Random Monster Making First Draft

This is the original starting point for Random Monster Making Lists I had come up with. Between this and the other post it should be pretty easy for a GM to get started with new creature creation.


Random Monster Making   
   
   
Roll Type    Option 1
   
1    Aberration
2-5    Animal
6    Construct
7    Dragon
8    Elemental
9    Fey
10    Giant
11    Humanoid
12    Magical Beast
13    Monstrous Humanoid
14    Ooze
15    Outsider
16    Plant
17    Undead
18-19    Vermin
20    Roll 2 times or chose 2


Option 2       
Roll for core concept       
1d4    then 1d4 or 1d6 (Humanoids)   
1    Alien   
    1    Aberration
    2    Dragon
    3    Ooze
    4    Outsider
       
2    Humanoid   
    1-2    Giant
    3-4    Humanoid
    5-6    Monstrous Humanoid
       
       
3    Could be possible   
    1    Animal
    2    Magical Beast
    3    Plant
    4    Vermin
       
4    Other things   
    1    Construct
    2    Elemental
    3    Fey
    4    Undead

Random Creature Starting Points

For all of you GMs out there looking for a starting point to your new creatures, here are some simple lists to give you a starting point to making a new creature or encounter.
A couple of die rolls and you have the concept, ready to be fleshed out with some crunchy bits.

These are targeted to The d20 OGL/Clones or Pathfinder Roleplaying Game systems with a dark tone/bent to them.

Base procedure:    Select or roll in Row 1 and Row 2, or twice in Row 2
Then chose or roll in Row 3 and roll in Row 4
Select the Hit Dice or Roll to get a random value
Consult the Monster Creation Guides to flesh out with crunch
  
Some of the results might get skewed a bit. In instance choosing a Fine size creature with 20 hit dice. Really does not seem plausible.
In these cases best judgement is the real guideline. If in doubt start at Medium size and increase or decrease from there hit dice wise



This is a reprint of an article I had done years ago on another site.
This is lightly reorganized and updated.

 

Row 1
Die Roll	Name/Title
1	Aether
2	Air
3	Clockwork
4	Coal
5	Dark
6	Earth
7	Fire
8	Light
9	Moon
10	Oil
11	Patchwork
12	Quilted
13	Shadow
14	Spirit
15	Steam
16	Stellar
17	Sun
18	Toxic
19	Walk
20	Water

Row 2
Die Roll	Name/Title
1	Assassin
2	Blank
3	Butcher
4	Crawler
5	Creeper
6	Flenser
7	Hunter
8	Killer
9	Malevolent
10	Opaque
11	Render
12	Runner
13	Seeker
14	Snatcher
15	Soarer
16	Stalker
17	Thief
18	Wader
19	Wanderer
20	Wielder

 

Row 3 Die Roll Type of Creature 1 Aberration 2 Animal 3 Construct 4 Dragon 5 Elemental 6 Fey 7 Giant 8 Humanoid 9 Magical beast 10 Monstrous humanoid 11 Ooze 12 Outsider 13 Plant 14 Undead 15 Vermin 16 Robot/Android 17 Alien 18 Template 19 Chose 20 Combine 2 or more
Row 4 Die Roll Size 1 Fine 2 Diminutive 3 Tiny 4 Small 5 Medium 6 Large 7 Huge 8 Gargantuan 9 Colossal 10 Chose
Row 5 Die Roll = HD  Hit Dice 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20