Bad

Things
Happen
BAD THINGS
HAPPEN

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Introduction 5

Dungeons

What happens when the PCs run out of light? 7

What happened to the hirelings? 9
Alternatives to death 10
The replacement PC is in the dungeon because they… 12

Wilderness

PCs cannot make it back 15

Traps 17
Starvation 18
Eating monsters 19
Wild animals encounters 22
Kingdom-sized encounters 23

Cities

Lost in the city at night 25

Walking down the street 26
Buildings hazards 28
Scams to avoid 29
City events 30
Strange laws & customs 31
False rumors 32
Why does the ruler hate the PCs so much? 33
Crimes to be wrongly accused of 34
Cellmates to meet 35

Magic

Magic corruption 37
Spell mishaps 40

Other

Sea voyage incidents 47

Bad omens 48
How to get rid of bad luck 48
Haunted locations 49
Weapons 50
Armors 51
 Introduction
Depending on what situation the To use the tables in this book, you
characters are in, use one of the five will need a complete set of dice (d4,
chapters in this book (Dungeons, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100), as well
Wilderness, Cities, Magic and as a d24.
Others) to make things a little more
difficult or to know what the outcome If you don’t have a d24, you can
will be. emulate one by rolling 1d2 and 1d12.
If a 2 is rolled on the d2, add 12 to
Find out how they get captured in the roll of the d12.
the dungeon, fall into a deadly trap,
lose all of their gold to a scam, are
corrupted by magic or end up on a
desert island.

Feel free to reroll any result that does

not work for your campaign, or to
modify the tables according to your
playstyle.

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 Dungeons
Dungeons are a staple of medieval
fantasy and the first adventuring
location this book covers. After all, it
is no secret that bad things happen in
dungeons.
What happens when the
PCs run out of light?
Roll 1d20 on the following table to
find out:
1 Monsters capture and eat
them after 1d3 days.†
2 Monsters capture and
imprison them.†
3 Monsters capture and sell
them for a ransom (if
someone is willing to pay,
otherwise they are killed).†
4 Monsters capture them and
make them work as slaves.†
5 Monsters get them and kill
them.
6 They crawl back to the
surface, bruised, maimed and
with a serious injury (see next
page).
7 They eventually get out of the
dungeon but all have a phobia
(see next page).
8 They find the exit but have
lost all of their equipment.
9 They get back safely to the
outside world, at least in
appearance, because their
souls are now tainted by
darkness.
10 They get lucky and get out
without a scratch.
11 They get out at the cost of
their sanity and are locked up
for the rest of their life.‡
12 They get out but have lost all
of their treasure.
13 They get out but swear to
never enter a dungeon again.‡
14 They get out of the dungeon
but had to sell their soul for
that.
15 They get out of the dungeon
but not without developing a
dark inclination (see next
page).
16 They get out of the dungeon,
weakened and having lost a
level worth of experience
points.
17 They meet another party of
adventurers who lead them to
the surface.
18 They panic, start searching
frantically for an exit and
luckily they find a lit torch on
a wall.
19 They stumble in the dark for a
while before having a strange
encounter (see next page).
20 They wake up in the
wilderness, naked and with no
memory of how they got out.
† Either these characters must find a
way to escape or they become NPCs
who may be recruited again (if they
are still alive).
‡ These characters stop being
adventurers and can be met again as
NPCs.
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 Dungeons
Going in and out of a dungeon
without a scratch rarely happens. On
the contrary, it is not uncommon for
the body and mind of adventurers to
be damaged by the high levels of
stress they are put under.
Phobia
Roll 1d6 on the table below to
generate the phobia adventurers have
developed in the dark corridors of a
dungeon:

