Random Dragon Pass Wilderness Generator

This Random Dragon Pass Wilderness Generator is a hack of Éric Nieudan's own more generic classic fantasy random wilderness generator.

What you need:
 - A standard 52-card deck with French suits (♠♥♦♣); remove the jokers and the 2's.
 - Dice.

1. Draw cards to make a 7×7 grid; leave centre of grid empty. The centre is your main point of interest (city, dungeon, whatever) and is up to you — see picture below:

2. Terrain the remaining 48 areas according to card suit; face cards mean there is a steading. See tables below:

Terrain
♦ plains or plateau
♣ woods or swamp
♥ hills or dunes
♠ mountains or canyons

Steadings
Jack: village, hamlet or camp
Queen: temple, shrine, other holy place
King: tower, keep or fortress
Ace: town or trading post

3. Encounters and events. For each card, roll d20 and compare to card value (Jack = 11, Queen = 12,  King = 13, Ace = 14) on the main table below. Choose or draw another card for subtypes.

Variant: Use a d12 for step 3; use a different type of die in the light grey rectangle around the centre of the grid, see above; e.g., if the centre is a city (civilised) then use a d10 in the light grey area; if it is a dungeon (wild) then use a d20.

Die	Civilised Encounters Die roll < card value	Events Die roll = card value	Wild Encounters Die roll > card value
1	Farmers ♦travelling ♣foraging ♥poaching ♠fleeing
2	Fishermen ♦working ♣mending nets ♥famished ♠building a dam
3	Merchants ♦caravan ♣lost ♥being robbed ♠loaded with gold	Ambush or trap
4	Acolytes ♦preaching ♣looking for help ♥begging ♠on a pilgrimage	Impromptu market	Aldryami ♦elves ♣dryad ♥pixies ♠runners
5	Men-at-arms ♦mercenaries ♣soldiers at war ♥militia ♠recruiting	Freak weather	Dwarves ♦industrious ♣wise ♥hungry ♠curious
6	Ducks ♦assassins ♣traders ♥confidence artists ♠family	Blocked roads	Newtlings ♦scared ♣hostile ♥friendly ♠on a pilgrimage
7	Wizards ♦master & retainers ♣illusionists ♥necromancer ♠witch	Fire	Animals ♦herbivores ♣wolves ♥ pterodactyls ♠mountain lions
8	Adventurers ♦bruised & beaten ♣hostile ♥friendly ♠richly equipped	Flood	Monster ♦dinosaur ♣manticore ♥jack o'bear ♠minotaur
9	Barbarians♦in battle ♣on a heroquest ♥raiding ♠hiding from foe	Battle	Nomads ♦Grazelanders ♣Pol Joni ♥Praxians ♠Morokanths
10	Trolls ♦merchants ♣patrol ♥messengers ♠raiding	Ghosts	Spiders ♦hive ♣parasites with hosts ♥giant ♠sentient
11	Bandits ♦river raiders ♣on the run ♥hiding ♠carrying plunder	Country fair	Trolls ♦slavers ♣Zorak Zorani ♥Tusk raiders ♠cave trolls
12	Thieves ♦street thugs ♣running from the law ♥spies ♠burglars	Chaos nest	Bandits ♦pirates ♣folk heroes ♥highwaymen ♠mercenaries
13	Dragonewts ♦ambassadors ♣warband ♥mercs ♠travelling	Siege	Humanoids ♦baboons ♣centaurs ♥satyrs ♠wind children
14		Plague	Thanes ♦visiting ♣prisoners ♥at a wedding ♠travelling
15			Undead ♦wraiths ♣vampires ♥zombies ♠ghouls
16			Chaotic ♦broo ♣dragon snail ♥ogres ♠scorpion men
17			Lycanthropes ♦Elurae ♣tusk brothers ♥wolfbrothers ♠tiger sons
18			Abomination ♦gargoyle ♣basilisk ♥walktapus ♠cockatrice
19			Elemental ♦gnome ♣salamander ♥undine ♠sylph
20			Special ♦cultists ♣demon ♥magical sheep ♠sky bulls

As always, I welcome any feedback for improvement.