Fantasy - CreatureGen

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Result

{% BodyShapeVar = {CHART(53921)} %}

{% SpecialAbilities = {JOIN("&DIVIDE&", UNQ(5, CHART(53945)))} %}

{% SpecialAbilityArray = split sep:"&DIVIDE&" source:{$SpecialAbilities} %}

This Roll on "Size", JOIN(", ", Roll on "DistinctiveFeature" 1d4 times (unique results only)) creature has LOWER(Roll on "BasicCharacteristics")-like features with {{ a_an input:{{BodyShapeVar}} }} body plan. It moves Roll on "Movement" and mainly attacks Roll on "AttackMethod". It also has {{SpecialAbilityArray.1}}Resolve: {25%?|, as well as {{SpecialAbilityArray.2}}{25%?|{|,{| {{SpecialAbilityArray.5}},} {{SpecialAbilityArray.4}}}, and {{SpecialAbilityArray.3}}}}. The creature is driven to attack Roll on "Motivation", and Roll on "CombatTactics". Resolve: {99%?|Roll on "Special"}

Subcharts

BodyShape (2d10)

2d10 Result

2

flat

3-4

amoebal

5-10

bipedal

11

{% resultfirst = exclude pattern:"chimeric" source:{JOIN("&DIVIDE&", Re-roll 2 times (unique results only))} %}

{% result = split sep:"&DIVIDE&" source:{$resultfirst} %}

chimeric {{result.1}}-{{result.2}}

12-16

quadrupedal

17-19

serpentine

20

Roll on "Polyhedron"

Polyhedron (2d10)

2d10 Result

2

icosahedral

3-5

trapezohedral

6-8

tetrahedral

9-13

spherical

14-16

cubical

17-19

octahedral

20

dodecahedral

BasicCharacteristics (2d10)

2d10 Result

2-3

Resolve: {fish|Roll on "Fish"}

4-7

Resolve: {avian|Roll on "Avian"}

8-9

Resolve: {plant|Roll on "Plant"}

10

Resolve: {reptile|Roll on "Reptile"}

11

{% resultfirst = exclude pattern:"both " source:{JOIN("&DIVIDE&", Re-roll 2 times (unique results only))} %}

{% result = split sep:"&DIVIDE&" source:{$resultfirst} %}

both LOWER(Roll on {{result.1}}) and LOWER(Roll on {{result.2}})

12-14

Resolve: {mammal|Roll on "Mammal"}

15-18

Resolve: {insect|Roll on "Insect"}

19-20

Resolve: {crustacean|Roll on "Crustacean"}

Avian (d20)

d20 Result

1

albatross

2

bat

3

blue jay

4

cardinal

5

crane

6

crow

7

duck

8

eagle

9

hawk

10

hummingbird

11

oriole

12

owl

13

parrot

14

pigeon

15

raven

16

roadrunner

17

sparrow

18

swan

19

vulture

20

woodpecker

Crustacean (d6)

d6 Result

1

barnacle

2

clam

3

conch

4

crab

5

horseshoe crab

6

lobster

Fish (d20)

d20 Result

1

angelfish

2

barracuda

3

bass

4

carp

5

catfish

6

dolphin

7

eel

8

gar

9

lamprey

10

loach

11

manatee

12

piranha

13

ray

14

seahorse

15

shark

16

hammerhead shark

17

snapper

18

swordfish

19

trout

20

whale

Insect (d12)

d12 Result

1

Ant

2

Bee

3

Beetle

4

Butterfly

5

Cricket

6

Dragonfly

7

Earwig

8

Fly

9

Grasshopper

10

Mantis

11

Scorpion

12

Spider

Mammal (d30)

d30 Result

1

aardvark

2

antelope

3

ape

4

bear

5

beaver

6

camel

7

cat

8

cattle

9

deer

10

dog

11

elephant

12

fox

13

giraffe

14

hippopotamus

15

horse

16

human

17

kangaroo

18

koala

19

monkey

20

panda

21

pig

22

platypus

23

porcupine

24

rabbit

25

rat

26

rhino

27

skunk

28

squirrel

29

weasel

30

wolf

Plant (d16)

d16 Result

1

cactus

2

fern

3

flower

4

flytrap

5

fruit

6

grass

7

mold

8

mushroom

9

shrub

10

sundew

11

thorn bush

12

leafy tree

13

needle tree

14

willow tree

15

vegetable

16

vines

Reptile (d6)

d6 Result

1

alligator

2

frog

3

lizard

4

salamander

5

snake

6

turtle

Size (2d10)

