Tolkien Hex Element

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1,Swamp with will o wisps, site of ancient battle 1,Brave, grave, dutiful halfling 1,Dumb halfling 1,Halfling mutated by ancient magic item 1,Volcanic land, redolent of evil 1,Evil-aligned magic item whose power is proportional to its possessor's level 1,Conflicted freak 1,Rubbery, keening leechworm 1,A trail of orc blood 1,A forest so old the trees are all in stages of evolution toward sentience 1,A white wizard 1,A ranger who may be a king 1,A wizard fighting a demon on a mountain 1,A wizard bleeding after a great battle 1,A powerful amnesiac 1,A great mechanism operated by a troll 1,A pair of adventurers attempting to sneak into a fortress 1,A clueless guardsmen in vaguely middle-eastern armor 1,A cloak that makes you look like a rock 1,A magic horse that's the boss of other horses 1,A secret passage into an evil land 1,A path that leads to stairs and then to a tunnel where there's a trap 1,Possessed king 1,A great hall, full of pillars, carved like horses 1,A depressed warrior princess 1,A plant that grows only on the graves of the dead 1,An advisor, secretly sworn to serve his king's greatest foe, casts Charm three times/day 1,A torn banner caught in the wind 1,A forked tongue 1,Guards who insist you hand over your weapons 1,A spell of exorcism 1,A xenophobic axe-wielding dwarf 1,A warrior king, recently awakened from a long sleep, in fear for the welfare of his land 1,A barren plain, traversed by horsemen 1,A funeral with maids singing deathsongs 1,Three trolls, arguing 1,A horde of climbing goblins 1,Brigands pillaging a village 1,A pipe 1,A talented elven ranger 1,A stable full of excellent horses 1,A column of soldiers, women and children fleeing a great army 1,A snow-topped mountain 1,A funny halfling with hair like Noel Redding 1,A great and powerful sorcerer, once head of an order of wise wizards, now evil 1,A flopping fish--soon to be caught and cooked 1,A small boat owned by a canniballistic murderer 1,Enormous, intelligent birds of prey 1,A wood haunted by goblins and spiders 1,A comfortable home, full of cakes, tea, and wine, built on a plan of interlocking circles. 1,A rabbit stew 1,Three travelers captured by an advancing force 1,Enormous tusked beasts 1,A column of warriors from the south, harassed by an ambush 1,A grave prince, hunting for spies 1,Hyenatype-worgs 1,A love triangle involving a man a woman and an elven princess 1,An arte-nouveau pavillion that looks totally lame 1,A necromancer in a ring of stones 1,An irritable and basically insufferable elven king with a headband 1,Liv Tyler 1,Goblin ambush 1,Horse armor 1,A sheer cliff over a river 1,A warrior pinned beneath a dead orc 1,Magnificent fireworks 1,A tyrannical Eye 1,A pair of great statues, flanking a river 1,A tower surrounded by a circular plain, ringed by sheer mountains 1,A great fortress behind a curtain wall 1,A high explosive powder 1,A lord giving a Nuremberg-like speech to a great host 1,A mind of metal and wheels 1,A narrow causeway flanked by archers 1,A bat-eared messenger 1,A dead king on a plinth in a silent stone city 1,A veiled elven woman, mourning the death of a mortal lover 1,Singing goblins 1,Singing dwarves 1,A warlord with a treasure map 1,A dragon beneath an ocean of gold 1,A forge beneath a mountain 1,A lair beneath a waterfall 1,A grey and decaying city 1,Representatives of three empires and two cities arguing over the fate of a weapon 1,Two brothers, one greedier than the other 1,A lunatic who loves music 1,A melancholy and disturbing meal 1,A forbidden pool, protected by archers 1,String and bread 1,Eggs 1,A catapult 1,An army besieging a fortress with ladders 1,A captain missing an eye 1,A fraying alliance 1,A burglar in a barrel 1,Animals engaged in espionage 1,A gathering of talking trees 1,A child with a weapon 1,An inn in the rain, a man has a carrot
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1,an ancient shapeshifter leading a squad of werewolves or a squad of vampires (GM's choice)the shapeshifter is in the form of a greater vampire or greater werewolf to match its squad 1,a pit in which possessed human tortures a dwarf for the purpose of forcing it to 'willingly' give up his magic item 1,a half-breed of two random races that has all the strengths of both parents and none of the weaknesses 1,a beautiful celestial angel who wishes to mate with the most attractive character in the party 1,a grey elf who learned blacksmithing from the dwarves and magic from his father, who pursues him. he seeks a new home 1,a recently abandoned windmill with a blind dragon hiding in the rafters, 1d4 kidnapped princesses 1,a barbarian with unlimited endurance who refuses to stop running, likes to kill orcs but does so as he runs by 1,a gate guarded by spirits living inside two bizarre statues. Only the most determined can pass - but an alarm will be raised anyway. 1,a life-like giant statue of a hand that gets bloody if a Powerful Wizard nearby gets defeated. 1,a wizard, pounding on a hobbit hole with his gnarled staff until he damages it

adapted from Zak's table.