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gANYrator is a content generation system for tabletop RPG's such as Dungeons and Dragons. Build tables of content, link them together with actions, and then use them to roll random NPC's, Towns, Loot or more.
Many RPG systems provide random effects in the form of tables. Each table consists of a particular set of dice to throw and a number of items associated with particular results of the throw. For example, the following table of cookies provides a different cookie for each possible value on a six sided die (usually referred to as a d6).
| 1d6 | Cookie Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Raisin |
| 2 | Plain |
| 3 | Peanut |
| 4 | Gingerbread |
| 5 | Chocolate Chip |
| 6 | Double Chocolate |
When a random type of cookie is required, players would roll a six sided die and then look up the results in the table to see what kind of cookie was found. Tables like this are used for everything from personality traits at character creation, to roadside encounters while travelling, and the magic items in a dragon's hoard. Many Game Masters (GM's) will create their own tables of random content personalised to the details of their world and game. Some particularly complex systems involve rolling on a table whose results tell you other tables to roll on, whose results may require futher rolls on other tables which all contribute to the final outcome.
gANYrator provides GM's with a simple interface to create these tables in digital form and chain them together such that even the most complex rolls can be accomplished with the press of a button.
gANYrator's tables consist of a number of items containing 3 things:
- A Result, some text describing what occurs when this item occurs
- A Weight, how often a result occurs relative to the other results (This takes the place of the probability distributions involved in rolling multiple dice)
- An Action describing any other tables that should be rolled on and how their results should be interpreted
Actions tie the output of one or more tables together such that you can generate complex outcomes with a single button press. An action consists of a table to roll upon, and a field name to show the results under. By setting up an action as your starting point, and having tables whose results roll on other tables, you can generate entire characters randomly with a single button press, while having everything make sense logically for the world you are playing in.
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