Happenings

at the
3. A bard is telling the story of the player’s latest exploit. It’s an
obvious character assassination.
4. A local bardic group, The Rolling Boulders, are performing, and a
large crowd of drunken groupies will not stop screaming.

Local Tavern
5. A beggar offers to sing for a few coppers. You heard him singing
to the last table. He's awful.
6. A sassy fortune teller has set up shop in a corner booth. She
informs you that she sees a hangover in your near future.
7. A stirring rendition of "The Lady and the Faerie Dragon" has the
Suggested use: 8.
crowd calling for an encore from the minstrels.
The lute-player catches some undergarments from the crowd and
drapes them across the ridiculous horned helm he wears.
These are tables for generating some interesting 9. On stage tonight: The Deep Tones. A quartet of dwarves with long
beards and deep voices singing a capella favorites from places
local color next time your adventurers visit the local without light (or proper music).
tavern. Roll as little or as often as you like on each 10. On stage tonight: Shaela Windspeaker. An elf-maid singer-
songwriter with a bit of a whiny voice who is slowly making her
table to fill out your common room. way through her most recent song of protest against the previous
and the present centuries of war.
11. A nervous show-wizard on the small stage is doing tricks with
d20 Games, Contests, and Events Prestidigitation for the un-amused patrons.
12. There is a pair of musicians warbling well known drinking songs.
1. A group of commoners is playing horse shoes out back. They have made an impromptu stage out of several tables. One of
2. The party is surprised to find the country darts league in full swing them seems to be tilting precariously.
as they enter. The waitresses are used to the chaos and dodge darts
easily. The half ogre bouncer is using lawn darts.
d20 Patrons and Staff
3. a group of Hill Dwarves are in the middle of a drinking contest,
and two of them are passed out already. The Prize is a solid
platinum stein. 1. A poor farmer is trying to pay his bar tab with a sack of potatoes
4. Wet Chainmail contest! and a barrel of pickles.
5. Four large Barbarians are loudly sledging each other during an arm 2. A sea captain has set up shop at a table and is trying to sell
wrestling competition. mementos and souvenirs from his latest great voyage of
6. A shy teenage girl is reciting bad poetry in a corner. No one is exploration. Birds, exotic coins, tiny mermaids, he has it all. Some
paying the slightest bit of attention to her. of it looks fake though. A tiny bit looks disturbingly real.
7. It's trivia night! Those scholars from the School of History and the 3. A ranger sits alone in a corner, smoking. A hood covers most of
Arts at the University always win, but tonight, we represent and his face. At his feet is a sleeping wolfhound. Everyone is giving
the School of Alchemy will show those smug book-snobs what it him a wide berth.
means to be a nerd. 4. A lone Troll is drinking at the end of the bar and softly crying and
8. A promoter is working his way around the tables looking for singing one country ballad after another.
challengers to fight the local champion pugilist. 5. A stoned magician is fumbling his way through one awful card
9. It's a sausage fest! The place is packed with dwarves eager to trick after another.
devour the all-you-can-eat sausage special. 6. A mixed group of Elves are drinking bad wine and holding scented
10. An over-sized brute is arm-wrestling crushing the hand of handkerchiefs up to their noses to keep out the stench. One has an
everyone in sight. obsidian bow strapped to her back.
11. Some goblins are throwing dice with some animated skeletons at a 7. A young woman and gruff man are asking the patrons questions
table in the corner. about themselves. When they get to the players, the woman is
12. A goblin is doing a poor job at cheating at a dice game, while a interested by their adventuring tales. Little do they know, they're
skeleton is doing an excellent job at cheating. talking to the heir apparent and he trusted guard.
13. A 7'2" red dragonborn with a 5' bastard sword is having a drinking 8. Two guards are arguing at a table over who the captain likes more
contest with a dwarf. The dragonborn has a 4-pint tankard, and is by comparing almost identical spears and claiming to have the
almost managing to keep pace. better one.
