"Kicking killers, laughing leprachauns, musical mimics, a nocturnal naga and obstinate orangutans ."
Tables for K to O using alliteration to create ideas for fantasy encounters and foes.
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Alliterative Adversaries
If you want a way to combine humour and unusual results to spark ideas
Roll a d10 or choose once on each column to get an Adjective and an Adversary and combine. Or roll once using the Adjective and Adversary in that row.
There is a fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Fantasy Random Tables.
Alliterative Articles - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z | hazards & events
K is for a Kindly King
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | keening | kenku |
| 2 | kicking | killers |
| 3 | kindly | king |
| 4 | kissing | kangaroo |
| 5 | kooky | kami |
| 6 | kinetic | kingfishers |
| 7 | kidnapping | kraken |
| 8 | kitsh | kittens |
| 9 | keen | kin |
| 10 | kindhearted | kobolds |
L is for Large Lizards
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lonely | leviathan |
| 2 | lame | lizardfolk |
| 3 | lucky | lammasu |
| 4 | laughing | lawyers |
| 5 | loathsome | lions |
| 6 | large | lizards |
| 7 | lyrical | lamias |
| 8 | lunging | lycanthropes |
| 9 | laughing | leprechauns |
| 10 | lazy | loggers |
M is for Masked Mages
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | majestic | mummies |
| 2 | mirthful | medusa |
| 3 | merry | minstrels |
| 4 | malicious | merchants |
| 5 | mad | minotaurs |
| 6 | muscular | mercenaries |
| 7 | musical | mimics |
| 8 | mesmerizing | mules |
| 9 | masked | mages |
| 10 | mysterious | moths |
N (and some Gn- / Kn-) is for Nautical Nobles
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nautical | nobles |
| 2 | nosy | necromancers |
| 3 | nocturnal | naga |
| 4 | naughty | nymphs |
| 5 | nasty | ninjas |
| 6 | numerous | newts |
| 7 | nervous | gnomes |
| 8 | nimble | knights |
| 9 | noteworthy | navigators |
| 10 | notorious | gnolls |
O is for Optimistic Orcs
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | orange | owlbears |
| 2 | obstinate | orangutans |
| 3 | old | ogres |
| 4 | obnoxious | outlaws |
| 5 | odious | oozes |
| 6 | optimistic | orcs |
| 7 | opinionated | orphans |
| 8 | outraged | oni |
| 9 | ornate | ostriches |
| 10 | outspoken | outriders |
More Alliterative Adversaries
There is a fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Fantasy Random Tables.
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