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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Observational 2
Sights 2
Scents 3
Sounds 4
Interactional 5
Passwords 5
Traps 15
Mimics 17
Treasures 26
Resources 29
Conclusion 30
For Extended Version...
Historical 31
Place of Innovations 32
Place of Production 34
Place of Teaching 36
Place of Arts & Culture 38
Place of Access 40
Place of Conquest 42
Place of Community 44
(End of Extended Version)
Acknowledgements 46
Appendix A (Fillable Template) 47
Appendix B (Player Handouts) 49
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INTRODUCTION NPC

A note from your author...

Have you ever felt like a forgotten ruin?

Yesterday was my birthday, and a tragedy in life

is when those you love forget it’s your birthday.

I’ve felt this tragedy, but what I find far more

devastating is when I forget the birthdays of the
people I love!

Maybe you feel forgotten today.

Maybe you feel like parts of your life are in ruins.

Cheer up, and have hope, because there are

millions of players around the world waiting
with excited anticipation to adventure through
the treasure lying within the forgotten ruins of
this book.

On this fact, I’m here to tell you there is treasure

inside of your mess.

There is priceless treasure within you that has

yet to be uncovered.

You just need to equip your adventurous eyes to

search for it.

If you don’t believe these words, then believe

me.

Because I know the One who put it there.

Enjoy.

Sincerely,
Your NPC, Assassin

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1. Observational
Let’s build the observable traits of your forgotten
ruin! In this section, we will cover three things:
A) Sights, B) Scents, and C) Sounds.

A) Sights
What does your forgotten ruin look like?

I. Does it appear secure, or flimsy?

III. How much has the local plant life moved into
1d4 Structure your forgotten ruin?
1 Timelessly grounded (think "the 1d4 Plant growth
pyramids")
1 Untouched by plant life
2 Structurally sound (think "brick and
2 Mild plant overgrowth
mortar house")
3 Invasive plant species sprawling
3 Slightly rickety (think "treehouse")
about
4 About to fall apart
4 Buried in thick foliage
Pro Tip: Just because it looks secure doesn’t
IV. Finally, how hidden is your forgotten ruin?
mean it is.
1d4 Plant growth
II. What does the surface texture look like? 1 In plain sight (DC 10 perception)
1d4 Surface 2 Off the beaten path (DC 13
1 Smooth perception)
2 Rough 3 Hidden away (DC 16 perception)
3 Shiny 4 Entirely obstructed from view (DC
20 perception)
4 Dull

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B) Scents
Next, what aromas does your forgotten ruin give
off? Roll from the table below to find out! Processed
53-54 Cotton Candy
1d100 Scent 55-56 Sweets
Floral 57-58 Coca-Cola
1-2 Rose 59-60 Bubble Gum
3-4 Jasmine 61-62 Lemonade
5-6 Lavender 63-64 Caramel
7-8 Lilies
Animalic
9-10 Violets
11-12 Lilacs 65-66 Musk
67-68 Amber
Citrus 69-70 Civet
13-14 Orange 71-72 Leather
15-16 Clementine 73-74 Goat Hair
17-18 Lemon 75-76 Truffle
19-20 Grapefruit
Green
21-22 Lime
77-78 Basil
Fruity 79-80 Mint
23-24 Apple 81-82 Green Tea
25-26 Pineapple 83-84 Aloe Vera
27-28 Berries 85-86 Cilantro
29-30 Peach 87-88 Fern
31-32 Lychee Woody
Aquatic 89-90 Cedar
33-34 Cascalone 91-92 Bamboo
35-36 Seaweed 93-94 Sandalwood
37-38 Cucumber 95-96 Eucalyptus
39-40 Coral Reef 97-98 Pine Tree
99-100 Agarwood (Oud)
Spicy
41-42 Cinnamon And what is the quality of that smell?
43-44 Cloves 1d4 Scent quality
45-46 Ginger 1 Pristine
47-48 Coriander 2 Musty
49-50 Saffron 3 Spoiled
51-52 Nutmeg 4 Just a hint
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C) Sounds players' attention somewhere hidden within

your forgotten ruin! Roll from the animal table in
Are there any unusual sounds? Perhaps the
this section to give your forgotten ruin the sound
sound of an animal scurrying about catches your
of a wandering critter who’s browsing about...
1d100 Local Critter
1 Alligators 35 Frogs 68 Pigeons
2 Alpacas 36 Geckoes 69 Pigs
3 Anacondas 37 Geese 70 Platypi
4 Ants 38 Goats 71 Possums
5 Baboons 39 Gophers 72 Pumas
6 Bears 40 Groundhogs 73 Quails
7 Beavers 41 Horses 74 Rabbits
8 Bees 42 Hyenas 75 Rats
9 Beetles 43 Iguanas 76 Ravens
10 Bison 44 Jackals 77 Robins
11 Boas 45 Jaguars 78 Sea Lions
12 Bobcats 46 Kangaroos 79 Seagulls
13 Capuchins 47 Lemmings 80 Sloths
14 Capybaras 48 Lemurs 81 Squirrels
15 Caterpillars 49 Leopards 82 Songbirds
16 Chameleons 50 Lions 83 Sparrows
17 Chipmunks 51 Llamas 84 Tamarins
18 Cockroaches 52 Macaques 85 Tapirs
19 Cobras 53 Macaws 86 Termites
20 Cougars 54 Mandrills 87 Tigers
21 Cows 55 Marmots 88 Toads
22 Coyotes 56 Meerkats 89 Toucans
23 Crabs 57 Mice 90 Umbrella Birds
24 Crocodiles 58 Monarchs 91 Vampire Bats
25 Crows 59 Moose 92 Vipers
26 Deer 60 Mosquitos 93 Vultures
27 Dingoes 61 Newts 94 Weasels
28 Donkeys 62 NIghtingales 95 Wild Dogs
29 Doves 63 Ocelots 96 Wolves
30 Eagles 64 Ostriches 97 Xerus
31 Elephants 65 Otters 98 Yacks
32 Emus 66 Owls 99 Zebras
33 Finches 67 Panthers 100 Zebus
34 Foxes
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2. Interactional
This brings us to the interactional segment of
building your forgotten ruin!

In this segment, we’ll cover four things:

A) Passwords, B) Traps, C) Treasure, and
D) Resources.

A) Passwords
Imagine a door inscribed with magical runes
that require a password to gain access!

