Hey Everyone,

So I've been trying to spice up my random encounters for a upcoming hexcrawler campaign
I'm running, and I came upon this concept for a D100 table. Basically, you roll a D100 four
times and that gives a string of phrases to use as inspiration for setting up a monster
encounter. Here are what each column is supposed to mean.

Currently: What the monster is currently doing

The [goblins] are [gambling], while they are [trying to kill an enemy], one might be [an
arsonist], and the twist is [they are from a barbarian tribe in the west]
So gambling while they are trying to kill an enemy? Maybe they are gambling to see who gets
to kill the enemy, or maybe because one is a arsonist, they have him tied to a stake and the
winner gets to light him on fire. Maybe they are attacking a force of equal strength and
gambling on their success in this fight, but they are barbarians looking for a contest, as
opposed to your standard cowardly goblins. Maybe one goblin throws alchemist fire or shoots
flaming arrows.

That's just one example, so feel free to roll on the table and say what prompt you get, and
what ideas it generated. If anyone has more prompts they can think to add to this, please
post it in the comments! I've already got 100 entries in each category, but this table is meant
to be added to as people supply additional prompts.

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Currently While they Are One or more are Twist
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they are protected by a magic
1 Standing guard migrating pregnant
sword
they are protected by a nearby
2 eating exploring badly wounded
druid
having an
3 at war much stronger they know of a party member
argument
they are illusions cast by a
trying to find a lost
4 playing music the leader nearby wizard for distraction
friend
and amusement
holding a traveling to the plotting to betray
5 they have a epic magic item
funeral nearest settlement the others
seeking their they each instantly know
6 celebrating psychic
destiny what the other is thinking
trying to kill an a polymorphed they have made hidden
7 playing dead
enemy druid preparations for battle
8 trying to solve a tricking a rival starving their treasure is hidden
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puzzle elsewhere in a cache
they are protected by a magic
9 playing a game mounting a heist a crazy collector
shield
training for a big the parents of the they are protected by a nearby
10 bathing
fight others fighter
master of strange they are protected by a nearby
11 smoking forging an alliance
magic lord
an important they drank from a nearby
12 making love delivering letters
military figure magic source
trying to achieve a lookout for the they have been summoned by
13 getting married
enlightenment rest a greater being
they are magical puppets of
14 fleeing on a pilgrimage exiled
an insane spell caster
trying to survive in
they are protected by the land
15 praying a harsh terrified
itself
environment
screaming at a following a they are protectors of a sacred
16 insane
bystander treasure map spring
polishing arms trying to scare off they are cursed to come back
17 a lychanthrope
and armor outsiders to life as undead
examining a they use words of power as
18 on a quest sibling for another
magic item dangerous spells
trying to strike it they have forgotten their own
19 torturing extremely wealthy
rich names
they need a specific item to
20 drinking taming a monster covered in runes
complete their goal
they have been created by the
21 enacting a ritual wandering a slave
imagination of a child
trying to choose a they are protected by a nearby
22 making camp a familiar
leader monk
seeking ultimate they are protected by a nearby
23 breaking camp a illusion
power paladin
about to achieve they are protected by a nearby
24 murdering doing their job
their goal barbarian
seeing to conquer a they are protected by a nearby
25 planning a decoy
kingdom rogue
26 raiding and making sure their in command on an they are protected by a nearby
plundering master is safe army cleric
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followed by a they can call for
27 hiding seeking redemption
monster reinforcements
part of a known they ask a larger monster for
28 waiting preparing for battle
organization help
frustrated with the they serve two opposing
29 studying looking for a friend
others kings
watching the enacting the will of
30 lying to the players stole a monsters eggs
party their deity
they are looking to sell
31 meditating mobilizing an army dead information to the highest
bidder
building trying for a they are controlling the
32 sleeping
something promotion weather in a local area
they are enchanted to fall in
33 digging erecting a structure not sleeping love with the first person they
see
seeking secret they are enchanted to murder
34 spying possessed
information the first person they see
trying to summon a they are part of a religious
35 raising the dead in disguise
greater demon order
if their concentration is
putting on a trying to summon a
36 turned to stone ruined, they lose control of
play greater devil
their servants
trying to summon a they have young ones with
37 patrolling boasting a lot
greater angle them
mind controlled by they have discovered a
38 deal making following orders
another powerful shrine
forging a trying to lift a they are hiring bandits to help
39 trigger happy
weapon terrible curse them
demanding trying to put a soul dedicated to a
40 they are fanatics
ransom back into a body cause
negotiating with worshiped by the they are smarter than their
41 chasing a legend
others others kind
42 writing a letter joining an army famous they are wiser than their kind
