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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4764508" data-attributes="member: 386"><p><strong>Random Rumour Table: Winterhaven</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Rumours</strong></p><p></p><p>Here's how I plan on handling rumours. If this doesn't work, I'll do something else.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Declare what you are trying to find out about specifically, or just in general. Then pick your DC and roll Streetwise. DCs are sorted by availability of information; Easy 13, Normal 15, Hard 20, Secret 25.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Add +2 if appropriate funds are spent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Each 5 over the DC grants another rumour.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> All rumours are generated randomly.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>*** WINTERHAVEN ***</strong></p><p><strong>Easy</strong></p><p>1. Bandits lurk on the Gardmore Downs.</p><p>2. There are many dark shapes in the skies above the Cairngorms. Fell signs, indeed!</p><p>3. Wolves have been raiding outlying farms lately.</p><p>4. Strange lights have been seen again in Watcher's Hill. [an old, ruined fort on a hill a few miles south of Winterhaven, overlooking it and the King's Road]</p><p></p><p><strong>Normal</strong></p><p>1. Cadon the Gentle had his farm burned to the ground. Kobold and goblin tracks were on the ground. This is the first raid they've made since Kalarel was killed.</p><p>2. Some of the kobold traps are still active in the woods - a hunter came across a deer riddled with iron spikes.</p><p>3. Some kids are planning to watch the "Winter Lights" that you can see on the peak of Calamast, highest of the Cairngorms.</p><p>4. The bloodspear orcs are gathering strength again; a merchant spotted some on the road, and was able to scare them off.</p><p>5. Tobor Krice, a fisherman, got lost in Lake Wintermist when he fell asleep, but the Raven Queen must have had other plans for him; the Ghost of the Mist did not take him back to the Tower of Dreams.</p><p>6. The Tigerclaw Barbarians are beating the drums of war, and plan to raid the valley again.</p><p>7. A noble lord is trying to raise mercenaries in Fallcrest for an expedition into the Temple of Yellow Skulls.</p><p>8. A small goblin encampment lies just north of Cadon's farm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hard</strong></p><p>1. The bandits have a spy in town.</p><p>2. A new kuthrik burrow has reached the surface on the southern side of the Sisters. [two large hills near Winterhaven on the south side of the Old King's Road.]</p><p>3. Cultists of Orcus have made a camp near Gardmore Abbey.</p><p>4. The dead walk again in the Cairngorms.</p><p>5. The Valley of the Dead (in the Cairngorms) is changing - the trees are barren and warped, even in the summer. It is a haunted place.</p><p>6. New statues line the Valley of Stone. [a valley in the Gardbury Downs lined by giant raised slabs of rune-carved stone.]</p><p>7. Some of the trees were burned - and charred bones left over - on the Old King's Road.</p><p>8. Large iron spikes litter the southern edges of the Gardbury Downs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Secret</strong></p><p>1. One of the Winterhaven Regulars has a brother who has turned to banditry.</p><p>2. A white dragon lairs in the Cairngorms.</p><p>3. There is a portal to the abyss in the Cairngorms.</p><p>4. The Whitefang kobolds have defeated the goblin tribes in the Cairngorms and have united them under a common banner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 4764508, member: 386"] [b]Random Rumour Table: Winterhaven[/b] [b]Rumours[/b] Here's how I plan on handling rumours. If this doesn't work, I'll do something else. [list][*] Declare what you are trying to find out about specifically, or just in general. Then pick your DC and roll Streetwise. DCs are sorted by availability of information; Easy 13, Normal 15, Hard 20, Secret 25. [*] Add +2 if appropriate funds are spent. [*] Each 5 over the DC grants another rumour. [*] All rumours are generated randomly.[/list] [b]*** WINTERHAVEN ***[/b] [b]Easy[/b] 1. Bandits lurk on the Gardmore Downs. 2. There are many dark shapes in the skies above the Cairngorms. Fell signs, indeed! 3. Wolves have been raiding outlying farms lately. 4. Strange lights have been seen again in Watcher's Hill. [an old, ruined fort on a hill a few miles south of Winterhaven, overlooking it and the King's Road] [b]Normal[/b] 1. Cadon the Gentle had his farm burned to the ground. Kobold and goblin tracks were on the ground. This is the first raid they've made since Kalarel was killed. 2. Some of the kobold traps are still active in the woods - a hunter came across a deer riddled with iron spikes. 3. Some kids are planning to watch the "Winter Lights" that you can see on the peak of Calamast, highest of the Cairngorms. 4. The bloodspear orcs are gathering strength again; a merchant spotted some on the road, and was able to scare them off. 5. Tobor Krice, a fisherman, got lost in Lake Wintermist when he fell asleep, but the Raven Queen must have had other plans for him; the Ghost of the Mist did not take him back to the Tower of Dreams. 6. The Tigerclaw Barbarians are beating the drums of war, and plan to raid the valley again. 7. A noble lord is trying to raise mercenaries in Fallcrest for an expedition into the Temple of Yellow Skulls. 8. A small goblin encampment lies just north of Cadon's farm. [b]Hard[/b] 1. The bandits have a spy in town. 2. A new kuthrik burrow has reached the surface on the southern side of the Sisters. [two large hills near Winterhaven on the south side of the Old King's Road.] 3. Cultists of Orcus have made a camp near Gardmore Abbey. 4. The dead walk again in the Cairngorms. 5. The Valley of the Dead (in the Cairngorms) is changing - the trees are barren and warped, even in the summer. It is a haunted place. 6. New statues line the Valley of Stone. [a valley in the Gardbury Downs lined by giant raised slabs of rune-carved stone.] 7. Some of the trees were burned - and charred bones left over - on the Old King's Road. 8. Large iron spikes litter the southern edges of the Gardbury Downs. [b]Secret[/b] 1. One of the Winterhaven Regulars has a brother who has turned to banditry. 2. A white dragon lairs in the Cairngorms. 3. There is a portal to the abyss in the Cairngorms. 4. The Whitefang kobolds have defeated the goblin tribes in the Cairngorms and have united them under a common banner. [/QUOTE]
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