Ultraviolet Catastrophe

Random Tables for the UVG

Table of Content
Caravans 2
Names 5
Drugs 6
Para‐Radio Broadcasts 11

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 Random Caravan Table
A random table for encountering caravans on the road or at
locations. Roll 4d6 for type, caravan, size and attitude.
Type: 1 Trading, 2 Religious, 3 Explorers, 4 Foragers, 5 Patrol, 6 Raiders
Size: 1 – 2 small (1‐ 5), 3 – 4 medium (6 ‐ 20), 5 big (21 ‐ 100), 6 huge
(100+)
Attitude: 1 hostile, 2 unfriendly and cautious, 3 ‐ 4 neutral and
indifferent, 5 helpful, 6 ally on the road
5 Third‐Lings (L5, Veils hide jeweled eyes)
Trading Goods: Vats of psychedelic toads (€5,000), spider silk (€2,000)
Transport: Two‐legged burden beasts, Third‐lings ride on howdah
carrying, extra long‐legged Velblod
NPC: Szczepan Lazar (whispering)
6 Half‐Elf Theatre company or orchestra (L3, hollow eyed)
Trading Goods: n/a (entertainment)
Transport: Tall wagon drawn by Monitor Lizards
NPC: Conductor Delfina Laguna (monotone), Director Ramón
Menorca (lisps)

1 Trading Caravan

1 Copper Wire Nomads (L3, ancient laser rifles)

Trading Goods: 50 Antlered Horses (€150 each),
Transport: Horned Horses
NPC: Rabbitpaw Saltat (booming)

2 Great Folk (L2, piercings)

Trading Goods: Bone Work (€200 per sack)
Transport: Bone Autowagon, Sculpted Skeleton Horses
NPC: Orbit Tahd (deliberate)

3 Spectrum Satraps (L4, far‐out)

Trading Goods: Crystal eyes (€6,000/sack),
Transport: Great six‐footer
NPC: Satrap 33 "Whitemoth" (confused)

4 Z.I.P. Zwaar Ijzer Patronaat: Redlander Dwarves (L5,

organized)
Trading Goods: Printing press (€10,000)
Transport: Solid wagon, 4 mechanically enhanced oxen
NPC: Annemieke Oordveld (short breathed)

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2 Religious Caravan
1 Cogflower Procession (L2)
Transport: Palanquin‐carrying slaves
Destination: Travelling to the Vicar’s Ear (Gall Grass, p.85)
NPC: Executive Susa Marduk (intense stare)
2 Ascetic Chrome Druid Commune (L3)
Transport: Gargantuan Tortoise
Destination: Following a daily oracle
NPC: Moonface Bilded (ripped)
3 Blue God Cultists (L4)
Transport: On foot / Dragging a giant bust on a sled
Destination: Nexus of Cables (Dark Light Path, p. 113)
NPC: GeeGee Marina (insidious)
4 Radiant Wizard Aurelia Materazzi (L5, prickly)
Transport: Speed Demon
Destination: Cave of the Iron Worm (Ribs of the Father, p. 95)
5 Half‐Elven Vile Cultists (L4)
Transport: Two‐legged lizards
Destination: Three Sticks soul mill (The Gall Grass, p. 84)
NPC: Paloma Alcantara (silky smile)
6 Black City Priests (L4)
Transport: Ostrich drawn Chariot
Destination: Returning to the Black City with a Vile liver
NPC: Father Ruberg (lofty)
3 Explorers
1 Electro Wizard Giovanni de Udine (L4, exalted)
Transport: Huge Electric Mono‐wheel
Destination: Red River (Three Sticks Lake, p. 80)
2 Lime Nomad Astro‐Shamans (L3)
Transport: Broken Wicker & Bone Sky Chariot drawn by donkeys
Destination: The Solar Dragon Roads (Terranova, p. 99)
NPC: Rattle Sorbet (bedazzled)
3 Redland Golem Engineers (L3)
Transport: Steam‐powered steel autowagon
Destination: Porcelain Citadel
NPC: Henk van de Vliet (touchy‐feely)
4 Spectrum Satrap Anthropologists (L4)
Transport: Clockwork Autowagon shaped like a Disco Ball
Destination: Iridescent Mushroom Hall (Fractal Trees, p. 93)
NPC: Satrap 86 “Feinstoff” (curious)
5 Greenland Aristocratic Vome Hunters (L4)
Transport: Harpoon Mounted War Rig
Destination: Waystone (hunting the Machine Wyrm, p. 42)
NPC: Lady Aurelie de Bourbonne (brusque)
6 Extra‐dimensional Armadilloid Structural Linguists (L5)
Transport: Solar powered Felt Autowagon
Destination: recording language samples wherever they go
NPC: Niniks (creative sentence structure)
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4 Prospectors

