or is your A very public figure has retired from their
empire so amazing that people no longer feel profession. Is it due to old age? Is it to pursue
worthy of living within your borders? a hobby or to travel the world? Or is it in fact
something more sinister and they have been
forced to leave under threat of violence to
Protest their family or themselves.
Something has annoyed the public. It could be

a policy of the rulers or a demand for a certain Other
prisoner to be executed for his crimes. For the
most part, these protests are tolerated as long Social events can cover much more then what
as they are peaceful, but do not happen as has been featured as examples here, so don’t
much as rulers like. be afraid to come up with your own ideas or
combine two from this table, such as a festival
and a protest, or a retirement and feud. Or
even from this table and an another from the
master table.
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Supernatural
Celestial Alignment
The weird, the arcane and downright odd are
covered by these types of events. If the The stars and planets align in a certain
source of an event is something apart from pattern. This could just be an interesting
nature or normal mortals, then it’s classed as event, or the herald to something dark and
a supernatural event. evil making its way into the world, or even the
dawning or a new age for the followers of a
D20 Supernatural certain god or cult.
1 Breaking of Barriers/Planear
visitation
Chaos surge
2 Celestial Alignment
3 Chaos surge
A chaos surge is the side effects that occur
4 Curse
when certain spells are cast and go a bit crazy.
5 Eclipse (partial/total) These side-effects are almost infinite in their
6 Ley line effects and can range from the minor, such as
(discovered/surge/weaken/fail) casters hair changing colour for a few hours,
7 Major Spell - negative to the downright dangerous, such as a
8 Major Spell - positive volcano appearing in the middle of a city.
9 Manifestation
10 Monster invasion/attack There is a 50% chance each time a spell is cast
11 Omen (roll again to find that triggers a chaos effect of the effect being
related) positive or negative.
12 Prophecy (roll again to find
related)
13 Reincarnation Curse
14 Resurrection
15 Spells become stronger A magical curse has fallen on the land or
famous person. The farm may never grow
16 Spells become weaker
enough wheat to feed the village or the head
17 Spells fail
King’s Guard may never be able to hold a
18 Undead Rising (types) sword again without screaming in terror. Who
19 Wild plant growth caused this? Was it a powerful mortal out for
20 Other revenge or a slighted deity demanding
penance from those who have committed a
crime against the faith?
Breaking of Barriers/Planear visitation
The barriers between the planes are normally Eclipse (partial/total)

quite solid and prevent travel by all but the
most powerful. Sometimes though these This event occurs on a regular cycle and
weaken and some…thing… can travel from normally last a small fraction of a day and is
There to here. In some places and times when a moon goes in front on the sun,
these barriers break and the results can be causing it to be blacked out, either partially or
messy. Hopefully it can be repaired or fix totally. Only about 10% of eclipses that occur
itself. are total, and a few species fear the darkness
that comes in the middle of the day, whilst
other groups believe it to be a good omen for
the coming year.

Ley line (discovered/surge/weaken/fail) Omen
A ley line is alignments of numerous places of An omen is a phenomenon that is believed to

geographical and historical interest, such as foretell the future, often signifying the advent
ancient monuments and megaliths, or a path of change. Omens may be considered either
of mystical energy, like a river of invisible and good or bad depending on their interpretation
intangible force that certain being can tap and the same omen may mean different
into. things to various cultures, such as a white
dove being a symbol of peace to one, and the
Some believe that they can be made, other brining of war to another.
say they always exist but can only be
discovered. Their power and surge and fall, Most omens have little to no truth to them,
like the levels of a river and to continue the but the effect they have on the mind-set of
metaphor, they can sometimes run dry and those viewing them should not be
fail. underestimated.
Roll again on the master table and

Major Spell appropriate sub-table to see what this omen
refers to.
A major spell has been cast that that provides
a great benefit to the empire, such as brining
rain to the parched lands, or remove a curse Prophecy
from the petrified army that tried to fight a
basilisk-like demon and failed. A prophecy involves divine or arcane
inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of an
Not all spells are benign or successful. A few event to come. They can be open to
spell casters have malicious goals or lack the interpretation and sometimes have loophole
skill to cast the spell properly and the results in them. Some prophets are known for the
can be devastating as the rain spell floods the accuracy of their words, with others being
area it was meant to help or the revived army nothing but gibberish, understood only after
is now mindless and attacks all it sees. an event has occurred.
As with Omens, roll again on the master table