Maybe it’s a machine door instead of a magic

one, making it immune to “dispel magic”...

What if the runes asked a certain question,

and the correct answer would open the door?
Perhaps the wrong answer might trigger a trap!
(See the next segment for those!)

Included in the following pages are

nine riddles of varying difficulty each
with answers you can use as queries
and passwords for your magical
doorways in your forgotten ruins!

These riddles should be plenty, but

if you want access to ALL my riddles,
then check out my compendium I
compiled specially for GM’s, called
“Ancient Riddles.”

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G M PA G E
Riddle I

What is it that’s blind with an

eye in its head, but the race of
mankind its use cannot spare;
spends all its life in clothing the
dead, but always itself is naked
and bare?

Answer:
Needle

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G M PA G E
Riddle VII

(assassin’s example no. 1)

I’ve stabbed more dead beasts

Than any man’s sword
I’m simple to craft
But I belong with a lord

Answer:
Fork

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G M PA G E
Riddle VIII

(assassin’s example no. 2)

I’ll make you hum

I’ll make you swing
I’ll make you numb
To every sting

Answer:
Beer

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G M PA G E
Riddle IX

No one can hold me

In his palms or sight;
I scatter sudden clatter
Far and wide.
I want to hammer oaks
With mournful might;
Yes, I strike sky
And scour countryside.

Answer:
Wind

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G M PA G E
Riddle XIII

Oft I must strive with wind and

wave, Battle them both when
under the sea I feel out the
bottom, a foreign land. In lying
still I am strong in the strife; If
I fail in that they are stronger
than I, And wrenching me loose,
soon put me to rout. They wish
to capture what I must keep.
I can master them both if my
grip holds out, If the rocks
bring succor and lend support,
Strength in the struggle. Ask me
my name!

Answer:
Anchor

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G M PA G E
Riddle XIV

My house is not quiet, I am not

loud; But for us God fashioned
our fate together.
I am the swifter, at times the
stronger, My house more
enduring, longer to last.
A times I rest; my dwelling still
runs; Within it I lodge as long as
I live.
Should we two be severed, my
death is sure.

Answer:
Fish in the river

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G M PA G E
Riddle XVII

The one who makes it, sells it.

The one who buys it, never uses
it. The one that uses it never
knows that he’s using it.
What is it?

Answer:
Coffin

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G M PA G E
Riddle XX

When set loose

I fly away,
Never so cursed
As when I go astray.
What am I?

Answer:
Fart

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G M PA G E
Riddle XXIII

I’m told a certain something

Grows in its pouch,
Swells and stands up,
Lifts its covering.
A proud bride grasped
That boneless wonder,
The daughter of a king
Covered that swollen thing
With clothing.

Answer:
Bread dough

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B) Traps Pro Tip: As always, steal borrow inspiration

when planning your traps from your favourite
What happens if your players give the wrong books, games, and movies (such as the “rolling
answer to you forgotten ruin’s magic doorway? boulder” trap from Indiana Jones).
Or perhaps you just want to add treachery to
your ruined hallways to make your players work I. Pit Traps
for the treasure waiting within!
These traps consist of a false floor that gives way
In this section, you’ll find everyday traps, “not from underneath a creature once stepped on.
traps” to mess with their heads, and mimic traps
from my compendium, "Roll Me A Dungeon." Pit traps can be empty, but the most exciting pit
traps are full of surprises inside!
The traps you throw at your players are confined
only to the limits of your imagination. You can Here is a table of surprises you can store in the
use this section to jumpstart your imagination, bottom of your pit traps.
or you can just use the traps listed below “as is”.
What is waiting at the bottom of your pit trap?
1. Everyday Traps 1d10 Pit Trap Surprise
1 Acid
These are the traps you see everyday, only with a 2 Bodies
twist!
3 Empty
This segment contains the following concepts: 4 Lava
I. Pit Traps, II. Projectile Traps, III. Dirty Traps, 5 Piranhas
IV. Magic Traps, and V. Balancing Your Traps. 6 Portal
7 Quicksand
8 Snakes
9 Spikes
10 Water

II. Projectile Traps

Projectile traps fire things at your players. You

can literally fire anything you want from a
projectile trap. Someday I hope to see a projectile
trap that shoots little green geckoes to annoy
unwanted intruders.

Projectile traps are activated by pressure plate,

tripwire, laser sensor, or by other physical or
magical means.

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What does your projectile trap fire?

1d8 Ammunition
1 Arrows
2 Bees
3 Bombs
4 Darts
5 Fire/flames
6 Javelins
7 Poison gas
8 Literally anything

III. Dirty Traps

These are the traps your players never see

coming that get them every time. If you want to
play dirty, add one or more of these traps to your
dungeon!
1) Back to Back
Plan two traps back-to-back from each other.
Most players don’t expect rooms to be double
trapped. Example: Place a pit trap right after a
projectile trap. They will probably fall for both.
2) False Stair Trap
As your players are walking down the stairs,
each step folds into the wall beneath it creating a
slippery slide that sends your players down the
chute at breakneck speeds, only to land flat on
their butts before whatever is waiting for them
below. This is a fast way to entirely remove your
players’ sense of control.
3) Slime Floor Trap
A living slime that takes the shape and colour of
your dungeon floor fills a pit or crevice in your
dungeon, creating a “false floor.” Upon being
stepped on, the slime gobbles up your players as
they begin to drown in its acidic slime. Gobble
gobble. (Treat the slime as a creature for the sake
of the encounter.)
4) Tarred and Feathered
A projectile trap spews tar on your player
causing them to take 1d6 fire damage followed
by a large puff of feathers which fuse to your
tarred player. The player is now tarred and
feathered.
5) Whipped Cream Pie
A pie filled with whipped cream (spoiled
whipped cream if you’re feeling especially nasty)
is lobbed at the player’s face. Your player has
now been pied.
IV. Magic Traps
You can take any of the traps above and make
them “magical” (ooooooh spoopy!) simply by
adding one of the following effects to your
players once the trap is activated. You can set
your magical effects to last for a duration (ie. one
minute, one hour, eight hours, etc.), or you can
give your players the opportunity to try rolling to
save from the effect again at the trap’s save DC at
the end of each of their turns. It’s honestly up to
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Here is a table of temporary magical effects. The Spell Equivalent by Level

