"a fabled flagship, glamorous grunts, a hardhitting hulk, an infected intruder and joined journalists.
Tables for F to J using alliteration to create ideas for encounters for Science Fiction. Tables for F, G, H, I and J.
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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
F (and Ph-) is for a Floating Freelancer
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | floating or faithful | freelancer or faction |
| 2 | faltering or flirtatious | fanatics or felines |
| 3 | fracturing or feuding | flagship or formation |
| 4 | fabled or frontier | fixer or farmer |
| 5 | fluid or fake | foes or fungoids |
| 6 | formidable or fragile | family or fleet |
| 7 | flexible or forceful | fringers or fish |
| 8 | frozen or flickering | fighters or followers |
| 9 | formless or feral | fugitive or fraternity |
| 10 | fluctuating or fungal | flyers or forms |
G is for a Gleaming Gunner
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gleaming or godlike | gunner or groundcar |
| 2 | golden or grim | grenadier or guru |
| 3 | grieving or glowing | guards or grubs |
| 4 | gifted or gaseous | gadgeteer or guide |
| 5 | gunning or glyphed | gamblers or guardians |
| 6 | glorious or greedy | gunslinger or god |
| 7 | green or governmental | grunts or gremlins |
| 8 | gorgeous or guardian | gearhead or gunship |
| 9 | glamorous or gravity | guild or gang |
| 10 | galactic or graceful | gliders or goons |
H is for Hybrid Heavies
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hybrid or honourbound | heavies or hoverbikes |
| 2 | hotshot or hallucinating | harvester or herd |
| 3 | harmonised or hyper | hacker or husk |
| 4 | homicidal or hired | holograms or heretics |
| 5 | hard-hitting or hedonistic | hulk or harbinger |
| 6 | haywire or hoarding | hustlers or hunters |
| 7 | hovering or hot-headed | hivemind or healer |
| 8 | harnessed or hidden | helpers or humanoids |
| 9 | helmeted or hollow | hauler or herald |
| 10 | hunted or heartbreaking | homesteader or host |
I is for an Interstellar Investor
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | interstellar or infinite | investor or impersonator |
| 2 | imperial or ingenious | invaders or images |
| 3 | injecting or imprisoned | intelligence or idol |
| 4 | implanted or influential | infantry or insects |
| 5 | improved or iridescent | incarnation or instructor |
| 6 | impossible or ironsworn | intruder or interrogator |
| 7 | infected or implanting | investigators or inmates |
| 8 | indestructible or instant | industrialist or infiltrator |
| 9 | independent or identical | interceptor or isolationist |
| 10 | immortal or immense | innovators or initiates |
J (and a few G-) is for Juddering Jellies
| d10 | Adjective | Adversary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | juddering or jealous | jellies or jewels |
| 2 | gelatinous or gemlike | genius or geneticist |
| 3 | juxtaposed or jubilant | journalists or jokers |
| 4 | jagged or jockeying | jet or janitor |
| 5 | jury-rigged or jellified | giant gem or joiner |
| 6 | jetpack or geometric | jailers or jousters |
| 7 | joined or jinxed | justiciar or jumper |
| 8 | jailed or jittery | jellyfish or jewellers |
| 9 | jamming or generated | germs or gymnasts |
| 10 | journeying or juvenile | junkie or jerk |
Alliterative Adversaries
There is a pdf of these and more tables on Drive Thru RPG as Science Fiction Alliterative Adversaries.
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