1 Yellowlander Fungus Foragers (L1, diligent)

2 Great Folk Bone Farmers (L2, taciturn)

3 Civilized Porcelain Prospectors (L2, well mannered)

4 Lime Nomad Radiothermal Rod Dowsers (L3, hyperactive)

5 Dwarven Black Goo Drillers (L3, industrious)

6 Ultra‐Possessed Karma Dust Collectors (L4, obscure)

5 Patrol

Attitude: 1 ‐ 2 hostile, 3 ‐ 4 unfriendly and cautious, 5 neutral and

indifferent, 6 helpful

1 Spectrum Satraps (L2) 4 Great Folk (L3)

Transport: Six legged Prismatic Walker w/ Laser Guns Transport: Bone Wagon
Looking for: Contraband Looking for: Trouble‐makers
NPC: Satrap 42 "Fulcrum" (aloof) NPC: Fibia Fifte (distrustful)

2 Porcelain Princes (L3) 5 Ashwhite Lime Nomads (L4)

Transport: Two legged Security Walker w/ mounted Flamethrower Transport: Wild mono‐horn horses
Looking for: Rebels Looking for: Illegal viddy crystals, alcohol
NPC: Gilt Lacquer 17‐Corpus (nitpicking) NPC: Searcher Nikdat (austere)

3 Cogflower Inquisition (L3) 6 Half‐Lings (L4)

Transport: Armored autowagon w/Railgun Transport: Swift Snails
Looking for: Ultra‐possession Looking for: Collecting taxes, bribes, food
NPC: Witch Hunter General Sabbettai (tired of your bullshit) NPC: Toll Master Jossip (glutinous)

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6 Raiders d66 Names Table

Attitude: Roll 3d12 on the generic encounter table (UVG p. 151) Rainbowlanders:

1 Translucent Scavengers (L1, luminescent), Lightspear d6 11 Amaro 12 Amberto 13 Arcia 14 Arnasto 15 Astia 16 Belina
Transport: Crystal floating discs
Intention: Collecting shiny things 21 Benito 22 Boko 23 Cuoia 24 Dalani 25 Dana 26 Delno

2 Cannibal Nomad Connoisseurs (L2, salivating), Butcher knife d6 31 Depico 32 Desena 33 Dolce 34 Enrike 35 Estato 36 Estrela
Transport: Armored antelopes
Intention: Fresh meat 41 Fina 42 Girolamo 43 Girondo 44 Goria 45 Hotena 46 Karlo

3 Dwarven Motorcycle Centaurs (L3, ), Bolt thrower d6+2 51 Karnelia 52 Kasciuto 53 Maurizia 54 Nebesa 55 Noturna 56 Ombra
Transport: n/a
Intention: Rob them blind 61 Opoya 62 Paprizio 63 Piskero 64 Rasclana 65 Rocio 66 Teredo

4 Flickering Void Riders (L4, enigmatic), Antimatter Blade d6+2

(+necrotic) Nomads:
Transport: Trained Bat‐Lions
Intention: Demand a Sacrifice 11 Almir 12 Berengar 13 Bilded 14 Colpec 15 Davor 16 Draganoga

5 Screaming Phosphor Ghosts (L5, unnerving), Phosphor Touch d6 21 Erena 22 Ernedar 23 Farfalon 24 Galavar 25 Gromoc 26 Ipa
(+burning)
Transport: n/a 31 Jalosti 32 Jion 33 Katyu 34 Lemonc 35 Lisak 36 Lisciac 36 Loma
Intention: Revenge on the living
41 Mirodar 42 Narloc 43 Saloc 44 Samorok 45 Sorbec 46 Passegiat
6 Vome‐infected Machine Humans (L6, relentless), Wand Gun 2d6+2,
Transport: Faceless metal snakes 51 Pugnat 52 Rundat 53 Saltat 54 Selesta 55 Sima 56 Sentena
Intention: Extinction protocol
61 Severa 62 Siya 63 Sulmar 64 Tamke 65 Tori 66 Yesen

