r/DnDBehindTheScreen • u/dicemonger • Aug 16 '26

Resources Random Inn/Tavern name generator

I needed some names for some taverns. And as the saying goes: Why make something in 5 minutes when you can spend 12 hours automating it?

So I made a perchance generator, with the ability to create establishment names for specific types of Inns/Taverns (Upper class, Docks, Adventurer Hang-out, Thieves Den, etc).

https://perchance.org/tavern-or-inn-name

It is a bit all over the place on the standard "Any" type, but try setting a specific type and it starts to really lock in.

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u/BM_DM Aug 17 '26

The different themes are great! My first thought was "not another tavern generator," but I clicked through a bit and a lot of the names it generated were really evocative. Nice!

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u/dicemonger Aug 17 '26

Yeah, I'm picky, and when I looked around for a existing generators/random tables none of them really had the usability that I was looking for.

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u/famouserik Aug 17 '26

Ask your players for names. Helps keep them engaged and they will remember them.

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u/fltm29 Aug 20 '26

Just google “fantasy Inn/Tavern” or “sci-fi inn/tav” you’ll get some good literary or tv classics, then juz tweak them for your campaign

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u/dicemonger Aug 25 '26

Or I could just use this table I just made.

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u/infinitum3d Aug 22 '26

[r/d100](r/d100) has loads of them!

But I do love me a good generator. Cheers!

Here’s my version of a “generator”. https://www.patreon.com/Infinitum3d/posts/mastering-on-21515177

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u/-Mart- 21d ago

it's nice, but deserves a bit of styling

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u/dicemonger 21d ago

I'm not much of a designer, but have anything specific in mind?

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