"Aggressive archers, bewitching barbarians, cavorting cultists, drunken druids and an embittered efreet."
Tables for A to E using alliteration to create ideas for fantasy encounters and foes.
[Image by Bob Greyvenstein]
Alliterative Adversaries
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 fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Fantasy Random Tables.
Alliterative Articles - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z | hazards & events
A is for Avaricious Apes
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | angry | adepts |
| 2 | adaptable | assassin |
| 3 | assertive | angels |
| 4 | ambitious | adventurers |
| 5 | absurd | animals |
| 6 | avaricious | apes |
| 7 | animated | acolytes |
| 8 | accomplished | archers |
| 9 | aggressive | alchemists |
| 10 | authoritative | archmage |
B is for Bragging Bards
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | babbling | baboons |
| 2 | blinking | bears |
| 3 | bewitching | basilisk |
| 4 | belligerent | banshees |
| 5 | beseeching | beggars |
| 6 | bullying | bandits |
| 7 | burly | berserkers |
| 8 | bragging | bards |
| 9 | boisterous | barbarians |
| 10 | berserk | bugbears |
C is for a Caring Cyclops
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | charmed | cockatrices |
| 2 | caring | cyclops |
| 3 | confident | commoners |
| 4 | captivating | cats |
| 5 | crafty | carrion crawlers |
| 6 | cavorting | clerics |
| 7 | cautious | cultists |
| 8 | clever | crabs |
| 9 | crying | chimera |
| 10 | compulsive | captain |
D is for Desperate Dwarves
| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | demanding | druids |
| 2 | dastardly | dryads |
| 3 | distressed | dogs |
| 4 | dancing | demons |
| 5 | drunken | duelists |
| 6 | dazzling | dragon |
| 7 | desperate | dwarves |
| 8 | disgusting | devils |
| 9 | dangerous | deer |
| 10 | demonic | dinosaurs |
E is for Elderly Entertainers
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| 1d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | emotional | elves |
| 2 | eerie | elk |
| 3 | eldritch | elders |
| 4 | embittered | elementals |
| 5 | enchanting | emissaries |
| 6 | enthusiastic | ettercaps |
| 7 | errant | elephants |
| 8 | enlightened | efreet |
| 9 | enraged | eagles |
| 10 | elderly | entertainers |
More Alliterative Adversaries
There is a fantasy Alliterative Adversaries generator at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables on DriveThru RPG as Alliterative Adversaries - Fantasy Random Tables.
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