Serious injuries 1 Arachnophobia

2 Claustrophobia
Roll 1d6 on the two following tables 3 Necrophobia
to generate the type and location of 4 Nyctophobia
5 Traumatophobia
an injury: 6 Trypophobia
Type
Strange encounters
1 Bite
2 Blunt trauma Every encounter in a dungeon can be
3 Burn qualified as strange, but some just
4 Cut remain unexplained. Roll 1d6 on the
5 Infection/Infestation following table to determine who (or
6 Paralysis what) helped the adventurers get out
of the dungeon safely:
Location
1 A fairy pops out of a crack in
1 Head a wall and helps the PCs
2 Torso return to the surface.
3 Arm 2 A lone adventurer leads them
4 Hand to the exit but evaporates in
5 Leg the sunlight/moonlight.
6 Foot 3 A white wizard, lighting the
corridors with their magic
staff, comes to their rescue.
Dark inclinations 4 An angel appears before them,
saying they have one last
Roll 1d6 on the table below to chance to prove themselves
generate the dark inclination the and teleport them back to the
dungeon’s influence instilled in village.
adventurers: 5 Someone grabs their hand in
the dark and leads them to a
1 Bloodlust friendly monster outpost.
2 Cannibalism 6 They encounter a giant firefly
3 Fascination with death that accidentally leads them to
4 Necrophilia its nest.
5 Sadism
6 Unhealthy obsession
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 Dungeons
What happened to the hirelings?
PCs are not the only ones who can
suffer from misfortune: NPCs, and
hirelings in particular, are not safe
either.
Roll 1d20 to discover what happened
to them while they were waiting on
the PCs:
1 A few of them flew away with
some of the goods/treasure.
2 A preacher came to the camp
and convinced them to join a
dangerous cult.
3 An argument broke out and
two factions were created.
4 Something scared them (and
the horses/pack animals, if
any) and they ran away.
5 Their camp was destroyed by
very bad weather.
6 They ate all the rations and
there is none left for the
return trip.
7 They came up with a plan to
rob the PCs when they get out
of the dungeon.
8 They contracted a strange
disease and are unable to
break camp for 2d6 days.
9 They gambled away all of the
PCs’ possessions.
10 They have been captured and
taken back to a monsters’ lair.
11 They have been killed/
kidnapped by bandits who
took their place.
12 They have been replaced by
dopplegangers.
13 They left because they think
they are underpaid.
14 They simply vanished and
nobody seems to remember
they ever existed.
15 They started infighting for a
petty reason and they are now
dead or injured.
16 They thought the PCs were
dead so they came back to the
village.
17 They were all killed by a
monster warband, which also
took the PCs’ things.
18 They were attacked, defended
themselves as best as they
could, but still suffered loss.
19 They were caught by slavers
and are on their way to be sold
at the city.
20 They were forced to move the
camp away because there were
monsters approaching.
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 Dungeons
Alternatives to death
For this section, we consider that, in
certain situations, instead of dying
when reaching 0 HP, the PCs are only
put out of action.
First, roll 1d6 on the general table,
then, if needed, and depending on
what/who defeated the characters,
roll 1d6 on the appropriate table to
complete the following sentence:
« When they wake up, the PC(s) ... »
General
1 Are badly injured
(see table p. 8)
2 Lost a level worth of xp
3 Must face consequences
(bad event in a nearby
settlement, death of a friendly
NPC, quest failure, etc.)
4-6 Specific
(roll on appropriate table)
Animals
1-2 Have an injury that may lead
to amputation if not treated
3-4 Have been dragged in a lair
5-6 Have contracted an illness
Cold
1-2 Have a frostbitten hand or foot
3-4 Have lost all sense of smell or
taste (anosmia)
5-6 Have spent 1d12 months
frozen in ice
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Fall
1-2 Broke some items
3-4 Have fractures that will never
heal completely
5-6 Have to find a way up
(long, difficult or both)
Fire/Explosions
1-2 Are disfigured for good
3-4 Are extremely pyrophobic
5-6 Have one eye that has melted
due to extreme heat
Humanoids & Men
1-2 Are imprisoned
3-4 Are in an odd situation
5-6 Have been robbed of their
valuable items
Roll 1d6 on the appropriate table
below to find out more about what
happens to the characters:
Imprisoned
1 Enslaved
2 Executed
3 Forgotten
4 Ransomed
5 Sacrificed
6 Tortured
Odd situations
1 Are drugged
2 Are in an unknown location
3 Are taken to their lair
4 Are used as a decoy for big
monsters
5 Have been buried alive
6 Must fight in an arena
 Dungeons
Insects/Spiders
1-2 Are poisoned (non-lethal)
