This page serves as a quick and convenient way to create a random nation, similar to the way the Random Characters generator creates a character. Each nation consists of certain random elements within specific categories. These random elements in turn link to specific Arcana Wiki pages which have the appropriate tag (so that the Random Generator can find them).
This Random Generator is intended to get your creative juices flowing, not restrain you. Thus, discard anything that doesn't fit your own ideas!
As an example on how to use it, see the essay "Using the Random Nations Generator". Further examples ranging from constructing small villages to whole planets can be found on this blog
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Government
This section covers the government and major organizations that exert power over the nation and the way people live.
Type of Government
All societies have some way of getting things done as a whole, and the type of government describes this aspect. However, few societies are examples of "pure" government types, so aspects of two or more government forms might be evident.
This category is based on the various types of government listed on the Government entry. If you do create such entries, give them the rng_government tag.
Choose this tab to give your nation a single government type, that's (relatively) easy to understand and envision.
Meritocracy |
Basic Information Meritocracy is a form of government where political power is based on proven ability. Usually, there will be exams and other tests before any given individual is granted more power,...
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Complex political systems and coalition governments can be made using this tab. Simply roll a d6, and use that many forms of government off the top of the list. You may combine them for a complicated hybrid governement, or assign each government type to a different county or region within the nation.
Ethnocracy |
Basic Information Ethnocracy is a form of government where members of one particular ethnic group hold disproportionate power in the government itself and use that power to benefit that group to the...
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Libertarianism |
All we have of freedom, all we use or know— This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. Ancient Right unnoticed as the breath we draw— Leave to live by no man's leave, underneath the Law. Lance...
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Monarchy |
It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals him from us; our sight breaks and is dissipated by it being filled and...
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Demarchy |
Basic Information Also referred to as Sortition , Demarchy is a system of government where important government positions are filled by random lot from an available pool of citizens and/or decisions...
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Noocracy |
Basic Information A Noocracy, or aristocracy of the wise , as defined by Plato, is a social and political system that is based on the priority of human mind . This differs from a geniocracy by not...
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Autocracy |
Basic Information A form of government where one individual has effectively unlimited power. This would include dictatorships, absolute monarchies, despotisms with a single leader and similar things....
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Powerful Organizations
This category lists powerful and/or famous organizations of the nation. As many of the possible entries are real world organizations, alter them to make them fit into your setting.
If you want to add new organizations to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_org tag. Pick organizations which could relatively easily be altered to different settings.
If you choose this tab, this organization holds tremendous power. They may control the government, the church, or other major aspects of society, either openly or covertly.
Guild |
Basic Information A guild is a type of private members association that rose to prevalence during the European middle ages - although similar institutions existed in other places and times. Craft and...
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It may be helpful to assume that the higher the organization is on this list, the greater their influence and/or larger their membership.
Illuminati |
Basic Information The Bavarian Illuminati were a secret society founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany by one Adam Weishaupt on May 1, 1776, as an offshoot of the Enlightenment. It was outlawed in...
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National Guard |
Basic Information The National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the...
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Collection Agency |
Basic Information A collection agency is a business that pursues payments on debts owed by individuals or businesses. Many of them are very ruthless in collecting debts, and will not shy away from...
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Black Dragon Society |
Basic Information The Black Dragon Society(kokuryūkai) - also known as the Amur River Society (the Amur being also known as the Black Dragon River) was a Japanese ultra-nationalist society, focused on...
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Group of 8 |
Basic Information The Group of 8 is made up of the world’s leading industrial countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA and Russia). The head of the G8 countries meet each year to...
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Bank |
Basic Information A bank, and by extension the business of banking, is an undertaking which deals in the hiring out of money as a commodity in its own right (as opposed to trading in commodity...
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Secret Police |
Basic Information Secret Police refers to a police or National Security agency that operates from secrecy with little or no transparency or oversight. The secrecy and lack of review lends itself to...
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Royal Navy |
Basic Information The Navy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is referred to solely as the Royal Navy, never the Royal British Navy or the British Navy (British Royal Navy...
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Knights Templar |
Basic Information Shortly after the First Crusade, a French knight named Hugues de Payens proposed the formation of a new monastic order devoted to the protection of pilgrims. The Christians had...
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Phoebus Cartel |
Basic Information The Phoebus Cartel was an association of international corporations that cooperated together to establish standards on electrical devices, most notably the lightbulb, from 1923 to...
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Major Personalities
Each nation has its share of powerful or famous individuals.
Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration for such individuals. Only a very weird dimension-hopping or time-travel game would feature the actual people mentioned here. Instead, use the listings here as a inspirational concept to emulate when designing your own NPCs.
This category is primarily fed by entries from the People page, though some entries from the Fictional Characters page might qualify as well. If you want to add new people to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_people tag.
Harriet Quimby |
The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting. But when I saw how easily the man flyers...
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Pope Joan |
Basic Information John Anglicus was an English traveler and scholar who became a teacher in Rome and eventually a cardinal in the ninth century. When Pope Leo IV died in 853 AD, John Anglicus was...
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Christman Genipperteinga |
Basic Information Christman Genipperteinga was a 16th century German bandit, serial killer and (alleged) black magician, alleged to have murdered 964 people over a thirteen year period which would, if...
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Alexis Carrel |
Basic Information Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon, biologist, and advocate of eugenics who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his medical work. In his book L'Homme, cet inconnu (Man, The Unknown) he...
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Ching Shih |
Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! Sources Bibliography 1. The Greatest Pirate Who Ever Lived 2. Wikipedia entry Game and Story Use
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Saint Sebastian |
Basic Information The 3rd Century Emperor Diocletian is known for the last great official persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Which is why he probably found it highly embarassing that one...
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Flagellant |
Basic Information A flagellant is one who performs acts of violent self-mortification (such as flogging themselves1) for religious and/or theurgic purposes. The self-mortification may serve as public...
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Abraham |
Basic Information Abraham1 features in the Book of Genesis. He is widely regarded as the patriarch of Jews, Christians, and Muslims and the shared ancestor of both Israel and the Arabs. According to...
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Figaro |
No, my lord Count, you won’t have her you won’t have her. Just because you’re a great nobleman, you think you’re a great genius! Nobility, riches, a title, high positions, that all makes a man so...
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Ranald MacDonald |
Basic Information Sometimes, the most unlikely people become ambassadors. Just such a person was Ranald MacDonald, the half-breed son of a Scottish merchant and an Indian princess; who was well on his...
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Headless Horseman of Canton |
Basic Information The Headless Horseman of Canton is a ghost based in Canton, Connecticut. According to legend, the headless rider was a French paymaster heading towards Saratoga in 1781, with his...
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Major Political Issues
Each nation has "hot" political issues which are argued and fought over (physically or not). Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration for what issues could divide your nation - or which are simply in the minds of the public at the moment.
This category is primarily fed by news entries from the List of Centuries page. If you want to add new political issues to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_politics tag.
