The Opposition
A rudimentary monster generator (for The Gathering Gloom or whatever you feel like).
D12
| Basic shape
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1
| Human (no physical signs of its monstrous nature)
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2
| Human (signs of the uncanny).
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3
| Hominid (debased human or ancestor)
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4
| Beastman (some combination of animal and human)
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5
| Animal (A natural seeming or near-natural beast)
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6
| Magical construct (golem, affront to nature, homunculus)
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7
| Undead (corporeal)
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8
| Undead (spectral)
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9
| Debased fey (giant or gnomish, possessed of low cunning).
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10
| Noble fey (tall, regal, beautiful, made of incongruous matter)
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11
| Utterly alien entity (unlike anything in nature)
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12
| Roll twice and combine
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| By Clive Barker (he can illo my games anytime). |
D12
| Main powers (D3)
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1
| Speed and martial prowess
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2
| Terrifying and prodigious strength
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3
| Stealth in defiance of natural law
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4
| Control of wind, weather and vermin.
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5
| Flight
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6
| Shape-changing (into a category of beings or objects)
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7
| Imitation (a doppelgänger capable of imitating specific individual).
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8
| Summoning dark entities to serve it.
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9
| Mental suggestion or mesmerism.
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10
| Curses!
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11
| Reality-distorting powers (making a locale more in line with its nature)
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12
| Granting wishes (horridly perverted)
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D12
| Weakness
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1
| Cold iron
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2
| Religious symbols
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3
| Religious symbols (from a specific saint or martyr)
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4
| Fire
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5
| Silver
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6
| The touch of a virgin
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7
| A pagan effigy
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8
| Salt
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9
| Sugar and sweets
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10
| The breath of infants
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11
| Utter dismemberment
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12
| Roll again, but the weakness only traps the creature.
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D12
| Goal
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1
| To become human
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2
| To dine on manflesh (or human suffering)
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3
| To find the perfect mate
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4
| To destroy churches and the like
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5
| To be worshiped
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6
| To call forth its master
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7
| To get revenge on the village as it was wronged by the inhabitants in a bygone age.
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8
| To get gold and riches for its hoard.
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9
| To gather genetic material
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10
| To share its condition
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11
| To examine the human animal in extreme detail
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12
| To return the world a prehuman state
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D12
| Where does it hide?
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1
| The darkest part of the woods
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2
| The old monastery
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3
| The fungus-infested swamp
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4
| The ruins of the old reeve’s cottage
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5
| The graveyard.
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6
| The withered demon-oak
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7
| In town, hiding in plain sight
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8
| In the lord’s manor
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9
| In a villager’s shadow
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10
| Under the village, in vermin-infested warrens
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11
| In the human body, as a contagion
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12
| In dreams
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D12
| Minions?
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1
| None
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2
| A raving stranger
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3
| A single villager
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4
| Ensorcelled beasts
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5
| A band of brigands
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6
| Deformed goblins or similar imps
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7
| Half-human monstrosities
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8
| Bribed or blackmailed villagers
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9
| A horrid cult
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10
| The forces of nature, whipped into a frenzy.
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11
| A horde of demonic warriors straining against the fabric of reality.
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12
| An outsider, an alien entity both powerful and incomprehensible
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