My Blackmoor Dungeons Monster Tables

[akiyama]

I came up with these tables last night and this morning. Since I'm unlikely to do anything with them, I thought I'd post them here.

MONSTER LEVEL I (d36)

1. Amphibious Ones (Carcosa)
2. Bullywugs (FF)
3. Demonic Pollywugs (FO! 5)
4. Diseased Guardians (Carcosa)
5. Galltrits (FF)
6. Ghouls (RoCC)
7. Green Slime
8. Kobolds
9-13. Men
14. Mites (FF)
15-19. Orcs, of the Red Eye
20. Orcs, of the White Hand
21. Orcs, Mountain
22. Orcs, Norkers
23. Orcs, Shadow
24. Orcs, Svarts
25. Orcs, Urghks (FO! 3)
26. Orcs, other
27. Pesties (FF)
28. Poltergeist (FF)
29. Species 23750 (Carcosa)
30. Skeletons
31. Wolves
32. Voormis (RoCC)
33-34. Yellow Mold
35. Zombies
36. Something Else

FF = Fiend Folio, FO! = Fight On!, RoCC = Realms of Crawling Chaos

Kobolds look like fairytale goblins or evil dwarves. May use magic.
Orcs, for inspiration, see www.lulu.com/shop/nicolas-dessaux/orcs/ebook/product-18553691.html
Orcs of the Red Eye, good eyesight in darkness: +1 to hit with missile weapons
Orcs of the White Hand, hobgoblins
Mountain Orcs, goblins. Good smiths and engineers: wear chainmail, set traps
Shadow Orcs, goblins. Sneaky: surprise on 1-3
Svarts 1/2 HD. Low intelligence: primitive weapons and armour. See The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
Urghks FO! 3 p.76. Hobgoblins. Very cruel and aggressive. Low intelligence: primitive weapons and armour
Pesties a.k.a. snyads

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MEN SUBTABLE (d16)

1. Adventurers
2. Bandits
3. Beserkers
4. Brigands
5. Cavemen
6. Clerics (or other PC/NPC character class)
7. Cultists
8. Dwarves
9. Fighters
10. Half-Orcs
11. The Macabre - matt-landofnod.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/macabre.html
12. Magic-Users
13. Merchants
14. Normal Men
15. Prisoners / Slaves
16. Skulks (FF)

Men may be resident in the dungeon or just visiting (adventuring or trading).

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ORCS

Orc Lair - Standard Room Occupants (d10)
1. one high level orc, one female orc, 50% chance each of harem, young orcs, slaves and treasure
2-5. several male orcs, 50% chance of slaves or treasure
6-7. 1 male orc and 1-2 female orcs
8-9. 1 male orc, 1-2 female orcs, several young orcs
10. several young orcs

Orc Lair - Other Rooms (d16)
1. common room or hall
2-3. storage (food, arms, equipment, junk)
4. guard room
5. empty room
6. prison or torture chamber
7. well or kitchen
8. latrine
9. garbage dump
10. treasury
11. trap (usually in corridor)
12. shrine or temple
13. barracks
14. monster (kept as pet, guard or trap)
15. smith's forge
16. unusual area

Unusual Areas (d10)
1. secret chamber, stairway or passageway
2. tunnel to mines
3. brewery (50% chance of tavern)
4. kitchen or butchers (50% chance of food sales)
5. tomb or cypt
6. tunnel or portal to surface or another level or sublevel
7. arena or training area
8. throne room and/or trophy room
9. private area (e.g. HQ, officer's common room, harem)
10. weird magic

Slaves or Associated Monsters (50% chance) (d20)
1-4. weaker orcs
5-6. humans
7. dwarves
8. hobbits
9. unusual slaves
10. allied orcs
11. giant animals
12. wolves
13. wargs
14. ogre, troll or lycanthrope
15. magic-user (human, half-orc or orc)
16. priest (human, half-orc or orc)
17-20. roll again twice

Personal Treasure (d8)
1. no treasure
2-3. copper
4-5. silver and copper
6. gold, silver and copper
7. gold and silver
8. gold

Pocket Contents (d30)
inspired by this table - jrients.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/number-20-assumes-actual-pants-pockets.html
1. jerky
2. sausage
3. black pudding
4. rat (cooked)
5. pet rat (2 in 6 chance to be bitten, 50% disease)
6. root vegetable (onion, turnip, parsnip, swede, potato or mangelwurzel)
7. tin flask containing strong spirits (brandy, whisky, rum, vodka, absinthe or (16-20) moonshine)
8. jewellery
9. key to a nearby door or chest (50/50)
10. dice or cards
11. unholy symbol
12. thumbscrews, pliers or pincers, or manacles
13. crowbar or lock-picking tools
14. rocks (suitable for throwing) or shiny pebbles
15. rope, 5'-10' long
16. small pot of pepper worth 1-4gp
17. 1-6 buttons, glass beads or ornamental gemstones
18. 1-6 scalps (orc, human or dwarf)
19. pipeweed, pipe, flint and tinder
20. brass knuckles
21. whip (scourge, sjambok, knout or bullwhip)
22. puppet or doll
23. potion bottle (contains (d8) glue, ink, blood, greek fire, black powder, poison, slime or nothing)
24. chalk or charcoal
25. flask of oil, flint and tinder
26. fish hook, 10'-20' fishing line, worms or maggots
27. worms, snails, slugs or beetles (raw or cooked)
28. 3d6 glass or iron marbles
29. necklace or bracelet made of teeth
30. unusual item

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MONSTER LEVEL II (d36)

1. Assassin Bugs (FF)
2. Beastmen
3. Boars, Giant
4. Bone Eaters (FO! 3)
5. Cave Beasts (RoCC)
6-10. Centipedes, Giant
11. Dire Corbies (FF)
12. Dra (FO! 3)
13. Dweller in the Mist (FO! 3)
14. Frogs, Giant
15. Frogs, Giant, Killer
16. Frogs, Giant, Poisonous
17. Ghasts (RoCC)
18. Gnome of Dede (FO! 3)
19-20. Gorbels (FF)
21-22. Grimlocks (FF)
23. Jelly Men (FO! 3)
24. Karakan (FO! 3)
25. Ksarul (FO! 3)
26. Quaggoths (FF)
27-31. Spiders, Murk
32. Toad, Giant
33-34. Vipers
35-36. Something Else

The monsters from Fight On! issue 3 can be found on pages 70-74.

Beastmen 2-3 HD. monstroustelevision.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/today-in-widdershins.html
Murk Spiders 1+1 HD, intelligent and can speak, poison causes paralysation. See The Hobbit.
Vipers range from 1-2 hp up to 2 HD. Smaller vipers have weak poison.

[Finarvyn]

Nice tables! Thou are EXALTED and thanks for sharing them with us!