Event List

[ideasmith]

This is a DM aid for deciding what happens if the PCs sit around for awhile, what has happen in an area if the PCs have been gone awhile, or what has happened to an NPC the PCs haven’t met in a while.

There are two basic ways to use these tables: Look at the relevant table (s) for inspiration and decide what happens, or roll several times on each table and decide which roll to use.

AREA EVENTS
Die Roll Event
1 Important Marriage
2 Natural Disaster
3 Peaceful Change of Leadership
4 Political Plot
5 Rebellion
6 War


INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (NPC)
Die Roll Event
1 Accident
2 Accused of Crime
3 Comes Across Secret
4 Death
5 Deity Sends Omen
6 Fall Ill
7 Has Child
8 Imprisoned
9 Interaction with Government/Law Enforcement
10 Invited to Social Event
11 Job/Position Offer
12 Meet Person/Befriended
13 Meet Person/Offended
14 Meet Potential Spouse/Lover
15 Unexpected Loss
16 Windfall

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (PC)
Die Roll Event
1 Accident
2 Accused of Crime
3 Comes Across Secret
4 Deity Sends Omen
5 Fall Ill
6 Interaction with Government/Law Enforcement
7 Invited to Social Event
8 Job/Position Offer
9 Meet Person/Befriended
10 Meet Person/Offended
11 Meet Potential Spouse/Lover
12 Spouse/Lover Wants Child
13 Unexpected Loss
14 Windfall



RELEVANT SKILL
Die Roll Skill
1 Appraise
2 Balance
3 Bluff
4 Climb
5 Concentration
6 Craft: Alchemy
7 Craft: Armorsmith
8 Craft: Blacksmith
9 Craft: Cook
10 Craft: Engineer
11 Craft: Jeweler
12 Craft: Leatherworker
13 Craft: Shipwright
14 Craft: Tailor
15 Craft: Trapmaker
16 Craft: Weaponsmith
17 Craft: Woodworker
18 Decipher Script
19 Diplomacy
20 Disable Device
21 Disguise
22 Escape Artist
23 Forgery
24 Intimidate
25 Jump
26 Knowledge: Arcana
27 Knowledge: Architecture and engineering
28 Knowledge: Dungeoneering
29 Knowledge: Geography
30 Knowledge: History
31 Knowledge: Local
32 Knowledge: Nature
33 Knowledge: Nobility and royalty
34 Knowledge: Religion
35 Knowledge: The planes
36 Listen
37 Move Silently
38 Open Lock
39 Perform: Act
40 Perform: Comedy
41 Perform: Dance
42 Perform: Keyboard Instruments
43 Perform: Oratory
44 Perform: Percussion Instruments
45 Perform: Physical Shtick
46 Perform: Sing
47 Perform: String Instruments
48 Perform: Wind Instruments
49 Profession: Barber
50 Profession: Barrister
51 Profession: Beggar
52 Profession: Cook
53 Profession: Courtier
54 Profession: Engineer
55 Profession: Farmer
56 Profession: Fisherman
57 Profession: Gambler
58 Profession: Guide
59 Profession: Herbalist
60 Profession: Interpreter
61 Profession: Merchant
62 Profession: Miner
63 Profession: Porter
64 Profession: Priest
65 Profession: Rumormonger
66 Profession: Sailer
67 Profession: Scribe
68 Profession: Sculptor
69 Profession: Servant
70 Profession: Shepherd
71 Profession: Teacher
72 Profession: Teamster
73 Ride
74 Search
75 Sense Motive
76 Sleight Of Hand
77 Speak Language
78 Spellcraft
79 Spot
80 Survival
81 Swim
82 Tumble
83 Use Magic Device
84 Use Rope

[inuyasha]

While I like the idea of this, I'm a little confused about the relevant skill chart, is that meant to generate something like "a tremendous use of use rope is the cause of a natural disaster"?

[nikkoli]

I think tell first three tables are what is happening then the last one is how to solve it. Interesting idea but needs a little bit more explination.

[Jormengand]

It tells you how to use them: either roll on one, or just roll on all of them until you find something that inspires you. So if I roll 1d84 (not that I know how to do that) and get Perform: Oratory, I might decide that a political speaker has started an inconvenient campaign for the PCs.

[ideasmith]

While I like the idea of this, I'm a little confused about the relevant skill chart, is that meant to generate something like "a tremendous use of use rope is the cause of a natural disaster"?
I was thinking more like: The PC meets a potential spouse/lover who needs knots untied.

But it only matters so far what I was thinking; the table’s value to you is in the ideas it gives you, not the sort of ideas I was expecting it to give you.


I think tell first three tables are what is happening then the last one is how to solve it. Interesting idea but needs a little bit more explination.
Since this is an inspiration source rather than a rule, clarity can be counterproductive.


It tells you how to use them: either roll on one, or just roll on all of them until you find something that inspires you.
Or on two or three of them, if you like.


So if I roll 1d84 (not that I know how to do that) and get Perform: Oratory, I might decide that a political speaker has started an inconvenient campaign for the PCs.
Why roll 1d84? Why not roll 1d100? You will already be rerolling as needed.