Wednesday, September 21, 2022

D6x6 Eerie Ettercaps



D6These ettercaps have
1mouths overcrowded with snaggled human teeth, chelicerae, and pedipalps.
2urticating hairs covering their body like an especially-itchy case of hypertrichosis.
3dainty, doll-like, supernumerary vestigial limbs hanging off their body.
4octuplets of eyes crowding sockets that should hold only one.
5bulbous abdomens with ominous patterns painted on them.
6ribcages like accordians, or the pages of a book, pumping air into them as they move.
D6These ettercaps are
1unfortunate folk who've been sucked dry, hollowed out, and hijacked by colonies of arachnids.
2people who swallowed far more than their annual allotment of eight spiders per year in their sleep.
3a weaver's guild that was cursed for conspiring with fell powers.
4not related to spiders at all, and are in fact highly-derived hominids. Their webs are hairs extruded from ingrown cyst-sacks, and their venom is adapted from salivary enzymes.
5the genetically-modified infiltrators and killers of a fallen empire.
6the damned souls of poisoners, who climbed out of their corner of Hell by way of a silken thread.
D6These ettercaps' lair
1is in a branching pit with expertly-designed trapdoors separating compartments within, which snap open or closed in response to air pressure and other subtle signals.
2is a cluster of structures like upside-down tents hung from stout branches and made of leaves stuck together with webbing.
3is in the attics of houses in an abandoned town, connected by plank-and-thread suspension bridges.
4has been uncovincingly disguised as a boulder by sticking gravel to it.
5is the shed exoskeleton of a truly gigantic tarantula which the ettercaps worship as their deific ancestor.
6is a boat dragged around on land by a team of leashed slaves.
D6These ettercaps have been accused
1of laying webbing at neck-height across roads to clothesline and mug riders.
2of sneaking venom into mothers' milk to make the next generation lazy and disrespectful.
3of using spiders to spy on people in their homes and scout out blackmail and their valuables.
4of poaching all the game birds and leaving hunters to go hungry.
5of luring children and the elderly into the woods and reeling them in like fishermen when they get caught on sticky strands.
6of the assassination of a minister, who's been strangled with a length of silk.
D6These ettercaps prefer to fight
1three-dimensionally, attacking from every angle.
2by entangling enemies in nets then shanking them while they're occupied.
3by proxy, equipping bandits and outlaws with envenomated weaponry.
4by trapping enemies alive to serve as food later.
5from ambush, under the cover of night, tailing enemies until the conditions are right.
6by whittling enemies down from afar bit by bit then striking decisively when they're at their lowest point.
D6The spiders these ettercaps keep
1are specially bred to wrap themselves up in soft webbing like cotton candy, becoming ideal pillows.
2are giant wolf spiders used as leaping mounts.
3are portia spiders kept in hives and trained to act as computers.
4are domesticated Darwin's bark spiders, whose silk they use to weave light yet tough armour.
5are affectionate and cling to their owners in wriggling mats. They'll climb up weapons that strike them and bite their bearers unless the weapons are cast away.
6are dying off from a fungal infection, and the ettercaps are desperate for a cure.

2 comments:

  1. I have been really enjoying your tables! I'm glad to see the tables themselves as opposed to just the output from the button - the various items within the tables really showcase your imagination and spark my own.

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    1. Thanks. I have updated my oldest posts to include the tables in addition to the buttons & output.

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