"a poisonous paladin, quipping quicklings, wrathful wraiths, a slithering sorcerer and tempest trolls"
Tables for P to T using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Dungeons and Dragons.
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Alliterative Adversaries P to T for D&D
If you want a way to combine humour and unusual results to spark ideas for Dungeons and Dragons
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 pdf of these and more tables on DM's Guild as Alliterative Adversaries - A-Z Ideas Tables.
D&D Alliterative Adversaries - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z
P is for a Peculiar Planetar
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | peculiar or plantlike | planetar or patron |
| 2 | preposterous or pincered | ponies or piercers |
| 3 | plaguebearing or practical | paladin or pixie priest |
| 4 | prying or penny-pinching | peryton or predator |
| 5 | playful or political | pegasi or puddings |
| 6 | protective or primal | pixies or pirates |
| 7 | poisonous or pragmatic | plants or pilgrims |
| 8 | purple or polar | pickpocket or plesiosaurus |
| 9 | persistent or persuasive | poltergeist or python |
| 10 | peaceful or perplexed | priests or pets |
Q is for Quarrelsome Quaggoths
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | quarrelsome or quaking | quaggoths or quitters |
| 2 | quick or quiltmaking | quest-giver or quorum |
| 3 | quiet or querulous | quartet or quasit quizmaster |
| 4 | quirky or quail-like | quicklings or quarriers |
| 5 | quaffing or quelled | quadrone or quaggoth queen |
| 6 | questing or quick-quipping | queen or quiltmaker |
| 7 | quacking or queasy | questers or quadrupeds |
| 8 | quipping or queenly | quartermaster or questioner |
| 9 | quilled or quivering | quippers or quickling quester |
| 10 | quartz or questioning | quasits or quintet |
R (and Wr-) is for a Ravenous Rogue
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ravenous or riding | rogue or rhinoceros |
| 2 | wrathful or radiant | wraiths or rutterkin |
| 3 | regenerating or rainbow | rakshasa or roc |
| 4 | raiding or restless | ranger or recruiter |
| 5 | relentless or reef | revenants or riders |
| 6 | ruthless or red | roper or rug |
| 7 | ridiculous or redemptive | redcaps or ravens |
| 8 | runed or riddling | rival or ruler |
| 9 | rich or rust- | rats or rothe |
| 10 | river or reptilian | remorhaz or retriever |
S is for Spellcasting Stirges
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | spellcasting or shadowfell | stirges or sprites |
| 2 | shocking or selfish | scarecrow or spider swarm |
| 3 | screaming or sea | scouts or salamanders |
| 4 | storm or swamp | shriekers or shadows |
| 5 | scary or shadow | sorcerer or stegosauruses |
| 6 | silver or sacred | solar or swashbuckler |
| 7 | slithering or spooky | specters or snakes |
| 8 | sun soul or spirit | slaad or star spawn seer |
| 9 | skeletal or symbiotic | sahuagin or sea spawn |
| 10 | shambling or sapphire | succubus or spectator |
T is for a Trickster Treant
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | trickster or trustworthy | treant or titan |
| 2 | thirsty or toxic | trolls or tlincalli |
| 3 | tribal or terrible | thugs or trapper |
| 4 | terrifying or twilight | tortles or tritons |
| 5 | telepathic or touchy | thri-kreen or tanarukk |
| 6 | truthful or thoughtful | tigers or toads |
| 7 | tearful or teleporting | tarrasque or thief |
| 8 | tempest or topaz | triceratops or tridrones |
| 9 | tireless or trilling | troglodytes or tabaxi |
| 10 | taunting or threatening | transmuter or tyrannosaurus |
Alliterative Adversaries
There is a pdf of these and more tables on DM's Guild as Alliterative Adversaries - A-Z Ideas Tables.
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