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More Undead Undertakings! This time we take a stab at the Mummy. Their frightening presence is formidable, as is the mystical ailment they inflict. Does this profane disease...
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Another critter that doesn’t seem to have survived the transition to BECMI from B/X: The Lesser Sea Serpent. For me, there’s more than a little cognitive overlap between these...
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Today’s table is for Troglodytes. I usually use these malodorous Monsters in dungeons and deep underground caverns (with their relatives, the Lizard Man more likely to be found...
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Golems! While a few of my favorites are conspicuously absent from the source (I’m particularly fond of the Clay, Flesh, and Stone ones), here are four tables to cover the ones...
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With this entry, we’ve slinked past sixty percent! Shadows share some pretty outrageous Surprise chances with another Monster I’m puzzling over how to handle (the Invisible...
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As a campaign moves out of the Dungeon Exploration Tier, Nobles can serve as powerful patrons or formidable foils. This table might be useful to add a little courtly intrigue...
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Rats are a staple set dressing. I’ll place the odd scurrying rodent as a bit of Dungeon flavor every few turns sometimes just to keep everyone on their toes (gives me something...
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Decided to fill in some of the glaring gaps highlighted by yesterday’s entry. I didn’t even have some of the animals complete before tackling their Lycanthropic counterparts!...
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Ah Lycanthropes… I was a little unsure of how to approach these without duplicating a ton of effort. Each one has an animal form that roughly maps out to an existing or soon to...
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Rust Monsters remain one of my favorite foes, even after all these years. One even managed to make an appearance during my Gygax Memorial Session Transcripts. A wonderful...
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Ever found yourself in need of some quick inspiration of what a first-level Magic-User is up to? Here’s a hundred for Encounter Activities for Mediums! Along with the already...
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Here we have a d100 Encounter Activity Table for Elephants, yet another one of the real-world animals present in the Monster List in B/X and OSE. As with Camels previously,...
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Trekking back to close a glaring gap towards the beginning of the alphabet to bring you… Camels. I have no earthly idea who might eventually find themselves yearning for a...
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I must admit to a slight and persistent bias against Halflings. I usually remove or replace them as a Character Class and potential Encounter in most of my games because they...
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It’s been quite a while since we’ve done a Demi-human. Here are d100 Encounter Activities for the Gnome. I fondly recall repeatedly borrowing the Huygen/Poortvliet book from a...
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I was a bit torn with Snakes since they are such a great and surprisingly common encounter. Since there were five entries, I was originally planning on just a d20 table apiece,...
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Just how big is a Giant Shrew anyway? After scouring several sources, I couldn’t come up with anything definitive. After discussing this on discord, we arrived at a consensus...
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With this entry, we reach a few milestones! We’re over halfway through the Monsters in OSE (seventy down, sixty-eight more to go)! Also, here we have our first “pun monster.”...
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Continuing the theme of “Giant” week, here are the Giant Lizards in OSE and B/X (the Rules Cyclopedia contains the same beasts, and only really adds their load and Barding...
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There’s something primal about the generally universal revulsion to Leeches. The facial expressions of most people immediately shift to disgust just thinking about them. I...
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Since OSE seems to be sadly lacking in the Kraken department, I suppose these over-sized cephalopod might serve as substitutes in a pinch.
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I have a fondness for Scorpions of all sizes. Apocryphally, when I was only a year or so old, our home was invaded by these arachnids one sweltering summer. The intruders...
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Giants make for fearsome foes and even more useful allies if canny Players can find a way to into their good graces. This is the first of the entries to necessitate a full...
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Robber Flies! I recycle and re-skin this stat block for all manner of big flying bugs, from massive moths to daunting dragonflies. It’s a pretty useful “all purpose” large...
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Another Undead entry for those who might be running an Undead-themed Megadungeon such as Barrowmaze. Since themed dungeons can result in the same types of foes being...
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Unperceivable Pixies! The Fair Folk can be both fun and frightening. I really like to stress the importance of using Euphemistic Names in my games. I even have Players that...
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Finally backtracking to complete the “Bs” here are a hundred Encounter Activities for Boars. Something that’s always stuck with me about using these animals is a bit of...
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My main experience with encountering Ferrets is limited to a single occasion I spent at a friend’s house who had a few as rather irascible pets. While we listened to Warren...
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I am pleased to present an Encounter Activity Table that’s mostly interchangeable with Nixies, Naiads, Nereids, and even some of the more nautical Nymphs. Potentially...
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Hope everyone is having a Happy Friday. Today I’ve done a table for those ornery Manticora. I find it’s sometimes tricky to really differentiate these dastardly devils, so I...