2d10 Result

2-3

tiny

4-6

small

7-10

human-sized

11-13

large

14-16

huge

17-19

enormous

20

kaiju-sized

Movement (2d10)

2d10 Result

2

by phasing through Resolve: {stone|soft earth|metal|wood}

3

by tunneling

4-5

by slithering on its belly

6-12

as one would expect of such a creature

13

{% resultfirst = exclude pattern:"both " source:{JOIN("&DIVIDE&", Re-roll 2 times (unique results only))} %}

{% result = split sep:"&DIVIDE&" source:{$resultfirst} %}

both LOWER(Roll on {{result.1}}) and LOWER(Roll on {{result.2}})

14-15

by flying

16-17

by swimming

18

by adhering to and crawling along surfaces

19

by jumping

20

by levitating above the ground

AttackMethod (d10)

d10 Result

1

with a projectile

2-3

with its rending claws

4-5

by mauling with blunt force

6-7

with its dangerous bite

8

with piercing Resolve: {horns|spikes|spines|thorns} that protrude from its body

9

with its tail

10

JOIN(" and ", Re-roll 2 times (unique results only))

DistinctiveFeature (d100)

d100 Result

1

albino

2

antlered

3-4

beaked

5-6

blood-drenched

7-8

Resolve: {boiling|steaming}-bodied

9-10

ever-shedding

11-12

Roll on "DistinctiveMarkings"

13

long-necked

14

exterior-boned

15-16

stalk-eyed

17

Resolve: {90%?{two|three|four|five}-faced|face-covered}

18

sail-finned

19

Resolve: {shark|fish}-finned

20-21

glowing-eyed

22-23

hair-covered

24

skin-hooded

25

horned

26

ice-covered

27-28

{% result = exclude pattern:"illusorily" source:{Re-roll} %}

illusorily {$result}

29-30

Resolve: {|partially-}mechanical

31-32

metal-hided

33-34

extra-armed

35

two-headed

36-37

extra-legged

38-39

extra-eyed

40-41

strong-odored

42-43

flaming

44-45

slime-oozing

46-47

plant-bearing

48-49

prehensile-tongued

50

pulsating-skinned

51-52

rocky-hided

53-54

Resolve: {rubber-boned|boneless}

55-56

bouncy-bodied

57-58

scaled

59-60

serpent-appendaged

61-62

corporeality-shifting

63-64

shambling

65-66

shelled

67-68

shimmering

69-70

skeletal

71-72

slime-trailing

73-74

speech-mimicking

75-76

stinger-tailed

77-78

suction-cupped

79-80

tailed

81-82

tentacled

83-84

transparent-skinned

85-86

JOIN("-and-", Roll on "Color" 2 times (unique results only))

87-88

Resolve: {sword|spear|hammer|whip|axe}-handed

89-90

wet-bodied

91-92

winged

93-100

{% resultfirst = exclude pattern:"-and-" source:{Re-roll 2 times (unique results only)} %}

{% result = split sep:", " source:{$resultfirst} %}

LOWER(Roll on {{result.1}})-and-LOWER(Roll on {{result.2}})

DistinctiveMarkings (d20)

d20 Result

1-3

spotted

4-6

striped

7-10

many-striped

11

tattooed

12

shifting-patterned

13-15

colored-banded

16-18

geometrically-patterened

19-20

colored-patched

Color (d10)

d10 Result

1

red

2

orange

3

blue

4

black

5

grey

6

yellow

7

green

8

violet

9

white

10

brown

Special (d6)

d6 Result

1

The creature is merely a baby, and if it is defeated, its mother is going to be pissed.

2

The creature is actually a polymorphed adventurer with no control over their actions.

3

The creature is an infernal being from the pits of hell or some lower dimension of evil.

