mouths overcrowded with snaggled human teeth, chelicerae, and pedipalps.
2
urticating hairs covering their body like an especially-itchy case of hypertrichosis.
3
dainty, doll-like, supernumerary vestigial limbs hanging off their body.
4
octuplets of eyes crowding sockets that should hold only one.
5
bulbous abdomens with ominous patterns painted on them.
6
ribcages like accordians, or the pages of a book, pumping air into them as they move.
D6
These ettercaps are
1
unfortunate folk who've been sucked dry, hollowed out, and hijacked by colonies of arachnids.
2
people who swallowed far more than their annual allotment of eight spiders per year in their sleep.
3
a weaver's guild that was cursed for conspiring with fell powers.
4
not 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.
5
the genetically-modified infiltrators and killers of a fallen empire.
6
the damned souls of poisoners, who climbed out of their corner of Hell by way of a silken thread.
D6
These ettercaps' lair
1
is 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.
2
is a cluster of structures like upside-down tents hung from stout branches and made of leaves stuck together with webbing.
3
is in the attics of houses in an abandoned town, connected by plank-and-thread suspension bridges.
4
has been uncovincingly disguised as a boulder by sticking gravel to it.
5
is the shed exoskeleton of a truly gigantic tarantula which the ettercaps worship as their deific ancestor.
6
is a boat dragged around on land by a team of leashed slaves.
D6
These ettercaps have been accused
1
of laying webbing at neck-height across roads to clothesline and mug riders.
2
of sneaking venom into mothers' milk to make the next generation lazy and disrespectful.
3
of using spiders to spy on people in their homes and scout out blackmail and their valuables.
4
of poaching all the game birds and leaving hunters to go hungry.
5
of luring children and the elderly into the woods and reeling them in like fishermen when they get caught on sticky strands.
6
of the assassination of a minister, who's been strangled with a length of silk.
D6
These ettercaps prefer to fight
1
three-dimensionally, attacking from every angle.
2
by entangling enemies in nets then shanking them while they're occupied.
3
by proxy, equipping bandits and outlaws with envenomated weaponry.
4
by trapping enemies alive to serve as food later.
5
from ambush, under the cover of night, tailing enemies until the conditions are right.
6
by whittling enemies down from afar bit by bit then striking decisively when they're at their lowest point.
D6
The spiders these ettercaps keep
1
are specially bred to wrap themselves up in soft webbing like cotton candy, becoming ideal pillows.
2
are giant wolf spiders used as leaping mounts.
3
are portia spiders kept in hives and trained to act as computers.
4
are domesticated Darwin's bark spiders, whose silk they use to weave light yet tough armour.
5
are 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.
6
are dying off from a fungal infection, and the ettercaps are desperate for a cure.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have updated my oldest posts to include the tables in addition to the buttons & output.
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