Christian Soldiers |
Summary June 19, 2009: There are accusations that Evangelist groups are abusing their endorsement of chaplains in the U.S. military to further their own agendas and to proselytize. Especially the...
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False Flag Operation |
Basic Information A False Flag Operation is a military attack (or other covert action) that is intended to fool the enemy, the observers, and/or the public into thinking it was perpetrated by a...
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Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest |
Summary September 23, 2009: On September 12, a 51 year old Census worker was found hanging from a tree in a remote part of the Daniel Boone National Forest near a cemetery in rural southeast Kentucky....
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China Enacting A High-Tech Plan To Track People |
Summary August 12, 2007: This article describes how China is planning to implement technology to keep tabs on its citizens. Source Bibliography 1. Original article Game and Story Use This would...
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WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious ‘Insurance’ File |
Summary July 30, 2010: Shortly after releasing more than 77,000 thousand secret documents on the Afghanistan War - and facing strong criticism from the government of the United States for it - the...
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The Torture Colony |
Summary October 1, 2008: The article describes Colonia Dignidad, an evangelical cult consisting of German expatriates living in the foothills of the Andes in Chile. The colony was founded and led by...
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South Korea's first rocket ready - at last |
Summary August 11, 2009: South Korea plans to launch its first rocket later this month at the Naro launch facility, a new facility on an island 480 miles south of Seoul. This vehicle, the Korea Space...
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Utopia |
Basic Information In his 1516 book, A Truly Golden Little Book, No Less Beneficial Than Entertaining, of the Best State of a Republic, and of the New Island Utopia, English writer Thomas More...
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In Search Of Death |
Summary January 23, 2003: There is a subculture of gay men called bug chasers who actively seek out getting infected by the HIV virus and thus get AIDS. Most of them see infecting themselves as a...
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Major Projects
Some nations have major national projects they pursue towards specific goals. There is some overlap with Organizations above, but projects are more about achieving certain goals than a general political, ideological, or economic motivation. Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration.
If you want to add new projects to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_project tag.
Black Ocean Society |
Basic Information The Black Ocean Society was a Japanese ultra-nationalist secret society, initially formed to resist the Meiji Restoration and the concurrent Westernisation of Japan following the...
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Swiss To Grapple Junk For Removal |
Summary February 15, 2012: The École Polytechnique Féderalé de Lusanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has announced a proposal to help clean up the problem of debris in space. They are planning to build and...
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Programma E-3 |
Basic Information Early Soviet lunar exploration satellites' series had their development designations beginning with E. Thus, E-1 was direct hit on the lunar surface (Luna_1 and Luna_2); E-2 was...
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California Aqueduct |
Basic Information The California Aqueduct is a system of tunnels, canals and pipelines that transports water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern- and Central California to...
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Global Consciousness Project |
Basic Information The Global Consciousness Project is an ongoing scientific project to examine whether events that provoke strong global emotional response among humans will create a deviation from...
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China's Island Factory |
Summary September 9, 2014: In order to enforce its claims on vast swathes of the South Chinese Sea, China is building whole new islands there in shallow reef regions and fortifying them. This puts...
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Economy
This section covers the commerce, artisans, technology, and economic system of the nation.
Tech Level
To be added later.
Type of Economy
This category lists the type of economy the nation has.
If you want to add new types of economic systems to the generator, go to the Economic system page, add new entries, and give them the rng_economy tag.
Bullion Coin |
Basic Information A bullion coin is a form of commodity money consisting of a coin struck (or more rarely carved) from a precious material. This will normally be a precious metal and historically this...
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Tulipomania |
Basic Information Tulipomania (also called Tulip Mania, Tulip Fever, or Tulpenmanie) was the oldest documented speculative bubble where a fashionable rage for something led to crazy escalating prices,...
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Georgism |
Basic Information Georgism (aka Geoism) is a philosophy and economic system centered around the concept that land belongs to the people collectively. As an economic system, a Georgist nation would...
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Resilience Economics |
Basic Information Resilience Economics is a type of possible economic system which resembles traditional capitalism, but in which economic actors are prevented from becoming too big to fail -...
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Robonomics |
Basic Information Robonomics is a type of possible economic system which assumes that robotic and digital systems will be able to do most of the productive work of society. Thus, society guarantees...
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Barter |
Basic Information Barter is an economic system whereby goods and services are directly exchanged in trade - for example a mountain man trading cloth and tools to the natives in exchange for furs....
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Monopoly By Royal Decree |
Basic Information A Monopoly by Royal Decree is a form of Legal Monopoly sanctioned or instituted by a King or other Royalty. Say there's several people manufacturing playing cards. As King, I pick my...
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Major Products and Exports
No nation exists in a vacuum. This part of the generator lists various trade goods - whether raw resources or advanced machinery. It is subdivided into several categories: raw resources, pre-industrial items, modern trade goods, sci-fi or futuristic items, and fantasy items. Use the tabs appropriate to your genre and setting. It helps make your nation more "real" if you use to use a few (d6?) items from earlier and simpler categories, as well. For example, a modern nation might mostly export modern items, but no doubt also has some natural resources to exploit.
If you want to add types of raw resources to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_resource tag.
For pre-industrial trade goods, give them the rng_pitg tag.
For modern trade goods, give them the rng_mtg tag.
For sci-fi trade goods, give them the rng_sftg tag.
For fantasy trade goods, give them the rng_ftg tag.
Sheep |
I have wood for sheep - (archetypal Settlers of Catan player) Basic Information Sheep (singular also sheep) are ruminating, quadruped ungulates kept as livestock. The archaeological record suggests...
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Water |
Basic Information Water is the liquid version of the substance also known as ice when solid, or steam when heated into a mist. Water is also often used as a general term to refer to that substance in...
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Garlic |
Basic Information Garlic is a herb of the allium family, closely related to onions and shallots, which is used almost world wide as a seasoning, a food in its own right or for medical or spiritual...
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Copper |
Basic Information Copper is a soft, reddish metallic element, prone to forming blueish or greenish salts on weathering. Being an (entry level) noble metal it is one of the few that occur in nature in...
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Tinder |
Basic Information Tinder is an essential part of the fire-lighting process - it is the material that is ignited by the initial spark and from which the fire lighter expects the flame to propagate to...
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Mummia |
Basic Information Mummia is a form of bitumen (a resource similar to pitch or resin) that was available long ago in Persia. It's a dark viscous liquid that was used as a form of medicine or folk...
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Food |
Basic Information Food is any substance which, when consumed, provides nutritional benefit for the body. Traditionally the term only applies to solids and semi-solids with liquids consumed for the...
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Honey |
Basic Information Honey is a concentrated sugar syrup produced by several kinds of eusocial insects (mostly bees) as a food store. Honey stores are usually produced by foraging members of the...
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Agarwood |
Basic Information Agarwood is a form of incense, made from the tissue created when aquilaria trees become infected with a fungus. The infected, dark coloured material is harvested by excising it from...