affected player… Character Moderate Dangerous Deadly
1d10 Effect Level
1 Becomes magnetic 1-4 Cantrip 1st 2nd
2 Enters slow motion (all movement 5-10 1st 3rd 6th
is halved) 11-16 3rd 6th 9th
3 Gains a body part 17-20 6th 9th 9th+5th
4 Gets turned into a beast
5 Is magically blinded
6 Is magically deafened 2. "Not Traps"
7 Is magically muted
Next, we have the “Not Traps.” These are the
8 Loses a body part
traps that look like traps but are actually not
9 Loses gravity traps at all. Shocker, I know.
10 Magically gets heavier (8x lbs)
Their sole purpose is to mess with your
V. Balancing Your Traps players’ heads, making these encounters a “trap
of the mind” more than anything else.
Balancing traps can be tricky business.
Thankfully, this is something XGtE covers on Example: You place a pressure plate in your
page 116. I have included two tables from the dungeon that does absolutely nothing. When
page mentioned above for your easy reference your players enter the room, you mention this
(Crawford et al., 2017).1 pressure plate to your players. Your players
freak out, and treat it like the nuclear launch
Trap Save DCs and Attack Bonuses codes that could potentially trigger WWIII.
Trap Danger Save/Check DC Attack Bonus
Moderate 10 +5 The more suspicious your “not trap” looks, the
more you will mess with your players heads.
Dangerous 15 +8
And the more your “not trap” messes with your
Deadly 20 +12 players heads in this context, the better! Happy
head messing, my friend!
Damage Severity by Level
Character Moderate Dangerous Deadly 3. Mimics
Level
1-4 5 11 22 Mimics are a classic way to mess with your
(1d10) (2d10) (4d10) players. I have included my PDF compendium
5-10 11 22 55 “100 Mimics” featuring over 100 mimics on the
(2d10) (4d10) (10d10) following pages to fill your head with crazy ideas.
I hope you enjoy.
11-16 22 55 99
(4d10) (10d10) (18d10)
17-20 55 99 132
(10d10) (18d10) (24d10)

