Random Monster Generator

These are random tables for creating monsters for a science fiction or modern campaign (rather than fantasy); as such it doesn't deal with traits such as "insubstantial" or "cosmic".

Attributes

Roll 3d6 for ST, HT, IQ and DX.

Subtract 4 from IQ (but do not reduce Will or Per)

Basic Form

Roll d66 three times, ignoring duplicate results

d66	Trait
11	SM -3 (÷2.5 ST)
12-13	SM -2 (÷2 ST)
14-15	SM -1 (÷1.5 ST)
16	Cold blooded
21-22	SM +1 (×1.5 ST)
23	SM +2 (×2 ST)
24	SM +3 (×2.5 ST)
25-26	Extra Arm (1d6 extra) Roll 2d6: 3-4. Foot Manipulator 5. No Physical Attack 6. Short 7. Weak 8-12. No special 13. Extra-Flexible 14. Long 15. Weapon Mount 16-18. Roll twice.
31	Extra Head
32-34	Extra Legs (1d6 extra) Roll 1d6: 1-2. Long 3-4. Cannot kick 5-6. No special
35	Extra Mouth
36	Flexibility (level 1d2)
41	Flight (Winged) Move increase 1d6-2 yards/second
42	Flight (Small Wings)
43	Flight (Gliding)
44	Bad Grip
45	Electrical
46	Fragile. Roll 1d6: 1. Brittle 2. Combustible 3. Explosive 4. Flammable 5. Unnatural 6. Roll twice
51-54	Horizontal
55-56	Invertebrate
61-62	No Fine Manipulators
63-64	Semi-Upright Reroll if you already rolled Horizontal.
65	One Eye
66	No Legs Reroll if you have rolled extra legs. If you have already rolled Flight, the creature is aerial. Otherwise roll 1d6: 1. Aquatic 2-3. Bounces, Rolls or Slithers 4. Semi-aquatic 5. Sessile 6. Tracked or Wheeled

Defenses

Roll d66 once or twice.

d66	Trait
11	Chameleon (1d6 levels)
12-13	Damage Resistance (1d6 levels) 50% chance of this being partial. Roll on the hit location table. +2 levels of DR at that location. All other locations have DR at half this level (rounded down)
14	Damage Resistance As above, plus Hardened (1d3 levels)
15-16	Damage Resistance, Flexible As above
21-23	Damage Resistance, Tough Skin As above
24-26	Short Spines
27-28	Long Spines
29	Hard to Kill (1d6 levels)
31	Hard to Subdue (1d6 levels)
32-33	Injury Tolerance. Roll 1d6: Homogenous No Blood No Brain No Eyes No Neck No Vitals
34	Sealed
35	Nictitating Membrane (1d6 levels)
36	Obscure (2d6-2 levels) Roll 1d6 Defensive Extended Ranged Stealthy Always on Roll twice
41	Protected Sense (1d6 levels) Roll 1d6 1-2. Vision 3-4. Hearing 5-6. Taste/Smell
42	Radiation Tolerance (1d6 levels)
43	Rapid Healing
44	Filter Lungs
45	Recovery
46	Regeneration Roll 1d6 1-2. Slow 3. Regular 4. Fast 5. Very fast 6. Extreme
51	Resistance, Very Common Roll 1d6 1-2. Immunity 3-4. +8 HT 5-6. +3 HT
52	Resistance, Common Roll 1d6 as above
53	Resistance, Occasional Roll 1d6 as above
54-55	Silence (1d6 levels)
56	Slippery (1d6 levels)
61	Unkillable 1