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Besagew |
Basic Information A besagew was a circular (or at least vaguely circular) piece of plate armour that fitted onto the upper chest area of a breastplate or cuirass to protect the shoulder-joint from the...
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Brown Bess |
In the days of lace-ruffles, perukes, and brocade Brown Bess was a partner whom none could despise - An out-spoken, flinty-lipped, brazen-faced jade, With a habit of looking men straight in the eyes -...
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Kris |
Basic Information The Kris (also keris or kali) is a type dagger or short sword indigenous to the area around Java, Indonesia and the Philipines. These are mainly piercing weapons and are...
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Chocolate |
Basic Information Chocolate is a substance derived from the beans of the Coco tree Theobroma cacao, indigenous to the Americas and used by the Amerindians since at least 1100BC. The name itself is...
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Furniture |
Basic Information Furniture (literally that which furnishes ) is a general term for the various objects that are added to a human1 occupied building to facilitate its day-to-day use - which would...
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Double Action Revolver |
Basic Information A Revolver is said to be Double-Action if it's trigger assembly includes a mechanism where pulling the trigger cocks the hammer. This results in a faster rate of fire than a Single...
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Video Motion Detection |
Basic Information Video Motion Detection is a form of Motion Detection that uses some form of video camera or digital camera, wired to a computer. The computer constantly compares the current image to...
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Single Action Revolver |
Basic Information A Revolver is said to be Single-Action if you must manually cock the hammer (typically with your thumb) before each shot. In this way, the hammer functions like a Safety. It also...
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Vending Machine |
Basic Information A vending machine is a device which sells dispenses items to buyers automatically on receipt of payment acting, in effect, as a sort of automated shop. These are a surprisingly old...
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Lostech |
Basic Information Pinched from the BattleTech universe, lostech describes the concept of a technology which was once know to the people of a setting, but has since been forgotten, becoming either ...
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Hyperdrive |
Basic Information A Hyperdrive is a form of Star Drive that propels a spacecraft into subspace or hyperspace. In most cases, the hyperdrive provides the spaceship with propulsion while in hyperspace,...
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Statite |
Basic Information A statite is an artificial satellite whose defining trait is that it maintains a fixed position, rather than moving in an orbit. (Note that this is not the same thing as a...
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Soylent Soy |
CHOC-O-LENT DREAM, IT'S CHOCOLATE! IT'S PEOPLE! IT'S BOTH!™ 85% Recycled Material Text description of the Candy Bar from Deus Ex Basic Information Named in tribute to the film Soylent Green,...
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Alien Amino Acids |
Basic Information Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and enzymes. 20 different amino acids, in various sequences, define almost every protein on Earth. However, a large number of other...
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Ouija Board |
Oh great and knowledgable spirit, will I, Calvin, ever become President? Hey! It's moving! What's it say? G - O - D - F - O - R - B - I - D pause What the? Hey! Stupid thing! If I want an...
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Magic Lamp |
Basic Information The magic lamp - as featured in the story of Aladdin and some other Middle Eastern legends - is a member of a much larger class of vessels containing jinn, bound within them by...
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Pykrete |
Basic Information Pykrete is a material made from 14% sawdust and 86% ice. It melts at significantly slower speeds than ordinary ice. During World War II, the British instigated Project Habakkuk to...
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Wand |
Basic Information The wand is a ritual tool, often associated with the element of air and which is generally used to conduct and direct flows of mystical energy or the movement of spirits as part of a...
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Food |
Basic Information Food is any substance which, when consumed, provides nutritional benefit for the body. Traditionally the term only applies to solids and semi-solids with liquids consumed for the...
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Functional Magic |
Basic Information Functional Magic is a trope that refers to magic that goes beyond mere plot device to serve as a tool, science, technology, art, or philosophy. Functional Magic is magic that...
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Major Imports
These categories are identical to those listed under "Exports", except that the nation has sufficient need of these trade goods to import them in significant quantities instead of exporting them.
Antimatter |
Basic Information Antimatter is a bizarre form of matter that is often used in science fiction for fuel, explosives, robot brains, and other forms of applied phlebotinum. Each antiparticle of...
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Silver |
Basic Information Silver is an elemental metal, white and lustrous in its pure form and closely related to both copper and gold. Historically, silver has been considered a precious metal - typically...
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Truffle (fungus) |
Basic Information A Truffle is a type of fungus which grows underground, generally feeding on the roots of trees. As a truffle matures and its spores ripen, it emits a powerful smell which attracts...
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Plantain |
Basic Information Confusingly the name plantain is shared by two very different generae of plants - plantago and musa. The genus plantago consists of a group of rather unimpressive looking herbaceous...
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Sheep |
I have wood for sheep - (archetypal Settlers of Catan player) Basic Information Sheep (singular also sheep) are ruminating, quadruped ungulates kept as livestock. The archaeological record suggests...
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Cattle |
Basic Information Cattle (colloquially cows) are large domesticated ungulates. They are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, most commonly classified as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as...
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Chicken |
Basic Information The chicken was domesticated from wild jungle fowl in India and Asia about 7,000 years ago. This bird is particularly noteworthy for its ability to lay an egg a day, making it a...
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Yak |
Basic Information A Yak is a cloven-hoofed animal similar to cattle, but with very long hair. They are native to the mountainous and plateau regions of Tibet, Nepal, Myanmar, China, and Siberia. They...
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Fish |
Basic Information Fish are aquatic animals with gills. There are very many species of fish, with a great deal of variety between them, including eels, rays, and sharks as well as scaly things you...
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Water |
Basic Information Water is the liquid version of the substance also known as ice when solid, or steam when heated into a mist. Water is also often used as a general term to refer to that substance in...
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Poleyn |
Basic Information The poleyn was a plate armour knee-piece, protecting the knee from the front and covering the joint between cuisse and greave. This might also be called a knee-cop, especially in...
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Chakram |
Basic Information A chakram is a thrown weapon native to the Indian subcontinent consisting of a razor edged metal hoop, often deployed by spinning the blunt inner edge around the user's finger and...
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Rushlight |
Basic Information A rushlight is a cheap and plentiful alternative to a candle, that even the poorest peasant could afford. They were commonly made (at least in the area that is now the United...
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Conestoga Wagon |
Basic Information A Conestoga Wagon is a particularly advanced form of Covered Wagon that first appeared in the early 1750s in Pennsylvania. Form The Conestoga Wagon is shaped somewhat like a boat,...
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Candle |
Basic Information A candle is a solid block of hydrocarbon material with an embedded wick which can be burnt - usually for light. Most modern candles are made from paraffin wax but historically the...
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Incense |
Frankincense to offer have I Incense owns a Deity nigh Prayer and praising, all men raising Worship Him, God most high (from) We Three Kings, J. H. Hopkins Jr. Basic Information Incense is any one of...
