Letβs talk about weird and wonderful plant life. Sometimes we need an unusual plant for the PCs to encounter. Perhaps we donβt want another combat encounter in the wilderness. Maybe normal plants are just boring and we want a magical fantasy twist to the scenery. Maybe we just like rolling on tables and plants donβt seem to get love in that regard. Whatever the reason, it would be nice to get some dice and randomness involved. I suppose itβs worth saying that when we are saying βplantβ itβs being used as a fairly broad and definitely scientifically inaccurate way e.g. weβre including fungi and corals.
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The conditions that the plant has evolved in may affect how it looks or behaves. Some adaptations might be more suitable to certain climates than others. Perhaps our first table should be a simple one. Lets generate different emblematic plant types for different stereotypical fantasy environments. Our starting point is the five main biome types: Aquatic, grassland, forest, desert, tundra. As well as these, we will follow up with a few unusual biomes relating to fantasy such as other planes of existence.
Urban environments: For now we will leave out City environments since really these usually have plant life from the surrounding biomes. They may also have systems that allow for plant life from other environments e.g. greenhouses or irrigation. Therefore, for urban environments simply pick the table you feel is most appropriate and then, if you wish to, create some logic for this plant being able to thrive in the cityβs biome. Perhaps a god gifted the plant to the town in the past or the local wizards help them grow to show off. Unusual plants can often be a personal status symbol or they might represent something about the culture e.g. during the British Empire it was very fancy to have plants from the extremities of the empire. Like under the British Empire, botanical gardens may also play a role in the economics of colonialism as seed beds. Unusual plants may also simply be in the city for study by horti-occulturists or people of science.
Dungeon Environments: As far as I can tell, there doesnβt seem to be much point making a dungeon or underground plant table. Nearly all or perhaps all plants need light to live. Some plants can grow in low light, such as those which grow on densely foliated forrest floors. Even if they donβt need light they likely feed on decaying matter f
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I think that plants are generally interesting and have some untapped potential within fantasy games. Interesting plant life certainly adds something to the world feel. So I made a thing, a randomy tablery planty generatory thingy. It's in a blogpost here. You can use it to roll up some nice fantasy plants. I have included a sample from the tables below.
I hope you enjoy it or get some use out of it. Let me know if you do! This table is used for adding quirks to plants that originate on or have been touched by the elemental or divine planes.
| d10 | Elemental Planes | Divine Planes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whilst it is in the shape of a plant, it is made of the raw element itself i.e. fire, stone etc. | Each plant is made from a single soul as a heavenly transmogrification or an evil metamorphosis |
| 2 | Due to the nature of its home plane it is able to withstand extreme: pressure, heat, wind | When planted in the material plane, its seeds sprout new souls to be born into mortal bodies |
| 3 | The plant is not made of raw elemental material but rather feeds on it like a regular plant might feed on soil and light | Grows in chaotic, mind shearing patterns or tightly regulated, uniform structures |
| 4 | It provides stability and safety by anchoring chaotic forces, providing shelter from flaming meteors, holding together cleaving plates, preventing wild floods or absorbing energy from fearsome storms. | When the wind moves it, the plant lets out a whispered, rattling incantation of sacred or profane verses |
| 5 | It acts in opposition to the forces of the plane: Immovable by air, growing colder with heat, transforming the water around it into air and pale blue fire or counteracting gravity does and turning diamonds to talc. | Grows only on the bodies of dead devils, angels and gods |
| 6 | It is grows like a parasite on elementals like an elemental fungal infection | Feeds on thoughts about a specific good or evil deed and blooms when it is committed |
| 7 | Part of the plantβs life cycle is spent in each of the elemental planes. Those who know how can use it to move between planes. | It is associated with a specific virtue or sin and encourages that behaviour in its vicinity |
| 8 | Its presence calms or enrages elementals, either by simply being in its presence or after it is refined into a tincture. | Part of the plant is used to create paper on which are written the names of the dead and their ultimate fates. |
| 9 | The plant is considered |
There hasn't been a post all year!
I think that plants are generally interesting and have some untapped potential. Interesting plant life certainly adds something to the world feel and I always try to include it. So I made a thing, a randomy tablery planty generatory thingy. It's in a blogpost here. You can use it to roll up some nice fantasy plants for your games or worlds. It does require you to fill in some of the blanks to connect up or flesh out results. Mechanics might need attached but its meant to be a jumping off point.
This table is used for adding quirks to plants that originate on or have been touched by the elemental or divine planes.
| d10 | Elemental Planes | Divine Planes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whilst it is in the shape of a plant, it is made of the raw element itself i.e. fire, stone etc. | Each plant is made from a single soul as a heavenly transmogrification or an evil metamorphosis |
| 2 | Due to the nature of its home plane it is able to withstand extreme: pressure, heat, wind | When planted in the material plane, its seeds sprout new souls to be born into mortal bodies |
| 3 | The plant is not made of raw elemental material but rather feeds on it like a regular plant might feed on soil and light | Grows in chaotic, mind shearing patterns or tightly regulated, uniform structures |
| 4 | It provides stability and safety by anchoring chaotic forces, providing shelter from flaming meteors, holding together cleaving plates, preventing wild floods or absorbing energy from fearsome storms. | When the wind moves it, the plant lets out a whispered, rattling incantation of sacred or profane verses |
| 5 | It acts in opposition to the forces of the plane: Immovable by air, growing colder with heat, transforming the water around it into air and pale blue fire or counteracting gravity does and turning diamonds to talc. | Grows only on the bodies of dead devils, angels and gods |
| 6 | It grows like a parasite on elementals like an elemental fungal infection | Feeds on thoughts about a specific good or evil deed and blooms when it is committed |
| 7 | Part of the plantβs life cycle is spent in each of the elemental planes. Those who know how can use it to move between planes. | It is associated with a specific virtue or sin and encourages that behaviour in its vicinity |
| 8 | Its presence calms or enrages elementals, either by simply being in its presence or after it is refined into a tincture. | Part of the plant is used to create paper on which are written the |