3-4 Are trapped in a cocoon
5-6 Have eggs slowly hatching
under their skin
Magical creatures
1-2 Are more sensitive to
nefarious magic effects
3-4 Have no remaining spells
5-6 Realize their magic items
won’t work for now
Petrification
1-2 Are missing bits (nose, ears,
etc.) due to falling as a statue
3-4 Realize that a lot of time has
passed (1d6 months/years)
5-6 Still have one of their limb
petrified
Poison
1-2 Are in a puddle of vomit and
will reek for 2d6 days
3-4 Have all saving throws
increased by 1 until level up
5-6 Have now a very sensitive
liver: no more carousing
Swallowed whole
1-2 Have a weak limb because it
was partially digested
3-4 Have been excreted in a
dangerous location
5-6 Lost some of their items,
which are still inside the beast
Traps
1-2 Have been patched up, but
something is wrong (HP
halved until level up)
3-4 Peed themselves and their
armor/shield is destroyed
5-6 Lost a limb
Undeads
1-2 Are cursed to become undead
when their time comes
3-4 Have aged 1d6 years
5-6 Have one part of their body
that is rotting
Water
1-2 Are on the beach of an
unknown location (e.g. a
desert island)
3-4 Are washed up on a shore
without their items
5-6 Cough water and are now
severely aquaphobic
Were-creatures
1-2 Are in a giant boiling pot,
about to be cooked
3-4 Are tied to an altar, about to
be sacrificed to their god
5-6 Have been cursed to change
each full moon
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 Dungeons
The replacement PC is in the dungeon because they…
1 Always wanted to meet and join
the party
2 Appeared in a cloud of smoke,
confused
3 Are a bad singer looking for a
new audience
4 Are a bounty hunter looking for
a wanted criminal
5 Are a deserter, hiding from the
army/guard
6 Are a doppelganger that wishes
to blend in with humans
7 Are a fan of the party and know
all of their tricks
8 Are a member of an
organization following the
party
9 Are a mercenary looking for
work
10 Are a mushroom man that just
sprouted from the ground
11 Are a slave who ran away from
their cruel master
12 Are a town guard investigating
the dungeon
13 Are a treasure hunter exploring
the dungeon
14 Are an ex-servant of an evil
wizard looking for a new cause
to serve
15 Are an exiled monster that was
transformed into a human
16 Are employed by a wizard to
empty the dungeon
17 Are from an alternate timeline,
where they didn’t die
18 Are frozen in a chunk of ice
19 Are here for revenge against the
monsters
20 Are hoping to get rich by
finding a famous treasure
21 Are imprisoned in the dungeon
22 Are looking for an ancient tome
that may not exist
23 Are on a holy quest to find a
sacred place/item
24 Are prisoner of a cloning tube
25 Are sleepwalking
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26 Are supplying some monsters
with food
27 Are the creation of a crazy evil
wizard
28 Are the last member of a group
of bandits
29 Are the last survivor of another
party of adventurers
30 Are the PC who came back to
life as an undead
31 Are the PC's child who worked
as a squire for them
32 Are the PC's cousin who
wanted to tell them something
33 Are the PC’s little brother/
sister who follows them
everywhere
34 Are the reflection of the PC
that escaped a mirror
35 Are the reincarnation of the
previous PC
36 Are the soul of the deceased PC
trapped in an artificial body
37 Are trapped in a web cocoon
38 Cannot stand the sunlight
anymore
39 Cannot stand their husband/
wife anymore
40 Come from a different reality
41 Crossed a magic portal without
knowing where it led
42 Drank too much and do not
recall how they ended up down
here
43 Feel safer underground
44 Fell into a crack
45 Fell into the latrines and dug
their way out
46 Fell into the sewers which flow
directly into the dungeon
47 Fell into the village’s well
48 Got kidnapped by the monsters
49 Got lost while picking
mushrooms
50 Had a vision they would meet
the party here
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51 Had to enter it for a coming of
age ritual
52 Have had enough of their
menial life
53 Have nothing left and
adventuring is their last hope
54 Listened to the voices in their
head telling them to go there
55 Lost a bet and had to spend the
night inside
56 Lost someone dear to their
heart inside the dungeon
57 Read a scroll out loud and got
teleported here
58 Sprout out of the body of the
late PC
59 Stalked the party since they
first started adventuring
60 Started living here after their
house burned down
61 Thought they were going down
to the wine cellar
62 Took a wrong turn in the
catacombs and here they are
63 Wanted to join the party and
arrived exactly when the
previous PC died
64 Wanted to know what is all the
