Beasts

Description (more info)

Refer to page 200 of the Stars Without Number Revised (Free) Edition pdf for further information about Beasts.

Result

Basic Features

Roll on "Basic Animal Features"

Additional Features

Body Plan: Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 1)
Limb Novelty: Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 2)
Skin Novelty: Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 3)
Main Weapon: Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 4)
Size: Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 5)

Behavioral Trait

Resolve: {**Predator:** Roll on "Beahvioral Traits" (columns: 1)|**Prey:** Predator: Roll on "Beahvioral Traits" (columns: 2)|**Predator:** Roll on "Beahvioral Traits" (columns: 3)}

Harmful Discharges

Roll on "Harmful Discharges"

Poison (optional)

Roll on "Poison Effects"

Subcharts

Basic Animal Features (d10)

d10	Result
1	Amphibian, froggish or newtlike
2	Bird, winged and feathered
3	Fish, scaled and torpedo-bodied
4	Insect, beetle-like or fly-winged
5	Mammal, hairy and fanged
6	Reptile, lizardlike and long-bodied
7	Spider, many-legged and fat
8	Exotic, made of wholly alien elements
9-10	Re-roll 2 times (unique results only)

Additional Features (d6)

d6	Body Plan	Limb Novelty	Skin Novelty	Main Weapon	Size
1	Humanoid	Wings	Hard shell	Teeth or mandibles	Cat-sized
2	Quadruped	Many joints	Exoskeleton	Claws	Wolf-sized
3	Many-legged	Tentacles	Odd texture	Poison	Calf-sized
4	Bulbous	Opposable thumbs	Molts regularly	Harmful discharge	Bull-sized
5	Amorphous	Retractable	Harmful to touch	Pincers	Hippo-sized
6	Roll on "Additional Features" (columns: 1) 2 times (unique results only)	Varying sizes	Wet or slimy	Horns	Elephant-sized

Beahvioral Traits (d8)

d8	Predator	Prey	Scavenger
1	Hunts in kin-group packs	Moves in vigilant herds	Never attacks unwounded prey
2	Favors ambush attacks	Exists in small family groups	Uses other beasts as harriers
3	Cripples prey and waits for death	They all team up on a single foe	Always flees if significantly hurt
4	Pack supports alpha-beast attack	They go berserk when near death	Poisons prey, waits for it to die
5	Lures or drives prey into danger	They’re violent in certain seasons	Disguises itself as its prey
6	Hunts as a lone, powerful hunter	They’re vicious if threatened	Remarkably stealthy
7	Only is predator at certain times	Symbiotic creature protects them	Summons predators to weak prey
8	Mindlessly attacks humans	Breeds at tremendous rates	Steals prey from weaker predator

Harmful Discharges (d8)

d8	Result
1	Acidic spew doing its damage on a hit
2	Toxic spittle or cloud, use adjacent chart
3	Super-heated or super-chilled spew
4	Sonic drill or other disabling noise
5	Natural laser or plasma discharge
6	Nauseating stench or disabling chemical
7	Equipment-melting corrosive
8	Explosive pellets or chemical catalysts

Poison Effects (d6)

d6	Poison	Onset	Duration
1	Death	Instant	Roll 1d6 rounds
2	Paralysis	1 round	1 minute
3	1d4 dmg per onset interval	Roll 1d6 rounds	10 minutes
4	Convulsions	1 minute	1 hour
5	Blindness	Roll 1d6 minutes	Roll 1d6 hours
6	Hallucinations	1 hour	Roll 1d6 days

Citation

Stars Without Number by Kevin Crawford