FREQUENCY:
NO. APPEARING:
ARMOR CLASS:
MOVE:
HIT DICE:
% IN LAIR:
TREASURE TYPE:
NO. OF ATTACKS:
DAMAGE/ATTACK:
SPECIAL ATTACKS:
SPECIAL DEFENSES:
MAGIC RESISTANCE:
INTELLIGENCE:
ALIGNMENT:
SIZE:
PSIONIC ABILITY:

    No, I don't mean wandering monsters -- I mean random monsters.

    One of the problems with D&D is that the players always know too
much. This is news? "You obtain surprise over 3 Clickclicks."

    "Clickclicks? Oh yeah, they're in Supplement Three. Hand it to
me. And where's Greyhawk? It had a note about them. "A pause. "We
shout out 'November'."

    “That’s right, the Clickclicks fall over dead.”

    Sound familiar?

    The answer is to occasionally throw a monster at the party that
keeps them on their toes, one that they have never seen before because
it is unique. No rules cover it, so they have to find out the hard way
what it's like.

    And how do you do that? By taking the following tables and rolling
dice. Just work your way through the tables one by one, and you will
end up with a guaranteed original, unknown, random monster.

    This table is suited for the local group's dungeons, and I should
warn you that we around here fall somewhere between Lake Geneva
and CalTech in philosophy. These tables are therefore geared to a 20-level
dungeon, with each level being typically populated by monsters of
the same level. (Goblins on 1st level, Gnolls on 2nd, and so forth.)
Obviously, if you are running a 5-level dungeon and the 1st monster
your parties find is a very old Green Dragon, you'll have to compress
the tables somewhat. If you're running a 50-level dungeon -- I
don't want to know about it.

    Now that that's over, here come the tables. Just take them in order.

INTELLIGENCE

Die	Intelligence
1-3	Highly intelligent
4-5	Semi-intelligent
6	Unintelligent

TYPE

Die	Type
1-4	Mammal
5-7	Reptile
8	Undead

ARMOR CLASS

Die	AC/M	AC/R
1	3	2
2-3	4	3
4-6	5	4
7-9	6	5
10-11	7	6
12	8	7

M = Mammal
R = Reptile
Undead AC = (1-8)+1

ALIGNMENT

Die	Alignment
1	Law
2-3	Neutrality
4-8	Chaos

Undead are always chaotic

SPEED

Die	Speed
1-3	6
4-7	9
8-10	12
11-12	15

HIT DICE

Die	Hit Dice
1	Level +3
2-3	Level +2
4-5	Level +1
6-9	Level
10-11	Level -1*
12	Level -2*

"Level" is the level of the dungeon,
on this table only.
*If result is non-positive, treat
as 1/2 hit die.

HIT DICE MODIFIERS

Die	Modification
1	+2
2-3	+1
4-5	0
6	-1

UNDEAD
Undead are turned by Clerics as if they were Undead of level HD/2;
i.e. a HD Undead saves as a Zombie. Undead of level 17+ are treated
as Vampires.

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS
                                                     #Sp. Ch.

HD	1	2	3
0-2	80	90	00
3-5	50	80	95
6-8	40	75	90
9-12	30	60	80
13-16	20	50	75
17-20	10	40	60
21+	01	30	50

The number shown is the % score needed to have that # of Special
Characteristics.

DAMAGE DONE
                            Level of Monster

Die	1-4	5-8	9-12	13-16	17-20	21+
1	1-3	1-6	1-8	1-10	2-16	2-20
2	1-4	1-8	1-10	2-12	2-24	2-24
3	1-6	1-8	2-12	2-16	2-24	3-30
4	1-6	1-10	2-12	2-16	3-30	4-40
5	1-8	2-12	2-16	2-24	3-30	5-50
6	1-8	2-12	2-16	2-24	5-50	1-100

Damage done by intelligent monsters is by weaponi type; by unintelligent
monsters is by bite, and by semi-intelligent monsters is 50%
chance of each.

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS II
The Special Characteristics are organized by type (mammal, reptile,
undead). If a given number has several characteristics grouped thusly:
n/m/o/p/q/r, it means that the exact characteristic is determined by
the level of the monster: 1-4/5-8/9-12/13-16/17-20/21+.