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Ring Mail |
Well, said he, I've heard tell that in the old days, those that could not buy bright hauberks out of the southlands would stitch steel rings on a leather shirt and be content with that. Let's see...
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Tulip |
Basic Information A tulip is a large vibrantly-colored flower, of which there are about 75 species and more than a thousand varietal strains. Tulip bulbs look a bit like an onion, but are somewhat...
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Textile |
Basic Information Textiles are materials formed from assembled fibre, whether that fibre originates from animal sources (such as wool or silk), plant (like flax or cotton) or mineral (like asbestos or...
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Astrolabe |
What Time Is It? - The most repeated question in the Continuum RPG Basic Information Most fantasy games are set in an era before digital watches, even before cuckoo clocks (which date to the early...
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Self Loader |
Basic Information A self loader in this context is a pistol with a semi-automatic, fully automatic or selective fire action which therefore self-loads from a magazine. These pistols are often referred...
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Riot Helmet |
Basic Information A riot helmet is a helmet designed to be worn as part of riot armour - quite often it will be based on a military ballistic helmet design, but may also be derived from motorcyclist...
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Chocolate |
Basic Information Chocolate is a substance derived from the beans of the Coco tree Theobroma cacao, indigenous to the Americas and used by the Amerindians since at least 1100BC. The name itself is...
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Aircraft |
Basic Information Sources An aircraft is a type of vehicle that is capable of flight via being supported by planetary atmosphere. Vehicles which use thrust instead of lift to overcome gravity (such as...
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Acid |
Basic Information In chemistry terms, an acid is a low-pH substance capable of donating a proton or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair. In gaming terms, acid is that stuff that burns...
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Flashlight |
Basic Information The flashlight is a modern, portable lighting device, also known as a torch in the UK (although here that name is given to the more primitive device), electrically powered and...
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Submarine |
Tis private: a man may thus go to any coast in the world invisibly, without discovery or prevented in his journey. Tis safe, from the uncertainty of Tides, and the violence of Tempests, which do never...
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Woo Bombdetectors - The End Of Dowsing For Death |
Summary April 29, 2013: Original article talks of a company that essentially sold dowsing rods to the militaries and governments of the world, marketing them as devices to detect bombs and IEDs,...
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Mortar Bomb |
Basic Information A mortar bomb is a round of ammunition designed to be fired from a mortar. The typical bomb consists of a large, lightly cased warhead1 fitted with some kind of fuse and, in most...
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Double Action Revolver |
Basic Information A Revolver is said to be Double-Action if it's trigger assembly includes a mechanism where pulling the trigger cocks the hammer. This results in a faster rate of fire than a Single...
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Mirror Matter |
This page is about matter that can only interacts with gravity. For the Mirror Matter appearing in the work of Robert L. Forward, see Antimatter. Basic Information Mirror Matter (also known as...
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3D Printing |
Basic Information 3D Printing is the technology of creating three dimensional objects through applying multiple layers of material through a printer array. See Also News: 'Organ Printing' Could...
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Depleted Phlebotinum Shells |
These bullets are individually machined from silver impregnated granite out of the Fiddler's Rock mine. We've cut a joining rune into the base of each and tuned it to resonate in the decan of...
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Electrothermal Propellant |
Basic Information Electrothermal Propellant (or, more properly electrothermal-chemical propulsion) is an advanced system of firearm operation in which the chemical propellant is burned in a plasma...
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BigDog |
Basic Information BigDog is a quadrupedal robot developed by Boston Dynamics. It is 1 m long, stands 0.7 m tall, and weighs 75 kg. It can navigate through difficult terrain at speeds up to 5.3 km/h...
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Dragon's Breath |
Basic Information Dragon's Breath is a type of shotgun ammunition that produces a long burst of flame, similar to a flamethrower. Sparks and fire shoot out to a range of about 5 meters. The rounds...
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Robot |
The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as 'Your plastic pal...
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Smart Locking Firearms |
Basic Information The concept of smart locking is a recent innovation designed to be attached to a firearm and to prevent the weapon from being used (except in the capacity as an improvised melee...
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TP-82 |
Basic Information The TP-82 is a very large triple-barreled pistol (with detachable stock) issued to Soviet and Russian cosmonauts from 1986 to 2006. During that time, they were a standard part of the...
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Spider Silk |
Basic Information Spider silk is silk produced by spiders. Like other forms of silk it is very strong for its mass and, in many cases, has good elastic properties - however it is not a particularly...
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Boomerang |
Basic Information Boomerang is an Australian word, derived from one or more Aboriginal languages, meaning a throwing stick used either for hunting, sport or warfare. Boomerangs are divided into two...
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Chalice |
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! The Court Jester Basic Information A chalice is an ornate drinking vessel,...
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Love Potion |
OBERON: Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove: A sweet Athenian lady is in love With a disdainful youth; anoint his eyes; But do it when the next thing he espies May be the lady. Thou...
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Pointing Bone |
Basic Information The pointing bone is a potent magical weapon known to the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Carved from bone in a style appropriate to the tribe making it the weapon, called a kundela...
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Magic Scroll |
Basic Information A magic scroll is a single use magic item endemic to fRPGs. It is, effectively, a form of charm, consisting of a single, pre-cast magical working bound in written form onto a scroll....
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Aqua Fortis |
Basic Information Aqua fortis (Latin for strong water ) is the old alchemical name for nitric acid (specifically a solution of nitric acid in water). It was used to dissolve many metals, including...
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Familiar |
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. LEV...
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Cold Iron |
Gold is for the mistress silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron Cold Iron is master of them all. (from)...
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Power Component |
That's as maybe, but if you want that you'll need to bring me a liar's tongue to work with. Not with the rest of the liar attached, by the way, but the fresher the better. Basic Information A power...
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Religion
This section will help you choose or create the dominant religion(s) of your nation.
Forms of Worship
This aspect does not cover which entity is worshiped, but how - it describes the form religion takes in a society, whether the overall structure of the faith or specific observances which are of great cultural significance.
If you want to add forms of worship to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_religion tag.
If you choose this tab, the single most important form of worship (or religious principle) in the nation's dominant religion is:
Syncretism |
Basic Information Syncretism is the blending of two traditions or schools of thought. The term is used most commonly in regards to Theology, Mythology and Religion. One of the oldest example of...
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Complex religions can be built from this tab. Just roll a die, and use the top x items on the list.
Jihad |
Basic Information Jihad is an Arabic word meaning Struggle and is an integral part of Islam. Some Islamic teachers refer to it as the Sixth Pillar of Islam. It is widely used synonymously with ...
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Necropolis |
Basic Information Literally a City of the Dead 1, a necropolis is a large and heavily built up cemetery so full of mausolea and burial vaults that it resembles a town or city in its own right. There...
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Sky Burial |
A hero in the desert died; Men cried that saints should bury him. And round the grave should guard and ride, A chivalry of Cherubim. God said: There is a better place, A nobler trophy and more tall;...
