Troll Lord Games Amazing Adventures Rpg Random D100 Pellucidar & Pres-historic Inner Earth Encounters Tables

 A random encounter table for Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ hollow earth setting, captures a world of perpetual noon, no horizon (the ground curves upward), and prehistoric megafauna alongside strange sapient tribes.

D100 Pellucidar Encounter Table

Roll (d100)	Category	Encounter Description
01–04	Master Race	A flight of Mahars (telepathic, winged reptilians) swooping down escorted by Sagoths (gorilla-men) to capture human specimens for their breeding pits.
05–08	Predator	A prowling Tarag (Saber-toothed Tiger) stalking the party from the tall jungle grass.
09–12	Tribal Encounter	A hunting party of Gilaks (Stone Age humans) wielding bone-tipped spears. They are wary, assuming surface-dwelling clothing makes you sorcerers.
13–15	Hazard	Perpetual Sun Strain: The unrelenting noon sun causes severe heat exhaustion and disorientation due to the lack of day/night cycles.
16–19	Reptilian Raiders	A patrol of Horibs (reptile-men) riding armored Gyor (Triceratops) mounts, hunting for human flesh.
20–23	Megafauna	A herd of Litha (Apatosaurus) grazing on massive ferns. Moving through their legs requires careful acrobatics to avoid being crushed.
24–26	Subterranean	A pack of Coripies (eyeless, subterranean flesh-eaters) dragging a kill into a sinkhole.
27–30	Outer-World Relic	The rusted, abandoned wreckage of an Iron Mole burrowing machine half-buried in a fern ravine.
31–34	Pirate Outpost	A shore patrol of Korsars (descendants of 16th-century Barbary pirates) armed with flintlocks and cutlasses looking for slaves.
35–38	Predator	A sudden ambush by a Jalok (a dire Hyaenodon, giant prehistoric hyena-wolf).
39–42	Bizarre Tribe	A troupe of Ganaks (Bison-Men) conducting a ritualistic sacrifice to the eternal sun.
43–45	Phenomenon	The Land of Awful Shadow: The party stumbles into the perpetual eclipse zone cast by the "Dead World" moon, plunging into pitch darkness.
46–49	Apex Predator	A roaring Zithras (Tyrannosaurus Rex) bursting through the tree line in pursuit of a stampeding herd.
50–52	Unique Terrain	Upward Curve Vista: The party reaches a high ridge and sees continents and oceans curving upward into the sky overhead.
53–56	Nomadic Tribe	A clan of Mammoth Men riding trained Woolly Mammoths across a temperate plateau.
57–60	Coastal Hazard	A giant Rith (Plesiosaurus) striking from the water to drag travelers off a beach or riverbank.
61–63	Air Menace	A flock of Thag (giant Pteranodons) diving from the zenith to pick off small pack animals or lone adventurers.
64–67	Cannibal Raid	An attack by Azarians (7-foot-tall cannibalistic giants with yellow tusks).
68–71	Out-of-Time Anomaly	A disoriented surface adventurer (e.g., a Victorian explorer or 1920s aviator) who accidentally fell through an polar entrance.
72–75	Domesticated Beasts	A group of Brute-Men (ape-like farmers) tending to a herd of prehistoric goats.
76–78	Flora Hazard	A grove of Vampire Trees with mobile, snaking tendrils that drain the blood of anything sleeping under their shade.
79–82	Bronze Age Tribe	A patrol of Xexots (yellow-skinned Bronze Age humans) guarding the borders of their walled stone city.
83–86	Insect Swarm	A massive colony of Giant Ants pursued by an elephant-sized Ant Bear, caught right in the middle of their clash.
87–89	Mystic Trap	A Mahar hypnosis trap—a psychically charged monolith that forces travelers to walk willingly into a nearby Mahar cage.
90–93	Seafaring Tribe	A fleet of war canoes belonging to the Mezops (red-skinned islanders) offering trade or warning of sea monsters.
94–96	Subterranean Exile	A band of Gorbuses (albino, tusked cannibals) banished to the deepest caverns.
97–99	Cataclysm	A sudden volcanic rift opens due to the thin earth crust, spewing magma and toxic gas.
100	Inner Earth Miracle	The party finds a functional Gridley Wave radio apparatus left by a surface expedition, capable of contacting the outer world.

