This is intended to produce Star Wars style cinematic planets with a single, flashy theme. Rolling may sometimes produce contradictory results, but trying to make them work can lead to more creative adventures.
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Roll on "Temperature"
Roll on "Population"
Roll on "Species"
Roll on "Economic Social"
d20 | Result |
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1 |
Forest: Trees grow thickly everywhere. Resolve: {The trees are gigantic.|} |
2 |
Grassland: Wid expanses of flat, grass covered plains. |
3 |
Swamp: Marshy, boggy terrain. Resolve: {The swamp is filled with trees|It's an open marsh}. |
4 |
Ocean: The planet is almost entirely covered with water. Action may take place on floating platforms or islands. |
5 |
Desert: The planet is very dry, with little vegetation and no large bodies of water. |
6 |
Mountains: The terrain is rough and craggy. |
7 |
Canyons/Chasms: The terrain is split by deep chasms or canyons. Action takes place near cliff edges or on vertical surfaces of the cliffs themselves. |
8 |
Crystal: The surface is characterized by large crystals and mineral deposits. |
9 |
Airless: The planet has little or no atmosphere. |
10 |
Airborn: The surface of the planet is inaccessible or irrelevant. Action takes place on floating platforms in the sky. Often, but not always a gas giant. |
11 |
Underground: There are large numbers of underground caves or settlements where most of the the action happens. |
12 |
Giant wildlife: The life on this planet is larger than normal, bordering on enormous. |
13 |
Toxic: The atmosphere of this planet is unbreathable for most of the PCs without special equipment. For example, it may be ammonia, chlorine, methane, or just highly polluted. |
14 |
Force: The force is strong with this planet. Resolve: {1?The dark|2-3?A mixture of light and dark|4?The light} side of the force exists here. There are likely to be holy sites, ancient temples etc. |
15 |
Volcanoes: This planet has many active volcanoes often with flowing lava. |
16 |
Ruins: This planet is covered in ancient ruins, huge stone monuments, decaying temples etc. |
17 |
Junk: This planet is covered in technological leftovers: dead starships, junked droids or industrial waste and residue. |
18 |
Underwater: Action takes place beneath the surface of some large body of water. |
19 |
Deadly wildlife: The wildlife here is especially deadly and aggressive. |
20 |
Dark: Thick clouds of mist keep this planet in perpetual darkness. |
d6 | Result |
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1 |
Molten |
2 |
Hot |
3 |
Normal |
4 |
Cold |
5 |
Frozen |
6 |
Variable |
d6 | Result |
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1 |
Uninhabited |
2 |
Primitives |
3 |
Rural |
4 |
Average |
5 |
Urban |
6 |
Megacity |
d6 | Result |
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1 |
One alien species |
2 |
Human |
3 |
Mix of Roll 1d6 species |
4-6 |
Melting pot |
d8 | Result |
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1 |
Agriculture |
2 |
Science |
3 |
Luxury |
4 |
Crime |
5 |
Factories |
6 |
Mining |
7 |
Military |
8 |
Government |