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Ouija Board |
Oh great and knowledgable spirit, will I, Calvin, ever become President? Hey! It's moving! What's it say? G - O - D - F - O - R - B - I - D pause What the? Hey! Stupid thing! If I want an...
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Zoroastrianism |
Basic Information Zoroastrianism is a dualist religion dating back to at least the 5th century BC. Its supreme deity is Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord , who is opposed by Angra Mainyu (also called...
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Shaman |
Basic Information A shaman is one who routinely interacts with spirits, whether for solely religious reasons or to work theurgy with their assistance. Some shamen are natural mediums whilst others use...
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Pentacle |
Basic Information A pentacle is an amulet or talisman used as a ritual tool in some traditions of magic and/or worn as a general magical protective device. Where used in ritual magic, the pentacle is...
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Kapu |
Basic Information Kapu was a set of taboos practiced by natives of Hawaii. Taboos included not touching or even coming close to chieftains, eating specific foods, eating food together with members of...
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Cremation |
We bore the King to his fathers' place, Where the tombs of the Sun-born stand: Where the gray apes swing, and the peacocks preen On fretted pillar and jewelled screen, And the wild boar couch in the...
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"Beasts of Battle" motif |
Basic Information In the poetry and mythology of the anglo-saxons, germans and norse peoples, there is a recurring shared theme of three species of animal being mentioned just before, or in...
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Worshiped Entities
This category lists the various entities that are worshiped by the people.
Use this tab to create a single monotheistic religion based upon the deity listed below. Could represent true monotheism, or just indicate the dominant cult within a larger pantheon.
Simon Magus |
Our patron Saints are St. Elagabalus and St. Simon Magus Overly loquacious village priest. Darklands Basic Information According to some, he was the founder of Gnosticism. He has also been called...
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This tab could indicate a "Creator" figure and the "Evil" they oppose. Alternately, the first entry could be the dominant monotheism, and the second entry is worshiped by a heretical cult, or other officially suppressed minority religion.
Baba Yaga |
Basic Information Baba Yaga is a powerful, dangerous and morally ambiguous creature of Russian mythology. Taking the form of an old woman (hence the Baba 1) she haunts the wild places and deep...
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Malay Mythology |
Basic Information Malay Mythology refers to the folklore and mythology of Maritime Southeast Asia. Not just Malaysia, but (according to Wikipedia[1]) also Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and...
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The size of the pantheon can be dictated by a die roll. Unless something else better suits your needs, assume the higher the entity is listed on this chart, the greater their importance within the nation. The first entry could well be the head of the pantheon, filling a role similar to Zeus or Odin in the Greek or Norse pantheons.
Lilith |
Basic Information Lilith was originally a demonic Sumerian night spirit, who preyed on women and young children. She often appeared as a beautiful woman, sexually preying on men as they slept. She was...
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The Hecate Sisters |
Basic Information The three Hecate Sisters are a trio of goddesses or other mythological characters that represent three stages of feminine power or sexuality: usually depicted as maiden, mother and...
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Karun |
Basic Information To put it simply, Karun is the Etruscan Mythology equivalent of Charon of Greek Myth.But it's really not that simple. Their names are nearly identical, and they appear to the dead,...
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Aesir |
Basic Information The gods and goddesses of Norse Mythology can be roughly divided into two pantheons, the Aesir and Vanir. The Aesir are the larger pantheon, and the one about which the most myths...
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Attis |
Basic Information Agdistis was born with both male and female traits which frightened the Olympian gods. They cut off the male traits and cast them away- from which grew an almond tree. The nymph Nana...
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Jupiter (Mythology) |
For the planet, see Jupiter Basic Information Jupiter is one of the three primary Gods of Rome, the other two being Mars and Quirinus, or Juno and Minerva, depending on the era. Oaths and promises...
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Cybele |
Basic Information Cybele is a deity from Roman Mythology, also known as the Magna Mater (or Great Mother). She is considered to be an aspect of the Earth Mother and embodies the fertile Earth, a...
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Lamassu |
Basic Information In Mesopotamian Mythology, a Lamassu is a creature with a human head on the body of bull or lion, with huge bird wings on it's back. In some representations, the Lamassu was an...
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Aztec Mythology |
Basic Information At the moment, this page is just a stub, index, or placeholder. If you know information about Aztec mythology, please contribute to this page. People and Creatures Acolnahuacatl, or...
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Gog And Magog |
Basic Information There are some places in the Bible where the text makes a throwaway reference to something the original readers were probably very familiar with; and then people spend the next...
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Ares |
Basic Information Ares is the god of war in Greek Mythology. He's an ill-tempered monster, possessed of hatred and anger, and prone to frenzy. Ares' temper was so bad, most of Olympus didn't like or...
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Baba Yaga |
Basic Information Baba Yaga is a powerful, dangerous and morally ambiguous creature of Russian mythology. Taking the form of an old woman (hence the Baba 1) she haunts the wild places and deep...
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Germanic Mythology |
Basic Information This page is a stub. If you are knowledgeable about the folklore and myths of Germany or about Germanic Paganism, please consider taking a few minutes to expand this page. Germanic...
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The Merch |
Basic Information The Merch is a fictional creature from the Penny Arcade webcomic. It is a small, blue, fuzzy creature which has been cursed by an evil wizard and is constantly sick. However, the...
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Simon Magus |
Our patron Saints are St. Elagabalus and St. Simon Magus Overly loquacious village priest. Darklands Basic Information According to some, he was the founder of Gnosticism. He has also been called...
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Portunes |
Portunus, Portumnes, and Portunes are all variant spellings of the name of the Roman god of gates, doors, harbors, fords and possibly warehouses. Linguistically, the words opportunity and importune...
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Enki |
Basic Information Enki, a deity worshiped in ancient Mesopotamia, was originally the patron god of the city of Eridu, but his worship later spread throughout the region. His portfolio included crafts,...
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Russian Mythology |
Basic Information Sources The mythology and folklore of Russia includes: Baba Yaga - a powerful and frightening enigmatic old woman with supernatural powers Baba Yaga's Hut - her house walks around...
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Santa Muerte |
Basic Information Santa Muerte (literal translation: Saint Death ) is a religious figure venerated by some in Mexico. Also known regionally as la Santisima Muerte ( Most Holy Death ) and other...
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Abzu |
Basic Information In Mesopotamian Mythology, Abzu or Apsu is a primordial being of fresh water, especially that coming from underground hotsprings or aquifers. Abzu lives in, or perhaps is, the...
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People
This section covers the demographics, culture, history, and even (if needed) species of the inhabitants of the random nation.
Major Races/Species
Many settings have an all-human population. If you permit different races, open this tab to add various non-human species or races. Naturally, since this random generator will widely mix races from mythology and fiction, the results will require some interpretation. Use the beings listed here as a base model and don't be afraid to alter the descriptions for your own campaign. For example, if you want to run a science fiction setting but come up with "Elf" as one of the species, then make a Recycled In Space variant of elves with similar traits but a science fiction veneer.