they are trapped in a block of
43 giving a speech form a cult extremely kind
ice
44 defacing press gang a war a bodyguard they are on fire
scenery band
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they are trapped in a magical
45 nesting preparing a tomb a master of pets
prison
46 marching being hunted down an actor they are enlarged by a wizard
47 bullying negotiating a treaty a doctor they are shrunken by a wizard
eliminating they come from another land
48 scouting an amnesiac
evidence (island/continent)
they can't stop eating
49 swearing loyalty building a lair crippled
everything in sight
traveling to a assassinating a they cannot understand
50 a ooze
fortress target common
overcoming a harvesting herbs their weapons are of ancient
51 a musician
terrain obstacle for potions make
52 gambling looting dead bodies a undead they know a obscure fact
they are pretending to be in
53 working out defiling the land a construct
conflict to lure in the party
transporting a holy they carry valuable gems in
54 bluffing a ghost
relic their guts
55 reading smuggling beasts a fiend one was created by the others
they move like they have the
56 practicing passing judgement a bard Freedom of Movement spell
cast on them
they are all being
carrying a magic
57 snacking collecting taxes manipulated by a smarter and
ring
more vile villain
they know of a special
58 cooking summoning a spirit a brilliant tactician location, but were made to
forget
they are cursed to fail in all
59 imprisoning drinking water psychic
they work toward
transporting plotting to steal they have bounties on their
60 panning for gold
prisoners from the others heads
waiting for the
61 lost tracking the stars right moment to they are immune to fire
run away
searching for scribbling notes on
62 eating the rest they are immune to cold
something paper
trying to please particularly
63 competing for can only be killed by magic
their greedy master vicious
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playing a they are married to an
64 marking territory redeemable
instrument unusual partner
cannibalizing teaching their they are dating someone the
65 an arsonist
someone young party knows
they are an escaped
testing a flying
66 paying tribute cursed experiment by a powerful
machine
faction
looking for
67 committing arson blessed they just met
slaves
they are carrying a piece of a
68 stealing sowing chaos abysmally stupid
key that unlocks a planar gate
brewing a
69 scouting the area diseased they are a devil in disguise
potion
they know the true name of a
70 setting traps measuring the wind polymorphed
demon
pillaging a they are much older than the
71 infiltrating haunted
settlement rest of their race
They have a crab pincer for a
72 mining searching for a ruin a living spell
arm
surveying their
73 fishing a spell caster they steal creatures shadows
lands
experimenting with parts of the terrain are mimics
74 trapped a trained fighter
magic in disguise
burying unreasonably they are royalty who ran
75 seeking a artifact
someone alive proud away from home
searching for a
76 congregating furious with they are immortal
mentor
77 playing pranks amassing tribute melancholy they are an adventurer
divining their
78 ensnared in a trap depressed they are immune to magic
master
they are from three sectors
79 guarding playing a game paralyzed over and don't know how
they got here
they are from two sectors
taming a wild tracking down a
80 enlightened over and don't know how
beast cursed item
they got here
nurturing their tracking down a a shadow they can repair the party's
81
young blessed item puppeteer equipment
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82 arm wrestling pursuing a bounty a mimic they are horribly scarred
having a collecting mundane carrying a magic they are a cleric of another
83
nightmare items sword god (not the Night Mother)
collecting rare
carrying a broken
84 following a lead items (not they are diminutive in size
weapon
valuable)
they are trapped in a time
85 getting dressed tracking a beast the chosen one
loop
they are a elf who died and
looking for a host
86 playing games a reincarnated elf was reincarnated, unable to
to infest
go to his heaven
they have been poisoned,
driving a
87 solving a mystery a time traveler making them fight to the
vehicle
death
attempting to they can merge with the earth
88 painting a engineer
harness lightning and fast travel through it
they have elemental stones
attempting to
89 sketching fey touched that can change the damage
escape the plane
types of their spells
marking they are from a barbarian
90 tending the garden royalty
territory tribe in the Westernlands
herding farm cursed by Rosemary, they are
91 target practice a hermit
animals transforming into trees
foraging for wild they steal souls to empower
92 foraging demon touched
edibles their spells
having a breath looking for a high holding their party they have magic tattoos that
93
holding contest vantage point together enhance their stats
taking a mud they are looking for slaves to
94 tending to the sick a crystal miner
bath bring to their masters
grinding
repairing a they are filling in jobs for a
95 crystals into friendly
structure newly established mine.
dust
they are weaving starlight
96 invisible milking a animal a seamstress into fabrics, creating magical
clothing items
creating a
97 sculpting peddling his wares they are part of a love triangle
golem/snowman
sworn to carry there eyes are blood red and
98 weaving jogging in circles
burdens their skin black as night
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sharpening an
99 chopping wood a beekeeper there bones are organic metal
axe
training in martial there skin is host to swarms
100 practicing naked
arts of bees