Blood Pillars Dungeon Area Generator Part 1: History and Current Usage

Inspired by some recent tables on Wizard Towers, I decided to brainstorm ideas about things that might be in the ruins and dungeons in the Bloodstone Pillars region of the Iron Canyons. 

Should be mostly self-explanatory.  Roll once per column or if you're in a hurry just roll once and use the whole row.  Or for more complex areas, roll a Controller/With and then roll 1d6+1 areas controlled by that same Controller. [square brackets] indicates a subtable to roll on below. More on lithophages and ichneumon later. Oh, and of course I put it on Abulafia to play with.

Roll	Used to be...	Now used as...	Controlled by	With...
1	thoroughfare, throughway, or main passage	used for the same purpose once again	[elves] elves	a decent map of the level
2	garrison or armory	a well-organized lair	[elves] elves	captives
3	monastery	a refuse dump and body disposal area	[dwarves] dwarves	noncombatants to protect
4	cathedral, temple, or shrine	a workshop or crafting space	[dwarves] dwarves	poor morale and desperate for food
5	crypt, catacomb, ossuary, or mausoleum	a haphazard camp	[humans] humans	better than normal armament/training/combat skills
6	prison or slave quarters	a storage cache for supplies or food	[humans] humans	no faces
7	tannery, abattoir, or slaughterhouse	an area controlled but taboo to enter	[skaven] skaven	extra tentacles, limbs, or other appendages
8	magical or alchemical laboratory	a worship space	[skaven] skaven	better than normal stealthiness
9	necromantic, medical, or graft laboratory	hunting grounds	aberrations	an insatiable appetite and very pointy teeth
10	collection of low class dwellings and homes	a plague colony or asylum for the sick or insane	[cult]	better than usual treasure (x2)
11	collection of mid-high class dwellings and homes	a primary sleeping place and lair	adventurers	unusual diseases or curses
12	library or storehouse	a temporary camp	a big bad monster	some interesting pets, parasites, or companions
13	school, academy, or training area	a tavern, eating area, or food production area	lithophages	worse than usual attitudes
14	collection of low class services & shops (eg Barbers, Brothels, Taverns, etc)	a trading post or neutral ground	giant vermin	recent wounds from a hard-fought battle
15	collection of high class services & shops (eg Jewelers, Silversmiths, Restaurants)	a performance, ritual, or entertainment space	magical beasts or hybrids	unusual size or proportions
16	stable or animal holding pens	a highly trapped area	summoned demons	a desire to partner with the party
17	natural cavern, park, or preserve	a hardhold or fortress	wild animals	grafts
18	refuse disposal area or sewers	a nursery, hatchery, or noncombatant quarters	degenerates	creepy rictus grins
19	ritual chamber	an unused space still ocasionally patrolled	oozes or swarms	too much or too little hair
20	wasp cavalry (Ichneumon) hive	a gruesome display of the remains of past enemies	apparitions, spirits, or other hauntings	a desire to find something in particular (on [level adjustment] levels away)

Subtables:

;elves

1,holdout

2,undead

3,archivist/archaeologist

4,ichneumon reconquista

5,necromancer

;dwarves

1,undead

2,insane

3,heretic

4,militant squatter

5,religious crusader

6,well-established colonist

;humans

1,undead

2,insane

3,looting/raiding

4,squatting or temporary settler

;skaven

1,deep corrupted

2,undead

3,rabid

4,a family of scavenger

5,a group of bachelor adventurer

6,a squatting matriarch. broodmales, and connected household

;cult

1,cult of undead worshippers

2,cult of personality

3,demonic/diabolic cult

4,aberration cult

5,cult of an object or image

6,spider/vermin cult

I chose a nice bell-curve function for the following table so that the encounter level (or HD or CR or whatever) would be likely to be at/near the current 'dungeon level' (roughly every 100' from surface).  Inspired by tables here (and pointed out by Jeff Rients on G+)


;level adjustment (3d4)
3, -4   (~2%)
4, -3 (~5%)
5, -2 (~9%)
6, -1 (~16%)
7, +0 (~19%)
8, +1 (~19%)
9, +2 (~16%)
10, +3 (~9%)
11, +4 (~5%)
12, +5 (~2%)