This category is primarily powered by entries of sapient races/species from the Mythological Creatures and Fictional Creatures pages. If you want to add new races to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_race tag.
Assumed to be humans unless the nature of your campaign dictates otherwise.
If you choose this tab, your nation's primary species is:
Sasquatch |
Basic Information The sasquatch (also referred to as bigfoot by many amateur cryptozoologists) is an ape-like cryptid thought to inhabit remote forests in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and...
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The nation is primarily populated by members of the following species. Roll 1d10, and use that many races off the top of the list. Unless some other ratio would better fit your purposes, assume the order listed is roughly in order from most population to least.
Sasquatch |
Basic Information The sasquatch (also referred to as bigfoot by many amateur cryptozoologists) is an ape-like cryptid thought to inhabit remote forests in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and...
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Vampire |
Basic Information Vampires are according to most folklore and fiction blood-sucking nocturnal creatures of at least vaguely human-like appearance. It is hard to define a vampire since in legends the...
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Gremlin |
In the days of World War II, when combat planes were coming off the assembly line almost as fast as automobiles and there was a greater mathematical chance of malfunctions than there would normally be...
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Frazetta Man |
Basic Information Frazetta Man (named for the classic fantasy artist Frank Frazetta) is a generic term for sub-human ape-men - whether devolved from humanity or lost on the way up. They are a...
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Centaur |
Basic Information The centaurs were a species of creatures from Greek mythology that resembled a horse's body with the head and neck replaced by what was basically a human body from the waist up, thus...
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Titan |
Basic Information In Greek Mythology, the gods that preceded the familiar Olympian gods; the Titans were children of Ouranos and Gaia. The lord of the Titans was Cronus*, who overthrew his father...
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Mazikeen |
Basic Information According to Talmudic tradition, when Adam and Eve were expelled from The Garden of Eden following the Fall of Man, they were separated from one another for over a century, in which...
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Leanan Sidhe |
Basic Information The leanan sidhe1 is a creature of Irish myth, nominally a fairy, but also with strong aspects of the succubus, vampire and the muse. Traditionally a dweller in barrow mounds the...
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Naga |
Basic Information Nagas are dragon-like demons, and were dangerous and destructive spirits. Some are half-human, half-snake, while others are monstrous water creatures who guard the depths of lakes....
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Elder Race |
Basic Information Not to be confused with The Elder Race from the cthulhu mythos - also known as the Elder Things - these creatures are also almost always a distinct species rather than a race (except...
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Significant Creatures
This category lists the major "monsters" which might appear in this nation. If you want such monsters to appear in it, open the tab at the appropriate number and use it to build your encounter tables. Again, use these creatures as inspiration instead of trying to adhere to them slavishly - alter or throw out anything that doesn't fit into your campaign.
Sapient creatures might also appear here, in addition to the "Major race/species" category above. In this case, it means that those creatures are either solitary threats or at best live together in small family units instead of forming true societies of their own. For example, "Elves" under major races means there are entire cities of elves within the nation, or elves can be found in almost every city in the nation. "Elves" under significant creatures are probably more sinister fairy-tale folk, who exist in hidden enclaves or live as deranged hermits in the deep wilds.
If you choose this tab, the biggest non-human threat within the nation is:
Zombie |
Doctor Blake pulled on her rubber gloves and leaned over the cadaver on the table, which half an hour earlier had tried to kill us. Strictly speaking, she said, probing the body's skull with a...
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This tab can be used to generate your own encounter charts and wandering monster tables.
Aswang |
Basic Information The aswang is a ghoul (or possible vampire) from the folklore and of the Philippines. See Also: Philippine mythology Sources Bibliography 1. Wikipedia entry Game and Story Use ...
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Lycanthrope |
Basic Information A lycanthrope is a person (or animal) afflicted with (or born into) lycanthropy. Further details can be found on our Lycanthropy page. See Also: Clinical Lycanthropy - those who...
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Cynocephaly |
(This page is about the dog-headed humanoids, not about the range of hills in Northern Greece, also known as the Cynocephalae, that were the site of several battles in antiquity. The etymology is the...
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Rage Zombie |
The brave knight rescued the magician's daughter, and returned her home as he promised. As they approached the wizard's tower, however, he became quite cautious about the strange humanoids that now...
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Shape Shifters Fast And Wise Animals |
Basic Information These creatures can be found throughout the mythology of many different regions. Then tend to be poor looking animals; the ones that appear to be old and decrepit or underfed. The...
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Scorpion |
Note: This page is about the animal. Scorpion may also refer to a siege weapon, see Scorpio (weapon). Basic Information Looking a little like a crab, a scorpion is an arthropod with 8 legs and 2...
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Lich |
Basic Information A lich is usually an undead corpse that was a powerful magician when it was alive. It cast spells to reanimate the corpse. It is immortal. As a specific kind of undead the lich seems...
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Snow Wasset |
Basic Information (mustelinopsis subitivorax) The Snow Wasset is a large, migratory animal, about four times the size of a wolverine, dwelling in the lumbering region between the Great Lakes and...
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Hecatoncheires |
Basic Information In Greek Mythology there were three massive giants that had 100 arms and 50 heads each. These Hecatoncheires (literally hundred-handed ones ), also sometimes known as Centimanes,...
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Bear Dogs |
Basic Information Bear dogs (Amphicyonidae) were a pre-historic species of Carnivoran mammals related to both the bear family and the dog family. Bear dogs are, appropriately, hypothesized to have...
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Sluagh |
Basic Information The sluagh1 are a host of spirits - or possibly faeries from Celtic myth, said to be composed of souls rejected from all available afterlives or restless for some other reason. They...
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Composite Monster |
Basic Information A Composite Monster is a fictional or mythological creature that has features or body parts from a variety of animals. More modern creations tend to try to roughly emulate biology,...
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Black Shuck |
Black Shuck Black Shuck is the Norfolk name given to one of many different huge, spectral hounds which are common in the folklore of the British Isles. Also called by such names as Padfoot, Skriker,...
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Vampire |
Basic Information Vampires are according to most folklore and fiction blood-sucking nocturnal creatures of at least vaguely human-like appearance. It is hard to define a vampire since in legends the...
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Genetic Parasites |
Big fleas have little fleas, Upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so, ad infinitum. Summary October 26, 2007: Scientists discover the entire genetic code of one...
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Adlet |
Basic Information Adlets are creatures from Inuit Mythology. Although the term also refers to inland native American tribes, it also describes a tribe with the lower body of a dog and the upper body...
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Gnoll |
Basic Information The gnoll is one of the more obscure fantasy beastmen, usually consisting of a fusion of human and hyena - although various, mostly canid things seem to be substitutable in a pinch,...
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Wight |
Basic Information The wight, as currently understood, owes much of its existence to Professor Tolkien. The original English word simply means person (sometimes man ), although it is cognate to the...
