Interview with Johnn Four of Roleplaying Tips
"Do you know those children's books split into three vertical sections that allow you to make weird people, monsters, and stuff...? ...I created a 3 Line NPC generator along similar lines for my Campaign Logger GMing app."
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In a year and a bit we've had 28 interviews with different creators. My first creator interview was with Emily of Fantasy Name Generators and the most recent was Jerry Joe Seltzer of 5thdnd.com
"Most of the feedback made me feel great. Others though, had harsh things to say and I realized that every DM runs their game differently. I get it. Randomness isn't for everyone."
"For me the most fun thing is thinking of a theme for the table and then reading lots of stuff to get ideas for the entries"
People have a hard time wrapping their head around the idea of a "Procedurally Generated Monster".
"There are billions of possible combinations, and I never get tired of seeing what happens once you click that "generate" button over and over again and the type of dungeon the algorithm comes up with. I cannot describe the happiness I felt when I saw the first random dungeon that didn't look like frankenstein's monster."
"my favorite thing is when people who use my tables reach out to me and tell me the stories of what the random loot tables have caused in their games"
"I typically use generators as a springboard for coming up with character, story, and adventure ideas. I like to generate a good sample size and then read through the results and work off of what strikes me"
"to use them [random generators] as a seed for one's imagination to explore all sorts of fantastic stories, both at the gaming table and beyond"
"A random encounter, even if I originally defined the table that runs it, feels more authentic and less about me railroading my players through a series of set pieces"