Sometimes, you just need something small to throw the players off, or be a red herring, or just general inspiration.
Here are d66 random creepy and disgusting things to throw at your players.
(This table was originally made for https://dngngen.makedatanotlore.dev but has yet to be implemented)
If you’ve never used a D66 table before, it goes like this:
1. roll a D6 to see which sub table you’re looking at
2. roll a D6 to see which entry of the sub table you will be using.
I.
- [d6] carefully stacked piles of 10 complete fingernails each
- A wooden doll’s head without eyes, the hair is very realistic and soft
- A frothy pool of moist vomit and bile, inside the pool are a large number of plump, living, maggots. They have tiny human faces.
- Two old coins, one side of each is scratched out and defaced
- A set of footprints that abruptly end without a trace
- A mummified thumb, or perhaps [d6] thumbs
II.
- A carefully taxidermied mouse with [d6] + 2 legs
- A pile of books, every page is filled with the same sentence in various handwriting styles
- A stench pepper and rot wafts over you
- [d10] deformed human skulls
- A persistent scratching sound. You can’t seem to tell what direction it’s coming from, but it’s getting louder.
- A flute made from animal bone, it is carved with detailed scenes of murder
III.
- 7 black candles wrapped in a stained cloth that smells like lavender
- A jar of rancid butter. Hidden inside the vile stuff is a piece of paper. What does it say?
- A patch of mushrooms, shaped like a person. A skinned bat lies on the “head”
- [4d6] identical fingers, each in a small phial of formaldehyde
- A pair of weighted dice, the pips are carved like very tired eyes
- A loaf of stale and moldy bread, a big bite has been taken out of it
IV.
- A small puddle of rainwater, full of leeches
- [2d6] small monkeys, all crucified
- The sound of dripping water, yet none can be found
- A set of rusty metal manacles, there are spikes on the inside
- A piece of parchment, on it are your names. All but one are crossed out.
- 6 iron nails tied together on a piece of catgut like a necklace
V.
- Shattered funeral urns, the ashes are missing
- Three daggers pinned into the ground in a triangle formation
- A door. It stands free, without a doorway or wall. Where is its key? Where does it go?
- [2d6] small porcelain figures depicted dissecting each other, they are smiling
- An ornate but battered hip flask, it contains fetid seawater and very old fishing hooks. It feels sticky to the touch.
- A carefully arranged complete set (32) of human teeth, there are no cavities
VI.
- A journal describing your travels, in familiar handwriting. The final page describes the writer creeping up on your group with a sharp knife while you sleep.
- [3d6] rusty knives of various designs wrapped in a tattered leather roll
- Two pairs of large metal tongs, the handles are extremely long. Bits of blackened flesh cling to the business ends
- A coffin lid, the inside covered with scratches. The outside is carved with unfamiliar letters
- A detailed painting of one of the player characters, but the eyes are entirely black and the fingers much too long. Other than that it’s remarkably accurate.
- A number of freshly dug shallow graves, there’s one for each of you