mike wightman
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I posted this a week or so ago at rpgnet, in answer to what to do for a quick adventure for an evenings entertainment.
It's probably a case of grandmother's sucking eggs, but it may be useful to someone.
Anyway, here's how I do it sometimes, using the tables in LBB3.
Roll 1d for random person encounters, and roll their reactions.
Roll 1d3 for patrons/major NPCs encountered.
Rearrange the encounters to frame a story, and consider where the patron/major NPCs come into things.
Here's an example:
roll of 4 for person encounters, roll of 1 for patron/major NPC
police patrol - non-committal (is this a regular patrol, are they looking for anything in particular?)
bandits - hostile, will attack (what sort of bandits are they, is this who the police patrol is after?)
tourists - responsive (where do the players meet them, are the PCs guides, bodyguards, or part of the group?)
naval security troops - responsive (will they, can they, help against the bandits?)
I'd rearrange in the order: tourists - police - bandits - naval security
The patron/major NPC is a spy (roll again for cover identity) posing as a mercenary.
Is he one of the bandits, part of the tourist party, does he lead everyone to the bandits, is he in league with the naval security troops?
It's probably a case of grandmother's sucking eggs, but it may be useful to someone.
Anyway, here's how I do it sometimes, using the tables in LBB3.
Roll 1d for random person encounters, and roll their reactions.
Roll 1d3 for patrons/major NPCs encountered.
Rearrange the encounters to frame a story, and consider where the patron/major NPCs come into things.
Here's an example:
roll of 4 for person encounters, roll of 1 for patron/major NPC
police patrol - non-committal (is this a regular patrol, are they looking for anything in particular?)
bandits - hostile, will attack (what sort of bandits are they, is this who the police patrol is after?)
tourists - responsive (where do the players meet them, are the PCs guides, bodyguards, or part of the group?)
naval security troops - responsive (will they, can they, help against the bandits?)
I'd rearrange in the order: tourists - police - bandits - naval security
The patron/major NPC is a spy (roll again for cover identity) posing as a mercenary.
Is he one of the bandits, part of the tourist party, does he lead everyone to the bandits, is he in league with the naval security troops?
