Monster Hunt
Setup a Game:
- Generate the starting Location
- Generate the source
- Generate a Motive
- From the Motive Generate a Creature
- Generate a Final Encounter Location Type
When entering a location:
- Roll a scene status
- Roll on the district/environment table
- Reveal what's in the location. A clue will ease the scene status and a setback will hinder the scene.
- If the location type is the same as the final encounter type ask the oracle:
- "Are there signs of the monster in this area?"
- Roll on the appropriate table to get an idea of what the clue or setback is.
- If the location type is the same as the final encounter type ask the oracle:
- Ask the oracle:
- "Is there a point of interest here?"
- "Is there something going on?"
- Resolve the scene
Tile Generation
| d100 | Location Type | Max |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Government District | 1 |
| 2 | University | 1 |
| 3 | Subways System | 1 |
| 4 | Park District | 1 |
| 5 | Downtown | 1 |
| 6-19 | High Class Residential | -- |
| 20-32 | Middle Class Residential | -- |
| 33-46 | Slums | -- |
| 47-59 | Commercial District | -- |
| 60-72 | Warehouse District | -- |
| 73-84 | Industrial District | -- |
| 85-91 | Entertainment District | -- |
| 92-94 | Financial District | -- |
| 95-97 | Technology District | -- |
| 98-100 | Medical Park | -- |
| d12 | Source |
|---|---|
| 1 | News Article/Report |
| 2 | An old contact |
| 3 | An ally asks for help |
| 4 | Police report or scanner chatter |
| 5 | A distressed witness |
| 6 | Online forum or conspiracy site |
| 7 | A survivor’s testimony |
| 8 | A family member of the victim |
| 9 | A missing person’s report |
| 10 | An overheard conversation |
| 11 | A diary or journal entry |
| 12 | A local legend or urban myth resurfacing |
| d10 | Motive | 1d6 Creatures |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunger | 1 - Vampire, 2 - Werewolf, 3 -Zombie, 4 - Ghoul, 5 - Wendigo, 6 - Chupacabra |
| 2 | Vengeance | 1 - Revenant, 2 - Ghost/Spirit, 3 - Demon, 4 - Banshee, 5 - Witch/Warlock, 6 - Human |
| 3 | Survival | 1 - Skinwalker, 2 - Shapeshifter, 3 - Chimera, 4 - Djinn, 5 - Faerie/Fey, 6 - Human |
| 4 | Territorial | 1 - Werewolf, 2 - Wendigo, 3 - Faerie/Fey, 4 - Skinwalker, 5 - Nightmare, 6 - Human |
| 5 | Curiosity | 1 - Kitsune, 2 - Faerie/Fey, 3 - Shapeshifter, 4 - Djinn, 5 - Ghost/Spirit, 6 - Human |
| 6 | Obsession | 1 - Ghost/Spirit, 2 - Vampire, 3 - Revenant, 4 - Nightmare, 5 - Demon, 6 - Human |
| 7 | Power | 1 - Vampire, 2 - Lich, 3 - Demon, 4 - Witch/Warlock, 5 - Djinn, 6 - Human |
| 8 | Revenge | 1 - Ghost/Spirit, 2 - Revenant, 3 -Banshee, 4 - Lich, 5 - Demon, 6 - Human |
| 9 | Torment | 1 - Demon, 2 - Nightmare, 3 - Shadow, 4 - Ghost/Spirit, 5 - Wendigo, 6 - Human |
| 10 | Love | 1 - Ghost/Spirit, 2 - Vampire, 3 - Revenant, 4 - Kitsune, 5 - Banshee, 6 - Human |
| * Human option is a human pretending to be the supernatural creature for the listed motivation (As in a Scooby Doo Episode) -- If you don't want to do the Scooby Doo route roll again on Human. |
| d100 | What's Here |
|---|---|
| 1-32 | Clue |
| 33-64 | Setback |
| 65-100 | Empty |
| d10 | Clue Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Evidence |
| 2 | Eyewitness Accounts |
| 3 | Strange Sounds |
| 4 | Track/Footprints |
| 5 | Disturbed Environment |
| 6 | Local legends |
| 7 | Victim/Survivor |
| 8 | Ambush/Sighting |
| 9 | Behavioral Oddities |
| 10 | Supernatural Evidence |
| d10 | Setback Types |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uncooperative Survivor |
| 2 | Tampered Scene |
| 3 | Erased Tracks |
| 4 | Misleading Sounds |
| 5 | Unreliable Witness |
| 6 | Contradictory Lore |
| 7 | Misleading Evidence |
| 8 | Ambush |
| 9 | Unexpected Behavior |
| 10 | Staged Crime Scene |
| d20 | Creature | Urban | Terrain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banshee | High Class Residential, Middle Class Residential, Government District, University, Entertainment District, Park District | Forest, Swamp, Desert |
| 2 | Chimera | Slums, Industrial District, Warehouse District, Park District, Subways System, Commercial District | Mountains, Swamp, Desert |
| 3 | Chupacabra | Slums, Industrial District, Warehouse District, Park District, Subways System, Medical Park | Plains, Forest, Desert |
| 4 | Demon | Slums, Commercial District, Entertainment District, University, Subways System, Financial District | Mountains, Desert, Swamp |
| 5 | Djinn | High Class Residential, University, Financial District, Commercial District, Entertainment District, Government District | Desert, Mountains |
| 6 | Faerie/Fey | High Class Residential, Park District, University, Entertainment District, Commercial District, Downtown | Forest, Hills, Swamp |
| 7 | Ghost/Spirit | High Class Residential, University, Government District, Medical Park, Old Theaters, Downtown | Forest, Swamp, Desert |
| 8 | Ghoul | Slums, Subways System, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Park District, Medical Park | Forest, Swamp, Desert |
| 9 | Kitsune | High Class Residential, University, Park District, Downtown, Entertainment District, Middle Class Residential | Forest, Hills, Plains |
| 10 | Lich | University, Government District, High Class Residential, Warehouse District, Park District, Medical Park | Forest, Mountains, Swamp |
| 11 | Nightmare | High Class Residential, Middle Class Residential, University, Medical Park, Entertainment District, Downtown | Plains, Mountains, Desert |
| 12 | Revenant | Slums, Warehouse District, Subways System, Industrial District, Commercial District, Medical Park | Forest, Swamp, Desert |
| 13 | Shadow | Subways System, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Slums, Financial District, Downtown | Forest, Swamp, Hills |
| 14 | Shapeshifter | High Class Residential, Middle Class Residential, Entertainment District, Commercial District, University, Downtown | Forest, Plains, Hills, Swamp |
| 15 | Skinwalker | Slums, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Park District, Downtown, Middle Class Residential | Forest, Hills, Mountains, Swamp |
| 16 | Vampire | High Class Residential, Entertainment District, Downtown, Slums, Commercial District, Park District | Forest, Swamp, Mountains |
| 17 | Wendigo | Slums, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Park District, Downtown, Medical Park | Forest, Mountains, Swamp |
| 18 | Werewolf | Slums, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Park District, Subways System, Middle Class Residential | Forest, Hills, Swamp |
| 19 | Witch/Warlock | Slums, Warehouse District, University, Government District, Park District, Medical Park | Forest, Swamp, Hills, Desert |
| 20 | Zombie | Slums, Warehouse District, Industrial District, Subways System, Commercial District, Medical Park | Forest, Swamp, Plains, Desert |