fuss about “adventuring”
65 Wanted to sell goods of
dubious origin to the monsters
66 Wanted to study monsters
67 Were about to die but the
party’s arrival saved their life
68 Were brought back to life by a
necromancer
69 Were captured by monsters that
wanted to eat them
70 Were crazy in love with the
deceased PC
71 Were dragged inside by their
dog pulling on the leash
72 Were exiled in the dungeon for
a crime they didn’t commit
73 Were exploring the dungeon
but could not go further alone
74 Were following someone
suspicious
75 Were hired for a job but got lost
while looking for the exit
76 Were hunting a beast but did
not know their lair was
connected to the dungeon
77 Were in stasis since the death
of their previous party
78 Were left for dead by their
previous party
79 Were looking for a smuggling
cache
80 Were looking for mushrooms
that only grow in the dungeon
81 Were looking for precious ores
82 Were looking for shelter from
bad weather
83 Were mistaken for their sibling
and brought here by force
84 Were part of a cult they
decided is not worth it anymore
85 Were part of a party of
adventurers but were betrayed
86 Were petrified and used as a
decorative statue for decades
87 Were regurgitated by a big
monster
88 Were revered as a god by
monsters but they recently
realized their mistake
89 Were running after their pet
and ended up in the dungeon
90 Were running away from
monsters of the wilderness
91 Were sent here by a god as a
punishment
92 Were swept away by a torrent
during a flood
93 Were the target of a wicked
joke
94 Were tricked by a bad person to
enter it for them
95 Were trying to rescue someone
for a reward
96 Were with the party since the
beginning but no one noticed
97 Woke up after someone knocked
them up and stole their items
98 Woke up in a sarcophagus
99 Worked as a janitor here but
just got fired
100 Worked in the now destroyed
dungeon tavern
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 Wilderness
The second adventuring location
where bad things happen is the
wilderness.
PCs cannot make it back
When playing at an open table, it is
better for the PCs to find a settlement
to rest until they are used in game.
Roll 1d20 on this table to see what
happens to the PCs if that is not the
case:
1 Monsters ambush them and
kill them.
2 Monsters capture them and
imprison them.
3 Monsters capture them and
make them work as slaves.†
4 Monsters capture them, sell
them as slaves and they end up
in another realm/country.†
5 Soldiers patrolling the area
mistake them for vagabonds
and they end up in prison.†
6 They are attacked by bandits
on the way back and lose half
of their valuables.
7 They are completely lost but
eventually find an unknown
(chaotic) settlement where
they can rest.
8 They are rescued by friendly
monsters that follow them
everywhere and get them in
trouble.
9 They arrive at a settlement a
month later, when everyone
thinks they are dead, tired,
looking scruffy and having
lost all of their items.
10 They arrive at a settlement,
dazed and with dead eyes, and
end up locked up in an asylum
for the rest of their lives.‡
11 They eventually arrive at a
settlement but are exhausted
from the forced march and
will have a penalty of -1 to all
their rolls for a week.
12 They fall into a pit or crevice
and will die in 2d6 days if they
are not rescued.†
13 They have no memory of how
they reached a settlement,
only flashbacks or nightmares
at night.
14 They are lucky and return to
civilization without a scratch.
15 They make it back but have all
contracted an illness (see next
page).
16 They meet another party of
adventurers that leads them to
safety.
17 They reach the safety of a
settlement but the journey has
exhausted them and they must
rest twice as long before going
back to adventuring.
18 They return safely to
civilization, unaware that
monsters followed them and
have settled nearby.
19 They run out of food and end
up eating something that they
shouldn't have (see next page).
20 They go around in circles for
a while before having a
strange encounter that helps
them return to civilization
(see next page).
† Either these characters must find a
way to escape or they become NPCs
who may be recruited again (if they
are still alive).
‡ These characters stop being
adventurers and can be met again as
NPCs.
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 Wilderness
When wandering for too long in the
wilderness, one is bound to suffer
from exhaustion and maybe even get
sick. They may also run out of
rations and resort to foraging in
order to survive.
Things that should not be eaten
Hungry and desperate adventurers
will eat anything. Roll 1d6 to
generate a reason not to eat
something:

