D20 World History Generator Ancient History Middle History Recent History NPCs Relics D20 roll 3 times roll 3 times roll 3 times combine 2, roll twice per era roll twice per era Gods or Titans walked 1 A religious reformation A holy war A just and powerful ruler Bones and battlegrounds the earth Something fell from the The fall of kingdoms and 2 A great plague A brilliant scientist Mighty cities heavens empires Creatures came from the A world-changing 3 The discovery of vast new lands A great humanitarian Schools of magic sea discovery Gods created the Political or social 4 The rise of kingdoms and empires An evil and powerful ruler Blood feuds universe upheaval Everything was New philosophies and 5 A huge war A famous prophet Massive structures beautiful movements Life was captured and Internal divisions 6 A natural disaster A mighty warrior Rituals and customs placed here fracture Creatures came from the Something from the past Artificial or altered 7 A golden age A beloved martyr earth has returned landscapes Mighty heroes tamed the Imperialist expansion and A powerful NPC goes 8 A misunderstood villain Fine arts and crafts wilderness exploration missing Darkness and terrible 9 A powerful artifact was lost Bureaucratic paralysis A world-class idiot A secretive faction creatures ruled Powerful magic shaped 10 A war in the heavens Bread and circuses A daring explorer Buried ruins the world Huge beasts roamed the The conspiracies are 11 Mortals defied the gods A powerful wizard Tales and songs world coming true Gold rules everything Survivors and their 12 Natural forces ran amok A new god or prophet emerged A master trickster around you descendants The first cities were New technology threatens 13 Huge technological advancements A soldier or commander Powerful families built the status quo Magic is gaining 14 A mythical empire Repression and tyranny A star-crossed lover A famous order or guild strength and power A valuable new resource 15 An exodus A deal was struck An iconic artist/writer Powerful technologies is discovered Life was created or Floating or underwater 16 A hero failed A religious revival A master engineer spread things Visitors came from the 17 Ancient advancements were reversed Armies are on the move An explorer/adventurer A doomsday device stars Mountains rose before A new world power on the 18 A great migration A revolutionary An unlikely alliance our eyes rise Expansion and A hoarder of treasure or 19 Creation was corrupted A lost empire Abominable creations exploration artifacts Legendary beasts and 20 The world was divided New gods emerge Territorial disputes A true believer monsters “Combine” means to combine the results into a single element, i.e. to combine two results to define one NPC. It may be helpful to think of the first roll for Middle and Recent Histories as a “transition” from one era to the next, phrased as “but then…”