"fanged figures, a grim gravedigger, hunted heretics, infected inmates and a jaundiced journalist...
Tables for F to J using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Horror themes and Dark Fantasy. Tables for F, G, H, I, J.
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Alliterative Adversaries F to J for Spooky & Horror
Animated assistants, an amnesiac antiquarian, alien adherents or an accursed angel...to use as allies, antagonists, enemies, villains and encounters.
Pick a letter or roll for one. Then roll a d10 (or choose) for the Adjectives column, and then for the Adversary and combine.
Entries have a default choice, and an alternative in italics. So if you don't like the first result, there may be another combination you like without rolling again.
There is a pdf of these and more tables on Drive Thru RPG as Spooky Alliterative Adversaries.
Spooky Alliterative Adversaries - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z | clues
F (and Ph-) is for a Feeding Fiend
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | feeding or fishlike | fiend or family |
| 2 | fearful or flayed | felines or fey |
| 3 | fragile or flirtatious | foe or farmer |
| 4 | forgotten or fiery | familiar or fraternity |
| 5 | forbidden or foolish | phantoms or flames |
| 6 | fanged or focused | fiancé or furrier |
| 7 | false or fingerless | followers or friends |
| 8 | frozen or frightening | fanatic or faction |
| 9 | formless or phantasmal | flunkies or fungoids |
| 10 | frantic or fleeing | figures or felons |
G is for Gouging Guests
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gouging or godlike | guests or gremlins |
| 2 | grim or gothic | guardian or guide |
| 3 | gluttonous or gilled | ghosts or goats |
| 4 | gifted or grieving | gremlins or gardener |
| 5 | grotesque or grasping | gargoyles or gaki |
| 6 | grinning or gleaming | golem or gunslinger |
| 7 | gory or green | gravedigger or guildleader |
| 8 | groaning or growling | gamblers or guards |
| 9 | guilty or glowing | gang or ghosthunter |
| 10 | grisly or ghostly | ghouls or goblins |
H is for Hybrid Hunters
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hybrid or hollow | hunters or harpies |
| 2 | heartbroken or hexing | herald or herd |
| 3 | hairy or hook-handed | heretics or hippies |
| 4 | horned or hysterical | historian or hivemind |
| 5 | hunted or homicidal | host or husk |
| 6 | hooded or hulking | hustler or hero |
| 7 | hungry or heretical | hounds or homunculus |
| 8 | hidden or headless | horror or head |
| 9 | hideous or howling | hulk or horse |
| 10 | hypnotic or half-human | healers or haunts |
I is for an Incomplete Inquisitor
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | incomplete or injured | inquisitor or infiltrator |
| 2 | irresistible or invasive | incubus or intelligence |
| 3 | insane or incomprehensible | inmates or images |
| 4 | immortal or impaled | illusionist or idol |
| 5 | infected or indestructible | individuals or idiots |
| 6 | instinctive or incoherent | investor or innkeeper |
| 7 | influential or intense | insects or infantry |
| 8 | imprisoned or invisible | illusion or interrogator |
| 9 | insatiable or inquisitive | imp or impersonator |
| 10 | impossible or innocent | initiates or inventors |
J (and a few G-) is for a Jinxed Joker
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jinxed or journeying | joker or jockey |
| 2 | jarring or juvenile | junkie or jewel |
| 3 | jittery or jeweled | jellies or jackals |
| 4 | jubilant or giant | jeweler or joiner |
| 5 | jaundiced or jobless | genius or jellyfish |
| 6 | jealous or gelatinous | judge or giant |
| 7 | judgmental or jilted | jinn or journeywoman |
| 8 | jailed or jockeying | journalist or journeyman |
| 9 | jabbering or jocular | germs or gymnasts |
| 10 | jigging or jellified | janitor or justicar |
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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