Table 1-33: Group Being Supported (d25)

For use with Table 1-11: Master Table of Villainous Plans

These tables are best applied to a mastermind villain, although the party might run into the minions or the other organization first. Discovering a mastermind who has been secretly assisting a just-defeated evil group is a good way to create a follow-on adventure

d25 Group(s) to Which Assistance is Rendered

1

All evil-aligned individuals in a particular area

2

All followers and worshippers of a particular deity

3

All powerful evil-aligned individuals in a particular area

4

An association dominated by leaders of evil alignment (ranging from a secret society to a guild of merchants whose leaders are malicious and base of character)

5

Anyone disregarding a particular good-oriented law (or decree of a good temple not actually part of the government) such as requirement to wear a good-aligned symbol or worship an good deity, refusal to contribute to the army of a good king, etc.

6

Anyone returning from a pilgrimage to a particular evil site

7

Anyone supporting an evil-aligned warlord during a time of uprisings

8

Anyone who was present at a particular unholy ritual held in the recent past

9

Bandits operating outside the boundaries of civilization

10

Criminal organization predominantly of evil alignment

11

Cultists seeking to bring about a natural catastrophe

12

Descendants of those who attended a particular unholy event in the forgotten or even ancient past

13

Evil tribes or humanoids operating outside the boundaries of civilization

14

Followers of an evil-aligned prophet’s teachings

15

Jury or judge that convicted a good-aligned leader

16

Members of a race known to be predominantly of evil alignment (goblins, for instance)

17

Members of underground religious movement in a good-aligned theocratic region or an area in which a good-aligned religion considerable authority

18

Military order affiliated with evil alignment but no particular faith

19

Military order attached to a particular evil faith

20

Military order attached to an evil-aligned temple

21

Only the priests and higher followers of a particular evil deity

22

Secret society dedicated to overthrowing a benevolent government

23

Secret society dedicated to subverting people to evil goals

24

Slavers

25

Wealthy people (or perhaps poor people) of evil alignment in a certain area