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One-Hundred Mimics
Do your players have trust issues? Not yet?
Well I can give you a hand with that. Below I have
compiled an extensive database of over one-
hundred mimics (along with an additional ten
gargantuan mimics at the end of this list) for you
to use in your RPG dungeons.
Next to each mimic idea is a brief description
of the mimic in question to help you get your
creative-juices flowing.
Your players will never see it coming, and by the
end of this list, they may never want to touch
anything in your world ever again. Enjoy my
friend!
Basic Mimics
You may roll 1d100 to randomly pick a mimic
from the list of 100 mimics below, or you can go
through this list to find a mimic that would best
suit your campaign environment (aka fool your
players).
1. Door
A door. Just a door. A door mimic. They’ll never
see it coming.
2. Doorknob
Still part of the door, but these mimics are much
more clever than their door-mimic counterparts.
They’ll never see it coming.
3. Door Frame
Only the mimics who have achieved
enlightenment will know that the ultimate way
to hide in a doorway is to become the doorframe.
These mimics will wait until your players are
under the doorway before dropping down to om-
nom on the least-intimidating looking character
in your party.
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4. Keyhole
You’ve heard of sneaky-little hobbitses - well
now we have sneaky-little mimicksies. Small and
vile, these mimic children have developed a taste
for lock-picking fingers. Rogues beware.
5. Key
Oh, you are a cruel one. Not the door, not the
handle, but the KEY? Give your players trust
issues when you add key mimics into your
games.
6. Chest
A chest. Just a chest. A chest mimic. They’ll never
see it coming.
7. The Floor Right In Front Of A Chest
This mimic will nom on your players once they
succeed on their investigation checks to ensure
that the chest in the corner of the room is, in fact,
not a mimic.
8. Lock On The Chest
Or any lock really. This mimic also enjoys
disguising itself as padlocks, knob locks, bicycle
locks, goldilocks, etc.
9. Not The Chest, But What’s Inside
This mimic is more intelligent than its less-
evolved mimic cousin, the “chest mimic.” Lul
your players into a safe sense of security before
om-nom-nomming down on them with the
mimic disguised as the loot within the chest
they thought was safe. While these mimics
have a higher survival rate, they also see less
adventurers, as keys to these chests are often not
included.
10. Iron Safe
A safe place to teach your players that there is no
such thing as a safe “safe.”
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11. Barrel
Like its cousin the “chest mimic,” this mimic is
an absolute let down once you learn that it only
likes you for your innards.
12. Box In A Merchant Store
Just a box. It’s probably full of valuable things like
ivory, and teeth.
13. Cashier In A Merchant Store
Serves your players right for trying to rob a
cashier register.
14. Wagon Wheel
A wooden wheel that would affix to the axle of
a wagon, allowing said wagon to roll in a linear
motion in the direction the driver is determined
to go. Only it’s a MIMIC! Ho boy, I bet you didn’t
see that one coming.
15. Wagon Chair
This mimic will om-nom on your traveling
players’ bottoms.
16. Street Sign
Most mimics stay underground where they are
protected from the invasive rays of the scorching
sunlight. But to the street-sign mimic, the surface
world is full of untapped potential! Shock your
players with a street-sign mimic as it boldly feeds
where no mimic has fed before - albeit, rather
blindly in the sun’s scorching rays.
17. Hat
The first in a series of mimics disguising
themselves as wearable items, the hat mimic
has been listening to far too many mindflayer
podcasts and just wants to eat your brains.
18. Helmet
A close relative to the hat mimic, the helmet
mimic knows that it’s an absolute joke (because
helmets don’t add to your AC in 5E), yet lacks the
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confidence in itself to transform into its more
glamorous relative, the crown mimic. If you see
a helmet mimic, just give it a little bit of positive
reinforcement, and it will thank you before
eating your brains.
19. Crown
The crown mimic thinks it’s better than all of its
hat-mimic relatives. And it’s right. There’s just no
gentle way of putting this, a crown is a lot more
enticing to a party of adventurers than a hat or a
helmet. It’s just facts.
20. Cloaks
These mimics like to hide on coat racks and door
hangers. By now, your players should have a
general understanding that nothing they touch is
safe, not even the cloaks on the backs. But wait, it
gets worse.
21. Armor
Oh, ho, ho. Let’s make it a breastplate mimic - no,
a platemail mimic! And let’s size it precisely to
the height and bust of that one character who’s
been nagging for a new set of armor all week
long!
22. Bathing Suit
Not gonna lie, I’m not sure what the bathing-suit
mimic was thinking. Maybe it just really likes
music and wants to attract all the bards so it can
have a live performance along with its dinner? I
don’t know ¯\_(O_o)_/¯
23. Shirt
This mimic claims to be the original “clothing
mimic,” continually branding all other clothing
mimics as “posers” and “copycats” who are just
thirsty for flesh.
24. Jacket
Like the cloak mimic, but one-hundred-times
more stylish.
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25. Codpiece
The mimic that makes anyone who sports the
anatomy to wear a codpiece shudder in their
boots.
26. Boots
Just a pair of polished-leather boots pretending
to be a mimic. Wait, it’s the other way around.
27. Shoe
Just one shoe. A singular shoe. That’s all. Nothing
more. Nothing to see here.
28. Ring
A really tiny mimic. Honestly the babiest of
baby mimics. But hoooooo boy, this baby has an
appetite.
29. Wooden Peg Leg On A Pirate
I was contemplating saving this mimic for later,
but I’ll include it here now because it’s such a
brilliant idea. Give your pirate NPC a “peg-leg
mimic” to om-nom on his enemies. Pirates are
good at making enemies, so I’m sure his “peg-leg
mimic” will never go hungry.
30. Bag Of Holding
Magic and mimics? What an ingenious
combination. This mimic likes holding bodies.
The bodies of your players.
31. Normal Bag
The less-intelligent variation of its more
advanced kin “the bag-of-holding mimic,” the
“normal-bag mimic” exists as proof that there
will always be someone greedy enough to sift
through a perfectly normal bag.
32. Coin Purse
The smallest of all bag mimics, the coin-purse
mimic enjoys mauling hands whole.
33. Sword
A sword, but the entire sword is a mimic.
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34. Sword, But The Blade Is The Mimic
I mean the title is pretty self-explanatory here.
Just a sword hilt. Normal ol’ sword hilt. With a
blade. And that blade is- yep, you guessed it. It’s
a mimic.
35. Sword In A Stone
A sword that’s not a mimic, but it’s wedged into a
mimic disguised as a giant stone.
36. Sword In A Gelatinous Cube
Is that a legendary sword floating around inside
of a gelatinous cube? It can’t possibly be a mimic.
37. Weapon Display
A rack full of weapons. Or a katana on a pedestal.
Or a coat-of-arms hung up on a bedroom wall.
“Weapon display mimic” comes in many shapes
and sizes!
38. Spyglass
These mimics play eye-spy with curious eyeballs.
They eat adventurer’s eyes, and then the rest of
the adventurer too.
39. Map
The last mimic that took a bite out of ol’ Assassin
was a “map mimic.” Just a plain ol’ map, plastered
against a dungeon wall. Who wouldn’t want to
take a closer look at the possibility of knowing
exactly what rooms the dungeon has in store for
them?
40. Waterskin
What was once a kiss of life is now an om-
nomious smooch of DEATH! Tell your players to
“get nommed” by leaving a waterskin mimic next
to their loot.
41. Tinderbox
Nothing too fancy, just a fire starting kit. Not the
brightest mimic of the bunch.
42. Compass
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direction. Down its throat, and into its stomach.
43. Umbrella
I mean there’s not a whole lot to say about the
umbrella mimic. It’s just a mimic that decided to
turn into an umbrella. I like to imagine that as the
player opens up the umbrella, they see a giant
umbrella-sized mouth breathing down their
necks while the umbrella handle slowly turns
into a sticky-purple tongue they can’t let go of.
44. Healer’s Kit
Healing kits help players increase their HP. This
healing kit helps your players decrease their HP
by storing it in a safe place where they will never
see it again.
45. Rope
“A pile of rope! Fifty feet of hempen rope! Who
wouldn’t want a pile of rope?” thought the mimic
as it transformed into a pile of hempen rope.
46. Broom
These mimics were the hyper-vigilant
clean freaks of the family who were always
making sure everything was well-dusted and
presentable, just in case dinner was to waltz
through the dungeon earlier than usual.
47. Ladder
This mimic gets pretty high.
48. Jewelry
Here’s a little lesson in trickery: your players
simply can’t resist jewellry!
49. Pile Of Coins
Your players ALSO can’t resist a pile of coins!
Gold ones especially. There is something about
the gold.
50. Wand
Bibbity bobbity boo, this mimic is slobbering all
over you.
51. Mirror
This mimic feeds only on the most vain
adventurers. And on all the other adventurers
too.
52. Magical Instrument
They say playing the guitar helps you pick up
chicks. Who knew being a guitar would help you
pick up the peeps trying to pick up the chicks?
The guitar mimic knew.
53. Candle
This mimic just wants to get lit.
54. Torch
This mimic just wants to light the way.
55. Lantern
This mimic is just tired of hearing everyone say,
“I have dark vision.”
56. Toilet
The “toilet mimic” has seen (and smelt) many
horrible things it will never be able to unsee (or
unsmell) during its lifetime.
57. Window
These tinted glass windows will betray you.
58. Drapes
The “drape mimic” could match the carpet, but
it doesn’t want to. Has anyone ever asked about
what color the “drape mimic” wants to be? I
didn’t think so.
59. Carpet
The “carpet mimic” always matches the drapes
and has no regard for “drape mimic’s” feelings.
“Drape mimic” would know.
60. Cabinet
This mimic will provide the containers if you
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61. Flower Vase (The Vase) 72. Floorboard

I mean at this point, I honestly can’t tell if the Watch your step.
mimics are getting more creative, or desperate.
73. Floor Tiles
62. Scroll Watch your step two-point oh.
This mimic likes to roll.
74. One Stair In A Spiral Staircase
63. Book Watch your step with a thump, thump, thump on
The “book mimic,” also known as the the way down.
“om-nom-icon.”

