Welcome to the Menagerie Shuffler! Ever need creatures to threaten your crew on the spur of the moment, but don’t have time to plan out their stats? Fear no more. The Menagerie Cards will allow you to mix-and-match and create a monster quickly. (Instructions here.)
- Vespoid
- Tyrannosoid
- Crustaceoid
- Bovoid
- Amoeboid
- Serpentoid
- Chiropteroid
- Scorpionoid
- Crocodiloid
- Pterodactyloid
- Lupinoid
- Piscoid
- Corvoid
- Ursoid
- Arachnoid
- Anneloid
- Simioid
- Krakenoid
- Pantheroid
- Suinoid
- Constrictor
- Carnivore
- Omnivore
- Envenomator
- Ballistic Predator
- Ambush Predator
- Herbivore
- Psychic Predator
- Pursuit Predator
- Haematophage
- Electrified Hunter
- Filter Feeder
- Endurance Hunter
- Insectivore
- Egg Predator
- Piscivore
- Fire Breather
- Kleptoparasite
- Ram Feeder
- Energy Absorber
- Solitary Creature
- Cooperator Pack Hunter
- Scavenger Pack Hunter
- Caching Creature
- Defensive Mimic
- Berserker
- Cheater Pack Hunter
- Aggressive Mimic
- Territorial Defender
- Burrower
- Nocturnal Creature
- Group Mind Creature
- Hypnotic Defender
- Camouflager
- Death Feigner
- Dimension Jumper
- Inkmaker
- Herd Creature
- Apex Predator
- Docile Creature
There are three kinds of Menagerie Cards:
- Evolution (type of physiology)
- includes Control, Daring, Command, Conn, Focuses, and a special rule;
- illustrated with a creature image.
- Predation (methods of attack)
- includes Traits, Fitness, Insight, Security, Engineering, Stress, Resistance, and two attacks;
- illustrated with a creature skeleton.
- Ethology (creature behaviour)
- includes NPC category, Presence, Reason, Science, Medicine, Values, and another special rule;
- illustrated with a creature silhouette.
Pick one of each kind, and you have your creature! Some combinations may take creative license from the GM, but that’s a feature, not a bug – and might even inspire you to come up with interesting ecologies. Use the sliders to select the cards you want, with the lists below to help you locate them.
Roll 3d20 if you would like to select them randomly.
For the PDF version, see here.