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Set Animal |
Basic Information Egyptian Mythology has a lot of animal-headed deities. Anubis had the head of a jackal, Bastet the head of a Cat, Horus and Ra had Hawk-heads, Sobek had the head of a Crocodile, and...
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Hippopotamus |
I shoot the hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, for if I shot with leaden ones his hide would surely flatten 'em Hilaire Belloc Basic Information The hippo is a type of large mammal that...
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Cultural Influences
This category gives you various real world or fictional cultures you can model your nation after.
So far, this category is primarily powered by entries from the Countries pages, but other possibilities certainly exist. If you want to add new possibilities for cultural influences to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_culture tag.
If you choose this tab, the primary influence / model for your culture will be:
Mesopotamia |
This is my last stick of gum I'm gonna cut it up so everybody Else gets some Except for Ashurbanipal Who says my haircut Make me look like A Mohenjo Daroin Hey Ashurbanipal! I'm a Mesopotamian! - The...
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Use of this tab allows you to blend together cultures and customs that you might not otherwise think to combine. Roll a d6, and take that many off the top of the list.
The Bahamas |
Basic Information The Bahamas (also known as the Lucayan Archipelago) are an archipelago of islands on the northern border of the Caribbean Sea, separated from Florida on the mainland by The Windward...
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Kyrgyzstan |
Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - security organization which Kyrgyzstan is a member of. Sources Bibliography 1. Wikipedia...
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Namibia |
Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also News: 'Fairy Circle' Mystery Solved? News: Mysterious Space Ball Crashes In Namibia Sources Bibliography 1. Wikipedia entry ...
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Atlantis |
Down below, before my very eyes, lay the ruins of a submerged city, swallowed by the sea. Its roofs were sunken, its temples demolished, its arches in pieces, its columns on the ground, but its...
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Cannibalism |
It was Isaiah Bunter Who sailed to the world's end, And spread religion in a way That he did not intend. He gave, if not the gospel-feast, At least a ritual meal; And in a highly painful sense He was...
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Chile |
Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also Event: Chilean Blob Event/News: Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Rocks Northern Chile Event/News: 'Nazi hunt' launched in S America...
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History
This category lists famous past events of the nation. Most of these events are real world historic entries from the List of Centuries, so it is again necessary to adjust them to come up with something appropriate for your own campaign. Others are "generic events" (such as War) from elsewhere in the wiki.
If you want to add new historic to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_history tag. However, only give this tag to entries which have a significant historic impact on the nation.
Oprichnik |
Basic Information An Oprichnik is a member of the secret police and death squads in service of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Fun facts about the Oprichniks Oprichniks dressed in black monastic habits, and...
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You could decide on how old your nation is supposed to be by deciding on the number of historic events - with the entries which are listed first as the most recent ones.
Global Warming |
Basic Information Global Warming is the past, present, and likely future increase of the average global temperature of Earth's atmosphere. The current warming trend is most likely caused by human...
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Hurricane Katrina |
Basic Information Hurricane Katrina was a hurricane that devastated New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005. Sources Wikipedia entry Game and Story Use Used straight, surviving through Katrina and...
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King Tut's Tomb Treasures |
Basic Information The following is a description of the contents of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun when it was rediscovered by Howard Carter in 1922. This information may be useful for GMs seeking...
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Doomsday Cult In Cave Stand Off |
Summary November 17, 2007: Members of a Russian doomsday cult called the True Russian Orthodox Church have sealed themselves off in a cave near the Volga river in Nikolskoye in the Penza region of...
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Why The Egyptian Army Didnt Shoot |
Summary March 3, 2011: An article in the political blog community Daily Kos compares the Egyptian and the Lybian militaries and how their differences in structure affected their response to the...
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Thule Society |
Basic Information The Thule Society was an occult secret society founded in Munich, Germany in 1911. It is most commonly known for sponsoring the predecessor of the Nazi Party. It was dissolved by the...
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'Oumuamua |
Basic Information 'Oumuamua (the ' is a glottal stop, not an apostrophe) is the first ever detected interstellar object passing through our solar system whose origin was clearly outside our solar...
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1908 New York To Paris Race |
Basic Information In the early 1900s, the automobile was in its infancy. Autos were expensive, temperamental machines, liable to break down and decent roads were rare; but automobile enthusiasts were...
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Ethiopia's passion for bureaucracy |
Summary August 10, 2009: A reporter preparing to leave Addis Ababa reflects on the quirks of the bureaucracy of Ethiopia - especially its obsession which rubber stamps, which are not only...
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Know Nothing |
I am not a Know-Nothing—that is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to...
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Sumptuary Law |
Basic Information Sumptuary Laws are those laws which restrict the wearing of specific types of clothing or the possession of various other luxury goods. These laws are either designed to cement a...
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Putin - The dark rise to power |
Summary September 6, 2009: The article alleges that the 1999 Russian apartment bombings of September 4 and September 13 in Buynaksk and on September 9 and September 13 in Moscow, and September 16 in...
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San Diego Menaced By Jumbo Squid |
Summary July 17, 2009 A plague of squid have appeared off the coast of San Diego, California. Dozens have washed up on the beaches and divers swimming off the coast have been attacked by large...
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Terrorism |
Basic Information Specious arguments about semantics aside, terrorism is the deliberate infliction of violence on non-combattants for psychological effect. One who habitually commits acts of terrorism...
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Air Disaster |
Basic Information An Air disaster is a disaster that involves one or more aircraft. Crashes of passenger aircraft qualify, obviously, but cargo aircraft can also land on things and then there's the...
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Wow! signal |
Basic Information The Wow! signal was a narrowband radio signal discovered on August 15 1977 as a part of SETI. It was observed at the Big Ear Telescope of Ohio State University. It was the highest...
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Chilean Blob |
Basic Information The Chilean Blob was a strange, 12 m long lump of flesh that surfaced on a beach in Los Muermos, Chile on June 23, 2003. It took some time until it could be identified as a carcass...
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14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite |
Summary June 12, 2009: A boy in Essen, Germany has been hit by a meteorite and survived - a Million To One Chance, according to scientists. The meteorite left a scar in his hand and then caused a...
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Tsunami |
Basic Information A tsunami is a massive wave which is created by the displacement of large amounts of water within the ocean, usually by an underwater earthquake. While the wave amplitude on the open...
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Volcanic Eruption |
Basic Information Volcanic Eruptions are pressurized blasts of magma, gas, ash, or other materials that originate from the earth itself. It should be noted that volcanoes come in all types and sizes,...
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Geography
This section deals with the land, biosphere, and geography, but also any man-made places of significant history and importance.
Dominant Terrain
This category lists the major terrain types of the nation.
This category is primarily powered by entries from the Terrain pages. If you want to add new terrain types to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them. For real-world naturally-occuring terrain of the sort that most everyone is familiar, give them the rng_terrain tag. However, do not give this tag to entries of very localized and/or non-natural terrain, as those should instead get the rng_xterrain tag. The rng_xterrain tag is valid for magical, unearthly, and sci-fi terrain types, as well as man-made terrain and crazy rare real-world terrain features.
