>>5543268>random card deckbuilding dungeon, Tarot etc>generated layoutSo here is an idea I just borrowed and adapted from an unfinished OSR style
itch.io ttrpg called His Majesty The Worm.
Lets say you have a tarot card deck, you can assign minor arcana items suits like this
Swords: bladed weapons
Wands: blunt weapons, magic, guns/firearms, utility items / tools
Chalices: healing, or emotional state items (berserk, despair etc)
Pentacles: treasures, trade goods jewels amulets etc.
You then draw 5 cards and arrange them in a North South East West compass rose like this
__N__
WmE
__S__
The middle card, m, signifies the ruler / authority of the dungeon. So you could do something like this:
Major Arcana, eg, Sun, Hierophant, Magician etc. a powerful sorceror / god / demon. Use the tarot archetype eg Sun = Sun temple dungeon? Or some other less obvious mythological allusion
Court Card, eg King Queen Knight Page some mortal ruler or noble, highborn, can be literal King or lord etc or maybe some merchant, guildmaster, ship captain? etc
Minor Arcana the authority of the dungeon is contested. Use the emotional state imagery of the cards to suggest who is fighting over it. eg, Three Swords - some site of a love triangle, elopement? With storm clouds and rain? etc.
So then spiralling out from the centre theme you repeat the process and traverse / generate the dungeon populating it with NPCs items and features as described above etc. Just an outline idea I adapted and embellished hehe
