Sunday, August 31, 2025

Expanded Random Appendix N Campaign Concept Generator

Trey over at From the Sorcerer's Skull posted a Random Appendix N Campaign Concept Generator, and I took it and ran with it, expanding out the list to include sub-tables for each of the 20 authors (or author combos), plus I included Robert E Howard (I collapsed L. Sprague de Camp with the "L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt" entry).

Warning: My choices and emphases for each author might not match your own.

AUTHOR (d20)
1 Abraham Merritt
2 De Camp & Pratt
3 Edgar Rice Burroughs
4 Fred Saberhagen
5 Fritz Leiber
6 Gardner Fox
7 H.P. Lovecraft
8 J.R.R. Tolkien
9 Jack Vance
10 Leigh Brackett
11 Lin Carter
12 Lord Dunsany
13 Margaret St. Clair
14 Manly Wade Wellman
15 Michael Moorcock
16 PJ Farmer
17 Poul Anderson
18 Robert E. Howard
19 Roger Zelazny
20 Sterling Lanier

ABRAHAM MERRITT (d10)
1 Burn, Witch, Burn!
2 Creep, Shadow!
3 Dwellers in the Mirage
4 Seven Footprints to Satan
5 The Face in the Abyss
6 The Metal Monster
7 The Moon Pool
8 The Ship of Ishtar
9-10 Short Story

L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP AND/OR FLETCHER PRATT* (d20)
* Mostly

1 Genus Homo (de Camp & P. Schuyler Miller)
2 Invaders from Rigel (Pratt)
3-4 Krishna/Viagens Interplanetarias Series (de Camp)
5 Land of Unreason (de Camp & Pratt)
6 Lest Darkness Fall (De Camp)
7-8 Novarian Series (de Camp)
9-10 Pusadian Series (de Camp)
11 Tales from Gavagan’s Bar (de Camp & Pratt)
12 The Blue Star (Pratt)
13 The Carnelian Cube (de Camp & Pratt)
14-16 The Compleat Enchanter Series (de Camp & Pratt)
17 The Glory That Was (de Camp)
18 The Well of the Unicorn (Pratt)
19 Short Story by de Camp
20 Short Story by Pratt

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (d6)
1 Barsoom Series
2 Caspak Series
3 Pellucidar Series
4 Tarzan Series
5 Venus Series
6 Other Works

FRED SABERHAGEN (d6)
1 Berserker Series
2 Books of Swords/Lost Swords Series
3 Books of the Gods Series
4 Dracula Series
5 Empire of the East Series
6 Other Works

FRITZ LEIBER (d6)
1-3 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series
4-5 Gather, Darkness!
6 Other Works

GARDNER FOX (d8)
1-4 Kothar Series
5-6 Kyrik Series
7 Llarn Series
8 Other Works (including DC/Marvel Comics)

H.P. LOVECRAFT (d6)
1-3 General Mythos
4-5 Dreamlands
6 Other Works

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (d8)
1-4 The Hobbit
5-6 The Lord of the Rings
7 The Silmarillion
8 Other Works

JACK VANCE (d12)
1-3 The Dying Earth Series
4-5 Lyonesse Series
6-7 The Demon Princes Series
8 The Cadwal Chronicles
9 Alastor Series
10 Durdane Series
11 Tschai Series
12 Other Works

LEIGH BRACKETT (d6)
1-3 Mars & Venus Series
4-5 Skaith Series
6 Other Works

LIN CARTER (d20)
1 Callisto Series
2-4 Gondwane/World’s End Series
5 Hautley Quicksilver Series
6 Tales of the Near Stars Series
7-9 Terra Magica Series
10 The Chronicles of Kylix Series
11 The Green Star Series
12 The History of the Great Imperium Series
13 The Mysteries of Mars Series
14-16 Thongor of Valkarth Series
17-18 Zanthodon Series
19 Zarkon – Lord of the Unknown Series
20 Other Works

LORD DUNSANY (d20)
1-9 The Pegana Series
10-13 The King of Elfland’s Daughter
14-16 The Chronicles of Shadow Valley
17-18 The Blessing of Pan
19 The Last Revolution
20 Other Works

MARGARET ST. CLAIR (d6)
1-3 Sign of the Labrys
4-5 The Shadow People
6 Other Works

MANLY WADE WELLMAN (d8)
1-3 Hok the Mighty Series
4-6 Silver John Series
7 John Thunstone Series
8 Other Works

MICHAEL MOORCOCK (d10)
1 Elric Series
2 Corum Series
3 Hawkmoon Series
4 Cornelius Series
5 Von Bek Series
6 Erekosë Series
7 Sojan Series
8 Kane Series
9 Jherek Carnelian Series
10 Other Works

PJ FARMER (d6)
1 World of Tiers Series
2 Riverworld Series
3 Khorkarsa Series
4 Dayworld Series
5 Dark is the Sun
6 Other Works

POUL ANDERSON (d20)
1 After Doomsday
2 Brain Wave
3 Hoka Series
4 King of Ys Series
5 Maurai and Kith Series
6-7 Operation Otherworld Series
8 Polesotechnic/Terran Empire/Long Night Series
9 Psychotechnic League Series
10 Question and Answer
11 Rustum Series
12-13 The Broken Sword/Hrolf Kraki’s Saga
14 The High Crusade
15 The Last Viking
16 The Merman’s Children
17-18 Three Hearts and Three Lions
19 Time Patrol Series
20 Other Works

ROBERT E. HOWARD (d6)
1 Conan Series
2 Kull Series
3 Bran Mak Morn Series
4 Cormac Mac Art Series
5 Solomon Kane Series
6 Other Works

ROGER ZELAZNY (d6)
1 Chronicles of Amber Series
2 Dilvish the Damned Series
3 Lord of Light
4 Damnation Alley
5 Jack of Shadows
6 Other Works

STERLING LANIER
1-3 Hiero Desteen Series
4-5 Brigadier Ffellowes
6 Other Works

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