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Revision as of 06:07, 1 August 2017
Inspired by Fantasy Flight Games' Deathwatch role-playing game's Space Marine Chapter Creation Tables, these tables let you roll up (or otherwise generate) your very own Tyranid Hive Fleet. In the absence of any role-playing game featuring the Tyranid specifically, this table is more or less entirely for the purpose of generating fluff.
Hive Fleet Progenitor
| What is the Hive Fleet's progenitor? (d100) | |
|---|---|
| 1-20 | Behemoth |
| 21-40 | Kraken |
| 41-60 | Leviathan |
| 61-70 | Dagon |
| 71-80 | Moloch |
| 81-90 | Naga |
| 91-100 | Other Fleet/Separate Entity |
Hive Fleet Classification
| What is the Hive Fleet's classification? (d10) | |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | Planetary Infestation |
| 5-8 | Hive Fleet Splinter |
| 9-10 | Hive Fleet |
Hive Fleet Size
| How large is the Hive Fleet? (d10) | |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Tiny |
| 3-4 | Small |
| 5-7 | Medium |
| 8-9 | Large |
| 10 | FUCKHUEG |
Goals
| What are the Hive Fleet's current goals? (d100) | |
|---|---|
| 1-20 | Head for the light (Fleet is going to the Astronomicon) |
| 21-30 | Spread and Devour (Fleet looking for inhabited planets to feast upon) |
| 31-40 | Recover remnants (Fleet going to pick up leftovers from a previous fleet) |
| 41-50 | Rejoin the fleet (Fleet looking to pair up with their progenitor or a larger fleet) |
| 51-60 | Join the Octarian fight |
| 61-70 | Survival of the fittest (Fleet is hunting down others to pick up their Biomorphs) |
| 71-80 | Hunt down a target |
| 81-90 | Recoup losses |
| 91-100 | Voyage of discovery (Fleet is boldly going where no tyranid has gone before, to nom new cultures) |
Strategic Tendencies
| What is the Hive Fleet's strategic tendency? (d100) | |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | Synaptic Web |
| 11-20 | Avatars of the Hivemind (Lots of psychics) |
| 21-30 | Monstrous Horde (Nidzilla) |
| 31-40 | Unending Swarm (Gaunts and Rippers) |
| 41-50 | Stealth and Infiltration (Stealers and lictors) |
| 51-60 | Destruction from Afar (Shooty army. Hello 7th edition! Only shooty units are valid nowadays) |
| 61-70 | Death from Above (Wiiiiings) |
| 71-80 | The Ground Trembles (Going underground) |
| 81-90 | Corrode and Poison (Venomthropes, Spores) |
| 91-100 | Titanic Beasts (Biotitans) |
Common Biomorphs
| What common biomorphs manifest in the Hive Fleet? (d10) | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chameleonic Skin |
| 2 | Feeder Tendrils |
| 3 | Acidic Fluids |
| 4 | Bio-Plasma |
| 5 | Adrenaline Glands |
| 6 | Regenerative Abilities |
| 7 | Toughened Carapace |
| 8 | Symbiotic Swarms |
| 9 | Rend and Slice |
| 10 | Other/Create one |
Specialist Creature Used by the Fleet
| What are the Hive Fleet's allies? (d100) | |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | Genestealer Cult |
| 11-20 | Brainleech Thralls |
| 21-30 | Seeded Lictors |
| 31-40 | Ancient Mastermind (e.g. Swarmlord) |
| 41-50 | Psychic Vampire (DoM't-esque) |
| 51-60 | Ultimate Stalker (Deathleaper-ish) |
| 61-70 | Unkillable Beast (Old One Eye, but useful) |
| 71-80 | Parasitic Broodfather (Parasite of Mortrex) |
| 81-90 | Subterranean Hunter (Red Terror sort of thing) |
| 91-100 | Nightmare Fiend (Dagon Overlord-esque) |
Those They've Failed to Eat Yet (AKA Rivals)
| What are the Hive Fleet's common enemies? (d100) | |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | Canned meats (Adeptus Astartes Chapter) |
| 11-20 | Spam (Imperial Guard regiment) |
| 21-30 | Brain food (Eldar Craftworld/Farseer) |
| 31-40 | Viagra (Dark Eldar Kabal) |
| 41-50 | Rotten meat (Chaos-aligned group) |
| 51-60 | Rotten canned meats (Chaos Marine warband) |
| 61-70 | Blueberry pie (Tau Sept) |
| 71-80 | Mushrooms (Ork WAAAAGH!!!) |
| 81-90 | Assorted meats(Alien Empire) |
| 91-100 | Iron supplements(Necron Dynasty) |
Credit to Singemeister for making all these stuff up!