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
|
Shadow in the Warp (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. Good Luck)
|
| 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? (d100)
|
| 1-10
|
Chameleonic Skin
|
| 11-20
|
Feeder Tendrils
|
| 21-30
|
Acidic Fluids
|
| 31-40
|
Bio-Plasma
|
| 41-50
|
Adrenaline Glands
|
| 51-60
|
Regenerative Abilities
|
| 61-70
|
Toughened Carapace
|
| 71-80
|
Symbiotic Swarms
|
| 81-90
|
Rend and Slice
|
| 91-100
|
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
|
Adeptus Astartes Chapter
|
| 11-20
|
Imperial Guard regiment
|
| 21-30
|
Eldar Craftworld/Farseer
|
| 31-40
|
Dark Eldar Kabal
|
| 41-50
|
Chaos-aligned group
|
| 51-60
|
Chaos Marine warband
|
| 61-70
|
Tau Sept
|
| 71-80
|
Ork WAAAAGH!!!
|
| 81-90
|
Alien Empire
|
| 91-100
|
Necron Dynasty
|
Credit to Singemeister for making all these stuff up!