Dead Cyclops

Adapted from Jürgen Mayer’s Dead Cyclops Generator

1,A dead [sex] cyclops. [features] Cause of death: [cause of death]. [surprises] Belongings: [belongings].
 * main

4,female 4,male 1,hermaphroditic
 * sex

1,It has a Second eye [second eye location]! 1,It has Chitin skin, mandibles, and a large compound insect eye. 1,It has four arms. 1,It is accompanied by an unbearable stench (a check is necessary to approach, plus save vs. poison or take damage). 1,It is actually a two-headed cyclops (bi-cyclops!). 1,It is slowly shrinking down to human size. 1,Its eye has been cut out. 1,Its eye is glowing and can be harvested for magical energy. 1,Its eye is where its mouth would usually be. It has two mouths above its nose. 1,Its hand is pointing in a certain direction. 1,Its head is not attached to its body anymore or completely missing (might not obviously be a cyclops at first glance). 1,Only its skeleton is left.
 * features

1,above the other normal eye, but closed 1,in its chest 1,in one of its palms 1,in the back of its head
 * second eye location

1,Adventurers ([killer location]) 1,Another cyclops ([killer location]) 1,Dragon ([dragon location]) 1,Goblin horde ([killer location]) 1,It was eaten alive from within, by [eaten by] 1,Old age 1,Plague (visible, infectious) 1,Plunged to death
 * cause of death

1,a planar rift 1,a worm parasite 1,giant wasp larvae 1,some alien thing
 * eaten by

1,also dead, nearby 1,gone 1,in ambush position 1,nearby
 * killer location

1,also dead, nearby 1,circling above 1,gone 1,nearby
 * dragon location

1,A demon is currently trying to possess its body. Might be stopped by a cleric. 1,Dire vultures have spotted the corpse and will fight for their food. 1,It is dead, but will rise as an undead cyclops in [Dice.1d12] rounds. 1,It is not dead, merely unconscious (please come up with something strange if you rolled a 12 on the special features table). 1,Something in its stomach is still alive! It turns out to be [stomach contents]. 1,Strange mushrooms are growing all over its body. They contain cocoons that hatch [Dice.3d4] baby cyclopses. 1,The eye is still alive and looking at the characters. (If you rolled 7 on the special features table, the eye is in the skull, on an 8 or 12, the eye lies next to the cyclops.) 1,This cyclops is no more. It has ceased to be. It’s expired and gone to meet its maker. (No surprises.)
 * surprises

1,a human 1,a monster 1,a zombie 1,livestock
 * stomach contents

1,Bag full of rations (feeds a whole adventuring party for a week, then goes moldy) and waterskin full of wine (enough for a lot of drinking binges) 1,Breastplate made from dragon scales, could be used as a shield, grants resistance vs fire (half damage) 1,Club, +2 vs cyclops, ogres and giants, can be used by a humanoid with STR 16+ as a two-handed weapon, damage like a two-handed sword 1,Cyclopean-sized mount, domesticated 1,Grimoire with cyclopean spells 1,Herd of demon goats (roll initiative) 1,Herd of goats 1,Hood of shrinking (shrinks cyclops to human size, or other wearer proportionately), normal sized thieves tools 1,Human hostage 1,Large rock (contains valuable ore, dwarves might notice) 1,Map to the lost cyclopean city 1,Ring of polymorph into cyclops (ring and cyclops shrink to human size if pulled from its finger)
 * belongings