Attacks

Roll d66 once or twice

d66	Trait
11	Affliction (1d6 levels) - stunning only
12-13	Affliction (1d6 levels) Roll 2d6 twice (reroll if incompatible stunning result), and apply random modifiers (see below). The second result is a seoncary effect. Also see Enhancements and Limitations below. 2 - Coma 3 - IQ penalty 4 - DX penalty 5 - HT penalty 6 - ST penalty 7 - Stunning 8 - Irritant. Roll 2d6: 1) Coughing, 2) Moderate pain, 3) Nauseated, 4) Severe pain, 5) Euphoria, 6) Terrible pain 9 - Incapacitation 10-11 - Disadvantage 12 - Heart attack
14-16	Binding (ST + 1d6-2 levels) Roll 1d6: 1-2 - No enhancement 3 - Engulfing 4 - Roll 1d6. Only damaged by 1) burning, 2) corrosion, 3) crushing, 4) cutting 5 - Sticky 6 - Unbreakable
31	Blunt Claws
32	Hooves
33	Sharp Claws
34-35	Talons
36	Long Talons
41-42	Constriction Attack
43	Extra Attack
44	Vampiric Bite
45-46	Teeth (Sharp Teeth)
51-52	Teeth (Sharp Beak)
53-54	Teeth (Fangs)
55	Mind Reading
56	Mind Control
61-63	Innate Attack (see below)
64-65	Striker Roll 1d6 1. Cannot Parry 2. Clumsy 3. Limited Arc 4. Weak 5-6. No limitation
66	Striker, Long Roll 1d6 as above

Mobility

Roll d66 once or twice

d66	Trait
11-16	Basic Move (+1d6 yards/second)
21-24	Brachiator
25-26	Catfall
31-34	Clinging
35-36	Enhanced Move (1d2 levels)
41-42	Amphibious
43-44	Perfect Balance
45-46	Super Climbing (1d6 levels)
51-53	Super Jump (1d3 levels)
54-56	Terrain Adaptation
61	Tunneling

Senses and Communication

Roll d66 once or twice

d66	Trait
11	360-degree vision
12	Acute hearing (1d6*2 levels)
13	Acute taste and smell (1d6*2 levels)
14	Acute touch (1d6*2 levels)
15	Acute vision (1d6*2 levels)
16	Perception (1d6 levels)
21	Dark Vision
22	Discriminatory Hearing
23	Discriminatory Smell
24	Discriminatory Taste
25	Enhanced Tracking (1 level)
26	Hyperspectral Vision
31-32	Infravision
33	Mimicry
34-35	Night Vision (1d6 levels)
36	Penetrating Vision (1d6 levels)
41-42	Peripheral Vision
43	Scanning Sense (1d6 levels of increased range). Roll 1d6: 1) Radar 2) Imaging Radar 3) Ladar 4) Para-Radar 5-6) Sonar Then roll 1d6 again: 1) No special 2) Extended Arc 3) Low-Probability Incercept (if radar or sonar) 4) Multi-mode (if radar) 5) Penetrating (if para-radar) 6) Targeting
44	Sensitive Touch
45	Speak with animals
46	Speak with plants
51	Subsonic hearing
52	Ultrahearing
53	Ultravision
54	Vibration Sense
55	Bad sight
56	Blindness
61	Deafness
62	No depth perception
63	Night blindness
64	No sense of smell/taste

Innate Attacks and Afflictions

Roll 2d6 for attack type, and 2d6 for AoE modifer

• 2-4 Beam
  • 2 Cone
  • 3-4 Area Effect
  • 6-7 Jet
  • 8-9 No AoE modifier
  • 10-12 Rapid Attack
• 5-6 Brawling
  • 2-3 Reach 1,2
  • 4 Reach 1 or 2
  • 5 Reach C,1
  • 6-7 Reach C
  • 8-9 Aura
  • 10 Reach 1-4
  • 11-12 Reach 2,3
• 7-8 Projectile
  • 2-4 Cone
  • 5-6 Area Effect
  • 7-8 No AoE modifier
  • 9-12 Rapid Attack
• 9-10 Breath
  • 2-7 Cone
  • 8-12 Area Effect
• 11-12 Follow-Up
• Choose a striker as the delivery attack

Roll 3d6

• 2-3. Burning
• 4-5. Fatigue
• 6-7. Corrosion
• 8-9. Toxic
• 10-11. Crushing
• 12-13. Cutting
• 14-15. Impaling
• 16-17. Piercing (pi- or pi)
• 18-19. Piercing (pi+ or pi++)