[Charts and Tables] Instant Rumor/Event Table

Eh, it's Monday, but here's an old table, anyway. I whipped this up some years back to generate instant rumors and campaign events. I threw it together from various sources, mostly the Dominion Events tables from the old Companion Dungeons & Dragons set.

D100   Rumor/Event

01-02   Assassination (d6): 1 Adventurer, 2 Merchant, 3 Guild, 4 Military, 5 Religious, 6 Gentry, 7 Noble, 8 Royal

03-05   Assault/Raid on (d10): 1 Citadel, 2 City, 3 Enemy Leader, 4 Fort, 5 Keep, 6 Ship, 7 Tower, 8 Town, 9 Village, 10 Demihuman Settlement

06-08   Banditry (d4): 1 Caravans/Convoy, 2 Gang Establishment/Hideout, 3 Highwaymen, 4 Muggers

09        Birth in (d6): 1 Adventurer's Family, 2 Ally's Family, 3 Enemy’s Family, 4 Gentry Family, 5 Noble Family, 6 Royal Family

10-11   Bounty Hunt/Posse

12-14   Brawling

15-17   Breakout (d4): 1 Constable’s Barracks, 2 Jail, 3 Prison Camp, 4 Private Prison

18-19   Caravan Escort

20-21   Cattle Drive

22        Comet

23        Coup d'état

24        Courier/Messenger

25        Crusade

26-28   Death [Natural] (d6): 1 Adventurer, 2 Merchant, 3 Guild, 4 Military, 5 Religious, 6 Gentry, 7 Noble, 8 Royal

29-30   Duel (d4): 1 One-on-One, 2 Gang vs. Gang, 3 Gentry Clan vs. Gentry Clan, 4 Noble House vs. Noble House

31-35   Dungeon Rumors

36        Earthquake

37-38   Execution (d8) 1 Bandit, 2 Brigand, 3 Thief, 4 Noble, 5 Traitor, 6 Murderer, 7 Witch Burning, 8 Mistress

39        Exploration (d6): 1 Local, 2 Regional, 3 Neighboring State, 4 Distant State, 5 Distant Continent, 6 Nexus Gate/Portal/New World

40        Explosion

41        Fanatic Cult

42-44   Feud (d6 vs. d6): 1 Gang, 2 Merchant, 3 Guild, 4 Military, 5 Religious, 6 Gentry, 7 Noble, 8 Royal

45-47   Fire/Arson

48        Flood

49        Hunt (d3): 1 Commercial, 2 Big-Game, 3 Monster

50        Insurrection

51-52   Intrigue (d4): 1 Personal, 2 Guild, 3 Religious, 4 Political

53-55   Kidnapping (d6): 1 Adventurer, 2 Merchant, 3 Guild, 4 Military, 5 Religious, 6 Gentry, 7 Noble, 8 Royal

56        Lycanthropic Outbreak

57        Madman/Madmen

58        Magical Happening

59-61   Market: Glut, Shortage

62        Meteor Shower

63        Meteor Strike: Major, Minor

64        New Celebrity Adventurer/Sage

65-67   Personal Escort

68        Pilgrimage

69        Piracy

70        Plague/Pestilence

71        Population Migration (d3): 1 In, 2 Out, 3 Around

72        Pretender/Usurper

73        Religious Schism

74        Rescue

75        Resource: Found, Lost

76-78   Riot

79        Sabotage

80        Salvage

81        Sinkhole

82        Smuggling

83        Spy/Spy Ring

84        Storm/Tornado

85        Swindle/Scam

86-87   Tournament

88-89   Trade Route: Discovered, Lost

90-91   Trailblazing

92-93   Traitor

94        Volcano

95-97   Wandering Monsters: Major, Minor

98-99   War (d8): 1 Internal Border Ambush, 2 Internal Skirmish, 3 Migrating Barbarian/Humanoid Band(s), 4 Migrating Barbarian/Humanoid Clan(s), 5 Migrating Barbarian/Humanoid Tribe(s), 6 Neighboring Border Incursion, 7 Neighboring Border Invasion, 8 Neighboring Border Skirmish

100      Waterspout/Whirlpool