Island |
Basic Information An island is a piece of land which is entirely surrounded by water for the majority of the day - if a link to the mainland is dry except at high tide then it's a peninsula, if it's...
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Again, it may be helpful to assume that the further up the list the terrain type is listed, the larger the percentage of the nation.
Mountain |
Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! List of Noteworthy Mountains Real World Mountains Amne Machin Baekdu Mountain Bear Butte Black Hills Black Tusk Blanca Peak Delos...
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Island |
Basic Information An island is a piece of land which is entirely surrounded by water for the majority of the day - if a link to the mainland is dry except at high tide then it's a peninsula, if it's...
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Lake |
Basic Information A lake is a body of water, completely surrounded by land with no direct connection to the world ocean. A lake may be salt or fresh water - and may even be ephemeral, coming and going...
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Hill |
Basic Information A hill is a peak of land above sea level, like a mountain, but lower and not as steep. These geological formations can be formed by erosion or deposition of sediment. These areas can...
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Archipelago |
Basic Information An archipelago is a cluster of islands. They are commonly found on the open ocean, though sometimes they are located near large land masses. In the real world, the Pacific is well...
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Glacier |
Basic Information Glaciers are large masses of persistent ice (surviving over a time scale of many years). Glaciers are primarily found in the Antarctic, Greenland, certain other parts of the high...
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This includes magical, unearthly, man-made, futuristic or otherwise exotic terrain types.
You may want to use a blend of Terrains from both this tab and the more mundane Terrain Types tab, so that your fictional nation retains plausible.
Blue Hole |
Basic Information Blue Holes are underwater sinkholes, and are noted for the stark contrast between their light blue surroundings and the deep blue color of the sinkhole itself. Circulation within the...
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Cairn |
Basic Information A cairn is a pile of unmortared stone, used as a marker of various kinds by a variety of cultures. The most basic type is used as a route marker, especially in mountains and other...
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Dune |
Basic Information A dune is a hill of loose material - typically sand - created by wind deposition. Dunes are a popular - if somewhat cliched - terrain feature of sandy deserts and are also commonly...
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Niland Geyser |
Basic Information Niland Geyser is a bubbling pool of water in California that is probably the worlds only sustained mobile mud puddle. Believe it or not, this pool of water has been declared a...
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Navigational Aid |
Basic Information A navigational aid can be one of two broad categories of things: A marker in a location designed to alert you to a hazard, such as a buoy or lighthouse. A tool or device to assist...
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Jungle Yard |
There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost And although nobody here really knows where they're goin' At the very same time nobody's lost Then the...
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Famous Locations
This category lists famous locations located within the nation. Again, use these entries as base models instead of using them directly - it won't work as well if your players recognize the landmarks from the real world.
Apart from the Mythological Places and Fictional Places sections, this category is powered by all sorts of different locations in the listings of the various Countries. If you want to add new famous locations to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_location tag. However, only give this tag to really significant locations which might be famous even outside the nation.
For unusual buildings and general classes of architecture or man-made terrain that aren't neccesarily individually significant, use the rng_arch tag, and then they'll show up in the architectural examples tab.
Fungus Humongous |
Basic Information While some fungi can grow fairly large, a Fungus Humongous is a fungus that is truly gigantic - as large as people or even trees, leading to entire forests consisting entirely out of...
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Fountain of Youth |
Basic Information [This is just a placeholder page; I hope to elaborate on it later quark] According to popular legend, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León discovered the present-day state of...
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Monadnock |
Basic Information A monadnock, inselberg or kopje is a short but steep mountain rising out of lower or flatter terrain. Geologically, they are formed when a harder, erosion-resistant rock is...
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Pudridero |
Basic Information The pudridero1 is an interesting phenomenon consisting of - essentially - a temporary tomb into which corpses are placed until sufficiently decayed for long term burial in an...
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Wizarding School |
Basic Information This is an educational institution in which magic is taught. Despite the name, it may not be an actual school but rather a university - which in turn may operate on the ancient or...
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Place of Power |
Basic Information A place of power is a location in which a magician's personal magical prowess is greatly enhanced. This may be due to the natural properties of the place - such as a mana spring or...
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North American Aerospace Defense Command |
Basic Information The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint American and Canadian organization that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the two...
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Armory |
Basic Information Technically a store for armour but usually broadened out to mean a place where weapons and armour are stored and maintained. Will often contain a store of ammunition as well if it is...
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Meteor Crater |
Basic Information Meteor Crater, also known as Barringer Crater after the mining engineer who laid a claim to it, is a meteorite impact crater about 43 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona and has a...
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Thermae |
Basic Information Thermae1 were the great bathing and leisure complexes of ancient Rome, preserved to some degree today in the Turkish Baths (inherited by the Turks from Byzantium2) and, arguably, the...
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Seven Wonders Of The Classical World |
Basic Information The Seven Wonders of the Classical World (that is, the seven most impressive artificial structures known to the Greco-Romans) are generally defined as: The Statue of Zeus at Olympus...
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Perhaps these types of buildings are prominent or ubiquitous within the nation.
Fortification |
Basic Information Fortifications are buildings and structures built to provide defenses in time of warfare. The etymology of the term fortification is from the latin fortis facere to make strong and...
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Architectural Grotesque |
Basic Information As the name implies an architectural grotesque is an ugly or threatening decorative feature serving as part of a building. Some, like the European gargoyle, have additional, useful...
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Thermae |
Basic Information Thermae1 were the great bathing and leisure complexes of ancient Rome, preserved to some degree today in the Turkish Baths (inherited by the Turks from Byzantium2) and, arguably, the...
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Monument |
Basic Information A Monument is a type of structure built to commemorate a person or event of importance. These include statues, war memorials, and historic buildings. By that definition, a simple...
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Dungeon |
Basic Information Derived from a medieval French word for a castle keep1, the word dungeon has undergone some spectacular metamorphoses to achieve the form in which most RPG players will be familiar...
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Flophouse |
Basic Information A flophouse (also called a dosshouse) is, essentially, bottom tier housing for the more or less completely destitute. It is, at least, a step up from illegal or vagrant living (as in...
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Air-Raid Shelter |
Basic Information Air-Raid Shelters are structures built to provide some protection in the case of aerial bombardment, shelling or rocket attack. They became common during World War II and remained...
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Arcology |
Basic Information An arcology is a gigantic structure which is a habitat for large numbers of people - frequently it is a city in its own right. Sometimes, arcologies are even self-sufficient. See...
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Ossuary |
Basic Information An ossuary is a storage facility for human bones - generally those disinterred from a crypt, mausoleum, cemetery or graveyard. An ossuary is usually constructed when a burial...
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Saloon |
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune And we'll all meet back at the local saloon We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces Singing, Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. ...
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