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 Random Drugs Table
UVG is all about exploring strange landscapes, having new experiences ...
and taking drugs!
Roll a d6 for type and d6 for specific drug within the type.
Some drugs are more addictive than others.
Addiction levels and XP:
Slightly addictive: Saving Throw (ST) with advantage only after repeated
usage. 50 XP
Addictive: ST with advantage every time the drug is taken. 100 XP
Highly addictive: ST every time 150 XP
1 Upper
1 Neon Dip: Root bark of biomechanical baobabs
Application: Chewed, spit frequently for expression of extra confidence
Effect: Confidence, advantage on social rolls
Duration: Up to a maximum of one day, as long as it is chewed
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Dry mouth, self‐consciousness
2 Host of the Vile Mother: Crystal wafer blessed by Pleurite Cultists
Application: Dissolved on tongue
Effect: Clarity of thought, obsessive focus on a task. Gain an additional
action at a location and while making camp.
Duration: 1h
Slightly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Meaningless epiphanies, religious flashbacks at
inopportune moments
3 Golden Amber: Rectangular amber of condensed beaver sweat
Application: Placed under the tongue where it takes root with dozens
of tiny claws after about 10 minutes. Can’t be removed before the effect
transpires unless by force (painful).
Effect: Mild euphoria, tunnel vision, hyperactivity, 2 attacks / rd, motor
mouth, mumbling
Duration: Lasts for a week. The pearl sweats and shrinks slowly until it
disappears.
Highly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Lethargy, insomnia, cold sweat, always acting
last in combat
4 Atomic Bee Honey (ABH): Honey made from Uranium Sun
Flower pollen collected by atomic bees
Application: Ingested, often as honey laced bacon (increase addiction
level) or dissolved in tea
Effect: Intense euphoria, tingling of the spine, sweating
Duration: d6 hours
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Tinnitus (phantom buzzing sound)
disadvantage on perception
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5 Soma Bliss: Juice of the Cubic Shroom found near the core of nuclear
power plant ruins
Application: Drops of the juice in a cup of lurk warm water
Effect: enhanced taste, smell and touch, all other senses are dimmed,
drowned out by a warm light and the resonance of a gong.
Duration: d6 hours
Highly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: anxiety, random phantom taste in stressful
situations
(roll d4: 1 whole habanero, 2 Surströmming, 3 whole lemon, 4 Marmite) pass
a relevant check or play out how the character loses their shit.
6 Nexus Vapor (Medicine of the Singing Ancestors): Aluminum
capsules from the long ago, filled with a pink vapor, found in the brutalist
ruins of the Lime Steppe
Application: Inhaled
Effect: Urge to dance, heartbeat speeds up and is amplified in users head,
feeling hunger / thirst suppressed for 24h
Duration: All night long
Slightly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Restlessness, trembling hands, disadvantage on
relevant checks.
2 Downer
1 Tear of the Black Mummy: Dark viscous liquid extracted from
the microwaved mummies of the mountain necropoli. Illegal in most
places, considered blasphemous by most Lime Nomad clans. TBM is sold
in damp rags: The liquid has to be squeezed out before use.
Application: Eye drops
Effect: Death like state, life changing experience (raise ST permanently
by 1 / only once),
Duration: Lasts d6h
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Resting face, nightmares of dying, light
sensitivity
2 Third‐Ling Pipeweed (Lemon Haze): Sativa‐dominant
hybrid cultivated by Third‐Ling farmers, fermented fluffy leaves
Application: Rolled up in thin paper (any holy scripture will do) and
smoked
Effect: Relaxation, sensory distortion, urge to come up with wild theories
(at referees discretion there is a 1 in 6 chance of the theory being right),
the munchies
Duration: 1h
Slightly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Short term memory deficiency, 50XP if that
gets the character in trouble
3 Near Moon Poppy: Seeds of the Near Moon Poppy grinded to a
paste and dried
Application: Smoked (often in a long stemmed pipe) while lying down
(preferably on a diwan)
Effect: Intense pleasure, relaxation followed by deep sleep, heals all hp
Duration: d8h
Highly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Dilated pupils and blurry vision, nausea
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4 Autumn Leaves: The fermented leaves of the Rust Juniper tree
Application: Chewed
Effect: Melancholy. Evokes bitter sweet memories of childhood or
adolescent. 50XP for a description of the memory.
Duration: As long as it is chewed with a maximum of 1h
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Mood swings
5 White Moth Dust: The pollen found on the wings of the White Moth
Application: Snorted
Effect: Stupor. Puts the user in the midst of a storm of fluttering wings, that
are white on one side and black on the other, evoking a three‐dimensional
version of static on old tv‐sets. Very relaxing to body and mind.
Duration: d6h
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Blankly staring into the middle distance for
minutes at a time, especially when asked for an opinion about important
caravan decisions.
6 Golden Flower: Paste made from the spines and flowers of the
Cretaceous Cactus
Application: Paste applied on dagger, infused into the bloodstream by
ritual cuts
Effect: Dream walking. Allows for communication over vast distances. The
dream walker may also attempt to plant false memories (relevant check).
Duration: As long as the sleep is uninterrupted
Highly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: 1 in 6 chance of bleeding from old cuts at
inopportune moments, disadvantage on relevant checks.
3 – 6 Psychedelia
1 Brain Bleach or Spunk a.k.a WMD (wraaknemende medische
druppels): Viscous white liquid. Synthetic drug accidently concocted by
Prof. Tessa Hetebrij who wanted to make a nutritious breakfast spread
for the workers of Zwaar Ijzer Patronaat (Z.I.P.). She discovered its
hallucinogenic properties when the morning shift at Z.I.P. undressed and
began to creatively rearrange the machines. Many former workers left
the Redlands and now live in a hippie death cult.
Application: Nasal (nose drops)
Effect: Reality dissolves in a kaleidoscope of colors. It’s beautiful!
Duration: d20 h
Slightly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: None but 1 in 6 chance of brain damage per
usage. (‐1 INT)
2 Neuro‐Jizz: A tiny vome that is placed in the ear where it crawls
into the brain. Neuro‐Jizz is programmed by Golem‐coders and tinkers
around the circle sea.
Application: Inserted into the ear.
Effect: Every vome is slightly different but all have trippy visuals similar
to pictures generated by deep learning networks. Everything might be
interpreted as cats. Or has eyes. Or both.
Duration: d6 h
Slightly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: None, but save or gain vome corruption per
usage.
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4 Shattered Veil: Stinger of the Glass Scorpion
Application: Injected into the eyeball
Effect: Oracle, reveals a dangerous incident from the future ‐ which is
immediately forgotten but allows player to resist the negative consequences
of an action (upon which the character remembers the oracle)
Duration: 10 minutes
Highly Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: hysterical blindness (1 in 6 in stressful situations)

