Post by geoffrey on May 27, 2012 9:26:19 GMT -6
Before Carcosa... Before Arduin...
Gary Gygax in "How Green Was My Mutant" (The Dragon #5, March 1977) gave us a list of fun tables to roll on for your Metamorphosis Alpha mutated humans. It works great for D&D as well:
Skin/Hair Coloration
1 white
2 pink
3 tan
4 brown
5 orange
6 black
7 red
8 yellow
9 blue
10 green
11 purple
12 gray
13-15 2 colors
16-17 3 colors
18-19 4 colors
20 5 colors
Skin Characteristic
1 hairy
2 hairy patches
3 bald
4 wrinkled
5 warty
6 knobby
7 pocked
8 leathery
9-10 normal
Color Pattern
1 solid (or solid patches)
2 striped
3 dotted
4 spotted
5 belted
6 banded
7 whorles
8 splotches
9-10 normal
Head
1 crested
2 long, pointed
3 flattened oval
4 bulbous
5 bullet shaped
6 quite small
7 normal
8 normal
Neck
1 long
2 long, thin
3 short
4 very thick
5 wattled
6 normal
Body
1 round
2 thin
3 barrel-like
4 hunched
5 long
6 small
7-8 normal
Facial Features
1 very small
2 round eyes
3 drooping eyes
4 no ears
5 huge mouth
6 big nose
7 no nose
8 very large
9-10 normal
Hands and Feet
1 long
2 short
3 narrow
4 wide
5 hard
6 soft
7 thick fingered/toed
8 thin fingered/toed
9 very large
10 very small
11-12 normal
Fingers and Toes
1 three
2 four
3 four
4 five
5 five
6 five
7 six
8 six
9 seven
10 webbed
11 double-jointed/prehensile
12 nailless
Arms
1 long
2 short
3 thick
4 thin
5 double-jointed
6 normal
Legs
1 long
2 short
3 thin
4 thick
5 bowed
6 normal
Gary Gygax in "How Green Was My Mutant" (The Dragon #5, March 1977) gave us a list of fun tables to roll on for your Metamorphosis Alpha mutated humans. It works great for D&D as well:
Skin/Hair Coloration
1 white
2 pink
3 tan
4 brown
5 orange
6 black
7 red
8 yellow
9 blue
10 green
11 purple
12 gray
13-15 2 colors
16-17 3 colors
18-19 4 colors
20 5 colors
Skin Characteristic
1 hairy
2 hairy patches
3 bald
4 wrinkled
5 warty
6 knobby
7 pocked
8 leathery
9-10 normal
Color Pattern
1 solid (or solid patches)
2 striped
3 dotted
4 spotted
5 belted
6 banded
7 whorles
8 splotches
9-10 normal
Head
1 crested
2 long, pointed
3 flattened oval
4 bulbous
5 bullet shaped
6 quite small
7 normal
8 normal
Neck
1 long
2 long, thin
3 short
4 very thick
5 wattled
6 normal
Body
1 round
2 thin
3 barrel-like
4 hunched
5 long
6 small
7-8 normal
Facial Features
1 very small
2 round eyes
3 drooping eyes
4 no ears
5 huge mouth
6 big nose
7 no nose
8 very large
9-10 normal
Hands and Feet
1 long
2 short
3 narrow
4 wide
5 hard
6 soft
7 thick fingered/toed
8 thin fingered/toed
9 very large
10 very small
11-12 normal
Fingers and Toes
1 three
2 four
3 four
4 five
5 five
6 five
7 six
8 six
9 seven
10 webbed
11 double-jointed/prehensile
12 nailless
Arms
1 long
2 short
3 thick
4 thin
5 double-jointed
6 normal
Legs
1 long
2 short
3 thin
4 thick
5 bowed
6 normal
