D100 Kull Era Atlantean Relics and Monster Encounter Tables For A Sword & Sorcery Sword of Cepheus 2nd edition Part II

 

D100 Primeval Monster & Hazard Encounters

The wilderness of the Kull era is untamed, featuring prehistoric beasts, dying elder races, and cosmic horrors that predate humanity.

d100	Encounter	Description & Threat Profile
01–15	The Serpent Man Infiltrator	A single assassin disguised as a trusted ally or local noble. Tactics: It waits for a moment of vulnerability to strike with a poisoned dagger (3d6 damage + Lethal Poison). It will attempt to flee using illusion magic if discovered.
16–30	Pack of Ghost-Swamp Hyenas (3d6)	Emaciated, pale-furred beasts that hunt in the mist-shrouded lowlands. Tactics: They use pack tactics to flank characters (DM+1 to attack when outnumbering a target). Their eerie, mocking laughter forces a SOC/Sanity check to avoid being Shaken for the first round of combat.
31–45	Prehistoric Dire Ape	A massive, silver-backed behemoth standing 4 meters tall. Tactics: Aggressive and territorial. It uses brawling attacks (3d6+2 damage) and will attempt to grab a character to fling them into terrain or crush them. It has an Armor rating of 3.
46–60	The Living Slime of Commoria	An amorphous, translucent grey mass sliding along dungeon floors or ancient ruins. Tactics: Completely immune to piercing and slashing weapons. It attacks by engulfing targets, dealing 2d6 acid damage per round to armor and flesh alike. Vulnerable only to fire and sorcery.
61–75	Valusian Blood-Bat Swarm	A cloud of leather-winged, red-eyed pests filling a corridor or jungle canopy. Tactics: They attack as a single entity, targeting all characters in an area. They deal low damage (1d6) but cause continuous bleeding (1 damage/round) until a First Aid check is made.
76–85	The Shadow of the Elder Dark	An incorporeal horror summoned by ancient, forgotten rituals. Tactics: It cannot be harmed by mundane weapons. It attacks a character's mind and soul rather than their physical body, forcing an INT check each round. Failure inflicts 1d6 points of permanent Sanity damage.
86–95	Ancient Atlantean Automaton	A towering guardian made of bronze and stone, still functioning after millennia. Tactics: Armed with a massive stone blade (4d6 damage) and boasting an Armor rating of 6. It moves slowly but relentlessly, pursuing its designated targets until destroyed.
96–00	The Thing from the Stars	A cosmic aberration that has slipped through a tear in reality. Tactics: Its sheer presence forces a Sanity check (DM-3) for all who look upon it. It attacks with writhing tentacles (3d6 damage, 4 attacks per round) and can warp space to teleport short distances.

The pre-cataclysmic world of King Kull’s Atlantis is a brutal, sun-drenched, and blood-soaked era where civilization is a thin veneer over primeval chaos. In Sword of Cepheus 2nd Edition, these elements focus heavily on lethal physical stakes, ancient sorcery, and high-risk exploration. This blog post picks right up from D100 Kull Era Atlantean Relics and Monster Encounter Tables For A Sword & Sorcery Sword of Cepheus 2nd edition

Here are the custom d100 tables for Atlantean relics and monster encounters, tailored to the gritty, career-based mechanics of Cepheus.

D100 Atlantean Relics & Sorcerous Artifacts

These relics represent the peak of pre-cataclysmic forging and forbidden alchemy. In Sword of Cepheus, many of these carry hefty costs to a character's Sanity or physical attributes.

