Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Ironguard Keep Rumors

I mentioned rumor tables earlier in the week.

Here is a list of rumors from my Ironguard Keep campaign.  Some are from Ironguard Keep itself, others from Twk-Men (for salt, of course).

 d30

 Rumor

 1

The Swampfolk argue and fight amongst themselves.

 2

The wizard's tower to the north is long abandoned by people, it's wizard slain.

 3

A trio of weird sisters dwell on the edge of the Webwood.

 4

Foul beasts and worse stalk the forest now that the Chaos Temples are active! 

 5

They bargain with the Scaled One, but the Scaled One so far refuses.

 6

A haunted keep lies several days upriver.  

 7

They seek the Army of the Damned!

 8

A dragon lairs in a ruined temple lies deep in the swamps to the south.

 9

Gnolls have been sighted west of the river!

 10

The forest queen seeks her consort.

 11

Lights have been seen at night in the ruins of Kingsbridge.

 12

When Kingsbridge was sacked, the Armaments of Sigurd Dragonslayer were never recovered, so might still be there!

 13

The goblins are marching.

 14

Fresh Troll-spoor has been found near the keep.

 15

As chaos rises, the laws of nature crumble. 

 16

Ruins older than Kingsbridge exist across the river, swollen with gold and magic.

 17

Old Man Kataan has a cottage at the edge of the swamp, and is not nearly as crazy as he lets on.

 18

The old soldiers are stirring.

 19

I don't know who's the better fighter, Baron Rottmeyer or the Dwarf Snorri; they have both slain giants single-handed!

 20

That massive dragon skeleton that makes up Wyrmsback Ridge - it's hoard was never recovered!

 21

The undead walk the streets of Kingsbridge at night.

 22

Those Favarros will buy anything they think is magic, no questions asked.

 23

Beware the rats, the rats in the walls!

 24

The fey hunt at dawn and dusk. 

 25

The revenant of the druid Maria wanders the forests at night, seeking those that left her.

 26

The third shrine rises.

 27

The song is true! I've seen Farslayer at work with my own eyes! 

 28

An ancient monastery lies beyond the river, home to twisted monks serving a dark god to this day!

 29

Geppetto and his wife still live in the ruins of Kingsbridge, trading their fine statuary at the keep for supplies.

 30

The wizard-king Ozymandias once ruled this area; some say his ghost still haunts the land. 


Full disclosure: while many of these rumors came from actual play, I did not actually use a d30 table at the time (to my chagrin).  The megadungeon has a nice rumor list, though.

Numbers 2, 6, 10, 22, 23, 25, 29 have either been verified by the PCs or caused by the PCs.

Number 27 refers to the Song of Swords and the Swords Trilogy by Saberhagen, because yes, those are in my homebrew world.

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