Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 03:36 PM	well, the title says it all. Let's make from this list the ultimate list for tavern rumors, a list that all DM's will use in their comming adventures when they got not a clue on what to do next, or when they want to give the players a sidequest. 1. The duke jewels have been stolen, he pays a good money for whoever recovers them. 2. A rogue guild is planning to assassin the King. 3. A gang of outcasts are attacking the merchants in a nearby road. 4. A Merchant is looking for mercenaries to protect his caravan. 5. A portal for another plane has been opened and evil outsiders are attacking people.
SnowSage 08-25-06, 03:47 PM	6: The hot bar wen*h has feelings for NPC X... and will pay anyone who can get him to come for her... In ways other than gold.
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 04:12 PM	7. Some boys outside the tavern approach the PC's - they want to buy weapons and rum, but since they are too young for that nobody will sell to them - So they ask the PC's to buy for them, and give the PC's the money for that. who thought about Baldur's Gate?
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 05:04 PM	8. A massive load of goods will arive in the town, there will be work to unload and probably lots of thieves around
Omega the Powerfull 08-25-06, 06:04 PM	Don't be shy people, there are still 993 numberws to fill
Captn Blake 08-25-06, 06:54 PM	9. The barkeep sometimes accepts bribes from passing ships to drug the ale. Patrons are shanghied out to sea. Sooo... you might wanna put that ale down. 10. One of the oil lamps in here opens a secret room full of dwarven treasure! (extra strong dwarven ale?). But if they catch you messing with the lamps - could be trouble. 11. See this rune carved into the tabletop? That proves it - these tables were made from the wood of the Sacred Grove of Limelith. You know, where all those druids were slain? I think the owner was in on it. 12. Did you check your change carefully? Some say they're pressing counterfit money upstairs - impure metals. 13. Aye, a cousin o' mine says he saw Fina the Talented here - aye. the famed singer. Says she's here all the time - but mostly in disguise. Also says she be willin' t' pay top coin fer the heads of those who crossed her - like her three husbands. 14. During the Firetongue Plague, the dieing were administered to down in the wine cellar. Ever since, things haven't been right. They don't even use half the space down there. Why, they say the Sou' East door hasn't been opened since. 15. Well, you know why the drought is here, dontcha? Diffender's daughter - the pregnant one? That's no ordinary baby. She laid with a deamon, she did. Brought this all upon us. I have proof, too. I know where to find her "missing lover" - or rather, his body. 16. That package-carriage that got intercepted last month? That was no ordinary robbery. Think about it - they killed the horses. Now who'd do that when a horse can fetch a pretty piece around here? Nah - you notice the deacon around lately? I haven't. I'm sure of it - the church was expecting a holy item in that shipment. And there's only two people that'd know that around here. The priest and the postman. One of 'em's in on it. 17. Professor missed instruction today - he never showed up. You know what that means, don't you. He must have gotten another tip about its whereabouts. In fact, the Egsan's fastest horse - the grey and black one - it's not in the stable. Must have been rented. And it's not cheap. Now his lady friend from the bookshop called on him during class a few days back, and I noticed him over in the merchantile district coming out of Fyrd's Curios shop. Seems like a good place to start askin' around, if you're lookin' for fun.
Monsco 08-25-06, 08:11 PM	18. Awakened monkeys are riding dogs and becomeing killers for hire.
Kojin_Delacour 08-25-06, 08:24 PM	19. Did you ever hear about the wizards sister??
Shaggy_Shaggs 08-26-06, 03:17 AM	20. "Why, my cousin heard those 'heroes' cause all the disasters they stop. She says they're fiends walking among us mortals to stir up trouble. I don't know if I believe that, but how can they always seem to be there just in time when trouble starts? Say... you look a lot like the pictures of <pcname>..." (This one came up at a low-level riot the PCs attended in one session. The fact of the matter was, they did start the fire that nearly destroyed the city, but it was a mistake, and they put it out as quickly as they could. Good thing the rogue's Bluff and Diplomacy checks were through the roof or that would have gotten a lot uglier.)