14. A party sits in the corner booth playing cards. All of them are 9. A sad clown is drinking a beer alone.
cheating, except the paladin, who, curiously, is winning. 10. A handsome young woman is holding court among some of her
15. A mountain of a man in barbarian leathers is arm wrestling a small would-be suitors. Her father interrupts, and she stalks off
dragon and winning. embarrassed.
16. An awakened Roper is winning two games of billiards at once. 11. Some idiot is having a stag night. His friends are loud and
17. A group of drunken pixies is playing hide and seek by hiding obnoxiously harassing the barmaids.
behind patrons. 12. It's ladies night! And it's not disappointing... A few pretty little
18. The players have stumbled into a regional card championship things from the weavers' guild are here, a couple of attractive
being held that night. The buy in is huge, but so is the pot. healers from the temple, and the beautiful new town librarian.
19. A shady looking gnomish inventor is proudly showing off his latest 13. A surly old witch is drinking sherry while stroking the fat grey cat
invention. He calls it a "slot machine." sitting on her lap.
20. A grey haired story teller is sitting near the fire holding a contest. 14. The barkeep is a marilith, mixing up four drinks at a time.
He'll give a large purse for a story he hasn't heard yet, but so far no 15. The barmaid is a succubus, she makes great tips.
one has won. 16. The attendant in the bathroom is a foul-smelling zombie. He offers
you a mint crystal.
17. Behind the bar is a gnomish alchemist with a penchant for
d12 Entertainment mixology experiments.
18. The toothless mop-hand reminisces with a hobgoblin military has-
1. The bartender tells elaborate stories about where the stuffed been over ales about how an otyugh in the loo isn't as bad as the
wyrmling dragon on the mantel came from. In reality, he’s a time a carrion crawler was in there.
retired wizard and it’s his familiar which grew sick and died. He 19. The barmaid is a doppelganger. When she returns to your table
keeps it as a memento. with your drinks she has taken the form of one of your party.
2. A bard is telling a story about the player’s latest act of daring do. 20. A fat priest is doing an excellent jiggly dance in rhythm with the
He’s embellishing quite a bit. When he recognizes the party he music. Either that or a gelatinous cube has made it's way onto the
makes a big spectacle. dance floor?
d5 Questionable drinks 4. their reputation for gołąbkis is unrivaled
5. they put bacon on everything
6. that one smoking hot waitress
1. Tonight's special cocktail: Pixiewine. Each glass of this crisp, 7. they always have horse parking
floral-scented wine is served with a pixie. 8. the carrot porridge is to die for
2. Tonight's special cocktail: Suckerpunch. Each glass of this potent 9. No one knows where it is so its usually quiet.
purple-red punch has several small writhing tentacles that reach 10. It's open later than anything else in town.
out of the glass to attach to your face with their suckers. It actually 11. No one except adventurers are brave enough to eat at a place built
feels kind of nice. under the lightning rail so the merchants and needy townsfolk stay
3. Tonight's special: Bring-Your-Own-Horn. Bring the horn of your away.
favorite beast or monstrous humanoid (any size!), and we'll fill it 12. They buy whatever meat you bring in and cook it fresh.
with cheap ale or wine for 2 cp. 13. They ruthlessly drove the other businesses out of town and you
4. Tonight's special cocktail: Mindbomb. It's made with absinthe and were starving.
explosive powder. 14. Tasty desserts. The cheese-pie is to die for!
5. Tonight's special cocktail: Fireball. Served by wizards of 5th level 15. Beer selection. They have a great selection of ales.
or higher. 16. Homebrew beer. They brew their own dragon-stout in-house!
6. Tonight's special cocktail: Stonebones. A powerful rum cocktail 17. Meat. The proprietor is a hunter who goes into the woods every
made with powder gorgon horn and basilisk eye. It's only partial day to catch and to kill the main roast.
paralysis. 18. Beastly decor. The walls are covered in furs, antlers, and beast
heads.