d100	Relic	Mechanics & Effects (Sword of Cepheus 2E)
01–10	Valusian Serpent Glass	A heavy, obsidian-framed mirror. When a humanoid passes in front of it, the glass reflects their true form. Effect: Instantly reveals shape-shifted Serpent Men, bypassing any illusion or magical disguise. Seeing the true horror requires a SOC Check (DM-2) to avoid a temporary 1-point loss in Social Standing due to sheer shock.
11–20	Heart of the Moon Gem	A flawless, milky-white sapphire that pulses with a cold light. Effect: Can be crushed as a minor action. It instantly restores 2d6 points across wounded physical characteristics (STR/DEX/END). However, the user’s eyes turn solid white for 24 hours, giving a DM-2 to all visual Recon checks in daylight.
21–30	Lemurian Brass Lotus	A mechanical, pocket-sized brass flower. When wound, it emits a faint, hypnotic chime. Effect: Targets within 5 meters must make an END check (DM-1) or fall into a deep stupor for 1d6 rounds. It draws heavily on the user's life force, dealing 1 point of temporary STR damage per use.
31–40	Obsidian Shamshir of Grond	A heavy, dark-glass blade that never dulls. It functions as a Broadsword (3d6 damage) but uses the wielder's raw hatred to strike. Effect: Grants DM+2 to Melee (Blades) checks against sorcerers and supernatural beasts. On a natural combat roll of 2, the blade chips, dealing 1d6 damage directly to the wielder's END.
41–50	Thurian Iron Torc	A thick, unadorned neck ring worn by ancient warlords. Effect: Grants the wearer a +2 Armor rating against all physical attacks and makes them completely immune to mundane poisons. However, it cannot be removed unless the wearer enters a state of Near-Death (any characteristic reduced to 0).
51–60	Urn of the Silent Wind	A sealed clay urn etched with pre-human glyphs. Effect: Opening the urn releases a localized, choking vacuum. For 3 rounds, no sound can be made, and no verbal spells can be cast within a 10-meter radius. Characters inside must make an END check each round or suffer 1d6 damage from asphyxiation.
61–70	Scroll of the Seven Sunken Cities	A tattered, water-resistant vellum map. Effect: Grants a permanent DM+2 to all Navigation and Survival checks when exploring ruins or wilderness. Reading the scroll requires an INT check (DM-2); failure results in a permanent 1-point loss of Sanity as the reader glimpses the true timeline of the world.
71–80	Jade Mask of the Ever-Living	A terrifying, stylized green jade mask. Effect: While worn, the user does not age, bleed, or feel pain. They gain +3 to END checks to resist injury. The cost is severe: while wearing the mask, the user cannot heal naturally, and any magical healing applied to them is halved.
81–90	Blood-Forged Ring of Atlantis	A ring made of an unknown red alloy that bonds to the wearer's skin. Effect: Allows the wearer to cast any sorcerous spell they know without spending Life Force/Mana. Instead, the spell drains 1 point of STR per spell level. The STR recovers at a rate of 1 point per full day of complete rest.
91–00	The Skull of Commoria	The silver-plated skull of an ancient king. Effect: Once per day, the wielder can ask the skull one question about local history, geography, or defensive traps. The skull answers truthfully but demands a sacrifice of blood equivalent to 2d6 damage dealt to a thrall or companion.

A D20 Space Wreck Complications & Eviromental Hazards Table & A d100 table of random table of space wrecks, ruins, and derelicts For The Cepheus Engine Rpg or Classic 2d6 Science Fiction Rpgs

 

Here is a comprehensive d20 table of complications, hazards, and unexpected operational twists to throw at your players once they breach the airlock or cross the threshold of a space wreck.