5 Vacuum Wings: Vial with black starry liquid.

Application: Injected in bloodstream with syringe.
Effect: Void Projection. The mind goes on a voyage through the void, visits
(roll d3:) 1 the fast stars, 2 ancient abandoned space ships or even 3 the slow
stars far away. 50XP per destination
Duration: d6 h (add a destination per 1h of travel)
Addictive
Withdrawal symptoms: Eyes permanently turn black and reflect the starry
void, advantage on social checks.

6 Blessings of the Shroom Mother: A bitter concoction brewed from
three of the most potent fungi of the Grasslands. Getting the balance
between all these shrooms right is tricky and seldomly achieved. Most of the
time one of them will dominate.
Application: Three drops of the potion in sweet tea.
Effect: All effects only happen in the user’s mind. However, when the user
travels to the void, they can bring one item back to the Grasslands.
Upon drinking the potion the user feals as if hit by a donkey kick in the face
(and roll d4):
1 The Doom Shroom: Hit by the donkey again. [The lights go out and]
head is filled with drone guitar feedbacks.
2 The Vroom Shroom: Another kick but in the butt, the user is
propelled forward at ludicrous speed and can scout ahead. The player
will see all random encounters for the next leg of the journey and decide
for the caravan to either avoid them all together or pick which one they
will have.
3 The Zoom Shroom: Kicked in the butt and propelled 150 ft upwards.
They are able to see as far as the horizon and identify all discoveries of
the next destination. They stay up there for the duration of the trip
upon which they slowly descend.

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4 The Mother Shroom: All effects happen at the same time [except those in Random Para‐Radio Table
brackets]. In short: They turn into a rocket, while drone metal is playing. The
150ft maximum height doesn’t apply anymore. Reaching the fast stars takes Roll once a week 2d6 for type and broadcast.
3h, the Moon is 6h away.
Duration: d6 h The Para‐Radio picks up signals from bygone eras. If you have to roll on
Slightly addictive the time period roll 3d20 and use the columns adjective, culture and
Withdrawal symptoms: none but there is a 1 in 6 chance of permanently period from UVG p. 182.
changing into a Fungoid.
Type:

1 Static

2 ‐ 3 Music

4 Talk Radio

5 Radio Drama

6 Distress Signal

1 Static

It's better than silence ... or is it?

