"artificial assistants, bizarre bots, clueless consultants, a distressed detective and exotic entities"
Tables for A to E using alliteration to create ideas for encounters in sci-fi, cyberpunk, and horror,
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Alliterative Adversaries A to E 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
A is for Ambitious Androids
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | advanced or absurd | androids or apes |
| 2 | animated or agile | angel or admiral |
| 3 | assertive or autocratic | aliens or administrators |
| 4 | ambitious or alert | ambassador or academic |
| 5 | adventurous or acrobatic | actors or advertisers |
| 6 | ageless | agents or artists |
| 7 | artificial or addicted | assistants or aunts |
| 8 | admired or artistic | author or assassin |
| 9 | angry or adaptable | abomination or automaton |
| 10 | arrogant | astronaut or ace |
B is for a Bullying Botanist
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | brawling or brutal | bikers |
| 2 | bizarre or boisterous | bots or bears |
| 3 | bewitching or burly | biologist or boxer |
| 4 | belligerent or blighted | brokers or bloggers |
| 5 | bothersome or berserk | beasts or bankers |
| 6 | bullying or blushing | bodyguards |
| 7 | babbling or beseeching | botanist |
| 8 | bragging or bloodied | bruisers |
| 9 | beast-bonded or blasphemous | bounty hunter or billionaire |
| 10 | bio-engineered or brave | baristas or barristers |
C is for Caped Clones
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | calculating or cold | commander or cosmonaut |
| 2 | creepy or colossal | clowns or cats |
| 3 | confident or convicted | coder or collective |
| 4 | clueless or creative | consultants or couriers |
| 5 | comical or clumsy | clones or chemists |
| 6 | conflicted or courageous | cops or comedians |
| 7 | cosmopolitan or cruel | cultists or critics |
| 8 | caped or crazy | criminals or canines |
| 9 | charitable or crablike | cyborg or clairvoyant |
| 10 | cosmic or cryptic | chauffeur or captain |
D is for Distressed Duplicates
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | demanding or dishonest | double or designer |
| 2 | dangerous or dependable | deputy or dreamer |
| 3 | dauntless or demented | droids |
| 4 | distressed or depraved | detective or demon |
| 5 | drunken or desperate | driver or demigod |
| 6 | dazzling or disgusting | drones |
| 7 | deluded or dimensional | doctor or dreamwalker |
| 8 | detestable or depressed | diplomat or dealer |
| 9 | deformed or dashing | duplicates or dancers |
| 10 | demonic or dieting | director or dragon |
E is for an Enhanced Entrepreneur
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | enhanced or elderly | enforcers or emissaries |
| 2 | extravagant or enlightened | entrepreneur |
| 3 | eager or eerie | enemies |
| 4 | efficient or excited | executive or explorer |
| 5 | enthusiastic or elated | entertainers |
| 6 | exotic or entrancing | entities or eagles |
| 7 | eldritch or epic | elder evil or envoy |
| 8 | energized or embittered | extras or earthlings |
| 9 | emotional or extraordinary | engineers |
| 10 | enraged or entertaining | exiles |
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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