[Random table] A winged amazon with six-shooters riding a pegasus and more sick airbrushed panel van art pieces

Dunno, I guess roll on this when you airbrush your van or get your next tattoo OR JUST RUN A GAME AND GENERATE THE CHARACTERS WITH THIS, GO BIG OR GO HOME.

The Hero is...

	Appearance	Type	Weapon	Mount/Ride
1	buff	amazon	crystal sword	pegasus
2	sexy	barbarian	moon staff	unicorn
3	masked	paladin	lightning wand	Harley Davidson
4	lion-maned	sorceress	machine gun	warhorse
5	winged	wizard	pair of six-shooters	sabretooth tiger
6	golden-skinned	supersoldier	katana	dragon
7	bionic	princess	battle axe	woolly mammoth
8	mighty-thewed	skylord	laser rifle	giant eagle
9	armored	angel	rocket launcher	antigrav skiff
10	chain bikini/loincloth	cyborg	psychic enhancer	nuclear warhead

 

Vanquishing…

	Appearance	Type	Minions	Animals
1	skull-faced	giant	zombies	serpent
2	one-eyed	tyrant	skeletons	vulture
3	undead	high priestess	mutants	scorpion
4	half-*Animal	cult leader	*Animal-men	fish
5	*Animal-headed	lich	harpies	frog
6	oozeified	warlock	mindless fanatics	roach
7	flaming	godling	fungoids	worm
8	cthulhoid	alien	super	spider
9	tentacle	robot	imps	shark
10	serpentine	demon	goblins	bull

 

Against the backdrop…

	Backdrop	Color/Pattern
1	erupting volcano	rainbow-hued
2	jagged rocks	shimmering
3	sunset	orange
4	clouds & mists	purple
5	cosmic vistas	green
6	lush jungle	translucent
7	post-apocalyptic wasteland	aquamarine
8	megapolis skyline	silver
9	ringed planet	black
10	fetid swamp	yellow

 

(Images from Cvlt Nation)

Music for Hexcrawls

Grid overlay done via the quick method presented by Spriggan's Den.

Random tables for 1970s crime movie RPGs

A couple of d30-based random tables for gritty 1970s crime/cop/vigilante movie RPGs... Generate NPCs, connections between them, Locations, Objects of interest.

Grab all the tables as a double-sided page PDF here.

Or read the tables after the jump-cut:

[Monster] The Pale Menace!

More random monster generation! This time using the article "Random Monsters" by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh, which appeared in The Dragon #10 (link to the annarchive pdf). So already in 1977 the problem of jaded players knowing all the counters to all the monsters in the book existed, and Crabaugh wanted to spice things up with unexpected creatures. The generator is a simple affair, but perhaps it set the framework for latter sets of tables.

The Pale Menace

Intelligence: Highly intelligent

Alignment: Neutrality

HD: 6+1

AC 4 [LotFP AC: 17]

Move: 12"

Attack: claw for 1-10 or bite 1-10 and 1-6 poison

Special attack: Magic Missile as Magic-User 4, once per day

Special defense: regeneration, 1-4 hits per turn

Slim and gaunt, pale and wrinkled, like a hairless bear, but with the fangs of a saber-tooth tiger. Its four eyes are located equidistantly around its head, like a band of glowing red jewels (once per day, it can shoot 4 laser beams; treat as Magic Missile). 

The Pale Menace is a lesser servitor to Ithaqua. Its body irradiates coldness. If damaged, its wounds quickly get covered in hoarfrost and heal (regenerates 1-4 hits per turn). 

Lame art by me

My original rolls:

Intelligence: Highly intelligent

Alignment: Neutrality

Type: Mammal

Speed: 12”

AC: 4 [LotFP AC: 17]

HD: Dungeon level +3 (Mod: +1) [I gave this creature 6 HD]

Specials: 3

                Bite is poisonous 1-6 damage

                Regenerates 1-4 hits per turn

                Has Magic Missile

Damage: 1-10

Characteristics:

                4 eyes

                Unusually long fangs

Size: Medium (3-12’)

Limbs: 2 legs, 2 arms

Cover: Skin

Coloring: White