50 Encounters in the Underworld

Roll (d50):

1. The Whispering Graveyard, full of restless spirits.
2. The Eternal Prison, said to hold an immortal foe.
3. The City of Shadows, a place of dark secrets and lies.
4. The Forest of the Shade, the trees are alive and watchful.
5. The Ivory Tower, built of human bones.
6. The Palace of Rust, home to the Iron Duke.
7. The Library of the Damned, where knowledge is a curse.
8. The Maze of Madness, where the walls are alive and hungry.
9. The Garden of Dreams, where reality is an illusion.
10. The Domain of the Doppelgängers, where all is not as it seems.
11. The Fortress of the Faceless, home to the nameless creatures of the night.
12. The Tower of the Titans, where giants walk the earth once more.
13. The Lost city of the Seers, drowned in time.
14. The Coliseum of the Damned, where undead beasts fight.
15. The Arena of the Lost, where gladiators battle to the death.
16. The School of the Necromancers, teaching the dark arts.
17. The Blackest Mountain, cover in ash.
18. The Devil's Playground, where toys never break.
19. The City That Dreams, where all nightmares come true.
20. The keep of forgotten truths, now madness.
21. The Harrowed fields, where the air screams.
22. The Court of the Black Queen, where all kneel.
23. The Mausoleum of Lost Souls, where none can rest.
24. The Arena of Blood, where only the strong survive.
25. The Forge of the Damned, where all are tortured.
26. The Palace of Mirrors, where all truths are lies.
27. The Abino Queen, who only sees in black.
28. Maggot-Ridden Corpses, piled high in heaps.
29. Gnawing Hounds, led by a skeletal master.
30. The Lich Lord's Treasure, guarded by a skeletal dragon.
31. A Slumbering Beholder, dreaming of domination.
32. A City of Shadows, where the sun is never seen.
33. A Forgotten King, entombed in a dreaming coma.
34. A Mad Wizard, babbling in a cell of his own making.
35. An Ancient Green Dragon, slumbering on a hoard of treasure.
36. Angelic Custodians, cleaning the Eternal Archives.
37. The Architects, designing universes from blueprints.
38. The Infinite Darkness, brimming with stars.
39. The Celestial Bureaucracy, filing away hours.
40. The Great Wheel, spinning through time.
41. The Gates of Horn and Ivory, leading to dreams.
42. The Underworld Express, speeding through the darkness.
43. The City of the Dead, home to the departed.
44. The Lost Library, searching for any who remember.
45. The Academy of the Artificers, rivalrous and dangerous.
46. The Court of the Thousand Fools, a jester's paradise.
47. The Palace of a Thousand Doors, forever shut.
48. The Void Between the Worlds, choked with souls.
49. The Gloom, a place of endless night.
50. The Observatory of the Gods, said to see all.

20 Alien Godlings

Roll (d20):

1. Cthaeghya
A monstrous being, part plant, part animal, which dwells in the swamps of Aquilus. It is said to be able to assume the form of any creature it has devoured. It is worshipped by a race of reptilian humanoids known as the Ss'kra.

2. Qo'sha
A55, an intelligent neutron star, is the body of this alien god. It is attended by a court of lesser gods, all of whom are equally enthralled by its high gravity and dense atmosphere. Together they plot the overthrow of the other godlings and their dominion over the universe.

3. Uulth-Va
An alien godling that is little more than a ball of writhing tentacles. It is said to be the last of its kind, all the others having been devoured by Uulth-Va. It now drifts through the emptiness of space, searching for worlds to devour and merge with.

4. Xel-Ha
A many-armed, many-eyed creature that lurks in the dark places of the universe. It is said that Xel-Ha can see everything that happens in the universe, and that it keeps a record of all events in a giant book.

5. K'ythri
A huge amoeba-like creature that drifts through the cosmos, feeding on the energy of stars. K'ythri is said to be so old that it remembers the time before the universe existed.

6. Juk-Shabb
This monstrous beast is a nightmarish creation of the Primordial's genetic engineering. It is a huge ape-like creature with an arsenal of deadly toxins secreted from its pores. The followers of Juk-Shabb collect the toxins and use them to create powerful drugs.

7. The Lattice
A totally alien entity composed of a multi-dimensional network of energy filaments. It is the power source for all the technological goodies of the Celestial Domain. The Lattice is also sentient and can communicate with anyone who connects to it directly.

