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Tables for P to T using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Horror themes and Dark Fantasy. Tables for P, Q, R, S, T
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Alliterative Adversaries P to T 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
P is for a Parasitic Poltergeist
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | parasitic or peculiar | poltergeist or punisher |
| 2 | poisonous or pockmarked | prisoners or pursuers |
| 3 | prowling or porcelain | pariah or parasite |
| 4 | possessed or paralyzing | priests or pets |
| 5 | passionate or pungent | predator or prey |
| 6 | perverted or perilous | pack or pilgrim |
| 7 | pitiless or pincered | pawns or performers |
| 8 | putrid or plaguebearing | prostitute or poisoner |
| 9 | provocative or paranormal | patron or professional |
| 10 | punctured or pale | professor or python |
Q is for a Quaking Questioner
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | quaking or quilled | questioner or quizmaster |
| 2 | quivering or quashing | quasits or quarterbacks |
| 3 | quick or quixotic | quiltmaker or quipper |
| 4 | quirky or querulous | quintet or quartermaster |
| 5 | quizzical or quantum | quarriers or quintuplets |
| 6 | queasy or queenly | quester or queen |
| 7 | quarreling or questioning | quack or quarter-finalist |
| 8 | quartered or quickened | questgivers or quokkas |
| 9 | quartz or questing | quadrupeds or quartets |
| 10 | quietened or quipping | quorum or quitter |
R (and Wr-) is for Reeking Rivals
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | reeking or remorseless | rivals or replicants |
| 2 | raving or ravishing | revenant or researcher |
| 3 | repulsive or reanimated | rats or romantics |
| 4 | ripping or reincarnated | wraith or recruiter |
| 5 | ritualistic or relentless | revolutionaries or redcaps |
| 6 | replaced or wrathful | ritualist or rogue |
| 7 | reckoning or ruthless | riders or royalty |
| 8 | ravenous or rejected | reporter or ripper |
| 9 | repentant or radioactive | regulator or wretch |
| 10 | reptilian or regenerating | ravens or rebels |
S (and a few C-) is for Stalking Spiders
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | stalking or summoned | spiders or scarecrows |
| 2 | spooky or sacrificial | spirits or suspects |
| 3 | shuddering or sinister | stranger or smugglers |
| 4 | spellbound or suckling | slayer or shade |
| 5 | sick or screaming | succubus or swarm |
| 6 | shambling or solitary | spawn or skeletons |
| 7 | skittering or shriveled | scavengers or slugs |
| 8 | spectral or sorrowful | sorcerer or skull |
| 9 | shapeshifting or suicidal | psychopath or specter |
| 10 | seething or seductive | survivors or singers |
T is for a Tempting Traitor
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tempting or tentacled | traitor or team |
| 2 | tormented or triangular | thief or therapist |
| 3 | troubled or tyrannical | things or targets |
| 4 | terrifying or timid | twins or toads |
| 5 | taunting or telepathic | tyrant or titan |
| 6 | trembling or transgressing | tentacles or traders |
| 7 | twisted or tragic | tutor or tribe |
| 8 | trackless or toxic | torturer or troupe |
| 9 | trilling or tattered | thugs or troopers |
| 10 | threatening or tearful | telepath or technician |
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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