Manifestation and appropriate sub-table to see what this
refers to.
This broad category covers ghosts, psionic
projections and anything else of a similar
nature, yet still belongs to this world; Reincarnation
however tenuous the link may be.
Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical
concept that the soul or spirit, after biological
Monster invasion/attack death, begins a new life in a new body. For
many this remains in the realms of fantasy,
Dragons, Jinn, Elementals or other creatures but what would happen if it was proved that a
of power have invaded or attacked your famous historical figure was actually reborn
empire and must be dealt with. into a new body. Would they remember their
past life or is it just another scam?
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Resurrection Trade, guild & business
Resurrection is the concept of a living being Taxes, tariffs, trade routes and more. A new
coming back to life after death. guild master has arisen? A previous trade
route has collapsed or has a new illegal good
Like reincarnation, this can be easily faked, entered into the public domain?
but sometimes weird and powerful miracles
do occur, especially in a world that has access D20 Trade, guild & business
to powerful spells or supernatural forces. 1 Embargo
2 Guild - New Guild
3 Guild - New Master
4 Illegal Goods
Spells become stronger/weaker/fail
5 Market - Glut
Spells cast within your empire have begun to 6 Market - Major Loss
act oddly. They are stronger, weaker or well 7 Market - Major Profit
know are regularly used spells are now failing. 8 Market - Shortage
How long will this go on for or is it a 9 New Business
permanent effect? Dos it affect all or just a 10 Old Business Ends/Closes
certain group and if so why them? 11 Smuggling Route - Changed
12 Smuggling Route - Formed
13 Smuggling Route - Lost
Undead Rising (types) 14 Strike
15 Takeover
Skeletons, zombies, vampires, mummies and
16 Tax Change
other types of undead. These can be the most
17 Trade Route Change
common.
18 Trade Route Formed
19 Trade Route Lost
Wild plant growth 20 Other
The forces of nature are fighting back, and Embargo

plants such as vines, wild grass or something
else has experienced a wild and An embargo is the partial or complete
unprecedented growth spurt, causing damage prohibition of commerce and trade with a
to towns and buildings across the area of particular country or a group. This normally
effect. occurs for political reason, but sometime sit
can for others. The effect on trade can often
force guilds and business to put pressure on
Other those in charge to do something about getting
the embargo lifted.
For supernatural event, the other category
has probably the most possible options. If it’s
weird, odd or even downright strange it Guild - New Guild
probably goes under this entry.
A new guild has been formed or an older one
renamed. Why has this guild started, is there
a need or was the older one simply due for an
update and changed with the times?

Guild - New Master or Leader New Business
This can be one of two events (50% chance of A new business has opened. The majority of
either); a new master has risen through the the time this will be something local in one or
ranks and has become a master of their trade, two particular settlements, such as the
or the leader has been replaced with another capital. Sometimes (10%) a lager business
member of the guild opens in many places in close succession,
The type of business that can open can be

Illegal Goods almost infinite in possibilities. Roll on the 2nd
resource chart to give you an idea as to what
This event covers anything involving illegal the business focuses on.
goods. Roll again on this table and on the 2nd
resource table to find out what the event
related to and what resource it was, only this Old Business Ends/Closes
time it is done illegally. For example if you had
Trade route and Gemstones, an illegal trade Due to economic pressure or the removal of a
route in gemstones has been discovered. resource or even the death of the owner, a
well know business can close. What will
happen to the works, the buildings once
Market - all owned by them and the local community?
Market events occur when a paryilcyar

refined resource or item change in volume or Smuggling Route – all
price. If you need ideas roll on the 2nd
resource table to find out what has occurred. Smuggling is the illegal transportation of
These can last for 1d4 months or more. objects or people in violation of applicable
laws or other regulations, such as a smuggling
Glut route designed to go past the city gates to
There is too much of this item in circulation at avoid the gate taxes or smuggling slaves out
this present time. Although it sells for a good of the enemy city.
value, you can’t sell as many.
For each event, if needed, roll on the 2nd
Major Loss resource chart for ideas and suggestions on
You can only sell this item at a major loss, what is being transported.
even if it is as rare as gold.
Changed route events occur when either the
Major Profit route or the goods change.
Even if you had a near infinite amount of
these items, for the moment you can’t lose. Formed is when a new route is established.
Shortage Lost is when an old route is either lost due to

