Use the power of random thoughts colliding to fuel creativity. Black creates, see his book The Anatomy of Adventure.) Randomness really helps me bring something fresh to the table.” (For more on how M.T. Otherwise I find I’m just slipping back into very comfortable tropes and ideas. Black explains, “I use randomness all the time when I’m creating an adventure. The dice in D&D, especially when combined with random tables, can fire imagination. And the table of trinkets on page 161 has probably been rolled against more than any other in the current game. I suspect the tables for traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws in the fifth edition Players Handbook developed more characters’ personalities, and therefor encouraged more role playing than anything in past Dungeons & Dragons history. Inspirational tables include numbers for die rolls. Never underestimate the value of a good list seeded with ideas or just evocative words.