MAMMALS

1	Hostile to Dwarves
2	Hostile to Elves
3	Hostile to Hobbits
4	Hostile to Magic Users
5	Hostile to Clerics
6	Hostile to Paladins
7	Regenerates 1-3/1-4/1-6/1-8/1-10/1-12 hits/turn
8	Does double damage
9	Only silver/magick weapons effective
10	Silver/magick weapons do double damage
11	Has poison whip, does 1-4/1-8/1-12/1-20/death/death
12	Flies, speed 24
13	Bite is poisonous, does 1-3/1-6/1-8/1-12/1-20/death
14	Bite causes disease, fatal in 1-20 days
15	Gaze causes Stun 1-4/Stun   1-8/Stun   1-12/paralysis/stone/stone
16	Web
17	Monster has horn, does 1-6
18	Claws do 1-4 each
19	Missiles ineffective
20	Silent movement
21	Proboscis does blood drain, 1-4/turn
22	Has Charm Person spell
23	Has nothing/Magic Missile/3-dice   FBM-dice FB/5-dice FB/6-dice FB
24	Has antimagic shell

REPTILES

1	Paralysis touch/Paralysis gaze/Stone touch/Stone breath/Stone gaze/Disintegrate touch
2	Poison bite, does 1-4/1-6/1-10/1-12/1-20/kill
3	Sting in tail, does 1-6/1-8/1-10/1-12/paralysis/kill
4	Breathes cold, does 1-3 hits/every four levels
5	Breathes lightning, does 1-6 hits/four levels, kills at 17+
6	Breathes fire, does 1-8 hits/four levels
7	Increase AC by 1 (i.e., from AC6 to AC5)
8	Increase AC by 2
9	Add 1 HD
10	Add 2 HD
11	Movement -3
12	Flier, speed 18
13	Flings 1-4 tail spikes/four levels
14	Regenerates 1-3 hits/four levels
15	Commands snakes: 1-6/2-12/3-18/1-6   Giant 2-12    Giant 3-18   Giant
16	Does double damage
17	Legless, speed +3
18	Bite causes disease, fatal in 1-10 days
19	Magick/Silver weapons do double damage
20	Fangs do 1-4/bite extra
21	Gaze causes confusion
22	Slow spell has double effect
23	Claws do 1-4 each
24	Tongue is whip, does 1-4

UNDEAD

1	Missiles ineffective
2	Only magick weapons effective
3	Only magick/silver weapons effective
4	Only magick/silver weapons effective and at 1/2 damage
5	Destroyed by fire
6	Destroyed by sunlight
7	Destroyed by running water
8	Destroyed by holy water
9	Destroyed by cold
10	Turned by cross
11	Turned by mirror
12	Turned by garlic
13	Turned by wolvesbane
14	If human killed by undead, becomes undead
15	Undead is Lawful (and not affected by clerics)
16	Turns/dispels Clerics*
17	Charms Person
18	Touch does nothing | paralysis | rotting disease   1-12 turns | drains 1 level | drains 2 levels | drains 3 levels
19	Commands Rats: 1-20 | 1-100 | 1-4 Giant | 1-8 Giant | 1-12 Giant | 1-20 Giant
20	Commands Wolves: 1-4 | 1-6 | 1-8 | 1-8 Dire | 1-10 Dire | 1-20 Dire
21	Flier, speed 18
22	Gaze does nothing | confusion | confusion | paralysis | stone
23	Destroyed only by fire
24	Invisible

    *This Undead is not affected by Clerics; instead, Clerics are affected
by the Undead. Divide the level of the Undead by 2 and treat this
as the level of the Cleric the Undead corresponds to on the Undead table.
Divide the level of the Cleric by 2 and treat this as the type-level of
Undead on the Undead table which the Cleric corresponds. Use the
table normally to find out if the Cleric is turned or dispelled. (Tournabout
is fair play.)

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
    Roll % dice: a score of 01-70 means no more characteristics; 71-85
means one other characteristic; 86-95 is two; and 96-00 is 3.
 

Die	Other Characteristic
1	No head
2	3 eyes
3	4 eyes
4	Stalk eyes
-	-
5	Unusually long fangs
6	Unusually long claws
7	Antennae
8	3-segment body

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
    You should also know what the monster looks like. Undead do not
have a physical description (assume a figure under a cloak if you wish).
For everything else, start rolling on these tables.

SIZE

HD	Small	Medium	Large
1-4	1-4	5-11	12
5-8	1-2	3-9	10-12
9-12	1	2-8	9-12
-	-	-	-
13-16	1	2-7	8-12
17-20	1	2-6	7-12
21+	1	2-5	6-12

Roll on a 12-sided
Small = 0-3 feet (approx)
Medium = 3-12 feet (approx)
Large = 12+ feet (approx)

LIMBS

Die	#legs	Die	#arms
1	1	1	1
2-5	2	2-4	2
6-7	3	5-7	2 tentacles
8	4	8	3

EXTERIOR COVER

Die	Mammals	Reptiles
1-4	Hair	Scales
5-7	Skin	Skin
8	Feathers	Hair

COLORING

Die	Mammals	Reptiles
1-6	gray	green
7-10	white	gray
11-12	black	gray-green
13	brown	blue
14	red	yellow
15	blue	black
16	red	yellow
17-18	striped	striped
19-20	spotted	spotted

    For stripes or spots, roll the die again twice. Ignore further stripe or
spot results, unless a stripe result gets another stripe, in which case you
have a triple-stripe scheme. For spots, the first color rolled is the background; the second is the color of the spots.
 

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