Illnesses 1 Causes food poisoning

2 May contain something
Roll 1d6 on the table below to potentially deadly
generate an illness contracted by (e.g. fugu fish)
adventurers during their travels: 3 Is cursed/magic
4 Is sacred/forbidden
1 Flu (animal, fruit)
2 Plague 5 Is too hard and breaks teeth
3 Rabies 6 Looks like food but is not
4 Sunstroke
5 Tuberculosis Food poisoning: during the next
6 Worm infestation 1d6 days, even if there is enough
food, sick characters cannot eat
enough to recover HPs (see p. 18) and
Strange encounters have -1 to all their rolls.
Just like in dungeons, some At the beginning of each day, they
encounters are so strange that, in the must save against poison. After two
blink of an eye, lost adventurers consecutive successes, they are healed
found themselves back to civilization. prematurely. But if they fail twice in
Roll 1d6 to know who helped them: a row, their condition worsens, they
1 Animated tree become unable to stand on their own
2 Crazy hermit and must be carried.
3 Fairies
4 Mysterious nomads
5 Talking animal
6 Wild child

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 Wilderness
Traps Concealment
In the wilderness, the environment When relevant, roll 1d6 on the table
can prove itself dangerous, deadly below to determine how the trap (or
even, especially if the creatures that its trigger) is hidden:
inhabit it set traps everywhere.
1-3 Under dead leaves/cut grass
When encountering a trap, roll 1d24 4-5 Among grass/stones/snow
on the table below to determine its 6 Illusion
nature:
Purpose
1 Alarm (bells)
2 Attracts a dangerous animal/ When relevant, first roll a
monster (humanoid/intelligent) monster on
3 Cage your encounter table to know who set
4 Caltrops it there. Then, roll 1d4 on the table
5 Crossbow & trip wire below to know why they made it:
6 Dart launcher (hallucinations,
paralysis, poisoning) 1 Hunt
7 Deadfall trap 2 Incapacitate
8 Fire/Smoke trap 3 Kill
9 Hidden pit 4 Scare away
10 Hidden spiked pit
11 Net trap/Falling net
12 Path made slippery with oil
13 Releases venomous animals
14 Rope at throat/riding level
15 Sabotaged bridge
16 Snare/Lasso
17 Spiked boulder
18 Stacked logs
19 Swinging log
20 Triggers an avalanche/a scree
21 Tripwire
22 Unstable rock/boulder
23 Wasp nest
24 Wolf/Bear trap