8. The Wanderers
A race of nomadic aliens who live in huge spaceships. They are masters of gravity manipulation and zero-point energy. They are also experts in weaponry and often hire themselves out as mercenaries.

9. The Grigori
A race of aliens who resemble giant bats. They live in huge caverns deep in the planet and are experts in mining and smelting. They also have the ability to fly and are often used as beasts of burden by the other races.

10. The Ethereans
A race of aliens who can manipulate energy and matter at the quantum level. They live in floating cities and are the builders of the massive space stations. They are also the ones who created the artificial intelligence known as The Lattice.

11. The Primordials
A race of aliens who are the masters of genetic engineering. They created the Juk-Shabb and many other creatures. They live in huge crystal palaces and are served by an army of genetically engineered creatures.

12. Ahl-Goroth
An immensely powerful being that commands swarms of semi-sentient flying creatures. It claims all of the verdant areas of Aquilus as its domain, and attacks anyone who attempts to enter its territory. Ahl-Goroth can only be defeated by using weapons of pure sound, as its body is composed of countless vibrating strings.

13. Uul-Athan
This god is an amorphous mass of writhing tentacles that constantly seek to engulf and consume anything that comes within reach. It is said that there is an intelligence lurking within Uul-Athan, but it is so alien that it is impossible for mortal minds to comprehend.

14. Dul-Sathan
A monstrous being with the head of a dragon and the body of a lion. It is said that Dul-Sathan can assume any form it wishes, but it prefers to manifest in a way that terrorizes and confounds mortals. It is particularly fond of appearing in the dreams of those who have displeased it.

15. Jik-reme
A giant slug-like creature that secretes a powerful acid. It is said that Jik-reme can dissolve anything, even the very bedrock of the planet. Worshippers of Jik-reme believe that it will one day consume the entire world, freeing them from the constraints of matter and allowing them to achieve a state of pure enlightenment.

16. Kug-thot
A bestial god with the head of a alligator and the body of a man. It is said that Kug-thot is exceedingly strong and can crush anything with its bare hands. Its worshippers often engage in bloody rituals in which they mutilate and sacrifice animals and humans to placate their god.

17. Cthylla
A primordial goddess of chaos and destruction. She is said to take the form of a huge winged serpent or a beautiful woman, depending on her mood. Cthylla is unpredictable and dangerous, and her worshippers must be ever vigilant in order to avoid her wrath.

18. Ya-Ratha
A god of death and decay. Ya-Ratha is said to appear as a skeletal figure draped in black robes. It is said that Ya-Ratha can claim any soul it desires, and that its touch is fatal. Worshippers of Ya-Ratha often engage in funerary rites and practices meant to hasten the death of enemies and rivals.

19. Cthaeh
A gigantic alien tree. Its bark is covered in strange symbols that can induce hallucinations in anyone that gazes at them. The tree is tended to by a number of small intelligent creatures known as the saplings. The saplings are in fact the tree's offspring and they will defend it to the death.

20. Galgus
A many-armed monstrous deity that dwells in the volcanic caverns beneath Aquilus' surface. It is said that Galgus can control the very lava itself and that it is worshipped by fire elementals.

Weird Ideas for Character Backgrounds

Roll (d20): 

1. The Transcendent
Possessions: A body in constant flux, a mind beyond understanding.
You are not of this world, not of any world. You are something beyond, something that defies explanation. Your body is in a constant state of flux, constantly changing and adapting to new stimuli. Your mind is beyond understanding, beyond the comprehension of mortal minds. You are something other, something Transcendent.

2. The Fading
Possessions:  A body slowly fading away, memories of a life long gone.
You were once human, but that was a lifetime ago. Now you are something else, something less. Your body is slowly fading away, your memories of a human life long gone. You wander the spheres, searching for a way to regain your humanity, or at least to hold on to what little of it you have left.

3. The Uncanny
Possessions: Eerie dolls, unsettling artwork.
You are more than just human, but less than something else. You are the Uncanny, the strange and unsettling. You collect dolls and artwork, anything that strikes you as odd or unsettling. You can’t help but want to unsettle others, to make them feel as uneasy as you do.