75. Doormat
64. Bookshelf
This quaint little “doormat mimic” has the words
The books are real books. The shelf is the mimic.
“welcome” stitched into it.
This mimic pretends it likes to read, but all the
other mimics know it’s illiterate.
76. Painting
This mimic can be described as so: “You spot a
65. Table
painting of vibrant colors splattered across a
This mimic eats at a table like a civilized
white backdrop, the kind of thing a five year old
creature.
could have painted but was probably made by
a famous artist and is now worth more money
66. Plain Chair than you could ever make in seven lifetimes.”
Nothing special about this mimic. Just a plain old
om-nom with a taste for your bottom.
77. Ornate Tapestry
Large piece of fabric with mind-bending
67. Comfy Chair geometrics. It’s probably worth something, right?
A comfy-bottom om-nom.
78. Wall
68. Couch Why be a door when you can be a wall?
The comfiest-bottom om-nom of them all. This
mimic looks into the magic mirror and knows
79. Brick Disguised As A Secret Button
that it’s the fairest of them all. It doesn’t even
You know those indented bricks that people
need to ask.
press in those stuffy mansions to reveal
hidden walls or doorways into secret rooms or
69. Bed locations? That’s this guy.
After a long day of adventuring, the exhausted
traveler throws off their armor and falls onto the
80. Fake Dead End In A Hallway
mimic.
Like the “wall mimic” but even cruller, the “fake
dead end in a hallway mimic” has no respect for
70. Taxidermy Of An Animal life or dungeon progression whatsoever.
The stuffed animals before they were cute.
81. Ceiling
71. Bear Pelt Fat like the wall mimic, but high like the ladder
Just a giant bearskin lying on the floor. Nothing to mimic.
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82. Chandelier
The elder brother to the torch, candle and
lantern mimics fixed atop the dining-room table,
this mimic packs a punch for when the people
below eat their lunch.
83. Cup
A “C-tier” mimic who thinks it’s the stuff.
84. Coffee Mug
A slight variation of the cup mimic. Don’t even
talk to coffee-mug mimic until it’s had its human.
85. Bottle
The classier relative of the “cup” and “mug”
mimics, the “bottle mimic” has a taste for the
finer things in life.
86. Beer Jug
The larger relative of the “cup” and “bottle”
mimics. Sometimes people pour beer down
“beer-jug mimic’s” throat. Those people may live.
87. Glowing Goblet On A Pedestal
The ascended great-grand papi of the cup-mimic
family, the “glowing goblet on a pedestal mimic”
uses its saliva to reflect nearby light sources,
keeping its skin moist and healthy for that
illustrious glow.
88. Potato
Looks like a potato. Thinks like a potato.
89. Bread
Not quite the dough players are searching for, but
at least bread mimic tried its very darn best.
90. Health Potion
Reward your players with a “health potion
mimic.”
91. Wheel Of Cheese
It thinks it’s cheesy, but it’s just a load of cheddar.
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92. Fork
This mimic relies on the civilized person’s
appetite in order to keep itself well fed.
93. Cook Pot
This mimic eats the food placed in its basin
before eating the chef, causing it to get a whole
lot fatter a whole lot faster.
94. Jar Of Pickles
There will always be that one individual who
decides to take that jar of pickles for themselves.
The “jar-of-pickles mimic” is really counting on
that one individual to show up each dungeon
run.
95. Rock
This mimic often wonders why it doesn’t have
many friends.
96. Bush
This mimic has more friends than the “rock
mimic,” but still often wonders why it doesn’t
have many friends.
97. Icicle
This mimic hangs from ceilings and drops down
on unsuspecting victims below!
98. Armor Stand
Not the armor, but the wooden stand on which it
sits. If the “armor stand mimic” is holding a set of
plate armor when it transforms, does that mean
it’s wearing plate armor during combat?
99. Bowling Ball
Similarly to the scroll, the bowling-ball mimic
likes to rock and roll.
100. Plush Mimic
A cute, widdle, pwushie, mimic bayyybeeeee!
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Giant Mimics
As the name suggests, these mimics are larger
than life. Their constant feeding and lack of
fragmentation inflates their mass, and their
confidence, to the moon.
2. Carriage
This could either be a carriage parked in a barn/
stable/garage, or a broken down carriage on the
side of the road.

Roll 1d10 for a random giant mimic, or choose 3. Entire Dungeon Room
one from the list below. Results in this list are It can be any room really, it just turns into the
organized by size, from smallest to largest. belly of a mimic. Easy pickings.

1. Small Tree 4. Shop

Just a small tree. Below is a list of fruit trees Imagine a mimic the size of a shop. Now imagine
that will lure your players, because every mimic said mimic striking a deal with a sentient life
knows that the bird is the word. I’m sorry, my form, such as a humanoid creature, who would
brain just went there and I was unable to steer it “pretend” to run the shop and lure players in.
away. Then the mimic would om-nom on everyone
except for the fake shopkeep, who would
Roll 1d20 for a fruit tree. continue to feed the mimic new victims. Just a
1d20 Tree thought.
1 Almond tree
2 Apple tree
5. House
That’s right, a whole home. One big grandaddy
3 Avocado tree mimic. Rooms, toilets, everything you’d need.
4 Banana tree Or who knows, maybe it’s an empty home? It
5 Cherry tree must be a fun home though, because no one ever
6 Durian tree comes back outside.
7 Elderberry tree
6. Bridge
8 Fig tree
Yo’ players be like, “How convenient, a bridge!”
9 Guava tree and as they walk across the bridge, you give your
10 Jackfruit tree silent mimic a surprise round of om-nom before
11 Lemon tree asking everyone to roll initiative. It’s FLAWLESS!
12 Mangotree
13 Mulberry tree 7. Library Mimic Colony
So not necessarily a giant mimic, but rather
14 Olive tree
many, many smaller mimics disguised as books
15 Papaya tree who’ve made the library their home.
16 Peach tree
17 Pear tree 8. Mansion
18 Plum tree The big brother of the “house mimic,” the
19 Pomegranate tree mansion mimic is the reason we can’t have nice
things.
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9. The Road 10. Giant Tower

You’d think it’s a dirt highway, but it’s actually a This behemoth of a mimic casts a shadow on
mimic. This thing will eat your horse, your items, the landscape below. I like to imagine the “giant
AND your carriage as it attempts to swallow you tower mimic” as having a cone-shaped roof that
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C) Treasure
What treasures await your players within your
forgotten ruin? The following pages contain
hand-crafted loot tables sorted by value you can
hide behind the locked doors of your forgotten
ruin!
These 120-loot items should tie you over! If
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Ancient Temple Castle Keep

