So, you’re an up and coming Doom Master (DM) with a Friday night game session of Claustrophobia! in the works. You’ve got snacks, you’ve got victims (also known as players) and you’ve even got an adventure. All you’re missing is a neat way to cause mayhem and destruction. Well, have no fear, I present to you… The Table of Trouble. 1kv6y

What role-player doesn’t like loads of tables? Well, the Table of Trouble is really five tables rolled into one neat little sentence:

The blank blank of the blank is on blank alert of blank.

Now, that may seem pretty useless. Stay with me a bit. Let’s define blank:

The [table 1] [table 2] of the [table 3] is [table 4] at alert of [table 5].

Okay, let me make it even simpler:

	Table 1	Table 2		Table 3		Table 4		Table 5
The	1) front	1) flange	of the	1) hull	is	1) covered in zombies	at alert of	Earth’s Surface: d6 -2.
	2) aft	2) power core conduit		2) track drive		2) slimmed		Earth’s Crust: d6 -1.
	3) top	3) gizmo		3) propulsion drive		3) rattling loudly		Upper Mantle: d6.
	4) bottom	4) sprocket		4) drill unit		4) in another dimension		Lower Mantle: d6 +1.
	5) port	5) flux capacitor		5) nuclear power core		5) spewing smoke		Outer Core: d6 +2.
	6) starboard	6) muffler bearing		6) communications network		6) engulfed in flame		Inner Core: d6 +3.

Note that table 5 is a little different. Select the area the players are in and add the corresponding modifier to your dice roll. This is the threat level , which the players must test against. They need to beat your roll to recover from that condition.

Thanks to Kalecoauto.com and Chris V for some of the great part names in table 2. Thank you to Chris V for providing the giant shoulders to stand on. If you have any questions or comments lemme know, especially if you try this out in your own game. , the end of July 2012 is your last chance to participate in Claustrophobia!