4. The Void Walker
Possessions: A suit of void-resistant armor, a staff of nullifying.
You have walked the Void, the empty nothingness between the spheres. You have seen things that no mortal was meant to see, and you have survived things that would have killed a lesser being. You are a walking paradox, a being that should not exist. You wander the spheres, searching for a way to return to the Void, or at least to find a way to make peace with it.

5. The Broken
Possessions: A body that is not quite right, a mind that is fractured.
You were once whole, but now you are broken. Your body is not quite right, your mind is fractured. You wander the spheres, searching for a way to fix yourself, or at least to understand what happened to you.

6. The Lost
Possessions: A map to a place that does not exist, a guide that cannot be followed.
You are lost, lost in a way that no one can understand. You have a map to a place that does not exist, a guide that cannot be followed. You wander the spheres, searching for a way back to the place you once called home.

7. Melancholic Neonate
Possessions: A shattered mirror, a vial of black ink.
You were born in the void between the stars, and though you’ve never seen your own reflection, you know that you’re nothing special to look at. You’re scared of what you might see, so you carry a shattered mirror and a vial of black ink with you at all times.

8. The Perpetually Startled
Possessions: A pocketwatch, a magnifying glass.
You’re always on edge, always on the lookout for danger. It’s not that you’re paranoid — it’s that you’ve seen too much in your short life. You’ve seen things that nobody should have to see, and it’s left you jumpy and twitchy. You’re always the one who notices when something’s not quite right, and you’re always the first to react when trouble comes.

9. The Unsleeping
Possessions: A bottle of pills, an eye patch.
You never sleep. You don’t need to. You’ve been awake for so long that you can’t even remember what it feels like to dream. You’re not sure if you’re even human anymore. You take pills to stay awake, and you wear an eye patch to keep the light from bother you.

10. The Schismatic
Possessions: A knife, a bottle of holy water.
You were once a part of a great and terrible whole, but now you are nothing. You are a walking heresy, a living contradiction. You are two people in one body, and you can never rest until one of you is destroyed. You carry a knife to end your own life, and a bottle of holy water to purify your soul.

11. The Outcast
Possessions: A bag of rations, a map.
You don’t belong here. You don’t belong anywhere. You’re a wanderer, a nomad, a drifter. You’ve been cast out of every place that you’ve ever called home, and you’ve learned to fend for yourself. You’re not looking for a place to belong — you’re just looking for a place to exist.

12. The Emaciated
Possessions: Scale and rust-covered clothes, emaciated body.
You’re not quite sure what happened. You remember pain, and hunger, and being dragged through the muck and mire. You must have looked quite the spectacle when they found you — skin and bones, rags for clothes, and not a drop of fat on your body. But they took you in, nursed you back to health. You owe them everything, and will gladly give your life in service to them.

13. Slave to a Machine
Possessions: A battered suit of armor, a sword half-consumed by rust.
You don’t remember much of your life before the machine. You were nothing, a nameless cog in the machines great purpose. And then, one day, you were chosen. The machine spoke to you, called you its servant, its slave. It gave you a new name, and a new purpose. You exist to serve the machine, and will gladly give your life to see it fulfilled.

14. The Doppelganger
Possessions: An identical twin, a set of identical clothes.
You’re not quite sure what you are. You remember being born, and then there were two of you. You’re not sure which one is the original and which one is the copy. But it doesn’t matter, because you are both the same. You are identical in every way, even down to your thoughts and feelings. You are two halves of the same whole, and where one goes, the other must follow.

15. The Cosmic Wanderer
Possessions: A map of the cosmos, a star charts.
You’ve been to places that no mortal has ever dreamed of. You’ve seen the birth and death of stars, the ebb and flow of galaxies. You’ve tasted the sweet nectar of infinity, and it has left you wanting more. You wander the cosmos in search of knowledge, of understanding. And one day, you hope to find your way back home.

16. The Mad Scientist
Possessions: A laboratory, a crazy idea.
You’re not quite sure what led you down this path. Was it the compulsion to understand the world around you? The thirst for knowledge? Or was it something more? Whatever the reason, you’ve dedicated your life to science, and you’ll stop at nothing to achieve your goals. You’ll make the world bow to your will, or die trying.

17. The Witch of Rust and Grief
Possessions: A talisman of rusted nails, a doll made of dead leaves.
Some say that you were once a woman wronged by a cruel lover. Others say that you are the embodiment of humanity’s capacity for self-destruction. Either way, you spread your curse wherever you go. Crops wither in your wake, metal rusts, and hearts break. You take particular delight in luring children into the forest to feed on their terror.