1d20 Loot Less 1d20 Loot
1 1d4 little trilobites 1 Stone brick, bloodied and
2 Skeleton of a human sacrifice broken
3 Pile of rat turds 2 Smoldering torch
4 Abandoned bird nests with 3 Bent crooked key
maggots 4 Child’s drawing of a girl and
5 Small pouch of dried corn her dad
kernels 5 Guillotine lever
6 Pair of broken spectacles 6 Small bag of pine nuts
7 Tablet with an ancient illegible Value 7 Pair of hedge clippers
script 8 Crumpled letter to the king
8 Blue Jay nest with unhatched 9 Proud prowling peacock
eggs 10 Royal banner torn up
9 Peacock feathers 11 1d4 spare guillotine blades
10 Giant eagle feather 12 Guard’s pike
11 Tattered priest’s robes 13 Small lantern
12 Jaguar furs 14 Pack of 1d6 cigars
13 1d4 sticks of incense 15 Scarlett embroidered
More
14 Pterodactyl skull handkerchief
15 Tyrannosaurus rex skull 16 Shield with coat of arms
16 Pouch containing 5d4 gp 17 Lockpicking kit
17 Sacred ornamental dagger (20 18 Executioner’s axe (greataxe)
gp) 19 Pouch with 3d20 gp
18 Small bronze idol with ruby 20 Seal (stamp) of the ruler
eyes (30 gp)
19 Adorned priest’s headpiece
(80 gp)
20 Tiny polished emerald (300
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Catacombs Haunted House

1d20 Loot 1d20 Loot
1 Pile of dead mice 1 Dead crow
2 Rotting head 2 1d4 cockroaches
3 Dog skull 3 Hangman’s noose
4 Red-eyed rat 4 White blanket with a face
drawn on it
5 2d6 wilted roses
5 Bloodied kitchen cutting knife
6 Shard of obsidian
Less 6 1d6 black candles
7 Fossilized crustaceans
7 Sugar-glazed donut
8 1d6 candles
8 Creepy smiling ceramic doll
9 Sack of salt
9 Patchwork bed quilt (king
10 Crowbar
sized)
11 Prayer shawl
10 Wooden ladder
12 Jar of embalming
11 Polished silver door knob (5
13 Shard of quartz sp)
14 1d4 shovels 12 Wooden game of checkers
15 Ticking pocket watch Value 13 White-laced umbrella
16 Glass dagger 14 Complete set of fire irons (fire
17 Royal goblet (25 gp) pokers) (2 gp)
18 Harp (30 gp) 15 1d6 framed paintings of an
19 Ceremonial helmet (35 gp) aristocratic family
20 Golden spear (50 gp) 16 Pair of wireframe reading
spectacles
17 Golden candle holder (10 gp)
18 Old leatherbound storybook
More with gold trim (15 gp)
19 Dusty victorian lamp (25 gp)
20 Brass trumpet (30 gp)

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Ruined Bridge Sunken/Underwater City

1d20 Loot 1d20 Loot
1 Drowned rat 1 1d100 floating barnacles
2 1d4 tadpoles 2 Dead anglerfish
3 Soggy wooden chair 3 Wooden rudder
4 1d4 yellowed troll teeth 4 Clownfish
5 Salmon-berry bush 5 Corn-husk doll
6 Pair of copper earrings 6 Bright red coral fan
7 1d100 acorns Less 7 Locathah statuette
8 Checkered picnic blanket 8 Giant crab claw
9 Gorgeous growing petunia 9 Megalodon tooth
10 Set of water-damaged playing 10 Stone illithid head
cards 11 Magically dry mundane
11 Large salmon cookbook
12 Rusty crowbar 12 Seahorse saddle
13 Gargoyle wing 13 Rusty triton trident
14 Locked bronze padlock with 14 Lit lantern
no key Value
15 Golden teapot lamp (75 gp)
15 Pair of iron stirrups 16 Marid turban (250 gp)
16 1d4 gp strewn about 17 Spell scroll of fireball (300 gp)
17 Marble statuette of a historic 18 1d6 pearls (100 gp each)
ruler 19 Potion of superior healing
18 1d4 metal discus (750 gp)
19 Glazed porcelain ocarina (50 20 Nessie egg (5,000 gp)
go)
20 Set of jewel-encrusted cutlery If you want access to 1,000+ more creative
(150 gp) More loot ideas for your players, check out my loot
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D) Resources 28 Pineapples
29 Poppies
Perhaps barrels of resources line the walls
30 Potatoes
of your forgotten ruin, left behind for some
mysterious reason by the previous inhabitants. 31 Pumpkins
Which resource was being stored in your 32 Strawberries
forgotten ruin? Let’s roll to find out! 33 Sugarcane
34 Tea
Magical resources are written in "italics" if you
35 Tobacco
wish to exclude them from your forgotten ruin.
36 Truffles
Produce 37 Watercress
1d100 Resource 38 Wheat
1 Apples 39 Wine
2 Bananas 40 Goodberries
3 Beans Livestock
4 Beets 41 Bears
5 Black Pepper 42 Boar
6 Blueberries 43 Buffalo
7 Carrots 44 Camels
8 Cherries 45 Cattle
9 Chili 46 Chickens
10 Cloves 47 Crocodiles
11 Cinnamon 48 Donkeys
12 Cocoa 49 Ducks
13 Coffee 50 Elephants
14 Corn 51 Geese/swans
15 Cotton 52 Goats
16 Grapefruit 53 Honeybees
17 Kelp 54 Horses
18 Lemons 55 Llamas
19 Lettuce 56 Mastiffs
20 Limes 57 Mules
21 Mangos 58 Ostriches
22 Maple Syrup 59 Pigs
23 Nuts 60 Rabbits
24 Olives 61 Scorpions
25 Oranges 62 Sheep
26 Rice 63 Silk Worms
27 Rubber Tree 64 Turkeys
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65 Yaks If you rolled a 99, roll 1d6 to find your village’s old
carcass, or select one from the list below.
66 Zebu
67 Dragons
1d6 Old Carcass
68 Griffons
69 Mimics 1 Ancient Dragon
70 Will-o-Wisp 2 Dragon Turtle
Mining 3 Iron Golem
71 Amber 4 Kraken
72 Coal 5 Purple Worm
73 Copper 6 Tarrasque
74 Diamonds
75 Gold
76 Gypsum Conclusion
77 Iron
Congratulations, you legend!
78 Jade
79 Lead You now have access to everything you need to
80 Marble build your players a forgotten ruin!
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83 Platinum includes details on your forgotten ruin’s history,
84 Quartz what caused it’s downfall, how long ago it fell,
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90 Mithral
God bless!
Scavenging
91 Furs -Assassin
92 Ivory
93 Lumber
94 Mushrooms
95 Pearls
96 Seafood
97 Turtle Eggs
98 Whales
99 Old Carcass
100 Mana Ley Lines
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3. Historical
In this section, we will determine four things for
your ruin:

A) What was it used for?

