Delay that leaves room to act
A queue, inspection or missing approval can slow progress while opening time for observation, conversation or another approach. Decide what the party can do during the wait.
Progress with a meaningful twist
Complicating
Flow d20
Give a moving scene a new condition, delay or consequence. Roll an authored complication, sharpen it with a detail and decide how the party can still pursue the goal.
A d20 complication with a d6 of added contextWindows access through Desktop Command Centre
Productive friction
Let the route change while the goal stays visible.
A complication can make the next choice matter without deciding that every inconvenience becomes a fight.
Help with a condition
A useful contact may ask for silence, restricted use, shared responsibility or a future favour. Present the terms so players can accept, negotiate or seek another route.
Progress that attracts attention
Permission may come publicly, under supervision or within narrow boundaries. Let the group weigh visibility, time and freedom against the value of proceeding.
Success with a lingering thread
Resolve the immediate task while leaving suspicion, an obligation or a record for later. Decide how that thread belongs in your campaign rather than forcing a consequence.
A prompt beside your own judgement
Fit the turn to the scene already in motion.
Choose a main complication and a detail, then read the narration and DM guidance together.
Adapt the people, place and stakes yourself. The illustration shows tabletop preparation, not automatic scene analysis.
Two dice and a table ruling
Choose the shape. Add context. Keep the choice fair.
Use random selection during play or deliberate values during preparation.
01 · Roll or choose the d20
Leave the main die on random, enter a physical roll or choose a known entry. The twenty authored results cover distinct forms of scene friction.
02 · Roll or choose the d6
Add one of the selected entry’s six details. Expand the full spread when you want to understand the alternatives before using the result.
03 · Read both sides of the prompt
Review the read-aloud passage, detail and DM control notes. Names, consequences and the scale of disruption remain your decisions.
04 · Keep the useful result
Copy the appropriate text or save the result locally. Read the player copy before sharing and keep a separate note of any campaign consequences you decide to apply.
What the tool provides
A compact complication, with room to interpret.
The current tool offers a fixed table, practical dice controls and a saved list on your Windows device.
Twenty authored complications
Roll a d20 for delays, conditions, public attention, conflicting guidance, divided expectations or a cost that follows success. Each result offers a distinct way to bend the route.
Six details for each main result
Roll a d6 within the selected complication. Read the chosen detail, or expand all six to inspect the alternatives before deciding what belongs in the scene.
Use random or physical dice
Leave either value on random, or enter your own d20 and d6 results. Choose a specific entry deliberately when preparing a scene rather than rolling at the table.
Read-aloud narration and DM guidance
Read the scene introduction alongside practical DM control notes. Adapt the people, place and scale yourself; the tool does not infer the current campaign.
Independent main and detail holds
Hold the main entry while changing its detail, or hold the detail number while changing the main entry. A held number takes priority over a typed value.
Optional avoidance of the last entry
Repeats are allowed by default. Enable no-repeat to exclude the current main result from the next random main roll. Chosen and held entries can still repeat.
Separate player and DM copies
Copy narration and the chosen detail for players, or copy the fuller result with DM control guidance for your own notes. Review the player detail for information you prefer to withhold.
A device-local saved list
Save a result manually, reopen it later or delete it from the list. Each save creates a separate local record; it is not an account library or automatic history.
Different kinds of pressure
Conditions, visibility and incomplete information.
These examples paraphrase the complication table. They suggest choices; they do not set difficulty, enforce a ruling or alter encounter state.
An answer in another place
The answer exists, but a different office, district, authority or private person holds it. Keep the previous inquiry useful by showing where the next step leads.
Two confident, conflicting accounts
Guidance may be outdated, misunderstood, partially true or deliberately misleading. Decide what evidence lets the party assess the sources.
A faster route with a cost
A shortcut may trade speed for reputation, privacy, a favour or a paper trail. Make the immediate benefit and meaningful choices understandable.
Permission with boundaries
Time, location, supervision or revocability can narrow an approval. Let players solve the task within those limits or pursue a different arrangement.
A changed route and a visible goal
Bring the complication into your own scene.
Use the selected detail to make a condition or cost concrete, then let player decisions shape what follows.
The table often uses city and institutional language. Adapt it for another setting; the artwork is an illustration of possible choices.
Keep the part that works
Hold an entry, explore its detail.
Review the dice controls before rerolling so the result changes in the way you intend.
Hold main to keep the complication
Keep the current main entry while the d6 can change. A typed d6 still applies unless that die is also held. Useful when the kind of pressure fits but the detail needs work.
Hold detail keeps a number
The hold preserves the d6 number, not its wording. A new main entry uses its own detail at that number. Holding both dice keeps the whole result.
