"audacious androids, a bulging bodyguard, a cosmic courier, digital disciples and an explosive engineer.
Tables for A to E using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Science Fiction. Tables for A, B, C, D, E and random letters.
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Alliterative Adversaries A to Z for Science Fiction
An artificial admiral, ageless adepts or an ambushing amoeba...to use as allies, antagonists, enemies, villains and encounters.
Pick a letter or roll for one, 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 Science Fiction Alliterative Adversaries.
Science Fiction Alliteration - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z | all sci-fi
A is for an Augmented Alien
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | augmented or alien | alien or anomaly |
| 2 | artificial or adventurous | admiral or anarchists |
| 3 | audacious or azure | assassin or AI |
| 4 | automated or analysing | androids or advertisers |
| 5 | aberrant or authoritarian | astronaut or avatar |
| 6 | ageless or all-seeing | adepts or adherents |
| 7 | accurate or accompanied | ace or ambassador |
| 8 | armoured or altered | assistants or arachnids |
| 9 | antagonistic or astral | advisor or abomination |
| 10 | ambushing or aquatic | amoeba or astromancer |
B is for Battle Bots
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | battle or breaching | bots or betrayers |
| 2 | blinking or backup | brood or billionaire |
| 3 | benign or bioluminescent | broker or battlemech |
| 4 | breeding or beaked | bodyguard or broker |
| 5 | bulging or bargaining | beasts or bikes |
| 6 | brutal or bonded | bugs or bannersworn |
| 7 | biotech or betting | bureaucrat or biologist |
| 8 | beaming or buoyant | believers or beings |
| 9 | boosted or burdened | benefactor or brawler |
| 10 | brilliant or bizarre | blobs or buccaneers |
C is for Clashing Crewmates
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | clashing or crystal | crewmates or colonists |
| 2 | clicking or cloaked | computer or carnivore |
| 3 | creative or commercial | commander or carrier |
| 4 | cosmic or chipped | conscripts or cosmonauts |
| 5 | contaminated or combat | coalition or comet |
| 6 | converted or complex | conglomerate or captain |
| 7 | colossal or criminal | courier or cooperative |
| 8 | capable or camouflaged | clones or companions |
| 9 | chrome or crashed | cruiser or creator |
| 10 | consuming or chaotic | chameleon or construct |
D is for a Duplicating Drones
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | duplicating or deadeye | drones or decoys |
| 2 | digital or disassembled | despot or detective |
| 3 | devastating or devious | diplomats or dropships |
| 4 | duelling or dazzling | detachment or driver |
| 5 | derelict or decadent | diva or demon |
| 6 | disintegrating or dense | destroyer or demigod |
| 7 | delivery or demolition | duplicates or dissidents |
| 8 | devoted or decaying | director or dealer |
| 9 | dauntless or drilling | doctor or dreadnought |
| 10 | devouring or dystopian | disciples or droids |
E is for an Erratic Empath
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | erratic or encased | empath or executive |
| 2 | extinguishing or endless | exiles or earthlings |
| 3 | emotionless or equipped | envoy or entrepreneur |
| 4 | elevated or ensnaring | explorer or eidolon |
| 5 | explosive or eyestalked | enforcers or experts |
| 6 | elite or electromagnetic | escort or evangelist |
| 7 | enduring or elongated | eternals or experiments |
| 8 | exalted or expansionist | engineer or entertainer |
| 9 | emergency or energised | entity or executioner |
| 10 | engineered or enhanced | expedition or excavator |
Random Letters
If you don't have a particular letter in mind, or need a random one for a particular reason, this is a table of them.
The letters are not weighted in any way, with an equal chance of getting any letter table.
| d100 | |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | A |
| 5-8 | B |
| 9-12 | C |
| 13-16 | D |
| 17-20 | E |
| 21-24 | F |
| 25-28 | G |
| 29-32 | H |
| 33-36 | I |
| 37-40 | J |
| 41-44 | K |
| 45-48 | L |
| 49-52 | M |
| 53-56 | N |
| 57-60 | O |
| 61-64 | P |
| 65-68 | Q |
| 69-72 | R |
| 73-76 | S |
| 77-80 | T |
| 81-84 | U |
| 85-88 | V |
| 89-92 | W |
| 93-96 | Y |
| 97-100 | Z and X |
Alliterative Adversaries
There is a pdf of these and more tables on Drive Thru RPG as Science Fiction Alliterative Adversaries.
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