There are so many great L things that I could almost do a whole month of them: Laboratory, Labyrinth, Lamp-Post, Lantern of the Dead, Laundry, Lavatoire, Letterbox, Lich Gate, Lighthouse, Loculus, Lookout, and Lunatic Asylum.
I've tried to pick lesser-known architectural features in previous entries, but today it's Library. I'll take this opportunity to compose a table I've been meaning to write for a long time: random generation of library books for inquisitive PC's.
Optional supertitle:
- History of
- Natural History of
- Encounters with
- Mother's
- Some Observations on
- Encyclopedia of
- Dictionary of
- Illustrated
- The Truth About
- First-Hand Accounts of
- The King's
- The New
- Jokes for
- Almanac of
- Back to Basics
- A Lady's
- A Gentleman's
- Diary of
- The Big Book of
- The Art of
Part the earlier:
- Northern
- Southern
- Eastern
- Western
- Misleading
- Revised
- Condensed
- Elritch
- Night
- Collegiate
- Rapid
- Surefire
- Zero Tolerance
- Preventing
- Foundational
- Childhood
- Equestrian
- Naval
- Incomplete
- Culinary
Part the latter:
- Wars
- Birds
- Stars
- Apprentices
- Navigation
- Bottling
- Brewing
- Grammar
- Sewing
- Worthies
- Rules
- Anecdotes
- Test Preparation
- Success
- Etiquette
- Mating
- Travels
- Cities
- Flowers
- Faith
Optional subtitle:
- Explained
- (A Life)
- For Beginners
- Yearbook
- In Conversation
- In Style
- For Little Ones
- In Brief
- And Other Adventures
- A Structural Analysis
- And Other Secrets
- Avoid The Pitfalls
- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
- Bilingual Edition
- On Parade!
- In 24 Hours
- Making It Pay
- A Journey of the Spirit
- A Space Odyssey
- Like A Pro
Find more lists in my forthcoming book Jokes for Northern Wars.
(This is for the A-Z Blogger Challenge.)
I like it. Although for purposes I'd probably want titles along the lines of (adventure seed phrase), being a true and accurate (noun) of the (setting details) and their (house rules) among the (improbable rumor) of (legendary province).
ReplyDeleteAnd a bunch of books just called Liber Albans or Elliptonica.
...for my own purposes, that should be.
ReplyDeleteCool. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHistory of Eldritch Library Wars Explained For Little Ones. (Nope, not random, just me being silly. Although it is a result you could get if you rolled twice on the Optional Subtitle table.)
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