What's up with these cats ?!

This first article was written for a prompt submitted in the OSR discord server. I like cats (who doesn't) so I had fun coming up with silly tables to make the cats you encounter in your adventures a bit more special.

 

What’s up with the cats in this Village ? 

Die

1

Result

They secretly rule it, inhabitants are either fooled or terrified

2

They are not real, mere phantasms fading under the sunlight

3

All female, spontaneously appearing and growing more numerous each passing day

4

Lucky charms, those who don’t have a cat are miserable

5

Hunters, trained to seek and kill

6

All sick, The inhabitants don’t seem to notice


What’s up with the cats in this forest ?

Die

1

Result

They protect it, a simple warning at first, and a fury of claws afterwards

2

Faes, if you follow them, you won’t find a way back

3

Giant, the size of a man, and twice their appetite

4

Infected with giant cordyceps

5

They always grin, disturbingly

6

Not actual cats, feral children pretending to be animals


What’s up with the cats in this dungeon ?

Die

1

Result

Skeletons, animated by a lonely necromancer

2

Former adventurers, under a curse

3

Familiars of a wizard, they will lure you into a trap

4

Demons, trapped in lesser form, the horns betrays them

5

The patterns on their fur describe a treasure map

6

They live upside down, walking on the ceiling


What do they want ?

Die

1

Result

Your name

2

A pillow of exquisite quality, and head scratches

3

Your bag/backpack, regardless of its content

4

The death of a newborn

5

Food

6

Peace, disturbance will incur their wrath


What can they do ?

Die

1

Result

Shapeshift, but they must not speak, only meow, or their power will vanish.

2

Disappear, behind a bush or when the humans look the other way. 

3

Ventriloquism, anytime a strange sound or voice occurs without a source, only a quiet meow can be heard afterwards.

4

Prescience, they will appear around those who will face a terrible fate

5

Flight, but only upwards, will get stuck in high place

6

Nothing, their ruses and frightening intellect are enough


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