d20 Space Wreck Complications & Environmental Hazards

d20	Hazard Category	Description & Mechanical Impact
1	Structural Decompression	The hull integrity is hanging by a thread. Any explosive weapon fire, heavy kinetic impact, or forceful door breaching triggers a localized hull breach, venting everything in the room into the void.
2	Rival Salvagers	A rival crew of scavengers or space outlaws is already on board or just pulled up on the far side of the wreck. They are hostile, well-armed, and consider everything inside their personal property.
3	Automated Quarantine	Crossing a threshold trips an ancient bio-defense sensor. Heavy blast doors slam shut, sealing the party in. The system begins venting the room's atmosphere or flooding it with toxic decontaminant gas.
4	Hard Radiation Leak	The ship’s main reactor shield has cracked. The closer the party gets to engineering or the cargo hold, the higher the radiation dose. Exploration is limited to a strict number of turns before attribute drain sets in.
5	Ghost Triggers	Internal comms and sensor arrays are fried, flooding scanners and headsets with eerie audio hallucinations, distorted phantom radar pings, or looping death-screams that mask actual threats.
6	Void-Nesters	Space-faring parasites, silicon-based vermin, or apex predators have nested in the dark, warm spots of the wreckage. They hunt by tracking heat signatures or the electromagnetic hum of the party's gear.
7	Decaying Orbit	The wreck isn't stable—it's caught in the upper atmosphere of a gas giant or the gravity well of a volatile moon. The crew has a hard time limit (e.g., 2 hours) to loot and leave before the ship burns up or is crushed.
8	Cybernetic Infestation	Connecting to the ship's data ports or attempting to download navigation logs triggers a dormant, predatory logic plague. It attempts to rewrite your ship's AI or hijack any player cybernetics.
9	Gravity Flux	The inertial dampeners are malfunctioning wildly. Every few minutes, gravity shifts from zero-g to double normal gravity, or reverses completely, turning loose debris and heavy cargo into lethal, flying projectiles.
10	Unstable Munitions	The ship was carrying unrefined heavy elements, unstable antimatter cells, or volatile plasma torpedoes. Rough handling, sparking tools, or stray static electricity risks setting off a catastrophic chain reaction.
11	The Living Dead	The crew isn't gone; they are preserved in a horrific state. A rogue bio-weapon, nanite infection, or cosmic spore has reanimated the corpses into aggressive, unfeeling husks that mindlessly defend the ship.
12	Corrupted AI Overlord	The central ship computer is alive but profoundly insane from centuries of isolation. It views the boarding party as invasive parasites and uses internal security drones, automated doors, and fire suppression systems to hunt them.
13	Booby-Trapped Hull	The wreck was intentionally left as bait. The previous owners rigged the primary entry points and high-value storage lockers with proximity mines, thermite charges, or silent monofilament tripwires.
14	Flickering Power Grid	The auxiliary power generator is dying. The ship violently cycles between pitch-black darkness, blinding emergency strobes, and random electrical arcs that surge through the metallic deck plating.
15	Non-Euclidean Shift	The ship passed through a cosmic anomaly or deep warp space. The interior layout no longer matches its external physical dimensions. Hallways loop back on themselves, and doors lead to rooms that shouldn't exist.
16	Psychic Backlash	A tragedy occurred here so sudden and violent that a localized psychic trauma scream hangs over the wreck. Sensitive characters suffer severe neural feedback, hallucinations, or temporary madness upon entering.
17	Stripped Clean	A clever scavenger crew got here first, but they didn't want anyone to know. They took the obvious loot, left the heavy junk, and set up advanced optical illusions or falsified sensor data to hide their tracks.
18	Exotic Atmosphere	The ship is pressurized, but the air lines were flooded with an exotic chemical compound, halon fire-suppressant, or alien pheromones. Standard breathers are corroded; unmasked characters suffer immediate suffocation or paranoia.
19	Time-Dilation Pocket	Chronal distortion fields envelope the main engineering bay or bridge. Time inside the field moves significantly slower or faster than outside. A few minutes spent looting could equal days passing in real-time on the outside.
20	Deliberate Self-Destruct	The moment the main airlock or bridge door is successfully breached, a backup emergency protocol wakes up. A computerized voice calmly announces that the ship's scuttling charges have been armed. You have d10 rounds.

Here is a d100 table designed for sci-fi campaign play, blending cosmic horror, planetary romance, and hard-boiled salvage sci-fi. It provides an immediate physical description, a lingering hazard or mystery, and a potential hook for salvage or discovery.

