OK, maybe the bowel-loosening is just me.
Please don’t judge me. Please?
I had a DM once who used noises as hooks to draw us deeper and deeper into the dungeon. And closer to our doom. So now I present a table of possible noises to use in this manner. And yes, you see correctly. It's not only a d30 table, but a 2d30-1 table. Pull out all your d30s and go crazy.
And make your players go crazy.
2d30-1 -Noises in the Dark-
- Water rushing through pipes.
- A sudden, single scream in the distance that cuts off abruptly.
- An animal’s roar.
- A child giggling.
- The skittering of insects. Large insects.
- The sound of a stone skipping across the floor.
- Eerie and strangely familiar music.
- The sound of wings flapping.
- A voice counting, a number each second.
- Electricity crackling.
- A loud explosion.
- The sound of a baby crying.
- A twig snapping.
- A door slamming shut.
- Rats squeaking. Lots of squeaking.
- The sound of vomiting.
- A whip cracking.
- A ticking clock.
- A rumbling, like a cave-in or stone-fall.
- Glass breaking.
- Rustling cloth.
- Moaning.
- The tapping of a small hammer against stone.
- Whistling.
- A large bell pealing.
- A voice reciting what seems to be a nursery rhyme in an unknown arcane language.
- A wolf howling.
- A metal gate clanging shut.
- A haunting voice singing.
- The sound of shovels digging.
- Ripping paper.
- An almost-audible hum.
- Maniacal laughter interspersed with sobbing.
- The sound of clanking machinery.
- A creaking door that clicks shut.
- Bubbling liquid.
- An axe chopping wood.
- Wind.
- A braying mule.
- Fire crackling.
- An argument in Orcish.
- Claws scraping a piece of slate.
- Footsteps.
- Coughing.
- Musical scales played on a harp.
- The sound of children playing.
- Croaking frogs. Large ones.
- Heavy breathing.
- A low, steady, constant drumbeat.
- The sound of large stone machinery.
- A small dog barking...non-stop.
- A beer-drinking song in Gnomish.
- Wood being struck against wood.
- The sound of dragging chains.
- A squealing pig.
- Bones crunching.
- Numerous voices chanting in an unknown language.
- A cat yowling.
- A whetsone rubbing against a metal tool.
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Last year's "N": N is for Nano-dice
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2 comments:
This is a great idea!
d30? I skipped straight from d20 to d100
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