Table: What Are They Discussing?

One cannot always help overhearing the conversations of non-player characters in their natural habitat, whether it's guards at their post, clergy behind the altar, servants at the well, or just about anyone at the tavern. Naturally, one wants to know, "What are they discussing?" This is the fifth table of the What Is This Table? Table.

What Are They Discussing?

Roll 1d12

1. The archery contest incident involving the intrusion of crossbow hooligans.
2. The latest fad of sewing pockets into clothing.
3. The local death cult's lute-burning spree.
4. The mermaid sighted at Rover's Cove whilst catching the largest cod ever seen.
5. The new tax on ostentatious codpieces.
6. The price of ambergris in Portport.
7. The scandalous new hats being worn in Highplace.
8. The sighting of a ghost at the abandoned electrum mine.
9. The slobold uprising in Slothgate.
10. The stirrings of revolution in Oppressia.
11. The weather.
12. Whether one would rather be the sole mortal in a town populated only by demons or the lone demon against a team of saints in a mob football match.

(See also the Build Your Own Space Opera Table for twice the Random Generator Month fun.)