Random Rune Generator

You will encounter many opportunities to use cool glyphs,runes,and tattoos in your games.However,it can be pretty tough to come up with a design for the fiftieth rune inscribed in the ancient tomb your characters are exploring.What do all those runes look like?

Here are some lists ofpotential visual descriptions that can come together to create interesting runic images.Use these lists to create item images,graven images, etched object runes, marks ofpower, glyphs ofwarding, or symbols. The results generated by these tables can even serve as evocative hieroglyphs and emblems for organizations in your campaign—for instance,the main image for the coat ofarms ofa group called the Knights ofthe Red Curtain.

Using the Tables

Roll once on each ofthe three tables on these pages,stringing the results together to generate your rune description.If you get a result of“[nothing],” use only the results from the other tables.Reroll anything that doesn’t make sense or does not appeal to you.Alternatively,simply choose results you like,rather than rolling.

Generate Part One

d% Result

01–06 a dagger plunged into 07–10 vines growing out of 11–15 a crown perched atop 16–21 crossed swords over 22–25 a pair ofhands surrounding 26–30 demonic eyes peering out of 31–35 blue lightning arcing out of 36–40 an axe thrust into 41–50 a hand bursting from 51–52 a tentacle reaching out of 53–57 a spear thrust through 58–60 a trumpet thrust from 61–64 tiny stars surrounding 65–68 a jewel within 69–70 a hand inside 71–75 a sword inside 76–80 a hand within 81–85 an arrow piercing 86–90 a hand clutching 91–00 [nothing]

Generate Part Two

d% Result

01–04 a skull 05–07 a treasure chest 08–10 a circle cut into three parts 11–13 a pyramid 14–16 a triangle 17–18 a mushroom 19–20 a grinning mask 21–24 a clenched fist 25–26 a giant human eye 27–29 a shield 30–33 a circle 34–35 a pentagram 35–38 a pentacle 39–40 a flagon 41–42 a circle cut in half 43–44 a semicircle 45–47 a heart 48–49 a large star 50–51 a wave 52–53 a diamond 54–55 an octagon 56–57 a scroll 58–59 a spiral 60–62 a tree 63–65 a rose 66–67 a helmet 68–69 a book 70–71 a staff 72–73 a hammer 74–76 a bone 77–78 a cat's face 79–80 a wolf's head 81–83 a large mouth 84–85 an upward-pointing arrow 86–87 a downward-pointing arrow 88–89 an arrow pointing two directions 90–91 a circle cut into four parts 92–94 a ship 95–96 a six-pointed star 97–98 a seven-pointed star 99–00 a pentagon

Generate Part Three

d% Result

01–02 girded by laurels 03–05 sheathed in flames 06–07 glowing like the sun 08–09 emblazoned with a demonic face 10–11 flanked by batlike wings 12–13 in the coils ofa serpent 14–15 swaddled in tentacles 16–17 flanked by feathered wings 18–19 inscribed within a red circle 20–22 inscribed within a magic circle 23–24 inscribed within a long rectangle 25–26 covered with spikes and spines 27–28 haloed in light 29–30 halfin shadow 31–32 with coins all around it 33–34 with curved knives all around it 35–37 wrapped in a pair ofrings 38–40 atop a tower 41–42 next to a writhing snake 43–45 atop a mountain

d% Result

46–48 next to a cresent moon 49–51 made ofthin red lines 52–54 made ofthin blue lines 55–57 made ofthin green lines 58–60 made ofthin black lines 61–63 all done as a silhouette 64–65 wrapped in a cloud 66–67 dripping with blood 68–69 flanked by swords 70–71 flanked by skulls 72–73 flanked by arrows 74–75 within a ring made by a whip 76–77 within a ring made by a snake, eating its own tail 78–79 atop crossed bones 80–81 above a trident 82–83 below two spears 84–85 covered in insects 86–00 [Nothing]