B) Why did it collapse?
C) How long ago did it fall?
D) Is it still at risk?

First, let’s determine what your ruin was

originally used for (its purpose). Once you
have rolled its purpose, you can skip to the
corresponding page further along in this book to
flesh out your ruin for your players!

A) What was it used for?

1d8 Purpose
1 Place of Innovation
2 Place of Production
3 Place of Teaching
4 Place of Arts & Culture
5 Place of Access
6 Place of Conquest
7 Place of Community
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1) Place of Innovations Reasons “Place of Innovations” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of innovations being used 1 Became socially unacceptable
for? Roll below to find out! 2 Became technologically obsolete
3 Caught conspiring with the enemy
1d20 Purpose (Innovations)
4 Caught embezzling resources
1 Aerial Transportation Laboratory
5 Equipment malfunction
2 Aquatic Farming Tool Laboratory
6 Experiment gone out of control
3 Aquatic Transportation Laboratory
7 Invaded by enemy forces
4 Arcane Laboratory
8 Lack of funding
5 Black Powder Laboratory
9 Natural disaster
6 Chemical Warfare Laboratory
10 Run out of business by competitors
7 Cloning Laboratory
11 Viral outbreak
8 Combustions Laboratory
12 Workplace accident
9 Construction Safety Laboratory
10 Harnessed Farming tool Laboratory Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Land Transportation Laboratory place.
12 Large Construction Machinery
Laboratory
13 Medical Equipment Laboratory
14 Necromancy Laboratory
15 Pharmaceutical Laboratory
16 Seed Germination Laboratory
17 Siegeworks Laboratory
18 Small Farming Tool Laboratory
19 Surgical Experimentation
Laboratory
20 Weapons Laboratory

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your laboratory ruin. If your
10 700 years ago ruin was destroyed by an “experiment gone out
of control,” and you rolled “high risk,” perhaps
11 1000 years ago
the same experiment is about to ruin your
12 2000 years ago players' lives while your players investigate…

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2) Place of Production Reasons “Place of Production” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of production being used 1 Became socially unacceptable
for? Roll below to find out! 2 Became technologically obsolete
3 Caught conspiring with the enemy
1d20 Purpose (Production)
4 Caught embezzling resources
1 Brick & Mortar Factory
5 Equipment malfunction
2 Ceramics Factory
6 Invaded by enemy forces
3 Chemical weapons Factory
7 Lack of funding
4 Chocolate Factory
8 Natural disaster
5 Coal Factory
9 Rebellion
6 Grain Factory
10 Run out of business by competitors
7 Handheld Weapons Factory
11 Viral outbreak
8 Heavy Armour Factory
12 Workplace accident
9 Heavy Metals Factory
10 Lumber Factory Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Magic Item Factory place.
12 Opium Factory
13 Paper Factory
14 Potion Factory
15 Salt Factory
16 Ship Building Factory
17 Siegeworks Factory
18 Stone Cutting Factory
19 Sugar Factory
20 Textile Factory

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with the factory ruin. If your ruin
10 700 years ago was destroyed by “equipment malfunction,” and
you rolled “high risk,” perhaps that same piece of
11 1000 years ago
equipment is bound to malfunction once again
12 2000 years ago while your players investigate…

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3) Place of Teaching Reasons “Place of Teaching” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of teaching being used for? 1 Became socially unacceptable
Roll below to find out! 2 Became technologically obsolete
3 Building was condemned
1d20 Purpose (Teaching)
4 Caught conspiring with the enemy
1 School of Agriculture
5 Caught embezzling resources
2 School of Animal Husbandry
6 Invaded by enemy forces
3 School of Arcane Arts
7 Lack of funding
4 School of Architecture
8 Natural disaster
5 School of Astrology
9 Rumored to be “cursed”
6 School of Carpentry
10 Teaching misinformation
7 School of Ceramics
11 Viral outbreak
8 School of Civil Engineering
12 Workplace accident
9 School of Culinary Arts
10 School of Hunting & Trapping Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 School of Literature place.
12 School of Martial Arts
13 School of Masonry
14 School of Mechanical Engineering
15 School of Music
16 School of Painting
17 School of Sculpting
18 School of Seamanship
19 School of Smithing
20 School of Textile Engineering

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your school ruin. If your ruin
10 700 years ago was once ravaged by a “viral outbreak,” and you
rolled “high risk,” perhaps the same virus is still
11 1000 years ago
running rampant throughout your ruin while
12 2000 years ago your players investigate…

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4) Place of Arts & Culture Reasons “Place of Arts & Culture” Collapsed…
1d12 Reason
What was your place of Arts & Culture being 1 Became socially unacceptable
used for? Roll below to find out! 2 Building was condemned
3 Caught embezzling resources
1d20 Purpose (Arts & Culture)
4 Lack of funding
1 Agricultural Museum
5 Natural disaster
2 Archeological Museum
6 Offended a powerful person
3 Ceramics Museum
7 Ransacked by enemy forces
4 Literature Museum
8 Rumored to be “cursed”
5 Mineral Museum
9 Run out of business by competitors
6 Nautical Museum
10 Understaffed
7 Painting Museum
11 Viral outbreak
8 Sculpture Museum
12 Workplace accident
9 Taxidermy Museum
10 Technological Museum Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Ballet Theatre place.
12 Circus Theatre
13 Comedy Theatre
14 Fashion Theatre
15 Gladiatorial Theatre
16 Magician Theatre
17 Opera Theatre
18 Orchestral Theatre
19 Playwright Theatre
20 Poetry Theatre

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your museum or theatre ruin.
10 700 years ago If your ruin was abandoned because the building
was “condemned,” and you rolled “high risk,”
11 1000 years ago
perhaps the ruin is at risk of collapsing while
12 2000 years ago your players investigate…