18. The Angel of Oblivion
Possessions: A crystal sword, a set of feathered wings.
You were once an angel, a fearsome warrior in the service of the Light. But you fell from grace, and now you wanders the planes as a bitter and vengeful spirit. You yearn to forget your former glory, but the power within you calls out to be unleashed. You are a force of destruction, and you will not rest until all Creation is consumed by the void.

19. The Beast of a Thousand Faces
Possessions: A bestiary, an alchemy set.
You are a shapeshifter, a master of disguise. You can take on the form of any creature you have seen, and you use this power to find new and terrible ways to feed your insatiable hunger. You are feared and hunted by all who know of you, but you always seem to be one step ahead of your pursuers.

20. The God-Eater
Possessions: A hunger that can never be sated.
You don’t remember a time when you didn’t hunger for the flesh of gods. It began as a gnawing hunger in the depths of your soul, and has since grown to consume your every waking thought. You’ve eaten the flesh of countless gods, and each time the hunger grows stronger. You know that one day you will devour the last god in the universe, and then what will you do?

50 Cities, Citadels & Other Weird Structures

Roll (d50)

1. Gigantic creature made entirely of volcanic glass, eternally frozen in the act of birthing an even more massive offspring.
2. Sprawling city made of the corpses of dead gods, still twitching and moaning in their eternal damnation.
3. A cathedral that is also a living creature, its stone walls writhing and its gargoyles howling.
4. A city within a city, each building a smaller replica of the one it surrounds, until the very centre where a single miniature building resides.
5. A school of thought manifested as a physical structure, where great minds can be found debating with one another in the halls and classrooms.
6. A floating palace made of cloud and rainbows, where the sun and moon converge in the sky to form a third light.
7. A building that is also a mirror, reflecting back whatever is placed before it, no matter the size or nature.
8. Flailing mass of tentacles, bony plates and vestigial mouths, seemingly carved from the stone of an ancient city buried beneath the earth.
9. City block sized creature, composed entirely of eyes, wailing eternally in tongues unknown.
10. A single tree, bearing fruit of an unknown kind, hanging in the middle of an infinite black void.
11. Great chain-beacon, a fiery mountain-top citadel surrounded by a constantly smoking sea of lava.
12. A city in the clouds, accessed by towers of crystal and metal rainbows.
13. A palace made of inverted glass pyramids, their points planted in the earth.
14. A colossal tree with a city in its canopy, its trunk a spiraling stair leading to the heavens.
15. A school forcity in which all the lessons and academic buildings are suspended by a single massive ballast stone.
16. A seemingly abandoned city, with every door and window boarded up. But if one looks close enough, they can see thousands of pairs of eyes staring back at them from the cracks.
17. A colossal tree, with a city living in its branches, its roots tearing through the ground below like grasping fingers.
18. A transparent fortress, made entirely of diamond, in which everything and everyone can be seen as if under a microscope.
19. A city in the shape of a cage, with great spires reaching up to the sky, meant to keep something in, or keep something out.
20. A living mountain, whose every step shakes the ground, and whose breath is a storm.
21. Great redwood palace, riddled with tiny holes, like a honeycomb, through which an eerie green light shines.
22. Mountain top arena, where two teams of magi face off in a grand game of capture the flag, using summoned creatures as their pawns.
23. A city within a city, an entire metropolis contained within a single building, each district separated by walls, bridges, and streets.
24. Floating fortress composed of a patchwork of salvaged ships, lashed together with chains and sails billowing in an otherworldly wind.
25. A building that is alight with a raging inferno, but does not burn.
26. A giant sundial, where the hours are told not by the sun's progress, but by the whim of the winds, which can speed up or reverse time at their leisure.
27. A palace made entirely of crystal, where every voice echoes a thousand-fold, and every footstep shatters a thousand shards.
28. A city in the clouds, where the buildings are held aloft by massive balloons, and the only way to travel between them is by flapping great wings of feathers and wax.
29. Great birdcage of living metal, wires sparking with electricity, holding aloft a single white feather.
30. Drum-shaped keep, every surface a different musical instrument, eternally playing a discordant melody.
31. Castle in the form of a many-eyed, many-mouthed woman, screaming in silent terror.
32. Transparent fortress of unbreakable glass, full of identical clones of a single inhabitant.
33. A house of cards the size of a city, constantly rebuilding and collapsing in on itself.
34. A cathedral in which the pews and rafters are carved with the howls and agonies of the damned, while the floor is a single great stained glass mural of the final judgment.
35. A manor house with a great sundial in the front yard, with each hour represented by a different season, and each season by a different climate.
36. A city of fortress-sized blacksmith's forges, with billowing smoke day and night, and the incessant sound of a thousand anvils being hammered.
37. A floating palace of opalescent crystal, illuminated from within by a thousand candles, each representing a different star.
38. A temple whose ceilings and walls are alive with constellations, and whose floor is a great map of the cosmos.
39. A mix of every material known to exist all thrown together to create a single jumbled mess of a temple.
40. A city sized mill with mountains for grinding stones, valleys for chutes, and a stream of lava for a flowing river.
41. A school where everyone is both student and teacher, and the only lessons are those learned in dreams.
42. A single tower that extends up and down through all planes of existence, with an infinite number of rooms, each containing something different.
43. Dormant volcano sporting a great cathedral grafted to its side, belching lava-encrusted bells.
44. Great obsidian ziggurat, gears and cogs turning eternally to some unknown purpose.
45. Vast city made completely of gold, all evidence of industry or habitation hidden behind opulent facades.
46. A palace made completely of wax, slowly melting in the heat of twin suns.
47. Sprawling fortress partially submerged in a murky green swamp, its towers and parapets adorned with weeping gargoyles.
48. Enormous beehive made of petrified wood and obsidian, swarming with crystalline bees the size of mammoths.
49. Gigantic geodesic dome over a great city, the interior a pristine crystalline environment, completely sealed from the outside world.
50. A city on the back of a living, moving creature the size of a mountain, its countless spires and bridges draped in cascading vines.
    
