Friday, December 7, 2018

What's the Deal with this Island? (Pt. 1.5)

To my shame, I missed the relevant generators on Abulafia in my previous roundup.

Ancient Greek Island Names

Where to get it

Abulafia, but apparently it is drawn from AGON.

What is it

Generates five plausible names of Greek islands every refresh. Underneath, it appears to be a flat table of ~100 entries (I didn't count).

Sample Output

  • Kandeloussa
  • Kefalonia
  • Mykonos
  • Armathia
  • Vous

Notes

Could be useful in a specifically Greek campaign, but doesn't give any insight into the island, so not great in a pinch. Risk of duplicates if used a lot.

Island

Where to get it

Abulafia

What is it

Generates ten island outlines every refresh. Underneath it's a mess of nested tables (which is what Abulafia does best, and which also would be really annoying as dice-rolling exercises).

Sample Output

  • Plentiful Island. Stream. Catoblepas. Tarn. Hill. Stream.
  • Luxuriant Island. Cave. Marble.
  • Teeming Island. . Hill.
  • Sandy Island. Poisonous rivulet. Porous Lava Spring.
  • Rugged Isle. Hill.
  • Monstrous Island. Giant rats. . Hill. Water naga. Giant lampreys. Promontory. Hill.
  • Teeming Island. Dormant fissure volcano. Hill. Stream. Agate.
  • Barren Rocks. No features. Try again!
  • Meager Isle. Warm spring.
  • Luxuriant Island. Cave. Active dome volcano. Mountain. Stream. Hill. Hill. Cliff. Stream.

Notes

I like some of the specificity it gives that wouldn't normally appear. For example, and island made of agate is great! And it gives some of the same "ecosystem" type stuff that I like about other generators. But it also requires a little extra parsing (e.g. "Mountain. Stream. Hill. Hill. Cliff. Stream."), and not every detail is relevant. Also, a lot of the more interesting results are less likely due to the nesting nature of the tables.

Addendum

I have removed a mention of Zak S's Discord server and also a link to some work I did related to it. For more information, see my post here.

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