A random encounter table for prehistoric environments, designed for wilderness survival, ice age tundras, lost worlds, or primeval jungle campaigns.

D100 Prehistoric Wilderness Encounter Table

Roll (d100)	Category	Encounter Description
01–04	Apex Predator	A solitary Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) stalking the trail from high rocky outcrops.
05–08	Herbivorous Megafauna	A herd of Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) migrating through a narrow canyon; path is blocked unless provoked or bribed with fresh forage.
09–12	Primeval Tribe	A hunting party of Neanderthals armed with fire-hardened spears and flint axes, protective of their territory.
13–15	Hazard	Tar Pit Trap: Ground looks like shallow water or peat, but conceals bubbling asphalt that ensnares anything walking on it.
16–19	Flightless Terror	A pair of Terror Birds (Phorusrhacos) springing from tall grasslands to ambush medium-sized prey.
20–23	Megafauna Grazers	A massive Megatherium (Giant Ground Sloth) tearing down entire branches; generally peaceful unless approached closely.
24–26	Subterranean	A deep Lava Tube Cave System emitting warm steam; home to hibernating cave bears or hidden flint deposits.
27–30	Natural Phenomenon	Volcanic Ash Fall: A nearby cinder cone erupts, filling the air with acrid smoke and lowering visibility to near zero.
31–34	Scavenger Packs	A pack of Dire Wolves (Canis dirus) circling a fresh carcass, aggressive toward any intruders.
35–38	Amphibian/Aquatic	A giant Prionosuchus lurking near a river crossing, looking like a mossy log until it strikes.
39–42	Nomadic Camp	A seasonal shelter built from mammoth bones and hides, occupied by friendly or cautious Cro-Magnon foragers.
43–45	Environmental Danger	Glacial Crevasse: A snow bridge collapses underfoot, threatening to drop travelers into a frozen abyss.
46–49	Cenozoic Hunter	A Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon) dropping from a tree canopy or high rock ledge directly onto a target.
50–52	Unique Terrain	Petrified Forest: A vast grove of stone trees containing high-quality obsidian and rare flint nodules.
53–56	Armored Megafauna	A territorial Glyptodon (giant armored armadillo) blocking a mountain pass; nearly impervious to basic attacks.
57–60	River Hazard	A pod of Basilosaurus or primitive whale ancestors surfacing violently in a river estuary or bay.
61–63	Sky Predator	A flock of Quetzalcoatlus (giant azhdarchid pterosaurs) soaring overhead, searching for small prey on the plains.
64–67	Cannibal Clan	A night raid by a desperate or isolated tribe who view all outsiders strictly as meat.
68–71	Ancient Relic	A mysterious Megalithic Stone Circle covered in unknown carved symbols, granting shelter or supernatural dread.
72–75	Horned Megafauna	An enraged Elasmotherium (giant single-horned rhinoceros) charging blind through thick brush.
76–78	Botanical Danger	A patch of Spore-Casting Giant Clubmosses that causes sleep, hallucinations, or coughing fits when disturbed.
79–82	Paleo-Tribe	A coastal foraging tribe engaged in a whale-beaching feast; willing to trade amber or dried fish.
83–86	Giant Invertebrates	A swarm of Arthropleura (giant millipedes) or Meganeura (giant dragonflies) invading a damp marsh.
87–89	Supernatural / Mythic	A glowing Spirit Totem erected at a ley-line node, guarded by a spectral animal guardian.
90–93	Ice Age Predator	A pack of Cave Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) laughing eerily in the fog while surrounding the party's camp.
94–96	Deep Cave Dwellers	Eyeless, pale hominids adapted entirely to subterranean life, using bone-tipped hooks to drag surface prey down.
97–99	Cataclysm	A sudden Flash Flood / Mudslide triggered by a glacial dam breaking upstream.
100	Prehistoric Wonder	A living Valley of the Ancients, where relict Mesozoic dinosaurs (e.g., T-Rex, Triceratops) still roam alongside Cenozoic beasts.