    

Art by Tim White.

Keosz

Keosz

Keosz is a humble trading post, populated by pilgrims who left populous cities to establish a communitarian  utopian movement, without hierarchy, traditions, religion, or laws. Visitors are welcomed, and those passing through will be able to purchase basic supplies. Many of the pilgrims are artisans and also offer unique items.

What about the pilgrims?

• They throw their dead into a nearby well.
• They are fanatics. The colony has collapsed into severe dysfunction. 
• Many of them are twins.
• They worship a majestic stone egg and pray it will hatch and transform the world. 
• They can smell heartbreak on someone’s breath at 6 ft distance.
  
  

What do the pilgrims sell? (d12)

1. Forked stick. Points towards areas with water. Also points to hungry beasts. 
2. Tobacco. Blows monstrous shapes, taking a life of their own.
3. Fine azure powder. After snorting, user can identify potions by smell.
4. White ball. Turns a myriad of colors when touched, before settling on a deep green glow.
5. Pair of glasses. They show grief.
6. Miniature planet inside a glass jar. 
7. Bottle of ink. Never goes dry or runs out.
8. A crystal. Creates a flame when rubbed, doesn't burn.
9. Vial of droplets. When added to a pile of excrement, it turn back into what it was before.
10. Silk gloves. Can find secret doors at +2.
11. Ear plug. Can read one thought within 10 ft for one minute, once per day.
12. Cup. Makes an liquid poured into it evaporate instantly.

Resident complications (roll d8 on each of the 4 tables below and combine)

1. Ex hero
2. Ex alchemist
3. Ex witch doctor
4. Ex glassblower
5. Ex pickpocket
6. Ex prisoner
7. Ex playwright
8. Ex psychic

1. Love at first sight with one of the PCs
2. Awakened from the dead 
3. Has a magical bloodline
4. Witnessed  unspeakable atrocities
5. Certain they are an advanced being
6. Can recite spell-books, backwards
7. Was raised by magical beasts
8. Spends lavishly on donations to cults

1. ... trusts only ...
2. ... schemes with ...
3. ... is a clone of ...
4. ... owes a favor to ...
5. ... worried about ...
6. ... secretly loves ...
7. ... secretly serves ...
8. ... parent of ...

1. Ex zealot
2. Ex academic
3. Ex hedonist
4. Ex gravedigger
5. Ex torturer
6. Ex brewer
7. Ex musician
8. Ex cartographer

Art by Neo Rauch.