YFNH 08-26-06, 03:25 AM	21. "They say that on the trade road to the south, caravans have been found burnt and blackened, with no survivors...and they've suddenly picked up about 4 more wagons." 22. "You see that tower over there? We reckon some magicy guy lived there. We still hear booms and maniac laughter, occasionally."
Tobus Neth 08-26-06, 03:52 AM	23. The lich king is looking to marry
Whisper_Swiftblade 08-26-06, 07:21 AM	24) I herd that at night people are going up to that manchun on the hill and comeing back the next morning without recolection of the night before, and I hear more people are going every night.
Whisper_Swiftblade 08-26-06, 07:21 AM	24) I herd that at night people are going up to that manchun on the hill and comeing back the next morning without recolection of the night before, and I hear more people are going every night.
HerbalTea 08-26-06, 08:54 AM	25. The king/lord has been taken prisoner by an ancient necromancer in a very distant, long forgotten land whilst returning from a war.
Omega the Powerfull 08-26-06, 01:38 PM	26. Misterious groaning sounds come from the haunted woods at night. 27. A strange island is sad to be the ruins of an ancient empire, but nobody that has been there came back to tell. 28. A woman that has dissapeared years ago is seen walking on the top of the hills in the full moon.
John Paul Stoddard 08-26-06, 03:09 PM	29 I hear the Wizard on the Coast is looking to write his 4th edition books to sell to ye young Apprentices:D 30 A ghost ship sails these seas I tell ye. I have seen her shimmering sails in the Full moon myself. 31. That there dwarf is behind the shortage of ale, because of he the price of a pint has gone up again. He can't be drinking that much
greatamericanfolkhero 08-26-06, 04:45 PM	32) A Goddess of the natural world has forged five magical rings that allow her chosen champions control over the elements and can be used together to summon aid when needed. Rumor has it that one of the rings has been lost, and there are various factions trying to find it.
Omega the Powerfull 08-26-06, 06:49 PM	33. An orc army is sad to be heading to this location. 34. When the three planets alingn in the sky there a really bad thing will happen. 35. Someone in the town is a werewolf. 36. Noxious fumes are comming from the sewers.
Omega the Powerfull 08-27-06, 01:20 AM	37. A doppleganger has swithched places with the king, that's the reason he has been acting so wierd lately. 38. A caravan has been atacked and all it's precious cargo has been stolen by maruders of the hills. 39. Many animals in the farms are being found dead at dawn.
PiedmonSama 08-27-06, 02:14 AM	40. The company of adventurers staying at the inn returned from the wilderness with a cursed artifact that draws misfortune all around it. Accidents have been happening all over the town, and something must be done before people get hurt.... 41. Old Barnabas, the town rummy, actually used to be a respected adventurer back in the day. He put down his sword and took up the bottle when all his comrades died in the Spider Caves. Now he's the last man who knows where to find the lost treasures within the Caves, but he'd need quite a bit of convincing to set foot in them again.... 42. Man-eating Dire Rats have always been a problem in the town's cavernous sewer system. But recently the attacks have come to a halt for no apparent reason. Arumn Harper, a local pipeman, stumbled into the tavern one night with a wild story about seeing an army of rats obediently following a lone figure through the tunnels--of course, he was laughed off, until the disappearances started.... 43. Sanvug Greentusk is an Orc from the savage frontieres, but unlike his murderous kin he has embraced the teachings of Pelor and learned to tolerate in peace human, elf, and dwarf alike. A talented blacksmith, Sanvug made a small fortune making masterwork weapons for warriors out on the frontier. Unfortunately, when he tried to move his smithy into a big city, Sanvug was harrassed and his property was destroyed by racist street gangs. He needs someone (or preferrably someones) to act as his bodyguard while he tries to win a business license from the city courts---unfortunately, charismatic elements in the local populace are busy whipping up the commoners into a frenzy against the "greenskin."
coldfire_x 08-27-06, 02:29 AM	44. the king is an evil leech 45.about a cave not fur from the city....