19. Fancy decor. The booths are separated by beautiful lace curtains
d20 Schemes, Mischief, and Trouble and a pleasant scent of incense permeates the air.
20. Heroic tales. The proprietor slayed a dragon.
1. A group of highway men are drunkenly, and a little too loudly, 21. Sad tales. The barkeep is a stunning noblewoman who eloped with
discussing the caravan they pillaged outside of town and what to the poor sonofabitch who used to own this place before died.
do with their shares. 22. Sex appeal. The barmaids wear low-cut blouses and/or tight skirts.
2. Adventurers are manhandling a companion turned to stone by a 23. Friendly service. The barmaids are real friendly.
basilisk into the bar. The rouge is trying to pawn him off to the 24. Gamblers' den. The dice game is high-stakes.
bartender as a hat rack. The bartender is considering it. 25. Freakish staff. The bouncer is half-troll.
3. The bartender is out of mugs because a wizard is passed out in a 26. Bad-ass staff. The bouncer has a dragon tattoo on his face.
corner over a table covered in mugs. His drunken familiar attacks 27. High-end wines. Their wines come from some unpronounceable
anyone approaching the table preventing the mugs recovery. Elvish island.
4. A Faerie Dragon is passed out in the rafters. Dangling from one 28. Magical drinks. The barkeep is an alchemical wizard who serves
claw is a lacy brassiere. up love potions, sleeping draughts, and mustache tonics. (Some
5. A fat Gnome is peddling smelly cheese from a wicker basket. might argue that a good mustache tonic is all the love potion one
6. A drunken beholder is getting surly. Or feeling playful, it's hard to needs.)
tell. 29. Entertainment. The barkeep here plays a fine piano.
7. Two smugglers are talking in a booth before they start to argue. 30. Decorations, they have trophies from everywhere.
They both shoot at each other, one of them dies. Nobody's 31. Reviews, some sod with a pen, paper, and those newfangled word
completely sure who shot first. things has written a piece on them.
8. A man is sitting alone, speaking relatively normally to the empty 32. Nobility, the high society types like it.
seat across from him, before yelling out in anger. 33. Admittance is a status symbol.
9. A pair of Ratfolk are being harassed by a few drunken patrons. 34. People, its where you go to find troubleshooters.
They're not fighting back. 35. Warmth, the walls magically keep out the chill and snow.
10. A child is attempting to set up a prank against a less than favorable 36. The Dwarves built it.
character. He's close, but you can see a flaw in his plan that you 37. It was once a library and there is a huge selection of books to read.
could solve. 38. It was once a temple and the half dead god who was worshiped
11. It's ladies night! And this bar is a sausage fest. there still occasionally tries to smite the defilers, sometimes with
12. A necromancer leads a stumbling-drunk patron out the door. more success than others.
13. The bouncer brains an unruly goblin with his morningstar. No one 39. They accept a generous line of credit
cares because the party is rocking. 40. It's an exotic location, and spelljammers sometimes stop by,
14. A knife splits the bulls eye of the elves' in-progress dart game. The bringing trinkets from across the planes.
elves draw bows and start shooting the place up.
15. An illithid is telling fortunes with a deck of tarot cards on an
overturned barrel out front. Some say it's cheating because he can
read minds, but I say it's cheating because he can eat minds.
16. An otyugh made a mess in the loo again.
17. At the darts board, a wood elf is being hustled, and already owes a
significant amount of money to the loud group of humans around
him.
18. The tavern is full of groups of tourists, all admiring a single poster
on the bulletin board. Soon you realize they're all adventuring
parties, and there is only one job left. They all begin to run out the
door to be the first to complete it.
19. A large cow sits in one end, with a wizard muttering "I'm sure this
never happens babe" in its ear.
20. The taproom is packed from wall to wall. A regal dwarf bedecked
with a large chain is standing on the bar buying everyone drinks
and preaching to the merit of the Gundar the great god of revelry.

d40 You have heard of this tavern before/eaten there

1. they make a mean kirschtorte