20 Weird Weather Events

20 Weird Weather Events (d20)

1. Tangerine fog. Any dead animals or plants temporarily come back to life.
2. Violet lightning storm. Wherever lightning strikes, objects begin hovering and slowly rising up towards the sky. This effect lasts for 1d10 minutes, after which all the objects slowly descend.
3. Emerald hail. Huge balls falls from the sky for 2d4 rounds. Seek cover or make DEX check each round, taking 1 damage on fail.
4. Chrome yellow rain. Turns whatever strikes it invisible for 1d4 hours
5. Light blue storm. Freezes isolated pockets of space, and transports them backward in time. Also has a minor teleportation effect, which is unsettling.
6. Disorientation due to brief electrical storm. Magic casters must make a WIS or INT check or forget all spells for the day.
7. Day inexplicably turns to night with 30 ft visibility. Or the night turn to blinding daylight. Lasts 3d10+10 minutes. -2 on ranged attacks.
8. Light green ghost rain. It’s raining, but the rain seems to pass right through everything. 
9. Pink noxious rain. Causes vomiting, fungus grows out of everything not metal.
10. Blizzard blue ionized storm. Metallic objects randomly release sparks, small lightning bolts.
11. Amaranth red pollen cloud. PCs cough up blood. CON check once per day, or lose 1 CON. 2 sequential saves over 2 days to recover.
12. Orange gas. Mood altering, can cause victims to be loving or violent.
13. Dread silence, lasting 2d6 hours. Spells requiring a verbal component cannot be cast. Roll save vs spells per hour or suffer -2 on all rolls due to terror. 
14. Cyan acidic rain. Any exposed metal has 30% each round of being corroded. Metal is destroyed if rolls under 30% are made on two consecutive rounds. Lasts 2d8 rounds
15. Scarlet red mist. Temporarily erases memories and language and makes creatures incapable of speaking, reading or communicating. Lasts 1d4 hours. Affects spells with verbal components
16. Fragrant wind. Seems to pick up thoughts of those it passes. PCs have a 50% chance to pick out carried thoughts, and identify who a thought came from, even from hundreds of miles away.
17. Silver rain storm. Creates fog when it strikes the ground, reducing visibility. All ranged attacks at -3, no visibility beyond 1d100+100 feet. Lasts 1d6 hours. 
18. Lawful or chaotic sun rays. 50/50 chance of either. Glows blue or red, lawful or chaotic creatures in direct sunlight gain +1 bonus to all rolls, the opposite alignment gets -1 penalty. 
19. Blazing comet. Crosses across the sky, either during the day or at night. Each PC should roll 1d20, highest roller is under a protection from evil spell for 1d12 hours.
20. Gold dust. A storm of gold dust, but bottling or capturing it makes it dissolve.

Art: Moses the Leader (1926) by Nicholas Roerich

30 Weird Hex Encounters

30 Weird-Fantasy Hex Encounters (d30)

1. Handsome man with 18 CHA. Admiring his reflection in a pool of water.
2. Telepathic sorcerers. Seeking sacrifices for obscene rituals.
3. Grave robbers. Trying to open a tomb.
4. Lost adventurers. Exhausted by their last quest.
5. Talking beast. Will let the party pass for treasure.
6. Traveling merchant. Selling foul smelling potions.
7. Escaped prisoner. Manacled and carrying a religious icon, infested with disease.
8. Giant birds. Flying overhead, 50% chance of spotting the party and swooping.
9. Bone farmers. Excavating the recently deceased.
10. Mirror image of the party. They walk towards them, disappearing when they get near.
11. Man carving sculptures from ice. They come to life when completed.
12. Large black reptiles. They are tame and can be used as riding mounts.
13. Traveling group. Invites the party to a healing spring.
14. Humanoid insects. Love to trade goods, have little want for treasure. 
15. Scrap dealer in a wagon. Loaded with all kinds of parts, can repair common items
16. Mercenary patrol. They are in the distance and have spotted the party.
17. Headless corpses. Suspended on poles with symbols carved into their chests as a warning sign 
18. Four-legged beasts. Dueling for the corpse of a dead human.
19. Armed delegation. Informs the party they intrude upon lands owned a local lord, and to leave, or be arrested.
20. Starving beggar. Willing to trade information for food
21. Walking insects. They spit an amber like substance at their victim's feet to keep them still.
22. Farmer and his daughter. The man is teaching her a song and offers to teach it to the party.
23. Sirens. Competing in a singing contest. The party will be pressed into judging the winner, losers will be furious.
24. Refugees. Lost and thirsty. They tell the law forbids you from giving them water.
25. Criminals on the run from the law.
26. Nomadic gambler. Offers the party a wager with high stakes
27. Corpse. Falls from sky in front of the party
28. Roadside circus. Not run by humans.
29. Mutated family. Hideously deformed.
30. Band of men. Lowering prisoners into a pit, will flee if spotted.

