Are your adventuring party making their way through a mysterious forest filled with strangely coloured fungi and the croaks and chitters of otherworldly fauna? Want them to encounter a strange being with alien motivations? Then you’ve come to the right place! Roll a couple of dice and these tables will spit out something truly strange to baffle and befuddle them.
The Distinctive Feature table is the most important. I suggest rolling on it twice to get a more interesting result.
The Motivation table is self explanatory. To keep that otherworldly feeling, try to interpret its results from an alien perspective. For example, a fae might decide the best way to find a friend or lover is to kidnap or enchant them. Or they might consider something as intelligent as a human or as powerful as a dragon to be a perfect pet.
The Entourage table determines what the fae’s companions are. It’s up to you to decide if they’re its subjects, friends, slaves, etc.
Combine all these ingredients and you’ve got yourself an otherworldly stew cooking up.
Distinctive Feature (d100)
- 1-2 Small, vestigial wings
- 3-4 Large, ornate wings
- 5-6 Eyebrows that protrude like whiskers
- 7-8 Flowers growing from hair
- 9-10 Sparkling skin
- 11-12 Iridescent skin
- 13-14 Fingers double the length of human fingers
- 15-16 Extremely tall and slender
- 17-18 Skin like bark
- 19-20 Extremely attractive to all
- 21-22 Their every word is completely captivating
- 23-24 Animals are docile in their presence
- 25-26 Irises seem to be made of flame
- 27-28 No irises
- 29-30 Iridescent eyes
- 31-32 Nails like glass
- 33-34 Hair that drags along the ground
- 35-36 Inhuman amounts of curly hair
- 37-38 A swirling breeze follows them everywhere
- 39-40 Water goes completely still in their presence
- 41-42 Water ripples in their presence
- 43-44 Cats love them
- 45-46 They cast no shadow
- 47-48 Small antlers
- 49-50 Fires extinguish in their presence
- 51-52 Fires grow in their presence
- 53-54 Skin made of tiny scales
- 55-56 Swirling patterns on skin
- 57-58 Razor sharp teeth
- 59-60 Their singing induces sleep
- 61-62 Jewelry that looks like beetle shells
- 63-64 Wildly coloured hair
- 65-66 Completely hairless
- 67-68 Antlers in the shape of a crown
- 69-70 Childlike appearance
- 71-72 An unreasonable amount of bracelets and necklaces
- 73-74 Birds use them as a perch
- 75-76 Intricately braided hair filled with ornaments
- 77-78 They shift into a new form each day
- 79-80 A crystal orb that shows visions only they can see
- 81-82 Extremely long, pointed ears
- 83-84 Whiskered face, resembling a cat or fox
- 85-86 Feathered
- 87-88 Feather decorated clothing
- 89-90 Skin emits a soft glow
- 91-92 A grotesque mask
- 93-94 An elegant mask
- 95-96 A bell they ring at specific times or events
- 97-98 A magical weapon
- 99-00 Mushrooms grow from their skin
Motivation (d8)
- Find a lover
- Cause mischief
- Get revenge
- Hunt a mythical beast
- Find a land to claim as their own
- Add to their entourage
- Find a child to raise as their own
- Find a friend
Entourage (d12)
- 1-3 Similar beings
- 4-6 No entourage
- 7 Floating orbs of light
- 8 Tall humanoid fae
- 9 Tiny humanoid fae
- 10 Small, grotesque creatures
- 11 Elemental creatures
- 12 Wild animals
I will leave you with this:
What if trees could commit crimes
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