Growing your own
Let's invent a villain
To make a villain all we need to do is answer the following questions:
Where do they hang out? [caves, depths, experiments, realm, hordes, plains, swamps, undead, woods]
What’s their name?
How are they organized? [horde, group, solitary]
How tough are they? [1 to probably 10 but possibly more]
Why do they do what they do? Their instinct?
Is there anything special about them?
How big are they? [tiny, smal, normal, large, huge]
What can they do (consequences) and how much damage can they deal?
Description? [magical, devious, amorphous, organized, intelligent, hoarder, stealthy, terrifying, cautious, construct, planar]
Inspiration can come from anywhere. In the example below I used a quote from a kids show as the description:
Cave Chicken (2)
Instinct To peck
Special Moo like a cow
Size Large
Consequences
Peck rocks into smaller rocks
Lay boulder sized eggs
“Mooooooo”
Deal damage:
Peck for 2 disadvantage
Trample for 1 disadvantage
Description [Cautious, Oblivious]
"That isn't a cow. That's just my cave chicken".