Roll a d6: On a 1 the radio is now possessed by a Gavrilov Translation

Ghost called "Lektor" who translates all voice broadcasts to Ultra. On a 6
the white noise instead attracts an Ultra who leads you to a nearby
discovery.

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2 ‐ 3 Music
1 Atonal. Unless musically trained the PC must save to overcome the
feeling of ennui for d6 days.
2 Opera or Musical. Roll a d6. On a 1: As long as the para‐radio plays all
dialog from NPCs will be sung. Common activities will be performed in a
dance routine.
3 Incredibly slow Drone Metal. The good stuff.
4 Traditional Folk. Roll a d6. On a 1: A shamanistic song turns out to be
a bad luck curse. On a 6: A shamanistic spell can be learned.
5 Whale Songs. Heals 1d4 stat damage. 1 in 6 chance the driver falls
asleep, crashing their vehicle.
6 Classic Jazz. Roll a d6. On a 6: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire is
played and the camera zooms out to reveal a nearby discovery to the
players. Inexplicably this is now character knowledge as well.
4 Talk Radio
1 Amateur Poetry Slam. It’s … pretty bad.
2 “The Hour of Power”. Religious music and sermon. Roll period
then go around the table: Every player adds at least one element to the
religion (tenet, deity, prophet, symbol, ritual, hierarchical structure etc.)
3 “Counterclockwise Spin” Science broadcast about entanglement.
Slightly confusing and there’s a 1 in 6 chance a random PC quantum
tunnels through their vehicle.
4 Sport Broadcast of a Machine Human Chess Tournament or
Vintage Baseball Radio Show:
https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio
5 “The Wanderer and their Shadow”. Philosophy broadcast.
Roll a d6. On a 1: The driver falls asleep, crashing their vehicle. On a 6: A
random PC gains deeper insight in the true nature of being and time.
Permanently raise INT by 1.
6 History broadcast. Roll period then go around the table: Every
player makes up one interesting fact about the period. Everybody gains
d6x10 XP per fact.
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5 Radio Drama
1 Crime Show “The Shadow”. Murderhobo PCs might reconsider their life
choices for every episode teaches: Crime doesn’t pay!
2 Horror Show “Inner Sanctum”. 1 in 6: An Ultra (L6) escapes the show.
Save vs possession.
3 Comedy show “Sensible chuckle”. So good there’s a 1 in 6 chance of
peritoneal strain (1d4 appropriate stat damage)
4 Romance show “Invitation to Love”. Roll a d6. On a 1: One of the main
characters reminds a random PC of their first love. They get lovesick for a
month (‐ d4 CHA). On a 6: Same but the PC remembers their first love
fondly (+d4 CHA for a month).
5 Mystery Show "Wages of Sin". Pretty great but there’s a 1 in 6 chance of
signal loss before the mystery is solved.
6 Retro Science Fiction Show “Atom Age Adventures”: It's great!
Picture attribution
Cover: Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Aurora Borealis
p. 1 Illustration from Our Earth and its Story: A Popular Treatise on Physical Geography
p. 2 August Strindberg, Celestograph
p. 4 Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Mars
p. 6 August Strindberg, Celestograph
p. 7 August Strindberg, Celestograph
p. 9 Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Total Eclipse of the Sun
p. 10 Étienne Léopold Trouvelot:
p. 11 Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Jupiter
6 Automated S.O.S. signal
1 A Satrap outpost is under attack by raiders. Except: It’s a trap! Roll
on the Raider table.
2 Fallout Shelter. Utterly thrashed and looted. 1 in 6: Inhabited by
cannibalistic mutants (L5).
3 Nuclear Power Plant from the Long Long Ago. 1d6 crates of
radiothermal rods (€500 each) but save vs radiation sickness
4 A Satrap Outpost is under attack by raiders. Help the Satraps
and be rewarded (€500). Aid the raiders and get a cut of the loot
(€1000 but 1 in 6 chance of betrayal)
5 Crashed Sky Chariot (€5000 + alien tech)
6 Underground Science Facility. d6 crates of biomantic gear
(€10.000 per crate)
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