Location
- Bottom of the well
- On a bunch of lilypads
- Branches of a giant oak
- Underneath a toadstool
- Desolate crossroads
- Pitch-black cavern
- Under a burial mound
- In a wrecked ship
- Mouth of a giant
- Atop a thundercloud
- Beneath a laying hen
- In the castle walls
- Back of a big fish
- In a child's dream
- Behind the waterfall
- In the cows' pasture
- Patch of horrid brambles
- Inside the church
- Other side of the mirror
- In the town square, invisible
Goods (example)
- Eyes (bloodshot yellow orb you can plant anywhere in your skin)
- Hair (living wig that eats flesh and styles itself to your will)
- Tongues (forked snake's tongue that lets you lie to kings)
- Teeth (pouch of canines that sprout into skeleton animals when sown)
- Faces (visage so ugly that anyone who sees it turns to stone)
- Voices (beautiful castrato warble that breaks after you use it for a day)
- Shadows (leopard's shadow that acts on its own, kills stuff)
- Songs (satiric ballad that ruins the reputation of whoever's name you insert)
- Nails (iron nail that can hammer a shadow down)
- Candles (corpsefat candle held in hanged man's hand, paralyses onlookers)
- Keys (jade key that opens any door directly into the sea)
- Knives (obsidian dirk so sharp it can cut the bonds of family)
- Swords (dancing, singing, arrogant blade that must be groomed and amused)
- Traps (beartrap that, left in a forest, invariably catches a prince)
- Chains (chain of jaw-linked beetles stronger than any rope)
- Cages (flimsy metal birdcage that can hold smoke but nothing more solid)
- Shoes (slippers that let you dance forever without tiring)
- Hats (floppy, talkative cloth cap that warns of danger, never shuts up)
- Pouches (leather bag that that slightly alters anything you put in it)
- Carpets (beautiful intricate silk rug, always irritatingly wrinkled)
- Books (the Harry Potter novels. why are they here)
- Coins (pennies that scream when exchanged for fraudulent goods)
- Bottles (fat glass flask holding tiny inhabited city)
- Maps (chart of Hell's nine circles, with escape routes)
- Bells (small silver bell that silences all other sounds when rung)
- Mirrors (hand mirror sold as showing truth, gives everyone pig heads)
- Crowns (silver circlet that grants the wearer a kingdom on the Moon)
- Pots (cauldron that refuses to boil food for cowards)
- Sweetmeats (sugarplums that make you gain weight ten times quicker)
- Wines (foxglove liqueur that tastes exquisite, inflicts nightmares)
- Perfumes (scent that smells alluring to men, rotten to women)
- Fruits (peaches that make the eater incapable of digesting other food)
- Rocks (ordinary lump of granite, subject of vicious bidding war)
- Gems (rubies that the merchant swears will be visible under moonlight)
- Shells (sea-snail shell with a twisty corkscrew dungeon inside)
- Flowers (violet whose scent calms the enraged, enrages the calm)
- Eggs (robin's egg that hatches into a thunderstorm if kept warm)
- Beasts (prince turned into a pig, sold with pig turned into a prince)
- Birds (peacock that knows all languages, despises its captivity)
- Destinies (the fate of a great conqueror who dies young, kept in a thimble)
Encounters
- The Questing Beast taking a nap, kids braiding flowers into its mane
- The King and Queen of the Goblins having a marital spat
- Humble swineherd looking for their favourite pig
- Exiled prince looking to break the curse on their head
- Inquisitive baby blundering toward danger
- Orphans fleeing abusive aunt, looking for new home
- Besotted minstrel looking for their true love, who's hiding
- Old sea captain getting called out for telling bullshit stories
- Real magician challenging street conjurer to a sorcerer's duel
- Powerful, senile sorcerer getting befuddled by tricksy merchant
- Wealthy merchant stealing pennies from a blind beggar
- Faithful squire looking for their drunkard master
- Drunk knight trying to escape a pigpen, kids pushing him back
- Paladin in cold-iron plate harassing a harmless old woman
- Pallid young priest trying to convert goblins to Christianity
- Nude peasant, convinced they're invisible, trying to play pranks
- Quack doctor spruiking miracle cures to the deathly ill
- Local dignitary in stocks, getting pelted with dung
- Disguised lord trying to buy impotence remedy from loud merchant
- Goblins trying to pull a sword from a stone
- Leprechaun challenging all comers to arm-wrestle
- Enormous troll accusing a merchant of cheating
- Ponderous ogre at head of queue, slowly deciding what to buy
- Merchants squabbling over territory, their guards standing by
- Jugglers distracting the crowd from a pickpocket
- Sword-swallower trying to extract scimitar from their throat
- Clumsy fire-eater accidentally igniting people's tents
- Sad jester betting passers-by they can't make him laugh
- Warlock buskers attempting to conjure a small, amusing imp
- Two troupes of Morris dancers fighting each other
- Thief being tried under weird goblin law
- Goblin bailiff offering to dispense justice for money
- Witch gambling with people for their fortunes
- Goblin town crier spreading salacious rumours about the PCs
- Small animal grown to enormous size, running amok
- Talking animal begging not to be slaughtered
- Players in a game accusing each other of cheating
- Players accusing a game's judge of taking bribes
- Bookmaker taking bets on a game they know is rigged
- Famous game champion betting heavily on themselves
Games
- Conkers
- Poohsticks
- Cheese rolling
- Burning-barrel rolling
- Nettle eating
- Pancake racing (fry them while you run)
- Tin-bath rowing
- Pudding-boat racing
- Snail racing
- Ferret racing
- Gravy wrestling
- Bog snorkeling
- Worm charming
- Greased-pig chasing
- Gurning
- Black-pudding tossing
- Caber tossing
- Dwarf tossing
- Stone skimming
- Birdman contest
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