"mesmerising markings, a messy memory, tenacious tapping, an outlandish omen and a loathsome list...
Additional Tables using alliteration to create ideas for clues for Horror themes and Dark Fantasy. Tables for Disturbing Details, Important Information, Notable Noises, Paranormal Portents, Worrying Words
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Caustic Clues for Spooky & Horror
Clues and information are important for horror and spooky, to build atmosphere, find ways to defeat foes, and stich together information about a mystery.
The ones here cover different ways to convey those clues, each with an alternate descriptor if you don't like the first one.
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
Disturbing Details
| d10 | Adjective |
|---|---|
| 1 | bothersome (or brilliant) bloodstains |
| 2 | coiling (or cataclysmic) carvings |
| 3 | glaring (or grisly) gouges |
| 4 | an impossible (or indistinct) inscription |
| 5 | mesmerising (or mauled) markings |
| 6 | an overwhelming (or oily) odour |
| 7 | ravaging (or riddling) runes |
| 8 | supernatural (or sensual) scars |
| 9 | timid (or transforming) tracks |
| 10 | a wispy (warning) wound |
Important Information
| d10 | Important Information |
|---|---|
| 1 | an abhorrent (or accidental) answer |
| 2 | a bound (or butchered) body |
| 3 | a cryptic (or contrary) connection |
| 4 | a dirty (or daunting) discovery |
| 5 | a messy (or murky) memory |
| 6 | nefarious (or numbing) news |
| 7 | an obscured (or otherworldly) opening |
| 8 | perverted (or preserved) proof |
| 9 | a shaming (or spooky) secret |
| 10 | a terrible (or treasonous) truth |
Notable Noises
| d10 | Notable Noises |
|---|---|
| 1 | deadly (or deviant) dripping |
| 2 | fading (or foundering) footsteps |
| 3 | grating (or godly) groans |
| 4 | lackluster (or limitless) laughter |
| 5 | moaning (or monumental) music |
| 6 | a queasy (or quaking) quiet |
| 7 | subdued (or screeching) screams |
| 8 | tenacious (or tentative) tapping |
| 9 | worrisome (or wistful) whispers |
| 10 | vocal (or vacant) voices |
Paranormal Portents
| d10 | Paranormal Portents |
|---|---|
| 1 | an agitated (or aged) apparition |
| 2 | a demented (or deformed) dream |
| 3 | an elusive (or ecstatic) experience |
| 4 | a harrowing (or hollow) hallucination |
| 5 | an outlandish (or obscured) omen |
| 6 | a pointed (or pestilent) premonition |
| 7 | a revolutionary (or rude) revelation |
| 8 | a scratching (or severe) sensation |
| 9 | an unearthly (or unwanted) utterance |
| 10 | a vitriolic (or vibrant) vision |
Worrying Words
| d10 | Worrying Words |
|---|---|
| 1 | a babbling (or buried) book |
| 2 | a devilish (or distant) deed |
| 3 | a fiery (or foreign) formula |
| 4 | a jittery (or judgmental) journal |
| 5 | incomprehensible (or intricate) instructions |
| 6 | a loathsome (or location) list |
| 7 | a melancholic (or moral) message |
| 8 | a nervous (or needy) note |
| 9 | a scribbled (or sensitive) script |
| 10 | a torn (or troubling) ticket |
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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