92 You Made It Weird

The chimera, the owlbear, and the gibbering mouther: beloved monsters created by powerful beings in a bizarre competition. This exercise will help you take an existing monster and make it into something strange. Roll on tables and answer the questions to create a memorable abomination.

images Roll a d20 to pick an animal or monster to start with:

1 Bear

2 Tiger

3 Eagle

4 Horse

5 Wolf

6 Deer

7 Crocodile

8 Snake

9 Shark

10 Spider

11 Octopus

12 Turtle

13 Human

14 Vampire

15 Dragon

16 Troll

17 Ghost

18 Golem

19 Mimic

20 Skeleton

images Once you have your base creature, choose three of the following tables and roll a d6 to find qualities that will change it. You can also roll the d20 a second time to combine your base creature with another creature. Think of a way the new qualities will change the way the creature looks and behaves.

Class

Abilities

1 Mammal

2 Avian

3 Reptile

4 Fish

5 Crustacean

6 Ooze

1 Acute sense of smell

2 Camouflage

3 Echolocation

4 Metamorphosis

5 Electromagnetic senses

6 Intelligence

Body Parts

Elements

1 Eyes

2 Legs

3 Tail

4 Mouth

5 Tentacles

6 Horns

1 Fire

2 Air

3 Water

4 Earth

5 Time

6 Magic

Aggression Instinct

1 Ambush predation: It waits for prey in order to strike.

2 Territorial: It protects a particular place.

3 Pursuit predation: It talks to and stalks its prey over distances.

4 Multiplication: It requires violence to reproduce.

5 Hoarding: It seeks to collect and save different objects and protects them from intruders at all costs.

6 Constant: This creature is ceaselessly aggressive as long as it’s awake.

Defenses

1 Regeneration: It heals rapidly from most injuries.

2 Shell: It has a thick protective outer layer.

3 Poison: It is toxic for most beings to come in contact with it.

4 Spikes: This creature has barbs or quills.

5 Elemental resistance: It is resistant to certain elemental attacks.

6 Insubstantial: Many attacks will pass through its body harmlessly.

images What does it look like now?

images In what situation is it most dangerous?

images What is most comical or strange about it?