Island World: Random Tupua Generator

This post amalgamates all of the tables that I’ve written to create Tupua, which is a word for supernatural entity (spirit, deity, demon etc…).

You can roll the dice randomly or choose the items that you want. Some columns can be rolled multiple times.

Tupua Generation : Table 1

You can roll once for each column, or multiple times. Or just choose the ones that you want. I definitely recommend rolling at least twice in the Appearance table (for fiery humans, floating trees, electrical, three eyed sharks etc...).

1D10	Type	Element	Domain	Appearance
1	Elemental	Fire	Nature	Humanoid
2	Mythical Flora	Water	Human Endeavor	Land Fauna
3	Mythical Fauna	Earth	Personal	Aquatic Fauna
4	Undead	Air	Celestial	Flying Fauna
5	Demon	Light	Magic	Land Flora
6	Ancient Mortal	Darkness	Weather	Aquatic Flora
7	Mythical Mortal	Sound	Time	Formless
8	Demi-Deity	Thought	Creation	Bizarre
9	Deity	Life	Destruction	Energy
10	Cosmic Entity	Death	Senses	Matter

Tupua Generation : Table 2, Domain Sub-Table A

This table includes more specific examples of the Domains listed in Table 1. A Domain is what the Tupua represents and over that which they have mastery. Most of their abilities and magic relate to their Domain. The items seperated by a slash ("/") mean chose one or the other, or both (they are not always mutually exclusive: many Tupua have a special duality to their Domain).

1D10	Nature	Human Endeavour	Personal	Celestial
1	Land fauna	Wealth / Power	Love / Lust	Sun (one or both)
2	Aquatic fauna	Knowledge / Wisdom	Courage / Fear	Moon (one or all)
3	Flying fauna	Travel / Exploration	Generosity / Greed	Ku (the world)
4	Land flora	Craft / Artistry	Loyalty / Betrayal	Star (one or a constellation)
5	Aquatic flora	War / Combat	Empathy / Apathy	Comet / Asteroid
6	The Sea	Leadership / Order	Pride / Envy	The Void / Emptyness
7	The Sky	Tyranny / Chaos	Fidelity / Adultery	Another planet
8	The Land	Athleticism / Expertise	Abstinence / Indulgence	The Solar System
9	The Wastes	Justice / Vengeance	Friendship / Hatred	The Galaxy
10	The Abyss	Peace / Prosperity	Hope / Despair	The Cosmos

Tupua Generation : Table 2, Domain Sub-Table B

This (second) table includes more specific examples of the Domains listed in Table 1. A Domain is what the Tupua represents and over that which they have mastery. Most of their abilities and magic relate to their Domain. The items separated by a slash ("/") mean chose one or the other, or both (they are not always mutually exclusive: many Tupua have a special duality to their Domain).

1D10	Magic	Weather	Time	Creation
1	Illusion	Summer	Sixth Sense	Fertility / Birth
2	Enchantment	Fall	Foresight	Inspiration
3	Summoning	Winter	Past sight	Crafting
4	Protection	Spring	Prophecy	Beauty
5	Blessing	Warm Weather	Accelerated Time	Start of Journeys
6	Curses	Cold Weather	Slowed Time	New Alliances
7	Divination	Rain	Freeze Time	New Friendship / Love
8	Necromancy	Wind	Old Age	Spring
9	Transformation	Storms	Youth	Construction
10	Elementalism	Snow / Ice	Truth Sense	New Order

Tupua Generation : Table 2, Domain Sub-Table C

This is the last Domain table.

1D10	Destruction	Senses
1	Barrenness	Sight
2	Stagnation	Hearing
3	Ruination	Taste
4	Death	Touch
5	Ugliness	Smell
6	Broken Alliances	Future
7	New Enemies	Past
8	Winter	Sixth
9	Calamities / Disaster	Lunar
10	Chaos	Polar / Magnetic

Random Tupua Generation: Other Traits

These columns are for other features, like a symbol or what kind of offering the Tupua demands in exchange for an audience.

1D10	Symbol	Color	Offering / Sacrifice	Emotion
1	Weapon	Blue	Plant	Laughter / Tears
2	Tool	Green	Animal	Joy / Rage
3	Body Part	Yellow	Human	Family / Children
4	Animal	Orange	Food / Drink	Beauty / Ugliness
5	Natural Landmark	Red	Art / Craft	Sleep / Dreams
6	Human Rune / Letter	Purple	Quest / Task	Pleasure / Pain
7	Natural Element / Substance	White	Fasting / Deprivation	Jealousy / Envy
8	Human Construction	Black	Ritual	Music / Dance
9	Monster	Grey	Oath / Geas	Male / Female
10	Celestial Body	None (absence)	Consecration / Dessecration	Afterlife

Random Tupua Generation: Other Traits 2

Trait	Rating (roll 1D6)
Disposition	1-Hostile, 6-Benevolent
Relatability	1-Alien, 6-Human
Strictness	1-Unforgiving, 6-Forgiving
Jealousy	1-Convert the World, 6-No Proselytizing
Popularity	1-Forgotten, 6-Many Scriptures
Followers	1-Random lone believers, 6-Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

You'll notice that there are no middle or neutral ratings. To keep things interesting, every Tupua leans in one direction or the other. The Ratings can be tipped further in a direction based on external conditions, events or even the party's reputation. For example, a Tupua that might have normally been Benevolent might be more Hostile to adventurers who have desecrated holy ground or harmed some of her followers.