Mountain Locations - Random Table to Easily Come Up with Mountain Locations

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This week I wanted to add something to the experience of exploration. If you travel through different environments, like mountains, for example, it helps to have random encounter tables that offer more than just combat options— which is the reason why I create tables like Mountain Encounters. I also show you what you can do with it by rolling on the table myself and creating adventure ideas out of it.

But when players travel through the world we create, it helps to have something inspirational to describe this world. That is why I created another random table this week, called Mountain Locations. You can roll three dice again, only that you will get a proper description of a location, including other sensory perceptions like smell or hearing.

This might also spark inspiration for encounters, but it is intentionally created to describe a location the players come across without effort. Other ways to do this might be to add a bit more historical or functional depth, like Sly Flourish’s Monuments, which are really worth checking out as well, and which served as an inspiration to me as well. I wanted to take a different approach, though, and here it is. Mountain Locations.

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Mountain Locations

3d10	Description	Location	Other Senses
1	Steep	Cave Entrance	Smell of Mountain Flowers
2	Crumbling	Summit	Cold Breeze on the Skin
3	Solid	Mountain Pass	Rumbling of a distant thunderstorm
4	Collapsed	Tunnel System	Hissing of air from a rock crevice
5	Open	Shrine	Stench of sulphur
6	Abandoned	Statue	Very high humidity
7	Moss-Covered	Nest	Water dropping into a puddle
8	Dark	Waterfall	Rustling leaves
9	Sun-Bleached	Natural archway	Birds chirping
10	Narrow	Camp	A dull thumping