ShadowDragon8685 08-27-06, 05:41 AM	46. Why, they say the Baron's daughter is exceptionally picky. Run off no less 'n twenty suitors - fine, strapping young men, them, too. Run the gamut from swordsman to spellcasting scholarly wizard to devout holy man. Aye, an' she's beautiful 'ayound compare an' all that rubbish. Her father's gettin' more desperate to marry 'er off - Dowry's gettin' quite big, to the man who can win 'er 'eart. 47. Y'know, up in those hills where the snow falls most 'a th' year, it's said there's a family - a whole family - o' demons? Aye, it's true - I seen 'em meself, wit' me own two peepers! There's aposta be five o' 'em - four o' 'em 'ave three arms an' huge, red tails, an' the fifth has only two arms, but huge wings, lotsa hair, an' a tail, all o' 'em colored like the rainbow. 48. Why, you know... It's said that Old Lady Hencock? She's the biggest gossip-monger, rumor-mill and fence-squaker in town. She knows everytin', I tells ye.
Piggyfreak6 08-27-06, 10:44 AM	49. 2 cooks in the local Inn have created a tea with a secret ingredient. When the tea is drunk it paralyzes the drinker. (The secret ingredient is Gelatenous Cube Slime)
Omega the Powerfull 08-27-06, 12:06 PM	50. Many of the government opositors have been found dead. Probably there is a conspiracy going on...
lord_feint 08-27-06, 03:09 PM	51. A minor earthquake has opened a previously sealed entrance to a mine that once yeilded a rich <insert metal/gem> deposit... However, the mine was sealed for a reason... 52. A band of Stone Giants that once traded with the locals has begun to prey on Caravans passing through the area... An envoy sent to talk to the Giants has not returned... 53. An outspoken Charlatan has recently started to sponsor wrestling matches between random citizens, PCs, etc. and his "new" champion, An ordinary Goblin!... But the goblin seems to GAIN Hit Points from physical attacks rather than lose them, and hasn't lost a match... 54. Guards at a nearby border watchtower have been reporting strange "lights" and "glimmers" in the woods near the tower at night... The mysterious illuminations always disappear quickly when the Guards approach... 55. An Killer of the foulest nature is preying on Nobles of all ages in the City... The assassin leaves behind clues at each of the sites, but so far the autorities remain baffled...
Secrets Untold 08-27-06, 03:41 PM	44. the king is an evil leech 45.about a cave not fur from the city.... Hey everybody! Its time for another game of... TRANSLATION TIME!! The gameshow where you, the viewer, try to understand the quoted post! Is it A? "44. The king is an evil lich 45. About a cave not far from the city..." Or is it B? "44. The king is an evil, parasitic invertabrate that lives off of the blood of its host 45. About a cave that has no animal hair imported to it from the city..." You decide! (Seriously I hate it when people make really weird misspellings and grammar mistakes)
UmbralKnight 08-27-06, 04:00 PM	:rofl: 56. The local Duchess is known for indiscretions regarding her fidelity, and the Duke is growing more and more intolerant, having several men in town arrested or even excecuted. 57. The town begger often goes into prophetic rants that bear an uncanny accuracy to events that unfold. 58. The local lord refuses to comment on rumors of a mysterious prisoner in his dungeon.