d100	Designation / Type	Visual Condition & Architecture	Hazard, Mystery, or Inhabitant	Notable Salvage or Hook
01-04	The Obsidian Obelisk (Alien Ruin)	A perfect, light-absorbing basalt spire floating in a debris field. No visible seams or thrusters.	It emits a low-frequency hum that induces vivid, shared waking dreams of an ocean-covered world.	Alien Artifact: A localized gravity-nullification core that can be extracted with delicate engineering.
05-08	Aegis-IV (Military Cruiser)	Hull torn open mid-ship by hyper-velocity kinetic rounds. Frozen, pressurized atmosphere venting as ice crystals.	Automated internal point-defense turrets are still active on emergency battery power, firing on anything that moves.	Armory Access: Three pristine heavy plasma rifles and encrypted military tactical data slates.
09-12	The Nautilus (Generation Ship)	A massive, rusted cylindrical hull covered in centuries of micrometeorite pitting. Rotational sections are jammed.	The descendants of the crew have regressed into a feral, light-sensitive tribal society that worships the main reactor.	Historical Archives: Pre-collapse cultural databanks and stellar charts to unmapped colonial sectors.
13-16	Xeno-Bio Lab 9 (Research Station)	Built into a hollowed-out asteroid. The hydroponics bay has overgrown, bursting through reinforced viewports.	Sporulating alien flora has choked the atmospheric scrubbers, creating a toxic, highly flammable hallucinogenic air supply.	Medical Data: Synthesized life-extension serum samples and genetic sequencing logs.
17-20	The Gilded Comet (Luxury Yacht)	Polished chrome and gold leaf plating, snapped clean in half. Art-deco interiors exposed to the vacuum.	The ship’s central AI has gone insane from isolation, mimicking the voices of its long-dead passengers over radio bands.	High Society: Safe deposit boxes containing bearer bonds, rare gems, and blackmail material on planetary governors.
21-24	Void-Stalker (Stealth Corvette)	Coated in matte-black radar-absorbent tiling. Badly scorched by localized solar flares near a blue giant.	The ship’s automated stealth-shroud still flickers on and off, making the wreck completely invisible every 2-3 minutes.	Military Tech: A damaged cloaking matrix prototype that could be repaired or reverse-engineered.
25-28	The Rust-Bucket (Deep Space Freighter)	A sprawling modular cargo hauler. Cargo pods are dented and chained together like an unraveled spine.	A pack of silicon-based scavengers (scuttering metal-eaters) are currently nesting in the primary engineering spaces.	Bulk Goods: 40 metric tons of refined titanium ore and industrial-grade water purifiers.
29-32	Starlight Cathedral (Monastic Ark)	Gothic archways, buttresses, and leaded glass viewports mounted on a heavy industrial thruster chassis.	The cybernetic remains of the priests are fused into the main control pulpit, endlessly broadcasting an SOS hymn.	Relics: An ornate, gem-encrusted relic box containing an intact, pre-war quantum navigation computer.
33-36	Mining Rig Theta (Abandoned Colony)	A skeletal refinery webbed across a dying iron-core moonlet. Fuel lines hang loose like frayed nerves.	The moonlet's unstable orbit is decaying rapidly; the entire structure will collapse into the gas giant below in 48 hours.	Heavy Equipment: Two fully functional deep-core mining exosuits (heavy power armor variants).
37-40	The Pale Wanderer (Unknown Origin)	A biological or organic vessel resembling a bleached coral reef or calcified whale carcass.	The ship is not dead; it is hibernating. Boarding parties cause its localized immune system to deploy parasitic drones.	Exotic Matter: Glands that secrete a rare organic compound used to stable hyper-drive fuel mixtures.
41-44	Gethsemane (Prison Barge)	A brutalist block of dark alloy riddled with heavy internal blast marks and melted bulkhead doors.	The automated security grid is still trying to suppress a prisoner riot that ended decades ago. Lethal gas traps persist.	Black Market: High-grade cybernetic tracking chips and illegal combat stimulants locked in the warden's vault.
45-48	The Iron Leviathan (Dreadnought Wreck)	A kilometers-long battlefield casualty. Its massive spinal railgun is shattered into three jagged fragments.	A rival salvage crew of ruthless void-scrappers is already aboard, rigging explosives to claim the prime components.	Heavy Ordinance: An unexploded tactical nuclear payload lodged deep within the secondary ammunition magazine.