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 Wilderness
This section considers rations to be
an important part of the game: if a
character has nothing to eat, they
won’t recover HPs when resting.
Alternatively, rations can be
consumed to recover 1d2 HPs but
only up to 50% of max HPs (it takes
one turn to eat a ration).
Starvation
An average character can survive 4
weeks without eating. But if their
CON mod. is negative, they must add
it to the number of weeks, with a
minimum of one week.
Example: a character with a CON
mod. of -2 can only survive two
weeks without eating (4 - 2 = 2).
Notes:
1. The effects of the first week of
starvation appear after one day
without eating. Before that, the
characters are grumpy, their
bellies rumble and they think
about eating all the time.
2. The following weeks, effects
appear on the first day.
For a character who can survive 4
weeks of starvation, the effects are
the following:
1. First week: -1 to all combat rolls;
2. Second week: -1 to all rolls
(combat, skills, saves);
3. Third week: in addition to the
previous malus, the character is
now unable to fight;
4. Fourth week: each day, the
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character must save against
poison or die.
5. Automatic death occurs on the
first day of the fifth week of
starvation.
If the character can survive 3 weeks:
1. First week: -1 to all rolls
(combat, skills, saves);
2. Second week: in addition to the
previous malus, the character is
now unable to fight;
3. Third week: each day, the
character must save against
poison or die.
4. Automatic death occurs on the
first day of the fourth week of
starvation.
If the character can survive 2 weeks:
1. First week: the character is
unable to fight and has -1 to all
rolls (skills, saves),
2. Second week: each day, the
character must save against
poison or die.
3. Automatic death occurs on the
first day of the third week of
starvation.
If the character can survive 1 week:
1. First week: the character is
unable to fight, has -1 to all rolls
(skills, saves) and each day they
must save against poison or die.
2. Automatic death occurs on the
first day of the second week of
starvation.
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Eating monsters
Sometimes, the easiest and cheapest
way to avoid running out of food
when exploring the wilderness (or a
dungeon), apart from hunting and
foraging, is to eat monsters. The
latter can be sorted in three
categories:
• Edible: monsters of this kind are
either very close to regular food
(e.g. mushroom-men) or are
(related to) animals (e.g. lizards,
minotaurs, wolves, etc.).
• Edible (special): eating this kind
of monster is possible but, if
they are not prepared correctly,
side effects can be experienced,
depending on the creature.
• Not edible: those monsters
cannot be eaten because they
simply cannot be digested (e.g.
gargoyles, golems, immaterial
beings, etc.).
It should be noted that these three
categories do not take into account
whether it is socially acceptable to eat
a monster or not. It is almost always
frowned upon to eat humanoids and
never right to eat humans (unless
one’s social circle consists exclusively
of cannibals).
Also, intelligent monsters who catch
adventurers eating monsters of the
same kind will take it very badly and
will never treat them the same again
(reaction rolls made with 1d6 only
from there on).
Turning fresh monster meat into
food has a 1-in-6 chance of success.
These odds can be improved when
the following are available (+1-in-6
chance each):
• Fire,
• Water,
• Cooking kit (pots/pans and
utensils),
• Seasoning.
Monster meat must be cooked a
number of turns equal to their HD.
If it is not the case, the preparation
automatically fails.
If the preparation succeeds, the
number of rations created from a
monster is equal to twice its HD.
If it fails, tainted rations are created
instead. The DM can choose whether
or not to reveal that the preparation
failed. Roll on the following table if
someone tries to eat one of these
rations:
1-3 Food poisoning
4-5 Edible with side effect(s)
(see next pages†)
6 Completely inedible
† If the monster is not listed, replace
this line with “Food poisoning”.
Non-human monsters can eat tainted
rations without fear of food
poisoning or side effects.
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 Wilderness
Side effects
Most effects are pretty unforgiving,
in order to counterbalance the
potential benefits and to teach
players to be wary of what they eat
and how they prepare it.
Aquatic creatures
1-5 Shortly after eating, the
character begins to have
difficulty breathing. They
cannot be out of water (fully
immersed) for more than 2
turns or they will die from
asphyxia.
6 The character develops
branchia in addition to their
lungs, enabling them to
breathe in both air and water.
Chimeras
1-5 Save against magic or heads
from random monsters or
animals sprout on the
character’s body.
6 The character can transform a
part of their body into that of
an animal, once a day.
Dephasing/Teleporting beasts
1-5 Save against poison or have
terrible mood swings ending
in madness after 1d3 days.
6 Once per day, the character
can teleport somewhere they
see, but only a few meters
away.
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Doppelgangers
1-5 Save against spells or a double
sprouts out of the character’s
body the next time they sleep.
6 Same but the double is
friendly and joins the party.
Dragons
1-5 Save against poison or die,
burned to ashes from the
inside by a dragon’s breath†.
6 Once per week, the character
can use a breath weapon†.
†Same as the dragon that was eaten.
Dryads
1-5 Save against poison or become
vegetal: the character no
longer needs to eat, only to
drink, only to drink but cannot
stay underground more than
72h or they die.
6 The character can now talk
with plants and mushrooms.
Feathered monsters
1-5 The character’s body becomes
covered in feathers.
6 Two small wings grow from
the character's back, enabling
them to glide short distances
when not wearing armor.
Glowing creatures (beetles)
1-5 The character starts glowing
soon after.
6 The character can make a part
of their body glow at will.
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Humans
1-5 The character starts
developing kuru,
neurodegenerative disorder,
which they die from after 1d6
years, suffering from tremors.
6 The character has the
memories of the person they
just ate.
Jello, Oozes & Slimes
1-5 Save against poison or die,
digested from the inside.
6 The character can now eat and
digest anything without
getting sick.
Lycanthropes
1-5 Save against spells or become
a lycanthrope of the same
type (NPC).
6 Same, but the transformation
is incomplete and the
character remains a PC.
Mind controlling creatures
1-5 Save against poison or suffer
from visual and auditory
hallucinations that are likely
to lead to death.
6 The character becomes
immune to mind control.
Petrifying monsters
(basilisks, gorgons, medusas)
1-5 Save against paralysis or be
petrified.
6 If they concentrate long
enough, the PC can petrify a
monster of max 2 HD.
Pure magic monsters
(djinni, efreeti, elementals)
a 1-5 Save against spells or the
character’s body explodes
because of the excessive
magic concentration.
6 The character now has 10%
immunity to all types of
magic.
Regenerative creatures (trolls)
1-5 Troll meat is not digested and