qzinkie 08-27-06, 06:00 PM	Hey everybody! Its time for another game of... TRANSLATION TIME!! The gameshow where you, the viewer, try to understand the quoted post! Is it A? "44. The king is an evil lich 45. About a cave not far from the city..." Or is it B? "44. The king is an evil, parasitic invertabrate that lives off of the blood of its host 45. About a cave that has no animal hair imported to it from the city..." You decide! (Seriously I hate it when people make really weird misspellings and grammar mistakes) Not everybody has english as his or her first language, neither do I for that matter. Next time, remember this "if it annoys you, ignore it" if that doesnt work "if it still annoys you, leave it" ;) oh and 59: Sorry i'm also an adventurer looking for rumors 60: They say a huge white wolf appears at every full moon, he's *said adventurer cuts in* "hey that's my rumor!" ;)
amacigian 08-27-06, 08:56 PM	61. "a plague is spreading through (insert whatever realm the pcs are in) and wherever it spreads the village/city/town ends up in ruins. also people are saying that the undead and the cult of the damned have returned. no one who gets near the village/city/town are never seen again. and heres an odd bit of knowledge, the... ( insert people turning into undead.) dang, i need to stop playing warcraft 3.
invisble1 08-27-06, 09:11 PM	63. a princess/maiden has gone missing; when the players find her, she is protecting a dragon egg, as the mother has died... hordes are after the egg and the girl....
Count Arioch the 28th 08-27-06, 09:13 PM	64. In a nearby cave dwells an orc. It is said he has a particularly tasty pie.
Rickiel 08-27-06, 09:29 PM	Invisible1....Did you watch SciFi channel's Dragon Sword yesterday too? 65: They say that paladin hero <insert name here> has finally gotten up to the task of looking for a bride. One thing though... Nobody knew until now that the paladin was a woman! 66: I saw a kobold, a goblin, a halfling, and a gnome all come into the tavern, jump onto the bar, and exit the tavern for no apparant reason! 67: So I was talking with this bard fellow who's been to the tropics some leagues south of here. And he says he saw the oddest thing. Now I know you have probably heard about werewolves right? Well this bard see, he says he saw something of the similar sort transforming before his very eyes under the moonlight! But then he says that it turned into some large gangly pink bird with a wicked curved beak! Now I asks ye...what kind of a monster is THAT!? 68: The ale....it's been speaking to meh. 69: Some say the local milk maid ran off with a minotaur from the labryinths below the city.
ShadowDragon8685 08-27-06, 09:56 PM	70. Have you scccheen the Vengar boyz? Hizzlarious troupe of bards, zhey come trough town, scchink like girlsss, annnnn *drunk passes out, drolling and mumbling something you probably don't want to know about.* 71. Heyyyshaa, cuttieee. I wannntssh you in my rooooom. 72. Did you hear about the wierd old coots who live in a tower three days west o' here? Buncha ol' wizards, pretty harmless guys. But now they say that they've dug a huge mucking straight pit next to the tower, an' are buildin' something wierd in it. I'm not sayin' they're up to trouble, but it might be interestin' ta poke around - an' they might have a job fer ya.
Raymond_Luxury_Yacht 08-28-06, 01:18 AM	Not everybody has english as his or her first language, neither do I for that matter. As a general rule of thumb, the people for whom English is not a first language don't make much in the way of spelling or grammatical errors. Most of the few errors are in grammar, and are recognizable with a little experience. 73. They say that the spooky robed guy with the hidden face in the darkened corner sends people off to remote locales, then strips the loot off of their inevitable corpses.
Always-Late 08-28-06, 01:37 AM	74. Nobody can actually remember a time when that spooky hooded guy in the corner wasn't actually there. And he's always got a beer.
greatamericanfolkhero 08-28-06, 01:47 AM	75) An Evil bard created a Joke so funny that it will kill anyone who hears it. When he told it the first time, he forgot to wear ear plugs, and did himself in. Some say that he wrote the joke down somewhere, but no one has ever found it. 76) "There was some crazy old fool in here two nights back, claiming that he had a ship that can sail the stars and was lookin' for a crew."