4

The creature is protected by some unholy power and whoever strikes the killing blow upon it will suffer some horrible curse.

5

The creature is a mad elder god unhappy with its current form. It will exchange its soul with the first character to strike it.

6

The creature is a gate to another plane, and its death opens the gate.

SpecialAbility (2d100)

2d100 Result

2-5

the ability to drain other beings' willpower Roll on "Delivery"

6-9

the ability to drain other beings' vitality Roll on "Delivery"

10-13

the ability to drain other beings' agility Roll on "Delivery"

14-17

the ability to drain other beings' intelligence Roll on "Delivery"

18-21

the ability to drain other beings' strength Roll on "Delivery"

22-25

the ability to drain other beings' perceptiveness Roll on "Delivery"

26

the ability to absorb all damage but one specific weakness

27

acidic blood

28

the ability to animate corpses as minions

29

the ability to animate inanimate objects as minions

30

the ability to animate plants as minions

31

the ability to animate stone objects as minions

32

an aura that prevents mundane creatures from coming close

33

an aura that prevents magic from working in an area around it

34

an aura that instantly kills all plant life close to it

35

a blurred appearance that makes it difficult to pin down

36

the ability to inflict wounds that can only be healed by incredible magic

37

the ability to cause victims to dance uncontrollably Roll on "Delivery"

38

the ability to instantly destroy stone Roll on "Delivery"

39

the ability to instantly destroy wood Roll on "Delivery"

40

the ability to disintegrate creatures Roll on "Delivery"

41

the ability to randomly teleport away creatures Roll on "Delivery"

42

the ability to dispel magical effects at-will

43

the ability to duplicate into smaller, independent beings when attacked

44

the ability to generate illusory doubles of itself

45

the ability to supernaturally hear things nearby regardless of interposing barriers

46

the ability to supernaturally see nearby things regardless of their line of sight

47

the ability to badly confuse creatures Roll on "Delivery"

48

a contagious curse that causes anyone killed by it to turn into another of its kind

49

the ability to cause wounds that can only heal naturally

50

the ability to cause instant death Roll on "Delivery"

51

the ability to instantly destroy metal Roll on "Delivery"

52

the ability to instantly destroy any weapon it is struck with

53

the ability to create a damaging barrier Roll on "Delivery"

54

the ability to cause blindness Roll on "Delivery"

55-62

the ability to do Resolve: {massive amounts of|extra} critical damage

63

the ability to generate and see through an area of darkness around it

64

the ability to cause deafness Roll on "Delivery"

65

the ability to degrade armor Roll on "Delivery"

66

the ability to cause disease Roll on "Delivery"

67

the ability to cause fear Roll on "Delivery"

68

immunity to all mind-effecting magic

69-70

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to the cold

71-72

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to all bludgeoning attacks

73-74

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to all cutting attacks

75-76

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to fire

77-78

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to lightning

79

a chance to ignore any spell cast against it

80

immunity to a certain spell

81

the ability to create a solid barrier

82

the ability to trap victims in solid material Roll on "Delivery"

83

a contagious curse that causes those wounded by it to slowly transform into another of its kind

84

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to damage from acid

85-86

the ability to perform extra attacks against a single target

87-88

the ability to change its color for camouflage

89-90

the ability to deal extra damage with a charging attack

91-92

the ability to charm victims Roll on "Delivery"

93-94

the ability to deal continuous damage with its normal attacks

95-96

the ability to see perfectly in the dark

97

the ability to see the invisible

98

a heavily-armored body

99

extremely difficult-to-avoid attacks

100

{% resultfirst = exclude pattern:" combined with " source:{Re-roll 2 times (unique results only)} %}

{% result = split sep:", " source:{$resultfirst} %}

LOWER(Roll on {{result.1}}) combined with LOWER(Roll on {{result.2}})

101-104

highly-damaging attacks

105

extremely quick movements

106

high resistance to all effects

107-110

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to all damage from nonmagical weaponry

111-115

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to all weaponry that isn't Resolve: {silver|bronze|cold iron|wooden} or magical

