Shadowbooks Shadowdark RPG Game MasterRandom Encounter Tables
Shadowdark RPG, p. 146
p. 146
Shadowdark RPG, p. 147
p. 147
Castle District Castle District d100 Details 01 2d20 guards surround the group, accusing a PC of murder 02-03 Piercing horns sound an alarm inside the royal palace 04-05 Prisoners on a chain revolt in unison against their escort 06-07 A drunk noble swings an axe, yelling, "Off with 'er head!" 08-09 Screaming, robed bathers stampede out of the bathhouse 10-11 A visiting noble's honor guard chases a gray street cat 12-13 A mounted group of knights charges down the busy street 14-15 A condemned prisoner's noose breaks; he scampers away 16-17 A fledgling gladiator takes offense at the garb a PC wears 18-19 Overhead, a crumbling gargoyle breaks loose and falls 20-21 A lion tears free from handlers leading it to the coliseum 22-23 A wild-eyed playwright calls a PC an "unread cretin" 24-25 Armed tax collectors stop each person to levy a war tax 26-27 A venerable knight mistakes a PC for Targ the Betrayer 28-29 Two holy orders of rival crusaders square off in the street 30-31 A hooded man slips into a sewer grate near the theater 32-33 An elephant dragging chains bursts from the coliseum 34-35 Mercenaries push people aside ahead of a visiting prince 36-37 The street crumbles, revealing a dry cistern full of tunnels 38-39 The water from a fountain rises into a humanoid shape 40-41 A gleaming knight parades a sickly captive to the garrison 42-43 Robal Goodwin darts by hauling bags of stolen royal gold 44-45 A 30' tall catapult in a military parade ignites in fast flames CASTLE DISTRICT ENCOUNTERS
d100 Details 46-47 A PC spots a new wanted poster with their own face on it 48-49 A golden horseshoe peeks from the gutter filth 50-53 Two rival gladiators start a fist fight in a rollicking tavern 54-55 A spooked horse crashes into fragile building construction 56-57 A dripping sewer beast bursts from the bathhouse doors 58-59 Drunk Sir Galvin gets thrown out of the Blue Mare again 60-61 An explosion rocks the nearest City Watch garrison 62-63 A foreign dignitary mistakes a PC for a horse groom 64-65 Bleary-eyed dwarf miners tunnel up through the street 66-67 Dungeon prisoners grab at ankles from the barred gutters 68-69 Four figures throw their hoods off, revealing devil masks 70-71 The lead actor on an open street stage falls dead mid-word 72-73 Two rival bounty hunters fight to capture the same man 74-75 The PCs spot a group of crawlers dressed exactly like them 76-77 A sewer grate thumps and clangs loudly, then goes still 78-79 A cowled figure subtly hands a scroll to a passing woman 80-81 A crossbow bolt flies at the PCs from the rooftops 82-83 The famed singer Branzolini insists he knows a character 84-85 A strong gust blows a key out of a window flower box 86-87 A brash guard falls to his knee before the disguised Duke 88-89 Two nervous men rush by with an object tied in a sheet 90-91 Smoke begins pouring from the theater's upper windows 92-93 A magic sword appears in the hand of a gladiator statue 94-95 The Overlord rides by with a heavily armed honor guard 96-97 The Wandering Merchant scalps premium coliseum seats 98-99 Roll two encounters and combine the results (reroll 98-99) 00 A visiting Duchess invites the PCs to attend a royal ball CASTLE DISTRICT ENCOUNTERS