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Tables for K to O using alliteration to create ideas for encounters in sci-fi, cyberpunk, and horror,
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Alliterative Adversaries K to O for Modern and Sci-Fi RPGs
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 non-fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Non-Fantasy Random Tables.
Alliterative Modern / Sci-fi - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z
K is for Kinetic Kidnappers
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | kicking | kleptomaniacs or keyholders |
| 2 | kilted | killers |
| 3 | kung-fu or keening | kittens or keepers |
| 4 | kinetic or kobalt | kangaroos |
| 5 | kooky | kineticist or kami |
| 6 | keen | kidnappers or kids |
| 7 | kinky or kissing | kayakers |
| 8 | kindly or kidnapping | kingpin |
| 9 | kitsh or kleptomaniac | kin or koalas |
| 10 | kindhearted or karate | klutz or king |
L is for a Lyrical Leader
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | learned or lazy | linguist |
| 2 | legendary or lawless | lieutenant |
| 3 | luckless or lonely | librarian |
| 4 | lyrical or laughing | locals |
| 5 | lurching or ludicrous | lobbyists or lions |
| 6 | large or lurking | laborers or lizards |
| 7 | loathsome or lusty | lawyers |
| 8 | luminous or logical | leader or lyricist |
| 9 | laboratory or lame | lycanthropes or lobsters |
| 10 | litigious or lucky | lawbreakers |
M is for Modified Mercenaries
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mechanical or mimicking | mooks or mariners |
| 2 | monstrous or megalomaniac | mech or minister |
| 3 | masked or magnificent | mastermind or monstrosity |
| 4 | materialistic or musical | marketeer or murderer |
| 5 | murderous or malformed | medium or monarch |
| 6 | mature or muscular | mercenaries or musicians |
| 7 | modified or mutated | marines or miners |
| 8 | military or mega | machines or monk |
| 9 | metal or mild-mannered | mutants moneylenders |
| 10 | manipulative or mad | mechanic or mentor |
N is for Networked Neighbors
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mechanical or mimicking | mooks or mariners |
| 2 | monstrous or megalomaniac | mech or minister |
| 3 | masked or magnificent | mastermind or monstrosity |
| 4 | materialistic or musical | marketeer or murderer |
| 5 | murderous or malformed | medium or monarch |
| 6 | mature or muscular | mercenaries or musicians |
| 7 | modified or mutated | marines or miners |
| 8 | military or mega | machines or monk |
| 9 | metal or mild-mannered | mutants moneylenders |
| 10 | manipulative or mad | mechanic or mentor |
O is for Odious Officials
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | overconfident or ornate | outsiders or offenders |
| 2 | obstinate or orange | officials or orangutans |
| 3 | outspoken or obnoxious | occultists or ospreys |
| 4 | orbital or optical | operatives |
| 5 | odious or odd | outlaw or owls |
| 6 | old or outlandish | optimists or outfitters |
| 7 | opinionated or occult | opportunists or orphans |
| 8 | outraged or organic | outsider or ooze |
| 9 | obsessive or offensive | officers or ostriches |
| 10 | overemotional or overjoyed | observers |
More Alliterative Adversaries
There is a non-fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Non-Fantasy Random Tables.
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