"flaming fanatics, guardian grells, a hypnotic hag, an impulsive illithid or jubliant jackalweres, "
Tables for F to J using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Dungeons and Dragons.
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Alliterative Adversaries F to J for D&D
If you want a way to combine humour and unusual results to spark ideas for Dungeons and Dragons
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 pdf of these and more tables on DM's Guild as Alliterative Adversaries - A-Z Ideas Tables.
D&D Alliterative Adversaries - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z
F is for Frolicking Flumphs
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | frolicking or frightened | flumphs or frogs |
| 2 | flashy or flamboyant | familiar or froghemoth |
| 3 | famous or forge | fey or fish |
| 4 | flaming or forest | firbolgs or phantoms |
| 5 | phase or phantasmal | flameskull or phoenix |
| 6 | flirtatious or flying | fiends or friends |
| 7 | feywild or fireballing | fungi or firenewts |
| 8 | fearsome or furious | fanatics or folk |
| 9 | frost or fathomless | fighter or fairy |
| 10 | faerie or fire | formorian or flind |
G is for Gooselike Goblins
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gooselike or gallivanting | goblins or ghasts |
| 2 | grinning or grave | gorgon or gladiator |
| 3 | glamorous or gullible | guards or griffons |
| 4 | guardian or glowing | gargoyles or grungs |
| 5 | gleaming or green | grimlocks or girallons |
| 6 | gloomy or ghostly | grells or goliaths |
| 7 | grassland or glorious | ghost or gauth |
| 8 | gold or grotesque | githyanki or genasi |
| 9 | grieving or gray | glabrezu or gazer |
| 10 | greedy or guild | ghouls or goats |
H is for a Hoarding Helmed Horror
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hoarding or horned | helmed horror or hezrou |
| 2 | hostile or hustling | hook horrors or halflings |
| 3 | hellfire or hopeful | hobgoblins or hadrosauruses |
| 4 | heretical or hideous | hippogriffs or horses |
| 5 | hysterical or happy | hell hounds or hermits |
| 6 | hypnotic or honorable | homunculus or hero |
| 7 | hungry or hateful | hexblade or howler |
| 8 | horrifying or horizon | hag or hydra |
| 9 | half-horse or hill | harpies or harengons |
| 10 | honking or hallucinating | hyenas or hunters |
I is for an Insulting Illusionist
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | insulting or intimidating | illusionist or inquisitor |
| 2 | insatiable or indestructable | illithid or infiltrator |
| 3 | infernal or improvising | innkeeper or interrogator |
| 4 | insectoid or identical | incubus or idiot |
| 5 | impulsive or illuminated | imps or islanders |
| 6 | indigo or improvising | insects or infantry |
| 7 | invisible or intellectual | investigator or instrumentalist |
| 8 | incredible or illusory | inventor or inspector |
| 9 | iron or inventive | illusion or investor |
| 10 | impatient or intercepting | initiates or ice-imps |
J (and a few G- and dj) is for Jumping Jellies
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jumping or jealous | jellies or juveniles |
| 2 | jinxed or jaunty | giants or jokers |
| 3 | jubilant or jilted | jaguar or Juiblex |
| 4 | jeweled or gemlike | jesters or jailors |
| 5 | jittery or joyous | djinni or juggler |
| 6 | gentle or giant | gynosphinx or justicar |
| 7 | joking or judgmental | jellyfish or giff |
| 8 | jabbering or jousting | judge or jeweler |
| 9 | gelatinous or jazzy | jackalweres or genies |
| 10 | jigging or jellified | jackals or jockeys |
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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