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF ACCESS) NPC

5) Place of Access Reasons “Place of Access” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of Access being used for? 1 Became socially unacceptable
Roll below to find out! 2 Became technologically obsolete
3 Building was condemned
1d20 Purpose (Access)
4 Caught conspiring with the enemy
1 Gemstone Bank
5 Caught embezzling resources
2 Gold Bank
6 Invaded by enemy forces
3 Salt Bank
7 Natural disaster
4 Sugar Bank
8 Rebellion
5 Water Bank
9 Regional economic collapse
6 Machinery Vault
10 Rumored to be “cursed”
7 Magic Items Vault
11 Run out of business by competitors
8 Religious Relic Vault
12 Viral outbreak
9 Technology Vault
10 Weapons Vault Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Artifact Warehouse place.
12 Ceramics Warehouse
13 Furniture Warehouse
14 Furs Warehouse
15 Liquor Warehouse
16 Literature Warehouse
17 Lumber Warehouse
18 Textiles Warehouse
19 Wagon Warehouse
20 Wheel Warehouse

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF ACCESS) NPC

How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your bank or warehouse
10 700 years ago ruin. If your ruin was destroyed by a natural
disaster and you rolled “high risk,” perhaps
11 1000 years ago
an earthquake is bound to happen while your
12 2000 years ago players investigate…

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF CONQUEST) NPC

6) Place of Conquest Reasons “Place of Conquest” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of conquest being used for? 1 Army starved to death
Roll below to find out! 2 Became socially unacceptable
3 Became technologically obsolete
1d20 Purpose (Conquest)
4 Building was condemned
1 Barracks
5 Caught conspiring with the enemy
2 Blockhouse
6 Invaded by enemy forces
3 Bunker
7 Natural disaster
4 Castle
8 Political infighting amongst leaders
5 Citadel
9 Rebellion
6 Compound
10 Redistribution of military forces
7 Flak Tower
11 Rumored to be “cursed”
8 Fire Support Base
12 Viral outbreak
9 Fortified Church
10 Hill Fort Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Martello Tower place.
12 Palace Fort
13 Peel Towers
14 Polygonal Fort
15 Promontory Fort
16 Redoubt
17 Star Fort
18 Stockade
19 Watchtower
20 Water Fort

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF CONQUEST) NPC

How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your conquest ruin. If your
10 700 years ago ruin was destroyed by “invading enemy forces,”
and you rolled “high risk,” perhaps remnants of
11 1000 years ago
the enemy still lurk nearby while your players
12 2000 years ago investigate…

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF COMMUNIT Y) NPC

7) Place of Community Reasons “Place of Community” Collapsed…

1d12 Reason
What was your place of community being used 1 Became socially unacceptable
for? Roll below to find out! 2 Building was condemned
3 Caught conspiring with the enemy
1d20 Purpose (Community)
4 Caught embezzling resources
1 Archery Arena
5 Invaded by enemy forces
2 Fencing Arena
6 Lack of funding
3 Gymnastics
7 Natural disaster
4 Horse Racing Arena
8 Rumored to be “cursed”
5 Javelin Arena
9 Run out of business by competitors
6 Jousting Arena
10 Understaffed
7 Martial Arts Arena
11 Viral outbreak
8 Riflery Arena
12 Workplace accident
9 Track & Field Arena
10 Wrestling Arena Now let’s figure out how long ago this event took
11 Brothel Tavern place.
12 Exhibit Tavern
13 Exotic Tavern
14 Gambling Tavern
15 Impoverished Tavern
16 Mob Tavern
17 Piano Tavern
18 Royal Tavern
19 Safehouse Tavern
20 Wealthy Tavern

Now that you know what your ruin was used for,
consider how this would affect the structure of
the ruin, and what items your players might find
strewn about within it!

Next, let's determine why your ruin collapsed.

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3. HISTORICAL (PL ACE OF COMMUNIT Y) NPC

How long ago did it fall? Finally, let’s see if your ruin is still at risk from
1d12 Timespan the event that caused its demise.
1 1 year ago
Is it still at risk?
2 4 years ago
1d4 Risk Level
3 10 years ago
1 No risk
4 25 years ago
2 Low risk
5 50 years ago
3 Medium risk
6 70 years ago
4 High risk
7 100 years ago
8 250 years ago Consider how this might affect your players'
9 500 years ago interactions with your arena or tavern ruin.
10 700 years ago If your ruin was abandoned because it was
rumored to be “cursed,” and you rolled “high
11 1000 years ago
risk,” perhaps some bad luck awaits your players
12 2000 years ago within the ruin waiting to ruin their day…

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Appendix A
Fillable Template

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F I L L A B L E T E M P L AT E NPC

Name: Date:

Forgotten Ruin Name:

1. Observational
A) Sights: B) Scents: C) Sounds:

Quality:

2. Interactional
A) Password B) Traps: C) Treasure:
Type:
Riddle:

Mimic Ideas: D) Resources:

3. Historical (Extended Version)

A) Purpose

B) Collapse

C) Timeline B) Risk

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Appendix B
Player Handouts
(Riddles)

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What is it that’s
blind with an eye
in its head, but the
race of mankind its
use cannot spare;
spends all its life in
clothing the dead,
but always itself is
naked and bare?

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I’ve stabbed
more dead beasts
Than any
man’s sword
I’m simple
to craft
But I belong
with a lord

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I’ll make you hum
I’ll make you swing
I’ll make you numb
To every sting

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No one can hold
me in his palms
or sight; I scatter
sudden clatter far
and wide. I want to
hammer oaks with
mournful might;
Yes, I strike
sky and scour
countryside.

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Oft I must strive with wind
and wave, Battle them both
when under the sea I feel out
the bottom, a foreign land. In
lying still I am strong in the
strife; If I fail in that they
are stronger than I, And
wrenching me loose, soon
put me to rout. They wish to
capture what I must keep. I
can master them both if my
grip holds out, If the rocks
bring succor and lend support,
Strength in the struggle. Ask
me my name!

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My house is not quiet, I
am not loud; But for us
God fashioned our fate
together.
I am the swifter, at
times the stronger, My
house more enduring,
longer to last.
A times I rest; my
dwelling still runs; Within
it I lodge as long as I
live. Should we two be
severed, my death is sure.

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The one who makes
it, sells it.
The one who buys
it, never uses it.
The one that uses
it never knows that
he’s using it.
What is it?

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When set loose
I fly away,
Never so cursed
As when I go astray.

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I’m told a certain
something grows in
its pouch, swells and
stands up, lifts its
covering. A proud
bride grasped that
boneless wonder, the
daughter of a king
covered that swollen
thing with clothing.

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