City side-trek ideas

shock the monkey · Feb 8, 2005

So I've finally got my heroes in the city and I need to cook up some side-treks for them til the main plot line kicks in at a later level. Can you suggest any ideas to keep them busy?

Thanks in advance.

STM

The Amazing Dingo · Feb 8, 2005

That is a really really broad area to try to give ideas without knowing anything about your setting, city, or players. A little more information would be useful.

Turanil · Feb 8, 2005

Just download the free PDF: d100-city-blocks. It's an Enworld community work. Even if it doesn't provide you with what you need, it's FREE. Just see link in my sig. below.

Napftor · Feb 8, 2005

Turanil said:
Just see link in my sig. below.

I'm afraid the link in your sig leads to one of the many 404 errors around these parts.

For city ideas you might try Foul Locales: Urban Blight and FL: Behind the Gates.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Feb 8, 2005

One of the adventurers -- the least reliable one, the one who may have led everyone on wild goose chases before -- sees an attractive member of their preferred gender yanked off a quiet street and shoved into the back of a carriage. No one else is around, and the player has to figure out where the carriage is going and yet get the rest of the party together to mount a rescue ... assuming that the event really happened like they think it did. Or at all.

Hand of Evil · Feb 8, 2005

Get to know the city, it may not be the adventure the players are use to but interact with NPCs.

Some side tracks:
..Meeting the guard
..Meeting the thieves
..Hue and cry, a chase on the streets
..Find a friend that is missing
..Looking for a place to live

Also see the thread CSI: Eberron 101 Cospes:http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=109256&highlight=Eberron+Corpse

philreed · Feb 8, 2005

Napftor said:
I'm afraid the link in your sig leads to one of the many 404 errors around these parts.

For city ideas you might try Foul Locales: Urban Blight and FL: Behind the Gates.

And here's a link to find them.

http://www.rpgnow.com/search.php?query=foul+locales&x=8&y=8&SRC=EnWorld

If you're running a city game, you'll also want Fantasy Flight Games' CityWorks. It's got some good ideas between its covers.

JoeGKushner · Feb 8, 2005

Napftor said:
For city ideas you might try Foul Locales: Urban Blight and FL: Behind the Gates.

Both of these are good products that are easy to use.

I was really hoping that MEG would pull out a Foul Locales: Arcana Evolved series of encounters but alas, that didn't turn up.

Napftor · Feb 8, 2005

Thanks Phil and Joe. Yeah, it's a shame FL: Arcana didn't turn into reality. I have a page of notes made when I was told about the project. But that was at least a year ago. Heck, it's probably been close to that long since I spoke with Doug or Hal. I'm still in touch with then-Foul Locales head Charles Plemons and would love to put out another book of locales (generic or whatever--any publishers listening?

).

shock the monkey · Feb 8, 2005

More info...

Well, without giving too much away (my players are likely perusing these boards), I can say it's a medium-sized city with a predominant mix of humans with elves, gnomes, halflings, and dwarves thrown in for good measure. Furthermore, it's a city located in Greyhawk, one ruled by a feudal monarchy, and it's currently being beseiged with refugees from another destroyed kingdom.