"a kinless kingpin, lacerated lackeys, macabre murderers, a necromantic novelist and ochre officers...
Tables for K to O using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Horror themes and Dark Fantasy. Tables for K, L, M, N, O
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Alliterative Adversaries K to O 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
K is for a Kinslaying Kleptomaniac
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | kinslaying or kinky | kleptomaniac or kayaker |
| 2 | kenneled or kept | killjoy or kindred |
| 3 | kindled or kissing | kites or krill |
| 4 | kinless or kipping | kidnappers or kenku |
| 5 | kooky or killer | keeper or klutz |
| 6 | kidnapping or keyed | killers or kickboxer |
| 7 | kleptomaniac or kicking | kineticist or kinslayer |
| 8 | kinetic or kingly | kobolds or kids |
| 9 | keening or keen | kingpin or kraken |
| 10 | kindhearted or kitchen | kin or king |
L is for Lying Lycanthropes
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lying or looming | lycanthropes or laborers |
| 2 | loathsome or lawless | leviathan or lamia |
| 3 | linked or laughing | locals or lurkers |
| 4 | lurching or legendary | librarian or lady |
| 5 | lost or lightning | lawyer or lord |
| 6 | lunging or laboratory | lover or legion |
| 7 | limitless or large | leader or luminary |
| 8 | lurking or legless | lackeys or lizards |
| 9 | lonely or lingering | lich or lieutenant |
| 10 | lacerated or lethal | lawbreakers or lemurs |
M is for a Muttering Maniac
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | muttering or mirthful | maniac or moneylender |
| 2 | macabre or miserable | mummy or mentor |
| 3 | masked or mesmerising | minions or maggots |
| 4 | mangled or mourning | monk or monstrous moth |
| 5 | manipulative or mystical | magician or maw |
| 6 | menacing or maddened | mastermind or minister |
| 7 | malicious or melancholic | machine or mutant |
| 8 | mothlike or maniacal | medium or mold |
| 9 | masquerading or moody | murderers or miners |
| 10 | malignant or mutilated | monstrosity or monarch |
N is for a Nefarious Nemesis
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nefarious or neglected | nemesis or nightmare |
| 2 | nocturnal or nameless | nurses or knaves |
| 3 | notorious or nervous | nasties or newcomers |
| 4 | nihilistic or networking | neurologist or naga |
| 5 | nightmarish or noteworthy | newlyweds or nomads |
| 6 | necromantic or niggling | narrator or nephew |
| 7 | neurotic or numbered | necromancer or niece |
| 8 | knowledgeable or neon | neighbors or ninjas |
| 9 | nasty or noisy | novelist or negotiator |
| 10 | nauseating or narrow | nautilus or navigator |
O is for Otherworldly Outcasts
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | otherworldly or old | outcasts or owls |
| 2 | obsessive or octopoid | opportunists or outfitters |
| 3 | overpowered or outraged | observer or octopus |
| 4 | ochre or overwhelming | operatives or outsiders |
| 5 | odious or obstinate | offspring or oozes |
| 6 | orthogonal or ordinary | officers or orangutans |
| 7 | overconfident or odd | officials or orphans |
| 8 | oozing or outspoken | outsider or ocularist |
| 9 | outlandish or occult | occultist or oni |
| 10 | ominous or ogling | outlaws or ostriches |
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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