Random table · d30

Tavern Rumors

What the regulars are saying tonight. Some rumors are true, some are half-true, and some were started by someone with a reason.

Press roll — or pick any line below.

  1. 1The miller’s new wife arrived the same night the river ran red.
  2. 2Someone paid the bard in old gold to stop singing a particular song.
  3. 3The bridge toll doubled because the lord is quietly raising an army.
  4. 4A sea captain is hiring sailors who can’t swim, and won’t say why.
  5. 5The graveyard keeper has been buying a lot of rope.
  6. 6Wolves were seen walking on two legs at the edge of the north field.
  7. 7The old wizard’s tower lit up last night — and the wizard died last spring.
  8. 8A merchant caravan came back with one more wagon than it left with.
  9. 9The temple’s holy relic is a fake; the real one was sold to pay a debt.
  10. 10A child found a silver key in a fish’s belly and is selling it to the highest bidder.
  11. 11Ever since the earthquake, the well water has tasted of iron.
  12. 12A famous duelist is in town under a false name.
  13. 13The baker’s bread cures headaches, and he won’t say what’s in it.
  14. 14Someone leaves gold coins on the chapel steps every full moon.
  15. 15Bandits on the east road let a priest pass by, then followed him.
  16. 16The mine reopened, but the miners are paid not to talk about what they found.
  17. 17A noble family is selling its heirlooms, one by one, through a fence.
  18. 18A ghost ship has been seen anchored in the bay at dawn.
  19. 19The new captain of the guard once rode with the bandits.
  20. 20A traveling circus left a cage behind. The cage is empty now.
  21. 21The mayor hasn’t been seen in public for nine days.
  22. 22Every cat in town left on the same night and came back three days later.
  23. 23A hermit in the hills trades potions for stories.
  24. 24The duke’s heir is a twin, and nobody knows which one inherits.
  25. 25An old map of the catacombs is hidden somewhere in this very tavern.
  26. 26A dragon was spotted — or a very large hawk, depending on who you ask.
  27. 27The tax collector was robbed, and the robber gave the money back to the farmers.
  28. 28The library’s oldest book is missing, along with the librarian.
  29. 29Strange lights move across the marsh in perfectly straight lines.
  30. 30The innkeeper never seems to age, and nobody knows how long she’s run the place.