Demand for this product is sky-rocketing and being closed down by the law or the resource
you can’t make it or acquire it fast enough. they was transporting drying up.
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Strike Trade Route Change
The workers are refusing to work for reason. An existing legal and recognised trade route
It may be to protest over working conditions has changed. There is a 50% chance of the
or pay or to force a change in management. route staying the same, but the resource
being transported to change, or vice versa.
Randomly determine what profession or class
is striking, as this will determine what the
effects will be, after all, a group of street Trade Route Formed/Lost
cleaners striking will have a different effect on
your empire when compared to your army A trade route has been lost or closed due to
refusing follow orders. outside pressure such as economic factors or
a loss of the original resource being
transported. A route being formed is the
Takeover opposite of this, but new routes cost money
and may be dangerous if going through areas
One business has taken over the control of filled with hazards.
another. This happens all the time at various
levels but what makes this notable is that
both companies were pretty large to begin Other
with.
The world of business and guilds is large and
Some groups and individuals dislike this take full of as much intrigue and news as any other
of takeover due to the fact it can create aspect of your empire. One suggestion is to
monopolies in certain sectors, driving up combine result from the master table and
prices and dropping the quality of service. appropriate sub-tables, such as a new
business and a weather event. It could be a
new business just set up to deal with an
Tax Change incoming storm or espionage and settlement
with guild, when it is discovered that a guild-
A tax within the empire has changed or been master started a riot in a nearby town that
introduced. Rarely is a tax removed, but it has, until now, been resisting the guild setting
does sometimes occur. up there, but now, rather oddly, is begging
them to come to town.
D20
1-8 New Tax introduced
9 – 10 Existing tax removed
11 – 15 Existing tax increased
16 - 20 Existing tax decreased
Roll on the 2nd resource chart to find out what

the new tax is related to.

Minor Event
If you get this result, roll again, rerolling a 19

or 20 result. This is the event that occurs but Like this product? Then check these other
it has a much smaller area of effect. They are items by Ennead Games as well.
the type of events that show up in the “In
other News” sections or papers or from tales Empire Builder
passed along by travellers. Nothing the Country & Title Name
Queen has to worry herself about, but it
might be worth keeping an eye on or sending The first part of the Empire Builder kit
someone to investigate. provides you with a system for randomly
generating a name for your country or
They generally only affect a small region, like empire, along with an official title for the
one town and its local region or one or two realm.
hexes, with 1 hex being around 10 miles
across. The duration of the event is also much
shorter, with it lasting barely longer than a Backgrounds & Details Kits
month and normally only 1d4 weeks or 2d10 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Versions
days.
Need to know how many children a character
in your games or story has? What is their hair
colour? All these and more are covered in the
Something Else Backgrounds & Details Kit. Available in
Fantasy and Sci-Fi versions.
This covers anything else; from future possible
supplements to anything else you can think of
yourself. Helpful List – Name Series
Use this as a chance to put your own ideas Coming up with names can be hard. This is
into play, or combine two or more rolls into why the Helpful list series was created. Each
one event, such as a birth starting a war edition has 100 names from a group or
during a total eclipse due to a divine omen. culture, such as Welsh or Greek, with male
and female versions of each list.
A final word Starship Kit

(Multiple Volumes – On-going)
There is a lot of room in this system for your
own ideas, but don’t worry if you can’t think The SSK (Starship Kit) guides you through
of anything. Future supplement from Ennead designing and outfitting your starship, with
Games, both in the Empire Builder range and generators and suggestions for various
other planned products will help to address systems.
the gaps to fill in the framework you use here
to build your world’s history. Don’t be afraid Ritual Details Generator
to try new things out and to break the rules,
but, if you do so, try to have a good reason for Any spell, ritual or incantation normally
doing so and in the end, don’t forget to have requires something to be uttered or chanted.
fun! Does it have candles? What is that incense
you can smell and when and where is it taking
place?
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Empire Builder Kit Preface ............................................................ 2

www.enneadgames.com Settlement ................................................ 35

Twitter: @enneadgames Minor Event .............................................. 45

Copyright Also Available ................................................ 45

Cover background/Page Background

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You will probably also need to determine D6 Year Name

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A birth is normally a joyous event, celebrating

E vents come in roughly one of twenty

Determine the number of children born and

occurs and who it happens to. D100 Type of Birth

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Birth Mark Defiance

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Where two or more nations meet and don’t

Someone or something has been captured by

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Conquered Military Ceremony

Draft/Recruitment Drive Serious Injury/Wounded NPC

In peace or war-time, troops need to be

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Arcane Industrial area

A new item, powered by either arcane or

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Roll on the social & people table if you need

A new training facility has been opened, or a

This result may be a nature park established, Technology

The king enjoys plays and musicals and one is Wall/Border

Sages sometimes have astounding Other

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Arson is the act of intentionally and

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A trial takes place of a famous prisoner and

Covers anything else, from corrupt judges, to

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A trip or fall can be very dangerous if you land

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As with blindness, this may have been

Due to illness or combat or deliberate design,

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D20 Discovery & Science

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Some knowledge was never meant to be Mystery

This knowledge may be something mundane, Wizards, paladins, carpenters, blacksmiths

Research breakthrough & loss

Something has occurred during an experiment Resource

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You may also need to determine the target of

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Considered by many to be part of Counter Propaganda

Sometimes your deep undercover agents

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Be warned, there is no guarantee that the

A sleeper agent is a spy who has been placed

Stolen Knowledge As with other tables, this is for future

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D20 Type of marriage Forced due to pregnancy

Not all marriages last, people grow apart or

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Other Animals, generally, have only two reasons for