Current goal
Start with what the party is trying to achieve.
A new problem. Several ways forward.
Complication
Generator
Change the plan with a believable complication around the party’s current goal. Prepare clear stakes, several possible ways through, honest costs and consequences, then review a useful follow-on for the scene.
Fourteen situations. Clear stakes and several ways through.Windows access through Desktop Command Centre
A new problem. Several ways forward.
Change the plan without closing the choices.
Put the party’s goal, stakes and possible routes beside the complication.
Why now
Give the problem a reason to appear.
Fair routes
Prepare several possible ways through.
Honest costs
Keep risks and consequences clear.
Prepare the complication
Set the stakes. Review the routes.
The illustration represents fictional scene preparation, not an application screen or generated image output.
Start with the current scene and the party’s goal.
Choose the kind, severity, source and connected layers.
From current goal to useful follow-on
Set the stakes. Review the ways through.
Prepare the complication, choices, costs and what happens next.
01 · Describe the scene
Choose its kind and the party’s goal.
02 · Shape the problem
Set source, severity and people involved.
03 · Prepare the choices
Add routes, costs, risks and connected layers.
04 · Review the fallout
Check consequences if ignored and the follow-on.
Your complication toolkit
Clear stakes. Honest costs. Room to choose.
Prepare the reason for the problem, possible routes, costs, risks and follow-on.
Fourteen kinds of play
Prepare complications for combat, social scenes, travel, dungeons, cities, wilderness, quests, downtime, investigations, negotiations, infiltration, rescues, chases or exploration.
Start with the current goal
Describe the scene and why the problem appears now.
Set meaningful stakes
Name what matters and what may be lost.
Offer several ways through
Review fair routes with honest costs and risks.
Choose severity and layers
Set the pressure and combine one to three connected layers.
Prepare around a real roll
Prepare the problem before your table’s actual roll decides whether it appears.
Refine and retain variations
Edit, lock, change selected sections, undo or redo and save different versions.
Review and share
Copy, download or print chosen Dungeon Master or player-facing material.
Choose the detail the scene needs
Quick pressure. Connected layers.
Add the source and stakes that matter.
Quick preparation
Set scene, kind, severity and real-roll trigger.
Deep preparation
Add source, goal, stakes and people involved.
One to three layers
Connect the complications that shape the pressure.
Table’s real roll
Prepare the problem before deciding if it appears.
Keep useful complications
Refine the details. Keep the choices open.
Review the routes and current player-facing material.
Individual sections
Edit, lock and change selected material.
Undo and redo
Step through your revisions.
Saved versions
Keep and reopen different complications.
Copy, download and print
Review the chosen view before sharing.
A complication to review
Review the routes and what follows.
Review the complication, why it appears now and what is at stake.
Put the possible routes beside costs, risks and consequences if ignored.
Review player-facing details before sharing.
A complication creates decisions
Keep responses and dice at the table.
Use the written material to prepare a problem with choices.
Several routes
Review the ways through beside their costs.
Player agency
Let players choose how to respond.
Real dice
The generator never replaces your rolls.
No combat handoff
It sends nothing to Combat PRO.
Choose your generator access
Review current access in your account.
Choose the required generator access and review current pricing in your account.
Individual generator access
Choose the required access for Complication Generator as a selected standalone generator.
Eligible generator packs
Select this generator within an eligible pack. Review current capacity and pricing in your account.
Separate product access
Other generators, Battlemaps and image-credit products have their own access arrangements. They are not included automatically.
Your VISINVOKE account
Create a free account, choose the required generator access and use Desktop Command Centre on Windows.
VISINVOKE means value
A useful complication creates decisions.
A focused tool for believable obstacles, clear stakes and several possible ways forward.
Clear goal
Start with what the party needs.
Meaningful stakes
Name what matters in the scene.
Several routes
Put costs and risks beside the options.
Useful follow-on
Prepare what happens next.
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Quick answers
Complications in plain language.
Understand the situations, stakes, routes, revision and sharing.
What does Complication Generator create?
Prepare a believable problem around the party’s current goal, with a reason it appears now, people or factions involved, clear stakes, several possible ways through, costs and risks, consequences if ignored and a useful follow-on. Review the routes together so the problem offers decisions rather than a dead end.
How do I choose access?
Create a free VISINVOKE account and review current generator access and pricing in your account. Choose the required access for this selected generator or an eligible generator pack. Other VISINVOKE products have separate access arrangements.
What do Quick and Deep preparation include?
Quick starts with the scene, its kind and severity, and whether a real roll should trigger the problem. Deep adds the source of the complication, what is at stake, the party’s goal, people involved and one to three connected layers.
Which situations can I prepare?
Choose combat, social scenes, travel, dungeons, cities, wilderness, quests, downtime, investigations, negotiations, infiltration, rescues, chases or exploration. Choose the severity or leave that choice to chance, then review the obstacle, stakes, costs, fallout and layers for the scene.
How do I revise, keep and share it?
Lock, change and edit individual sections, undo or redo changes and save different versions. Reopen a saved complication with its goal, stakes, routes, costs and follow-on. Copy, download or print the complete Dungeon Master view or chosen player-facing information. Review player-facing details before sharing, especially after edits, and keep private context in your own notes.
Where do I use it, and what stays at the table?
Open Complication Generator from the Generators collection in Desktop Command Centre on Windows. It prepares written material for the scene. The table’s real dice and the players’ responses stay with you. It never starts or changes combat and sends nothing to Combat PRO.
Continue in VISINVOKE
One account. Your campaign.
Create a free VISINVOKE account and choose generator access.
Get Desktop Command Centre from your account installer page. Sign in on Windows and open Complication Generator.