Omega the Powerfull 08-28-06, 11:47 AM	77. A terrible curse has fallen over the king, and everithing he touches becomes gold, including people (no save), he will pay a fortune to whoever frees him from the curse. 78. People say that ninphs appeared, as they came to the world, in the town square last night, they were searching for real men. (this interpretation depend on the DM ;)
Kimokeo 08-28-06, 12:18 PM	79. This isn't a tavern. You walked into the hardware store, again. Chalk that up for an intelligence of 3
Omega the Powerfull 08-28-06, 02:56 PM	80. Some seadogs have reported a strange fonomena they called "black tide", when they were on open seas and that thing kills all fish around it - very bad for business.
Kimokeo 08-28-06, 03:51 PM	81. "Eh? What'cha want? Ooooh. Jews. Sure, we got some Jews. Sure you don't want somethin' stronga?" "Ok. Doos you want Orange Jews, Apple Jews, or Cranberry Jews?" 82. "Yeah, the guy rents rooms. Closets are more like it. Strange rooms, though. People seem to change when they come out of the closet." 83. "Look Mister. I work hear so I can urn sum loot so I can support all the broads on this floor. And, the name ain't Missy. It's Joist. No, I can't spell niether." 84. "I don't recommend playing cards with that fella. No, Sirree. I think he cheats." "Sure, go ahead. It's not my money. He has a deck of cards - two in all. But, I'm warning you. He cheats. He beats me all the time. He deals the cards and always beats me with a pair." 85. "I heard that there is Mimic Convention in town. Supposedly, they're here in the tavern tonight. Would you like a table and, what is that, four chairs? Oh, look. There's an empty one. Don't remember one in that corner. Oh well. Table for four?"
Mandarbgrim 08-28-06, 10:11 PM	86. I hear old Willard's cow was cursed by that witch that lives in the woods. Somebody should put a stop to her <The Old Lady is a herb gatherer and harmless.> 87. Belas, the town drunkard used to be a great and devout warrior. They say he got half his village killed attacking that Vampire's Keep. <He was once a Bard who spread Tales of heroism with himself as the hero. Unfortunately a village actually took him up on his boasts. He isn't a drunk out of shame, but out of fear...the Vampire only left him alive because it thought the affair was amusing.> What about rumors that aren't actually plot hooks and those that aren't even true at all. For myself random misleading rumors are more useful than hooks.
Kraleck 08-29-06, 06:56 AM	88. "'Ave ye' folks 'eard 'bout the Magurn brothers? Triplet Sorcerers they be. Always fightin' wi' one another over weapons, women, and their in'eritance." "Yeah, ye' can't miss 'em. They're always blastin' at each other's 'ouses wi' magic. The first born wears red an' lives in a red 'ouse, the mid'le born yello', an' the last born blue." "Seems they were fightin' 'bout a girl they saw in the woods 'bout a week ago. We 'eard she 'ad the strangest pointy ears. Almost like an elf's but not quite the same." "Yeah, and Dirk, the youngest, comes in 'bout two days ago complainin' 'bout 'is eyes both'rin' 'im. Said 'e was in love though an' di'n't care 'bout the blindin' pain 'e was in."
Queenjesus 08-29-06, 09:23 AM	89) That girl who they say is the Dukes daughter, don't you think she looks a bit fey. 90) I heard old Magnus the locksmith is selling up shop, a lot of bargains to be had. 91) I saw this guy throw a coin in the fountain and say some words, next thing I know it's flowing with wine.
Omega the Powerfull 08-29-06, 11:05 AM	92. News huh? You seem to be new around here huh? Well I know a good place where you can find the hottest news around, it's called Inferno....
Seraphine_Harmonium 09-01-06, 01:35 AM	93. "Listen here, I've heard tell of a treasure; summat could buy ye whole cities with. It lies on an island that cannot be found, savin' by those who already know where it is. . . " (fight cursed pirates) 94. "There's a new 'aviary' in town, big bird-cage like, keeps birds the likes a which I never seen afore" 95. "You know the playhouse? They say all sorts of creepy stuff goes on there. They say there's a ghost, just sorta walks around, with death's head and eyes you can only see at night."