116-119

the ability to shape-shift into Resolve: {75%?{human|animal|another monstrous} form|20%?several {JOIN(" and ", Roll on {human|animal|monstrous} 2 times (unique results only)))|human, animal, and monstrous|{human|animal|monstrous}} forms|any living creature it wishes}

120-124

extreme perceptiveness

125-130

attacks that carry potentially-lethal venom

131-132

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to piercing attacks

133

deadly poison delivered Roll on "Delivery"

134

the ability to stun Roll on "Delivery"

135-138

highly stealthy movements

139-140

immunity to mental attacks

141

natural invisibility

142

the ability to cause massive damage Roll on "Delivery"

143

the ability to sap the experience of victims Roll on "Delivery"

144-145

Resolve: {the ability to become {liquid|gaseous} at-will|a body perpetually in a {liquid|gaseous} form}

146

the ability to paralyze victims Roll on "Delivery"

147-152

the ability to quickly regenerate from wounds Resolve: {75%?until it dies|and can only be killed by a specific method}

153-154

the ability to cast Resolve: {arcane|divine} magic

155-157

extremely quick reflexes

158

the ability to enlarge victims Resolve: {human|animal|another monstrous}

159

the ability to magically hinder victims Roll on "Delivery"

160

the ability to create illusions

161

immunity to all but a small handful of spells

162-163

Resolve: {resistance|immunity} to physical damage

164

the ability to become incorporeal at-will

165

the ability to create magical light

166-167

the ability to Resolve: {75%?temporarily|permanently} drain magical objects of their power

168

the ability to move across dimensions other than the mundane

169

the ability to reflexively attack anything that attacks it

170

the ability to summon local wildlife to its aid

171

the ability to swallow victims whole

172

the ability to read the minds of creatures around it

173

the ability to make victims glow with light

174-175

the ability to heat metal Roll on "Delivery"

176

perpetual incorporeality

177

the ability to shatter victims' sanity Roll on "Delivery"

178

the ability to drain victims of all of their current magical power Roll on "Delivery"

179

the ability to permanently paralyze a victim's limb Roll on "Delivery"

180

the ability to erase victims' memories Roll on "Delivery"

181

the ability to mimic inanimate objects

182

the ability to phase in and out of the physical world as it attacks

183

the ability to psychically attack victims Roll on "Delivery"

184

the ability to shrink victims Roll on "Delivery"

185

the ability to create zones of complete silence

186

the ability to slow victims Roll on "Delivery"

187

the ability to reflect magic cast at it back at the caster

188

the ability to spoil all of a victim's carried perishables Roll on "Delivery"

189

an incredibly adhesive body

190

incredibly rapid attacks

191

telekinesis

192

the ability to teleport

193

the ability to transmute metal to wood Roll on "Delivery"

194

the ability to transmute stone to mud Roll on "Delivery"

195

the ability to see through all illusions and invisibility

196

the ability to petrify victims Roll on "Delivery"

197

the ability to leave no trace of its passing

198

the ability to cause victims to be both paralyzed and rendered invisible to all but the creature Roll on "Delivery"

199

the ability to throw its voice

200

the ability to survive without air

Delivery (2d10)

2d10 Result

2

merely by looking at a victim

3-4

through a cloud of gas

5-6

if a victim meets its gaze

7-8

in a cone of effect

9-11

through a projectile attack

12-13

through touch

14-15

through a ray

16-17

in an area of effect around it

18-19

in a circular zone of effect that the creature can place

20

if the victim hears its voice

CombatTactics (d10)

d10 Result

1

will always attack the closest foe

2

attacks at random

3

always attacks the foe that it considers the largest threat

4

always attacks magic-wielders before others

5

always attacks the most heavily-armored foe

6

always attacks the least armored foe

7

always attacks the healthiest foe

8

always attacks the foe closest to death

9

always attacks humans first

10

always attacks non-humans first

Motivation (d10)

d10 Result

1-2

because of its sheer loathing for natural beings

3

due to its need for fear as nourishment

4-5

to sate its constant hunger

6

out of a need for living hosts to spawn

7

due to a controlling parasite's urge to infect others

8

out of a need for corpses as part of its spawning process

9-10

out of a desire to defend its claimed territory