The City of Sphäre

With a populace of just over a million, the majority living in slums, Sphäre is a notorious hub for Aquilus' most sophisticated marketplaces for predictions. Patrons can stroll streets and side alleys, finding fortune-tellers who desperately pitch information and visions of a potential future.

Prophets and seers are not born with gifts however. They are addicted to stardust, each speck containing a part of the collective memory and potential of the universe. This allows the addict to enter cosmic consciousness, experiencing everything as a whole, rather than a chain of separate events. The raw dust is transformed into an ingestible narcotic in Sphäre's underworld by the nefarious elite, a dark and twisted experiment in how the future can be defined by those who stand to profit from it. 

There is no cure for stardust addiction, which causes irreparable mental and physical trauma, loss of purpose and meaning, and eventual descent into self-destruction.

Roll on each table below and combine results:

Discoveries

You come across... (d12)

1. A city quarter where bio-mechanical humanoids reside, shunned by the populace. Some are former prophets. They spend their days churning complex clockwork machinery for no known purpose.
2. A building where dead, celebrated prophets can be visited. They are entombed in clear, solid black glass. They appear to sometimes move inside if closely inspected. 
3. Shops that sell crystal balls and divination cards. Some offer unusual items, such as luminescent superconducting ceramics and liquid crystal gel.
4. A desolate necropolis where dead prophets are buried. It is decorate by enormous stone carvings resembling children's toys. Sphäre's children have carved these.
5. Walled section of the city covered with obscene murals. There are hundreds of intricately carves marbled staircase that lead to nowhere.
6. Garden overgrown with weird fungi and lichen. Here stand statues depicting Sphäre's greatest prophets. Each day their poses magically change. 
7. An ancient golden barge which can fly, ready to take travelers to exotic destinations. It's very expensive.
8. A building adorned with millions of valuable gemstones. Nobody seems to ever try to steal them. It is illuminated within by oil lamps which are rumored to burn for eternity.
9. An park where statues of false idols stand. They have all been decapitated. Plants rarely grow here.
10. A river of pure milk that that glows by night. Mothers come in the mornings with buckets, to collect sustenance for their children.
11. A quarter on the outskirts of Sphäre, where a project has been continuing for hundreds of years to dig an endless hole to reach to the other side of the world. 
12. Huge monoliths believed to have been designed by an ancient species. Some say they are inhabited by souls of Sphäre's original prophets.

Encounters

You meet...(d12)

1. 2d4 children of prophets
2. A suspicious hypnotist
3. A fanatical cartographer
4. A scared writer of riddles
5. 1d3 feared elites
6. A traveling show of mutants 
7. An enigmatic wealthy outsider
8. 1d3 merry priests
9. Sphäre's oldest sage
10. 1d4 disaffected plague victims
11. 1d4 decadent court jesters 
12. A bio-mechanical human

...and they are (d12)

1. ...standing in front of a young oracle and being entertained  by amusing cantrips.
2. ...bickering they paid too many gold coins for a prophetic reading. 
3. ...demanding the players make a payment to the city.
4. ...holding a basket of fresh, bloodied, human ears and eyes. These belong to prophets.
5. ...attempting to crack open some very large unhatched eggs.
6. ....kneeling in tribute to what they claim to be a demon summoned from another plane. There is nothing there.
7. ...mercilessly beating a beggar, whilst laughing the entire time.
8. ...bizarrely-deformed, running out of a palm reader's shop and screaming.
9. ...picked up suddenly by a dark-winged shape that swooped from the sky.
10. ...attempting to trade potions for armaments with the PCs.
11. ...fending off a swarm of biological horrors.
12. ...loudly predicting doom. 

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