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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2709811" data-attributes="member: 9254">I had an excellent fair early IMC and it was unplanned; I just pulled it off by the seat of my pants.  Recreating that feel takes a lot of work.  If you want it to be compelling, it needs to hit the PCs in their interests.   Look at not only your player's classes but what kind of encounter they enjoy. Example: Party at the time consisted of of bard3/rogue2, rogue5, wizard4/cleric1, cleric5, fighter5, and a druid5.  They had loot to sell at the fair, several packhorses worth of jewelry, art, mundane weapons and armor (They love bandits).  They manage to get a stall at the fair and throw together a tent with fabric no one else wanted to buy (pink and green stripes).  The bard plans on handling most of the selling with the fighter providing visible muscle.  The rogue visits the local guild to check in and is informed that during the fair the guild actually handles security; the town pays a reasonable amount for the effort and the person who catches a thief gets part of the fines.  Normally they wouldn't hire someone their first year but since they have a merchant's stall he'll give the PC a chance.  The cleric handles most of the basic paperwork and then goes on ale & candy bender, offering up benedictions and rock candy to any who approach.  The wizard dickers for magical supplies and participates in the illusion crafting contest.  The fighter has a bit of fun in the brawling tournament while the bard competes for a masterwork fiddle in the bardic tent.   I had the fighter lose to the local weaponsmith (a retired half-orc barbarian adventurer) who took a shine to the PC and has become their favorite supplier of things that do pain.  The judge of the performance tent was the local lord, an elf who crafts instruments as a hobby.   A few pickpockets give the party some excitement and, since they were bright enough not to use lethal force, kudos from the local guilds.  Whenever possible I'd have things in proximity so the performance contest was going on during the illusion and brawling events so the bard saw no reason not to use his inspirational abilities on his allies.   You'll note I didn't hook the druid; the player was having trouble with the character and eventually switched so for this encounter he pretty much just wandered around with the others.  Hey, you can't always win for everyone.</blockquote>

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