49-52	Chronos Station (Orbital Outpost)	A ring-shaped research station trapped in a temporal pocket near a micro-black hole.	Time inside the station loops every 10 minutes. Boarding parties must sync their actions to avoid being wiped from existence.	Lost Blueprints: Schematics for experimental warp-field stabilizers that bypass traditional warp-lanes.
53-56	The Blind Seer (Survey Vessel)	A long, needle-thin hull bristling with sensor dishes. Half its solar sails are shredded like cobwebs.	The ship drifted through a rift in deep space; the interior is covered in geometric frost that defies physics.	Stellar Cartography: Hyper-detailed mapping data of the Outer Rim, including hidden fuel depots.
57-60	Caelum-Prime (Pleasure Dome)	A shattered geodesic dome floating in a planetary ring. Synthetic palm trees float frozen in the zero-G courtyard.	The water filtration system has mutated into an aggressive, predatory slime mold that mimics puddles of melted ice.	Luxury Salvage: Vintage, preserved alcohol crates and an automated grand piano with rare micro-discs.
61-64	The Apex Predator (Smuggler Ship)	A heavily modified, asymmetric freighter with oversized, illegal engines bolted to the superstructure.	The crew vanished cleanly, but left the ship's cargo—an exotic, hyper-lethal apex predator—loose in the crawlspaces.	Contraband: Hidden compartments beneath the floorboards containing illegal military cybernetics and spice.
65-68	The Sun-Diver (Solar Research Pod)	A heavily shielded, gold-mirrored sphere drifting dangerously close to a star's corona. Heat shielding is failing.	Extreme radiation levels require heavy environmental suits. The cockpit displays indicate the crew killed each other.	Scientific Data: High-resolution telemetry of stellar anomalies and unique magnetic field equations.
69-72	The Red Sovereign (Colonial Frigate)	Clad in crimson enamel with ornate brass filigree. Appears to have been boarded and systematically executed.	The ship is haunted by residual psionic imprints; boarding parties experience intense feelings of dread and paranoia.	Regal Goods: Ceremonial cold-iron weapons, historical tapestries, and a vault of imperial coinage.
73-76	Forge-World Fragment (Orbital Factory)	A shattered piece of an automated factory floor, complete with assembly lines frozen mid-motion.	The factory’s fabrication drones are still operating, but their programming is corrupted—they try to "assemble" intruders.	Components: Tens of thousands of unprogrammed microchips and industrial fabrication materials.
77-80	The Whispering Hulk (Drifting Bulk Carrier)	Covered in deep, structural claw marks that tore through three layers of reinforced hull plating.	The ship's intercom continuously broadcasts static that resolves into the names of whoever is listening.	Black Box: The flight recorder captures the exact coordinates of whatever tore the ship apart.
81-84	The Nomad Slipper (Scavenger Shanty)	A patchwork ship built from four different hulls welded together. Completely dark with zero power signatures.	The scavenger crew died of a fast-acting orbital plague. The pathogens are still viable on interior surfaces.	Scrap & Fuel: A fully stocked machine shop with plasma torches, spare parts, and half a tank of antimatter fuel.
85-88	The Vanguard (Colony Ark)	A pristine sleeper ship that simply missed its destination century ago. No external damage visible.	The cryo-pods are functional, but a glitch has fused the consciousness of 500 colonists into a singular entity.	Human Capital: 500 specialists (scientists, engineers) who could be awakened, or their advanced gear salvaged.
89-92	The Void-Lily (Bio-Dome Ship)	A series of interconnected glass spheres housing dead ecosystems. The glass is spider-webbed with fractures.	Atmospheric pressure is highly volatile. Puncturing a single internal seal could cause a catastrophic decompression chain.	Rare Specimens: Extinct terrestrial seeds preserved in genetic vaults within the central greenhouse.
93-96	The Sovereign-Class (Flagship Ruin)	A massive planetary invasion transport split into three distinct drifting fragments (Bridge, Barracks, Engineering).	The ship's main computer is running a tactical simulation of a war that ended a century ago, treating boarders as enemies.	Command Codes: High-level encryption keys that can unlock automated defense grids on nearby planets.
97-00	The Star-Grave (Megastructure Fragment)	A curved section of a Dyson Swarm or orbital ring, kilometers long, trailing a wake of dust and old satellites.	Gravitational fluctuations are intense and unpredictable; loose debris shifts violently every few minu