Here we are looking at pdf and book titles for Wilderness on Drive Thru RPG.
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Starting Points
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
The wilderness is a classic part or roleplaying games, with long journeys through forest paths and mountain trails.
But they can also be the adventure, with swamp hexcrawls, hostile deserts and ruins in the jungle.
They are home to all manner of beasts and monsters, from giant bears and werewolves to swamp drakes and frost giants.
Also of interest will be the Random Tools Guide for Wilderness. Finally for more PDF titles try Random Table Titles for Fantasy.
All the Wilderness
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
Some titles cover all of the wilderness, or at least a range of it.
- From Raging Swan Press there is GM's Miscellany: Wilderness Dressing, with tables to flesh out all types of terrain. . Each has wilderness dressing, encounters and settlement backdrops. Pathfinder based
- More from Raging Swan Press with encounters for all wilds in Random Encounters: Wilderness and Random Encounters: Wilderness II.
- Inkwell Ideas has Sidequest Decks: Wilderness & Frontier Fantasy, 50+ cards with adventure outlines and encounters.
- For events in the wilds, Atelier Clanestin has Wilderness Travel Events with several different tables for weather, npcs, night, resting and more
- On DM's Guild there is Travel Skill Challenges and Non-Combat Encounters by Thom Martin with grassland, hills, forests and water-based terrains.
- Grinning Skull Studios has 100 Wilderness Encounters with detailed encounters for the middle of nowhere.
Wilds Free and Pay What You Want
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
If you like pdfs and random tables then there are some options. And where you find one you might find more...
- Never Engine has different wilderness encounters with Encounter Generator - Wilderness.
- From dicegeeks are 100 Items in a Cottage to fill out those shacks and huts in isolated places. Plus foraging help with d100 Medicinal Herbs and d100 Culinary Herbs and Spices.
- 100 Botanical Names from Pink Dice Bag Publishing rounds out some foraging goodness.
Forest and Woodland
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
To find more related titles by a particular publisher the "Customers Who Bought This Title also Purchased" bar at the bottom of product description is useful.
- Skirmisher Publishing helps with fey woods and ancient woodlands with 100 Oddities for an Enchanted Forest.
- With a title of scenarios for forests is True Mask Games with Realm of Leaves - 100+ scenarios for forest adventures.
- To generate those forests Pink Dice Bag Publishing has a European Style Forest Generator and an Asian Style Forest Generator, both with tables for characteristics encounters, hooks and events.
- 100 Things to Find, See and Hear in a Forest comes from Azukail Games
- From Raging Swan Press there is Campaign Backdrop: Forest & Woodlands wiht all sorts of tables (Pathfinder Based)
- A Pay What You Want option is d100 Forest Encounters & Events from Christian Blair.
Jungle and Tropical Titles
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
Hotter climbs means terrain such as tangled jungle, barren deserts, muggy swamps, tropical rainforests and warm mountains.
- Encounters by Environment - Jungle from Troy McConnell has 1d20 Jungle encounters plus advice for running Jungle encounters and a few maps.
- Azukail Games can help with 100 Tropical Wilderness Locations for hotter campaigns. Plus 100 Encounters for a Fantasy Jungle.
Tundra, Arctic and Cold Titles
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
For those times you need to wrap up warm....
- From Azukail Games there is 100 Cold Wilderness Locations with descriptions of 100 places for cold and arctic climes. Also 100 Snow and Ice Encounters.
- A Pay What You Want option is d100 Arctic Encounters & Events from Christian Blair.
Mountains and Hills Titles
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
Cold highlands, haunted hills, craggy moors and other uplands are popular in fantasy campaigns.
- Azukail Games has 100 Encounters for Fantasy Mountains and 100 Hill Encounters.
- From Raging Swan Press there is Hills & Mountain with wilderness dressing, encounters and settlement backdrops. Pathfinder based
Desert, Plains and Steppes
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
For flatter terrains and wastelands....
- 100 Desert Encounters from Grinning Skull Studios has detailed encounters which are system neutral
- A Pay What You Want option is d100 Desert Encounters & Events from Christian Blair.
- From Raging Swan Press there is Campaign Backdrop: Desert. Each has wilderness dressing, encounters and settlement backdrops. Pathfinder based
- Azukail Games has 100 Encounters for a Fantasy Desert and 100 Encounters for Fantasy Plains.
Swamp and Marsh
titles - all wilds | free & pwyw | forest| jungle | arctic | mountains | desert | swamp
To slosh around in mud with a leaky boat, marsh gas or crocodiles how about some swamp titles!
- From Azukail Games is 100 Encounters for a Fantasy Swamp.
- From Raging Swan Press there is Campaign Backdrop: Marsh & Swamp with all kinds of tables. (Pathfinder Based)
Finishing Up
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