Avoid the previous main entry optionally
Repeats are allowed by default. Enable no-repeat to exclude only the current main entry from random main selection. Typed and held entries take priority and can repeat.
Reroll with controls in mind
Fresh reroll requests a new random source while retaining typed values, holds and no-repeat. A supplied seed repeats with the same controls and previous result; an automatic seed label is not a guaranteed replay code.
Keep and share deliberately
Local records and two useful copies.
Choose the text for its audience and understand what the saved list restores.
Manual saves on this device
Save creates a separate local record each time. Open or delete records from the saved list. The tool does not provide account synchronisation, autosave, search, tags or version history.
Reopen the result, review the setup
Loading restores the saved result and seed. It does not restore every dice, hold or repeat setting, so inspect the current controls before another roll. Important campaign notes should also live in your own records.
Review what players receive
The player copy contains narration and the selected detail without DM control notes. Some details suggest future costs or consequences. Read them before sharing information you want to keep private.
Use DM text in your own notes
The DM copy includes the entry, dice values and control guidance. It omits the complete detail spread and save metadata. There are no download or import controls, and no direct Combat PRO transfer or live scene connection.
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Choose more capacity when needed
Review larger selected-generator packs in your account. Check the actual generators, subscription and reselection terms before choosing your toolkit.
Separate products keep separate access
Combat PRO, Battlemaps and image systems have their own access models. Standalone generator subscriptions do not include image or animation credits.
A scene turn within reach
Use a compact authored table when the next condition or consequence needs an idea quickly.
A detail worth considering
Read the selected detail or inspect its alternatives. Fit the pressure to the scene rather than treating a roll as compulsory.
Guidance beside the controls
Start Here and How Do I help cover dice, holds, repeat choice, copies and the device-local saved list.
Authority stays at the table
The prompt does not apply penalties, start combat or rewrite campaign state. Decide what changes through play.
Build your tabletop toolkit
Separate products. Connected account.
Each card opens that product’s own website. Review purpose and access separately; related products do not promise included access or automatic synchronisation.
Desktop Command Centre
Discover and open your supported Windows products through one connected VISINVOKE account.
VISINVOKE Battlemaps
Explore environment packs for tactical locations and the places your encounters unfold.
Combat PRO
Review prepared opposition, tune creature statistics and run tabletop encounters with its own access.
D&D Image System
Create focused character, monster, item and location images to complement your tabletop preparation.
Professional Image System
Create guided commercial visuals for websites, brochures and wider creative projects.
CYBERTECH
Explore a separate futuristic RPG experience with its own world, characters and progression.
Product artwork illustrates complication choices, not application screens or actual generated image output.
Quick answers
Dice, holds and saves in plain language.
Understand the fixed table and the boundaries of copying and local records before opening the tool.
What does Complicating Flow d20 actually generate?
It selects from twenty authored scene complications, each with read-aloud narration, DM control guidance and six detail outcomes. It is a focused prompt table for improvisation and preparation. It does not write a bespoke scene from a description, infer campaign state or decide the consequences for your group.
Can I use my own dice or choose a result?
Yes. Set the d20 from 1 to 20 and the d6 from 1 to 6, or leave either on random. A hold takes priority over a typed value for that die. The selected entry also lets you expand its complete six-detail spread.
What do holds and no-repeat keep?
Hold main keeps the current d20 entry. Hold detail keeps the d6 number; changing the main entry can change the detail text at that number. Holding both retains the result. No-repeat is optional and excludes only the current main result during a random main roll. Typed and held results bypass that exclusion.
How do seeds and fresh rerolls behave?
A supplied seed repeats with the same dice choices, holds, previous result and repeat settings. An automatically displayed seed is not a guaranteed replay code. Fresh reroll requests a new random source while retaining typed values, holds and no-repeat. Those controls may keep part or all of the result unchanged.
Where are results saved, and what does reopening restore?
Save creates a separate record in this Windows device’s application data. Reopen restores the result and its seed, but not every current dice or hold setting. The saved list offers open and delete. There is no account synchronisation, autosave, search, tagging or version history. Keep any important notes separately.
What can I copy, and does it connect to Combat PRO?
The player copy contains narration and the chosen detail, without the DM control notes. Read it before sharing: details may suggest future costs or consequences. The DM copy includes the main entry, dice numbers and DM guidance. It is not a complete save backup. There are no download or import controls and no direct Combat PRO transfer or live scene connection. Use the text manually in your notes.
Continue in VISINVOKE
One account. Another turn for the scene.
Create a free VISINVOKE account and choose the required generator access.
Get Desktop Command Centre from your account installer page. Sign in on Windows, then open Complicating Flow d20.