starts regenerating. The
character’s organs stretch as
much as possible before
breaking, which kills the
character.
6 The character now has the
same power of regeneration
as a troll. This lasts for a week.
Undead creatures (ghouls, zombies)
1-5 Save against poison or die,
eaten from the inside by
maggots.
6 Undeads will not attack for
the next 1d3 days.
Venomous monsters
(insects, manticores, snakes, spiders, wyverns)
1-5 Save against poison or die.
6 The character now has 25%
poison immunity.
Worms
1-5 Save against poison or die,
eaten from the inside by
larvae.
6 From now on, the character
can speak the language of the
worm they have eaten.
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 Wilderness
Wild animals encounters
Everybody loves animals! Some may
bite, prick or scratch, but does it
really matter when they look so cute?
Day
Roll 1d12 on the following table for a
wild animal encounter during the
day:
1 A crazy squirrel throws rotten
nuts at passers-by.
2 A curious boar follows people
who may be carrying delicious
mushrooms.
3 A lone wolf that is injured and
hungry ferociously attacks
people.
4 A raccoon can be spotted
dragging a bag while being
chased by other raccoons.
5 An angry mother bear is
looking for its baby.
6 An opossum which pretended
to be dead bit someone.
7 Beavers whose dam was
destroyed fell large trees to
rebuild it quickly.
8 Birds relieve themselves in the
boots, pots or bags of
adventurers.
9 Snakes wait for adventurers to
pass by to fall from trees and
wrap around their necks.
10 Stags running away from
hunters unintentionally knock
out people in their way.
11 Swarms of hornets are found
near rivers, making it
dangerous to get fresh water.
12 Tall grass is full of ticks
carrying a disease.
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Night
Roll 1d12 on the following table for a
wild animal encounter at night, while
the PCs are camping:
1 A clumsy badger wakes up
everybody by stumbling over
the pots and pans.
2 A herd of wild boars crosses
the camp, turning over
everything in its path.
3 A honey hive hangs over the
camp and a bear is coming to
get its night snack.
4 A snake looking for warmth
fell asleep besides a character’s
sleeping bag.
5 Beavers chop down shrubs,
making the place
unrecognizable in the
morning.
6 Mice eat all of the
adventurers' rations and leave
nothing but holes in their
backpacks.
7 Moths attracted by light keep
surprising everyone around
the campfire.
8 No matter how many
mosquitoes are killed or
captured, there are always
more.
9 Owl calls make it difficult to
fall asleep.
10 Raccoons steal everything
they can and sort their booty a
little further away.
11 The burrow of a skunk is
nearby and it does not like
intruders.
12 Wolf cries can be heard and
they are getting louder and
louder.
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Kingdom-sized encounters
In the wilderness, some encounters
are so huge they actually affect the
whole kingdom and may even change
the course of the campaign.
Roll 1d20 on the following table
when an encounter of that kind is
needed:
1 A barbarian army plundering
and killing everything in its
path.
2 A cloud of thousands of
locusts, bringing famine and
eating alive those in its path.
3 A deluge caused by the wrath
of the gods and engulfing all,
even the most devout.
4 A meteorite approaching at
high speed with no hope of
escape in sight.
5 A proliferation of bandits
causing supply difficulties and
economic collapse.
6 A spreading magical plague,
destroying all creatures or
items of the same nature.
7 A thousand year old dragon
and its youngs hungry after a
very long sleep.
8 An army of darkness
conquering the land day after
day.
9 An endless column of
refugees fleeing the ravages
of war.
10 An incurable plague
decimating the populace by
dozens.
11 An unstoppable wildfire
destroying the grasslands and
its inhabitants.
12 Animals becoming sentient
and slowly plotting to take
over their human masters.
13 Forced enlistment forces
people who do not want to
take part in a senseless war to
go into hiding.
14 Large-scale mechanical
industrialization destroying
forests.
15 Peasant revolts overthrowing
lords, nobles and the feudal
system.
16 The disappearance of an
entire region, without a trace,
as if it had never existed.
17 The shadow of an eclipse
breaking the delicate balance
between lawful and chaotic
forces.
18 The sudden abolition of
slavery, leading to a civil war.
19 Undeads rising from their
graves all over the kingdom
and heading towards a specific
point.
20 Volcanic eruptions happening
all over the country, reshaping
the land forever.
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 Cities
One might think that cities, as
bastions of civilization, would not be
places where bad things happen, but
that is unfortunately not the case.
Lost in the city at night
In labyrinthine cities, night can be as
dangerous as in the wilderness, if not
more. That is why it is important to
find shelter before the sun goes down
(or before the session ends). If the
PCs can’t find housing at night when
crawling in a city, roll 1d20 on this
table to see what happens to them:
1 A creepy little girl helps them
find their way, but before
leaving she says: “You will
thank me in due time”.
2 An old lady offers them to
spend the night in her
boarding house, but they are
not so sure after being served
soup with “bacon bits”.
3 The PCs are beaten, robbed,
spat on, and as a result they
decide to retire from the
adventuring life.‡
4 The PCs are engulfed in the
shadows of the city and are
never seen again.
5 They are attacked and eaten
alive by a swarm of rats that
terrorizes the inhabitants at
night.
6 They are kidnapped and will
be sold as slaves on the market
the next morning.†
7 They are kidnapped by
cultists to be sacrificed to their
forbidden god.†
8 They are knocked out and left
for dead by bandits after they
stole all their gold coins.
9 They are lured in an ambush
by a beautiful man/woman
who promises to help them
but are robbed instead.
10 They are murdered by ruffians
as they pass through a dark
alley they shouldn't have
taken.
11 They black out and wake up in
a damp jail cell, surrounded by
drunkards and drug addicts.†
12 They black out and wake up
well rested in a tavern; luckily,
someone found them and paid
for their room.
13 They encounter a guard patrol
that leads them to the nearest
tavern.
14 They encounter guards who
demand they pay an
exorbitant tax before
escorting them to a tavern.
15 They find shelter in a church
and sleep on benches.
16 They find shelter in an old
abandoned house but cannot
sleep at all, convinced that the
building is haunted when it is
actually not.
17 They grope in the dark before
falling into a manhole; they
are sick and stink for a week.
18 They spend a sleepless night,
hiding in a small alcove in a
dead end street.
19 They take shelter in a sewer
outlet but, when morning
comes, only bits of clothes
remain.
20 When morning comes, the
PCs are never seen again and
an unscrupulous butcher has a
fresh meat arrival.
† & ‡: see p. 7 or 15.
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 Cities
Walking down the street Crowds
What dangers/problems could Roll 1d6 to know who are the people
adventurers encounter when simply forming the crowd and 1d6 to know
walking in a city? what could happen to the PCs:

Roll 1d8 on the following table to Who

discover what happens to them, then
roll 1d6 on the appropriate sub-table:
1 Accident
2 Being lost
3 Crowd
4 Danger from the sky
5 Danger on the ground
6 People
7 Theft
8 Other
Accidents
1 Accidental punch/Bad throw
2 Cart accident
3 Explosion
4 Horse kick
5 Runaway barrel
6 Uncontrollable animal
(bull, goat, horse, etc.)
Being lost
1 Back to their starting point
2 End up on the other side of
town
3 Find an interesting but
dangerous place
4 Get ripped off by a guide to
finally reach their destination
5 Make a lengthy detour
(takes twice the time)
6 Stuck in an infamous dead end
1 Escaping prisoners/slaves
2 Hooligans
3 Panicked crowd
4 People celebrating/partying
5 Procession
6 Protesters/Rioters
What
1 Asphyxiated
2 Injured in structural collapse
3 Involved against their will
4 Stuck for a while
5 Swept away
6 Trampled
Dangers from the sky
1 Bird droppings
2 Emptying of a chamber pot
3 Falling flower pot
4 Lightning strike
5 Lost arrow/bullet
6 Worker falls from a roof
Dangers on the ground
1 Animal droppings
2 Crushed glass
3 Ground collapse
4 Inconspicuous hole
5 Slippery cobblestones
6 Uneven stairs

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People
1 Beggars
2 Drunkards
3 Fans/Groupies
4 Loud preacher
5 Pushy charity/petition
volunteers
6 Stalker

Theft
1 Bandit toll
2 Drugged and robbed
3 Mugging
4 Pickpocket
5 Protection racket
6 Snatching

Other
1 Arbitrary detention
2 Arbitrary fine
3 Failed assassination
4 Knocked out/Kidnapped
5 Rabid dogs/Plague rats
6 Tax collector

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Buildings hazards Paranormal
Entering a building is sometimes not 1 Corrupted by Evil
enough to protect the PCs from 2 Cursed
surrounding dangers or nuisances. 3 Fever dreams/Illusions
4 Haunted
5 Non euclidean geometry
To give a building a twist, roll 1d6 on 6 Out of time
the following table, then roll another
d6 on the appropriate sub-table:
Social
1 Biological
2 Environmental 1 Blockade
3 Mechanical 2 Body search
4 Paranormal 3 Crime scene
5 Social 4 Criminals den
6 Structural 5 Overflowing with people
6 Restricted access (to members)
Biological
Structural
1 Fecal contamination
2 Giant parasite eggs 1 Collapse
3 Infected blood 2 Door leading to a fall
4 Mold (with airborne spores) 3 Low ceilings
5 Mutation inducing 4 Maze-like
6 Swarming with pests/insects 5 Missing stairs
6 Oversized stairs
Environmental
1 Burning steam
2 Fire
3 Flood
4 Gas leak
5 Overgrowth
6 Radiations

Mechanical
1 Blades/Drills
2 Cogs
3 Conveyor belts
4 Hooks
5 Metal shutter
6 Pistons

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Scams to avoid
Street vendors and swindlers have
many techniques to achieve their
ends. Roll 1d20 on the following table
to see how they try to wrong the
PCs:
1 Asking for change but they
give the PCs fake coins in
exchange.
2 Breaking one of their valuable
items (actually worthless),
then blaming the characters
and insisting that they pay.
3 Charging admission to a
venue that is actually free to
all.
4 Claiming that the PCs stole
something from them and,
since the guard that comes to
arrest them is their
accomplice, taking their
money without trouble.
5 Claiming to be a lawyer who is
there for the inheritance of a
distant but wealthy relative,
telling them they only need to
pay a small fee to unlock the
money.
6 Disguising themselves as
guards to confiscate weapons
or items from the PCs.
7 Enrolling the PCs in a
pyramid scheme without them
knowing, at least until debt
collectors come after them.
8 Faking an aggression, they
hide in the PCs' arms/back to
pickpocket them while their
accomplice shouts at them.
9 Giving the PCs a gift while
they are actually turning them
into drug mules.
10 Making the PCs play a card/
dice game where they have no
chance of winning.
11 Offering to lead the party to a
lost city/dungeon full of gold
but leading them into an
ambush instead.
12 Pretending they are
recruiting adventurers for a
grand quest and need them to
retrieve a precious item to
prove their worth.
13 Pretending to be a priest who
grants the blessing of their
god in exchange for a small
donation.
14 Selling a huge cargo of goods
but only a few of the items are
real, all of the others are
illusions that disappear when
the sale is over.
15 Selling extremely cheap
potions which are actually just
water with a few drops of dye
or syrup.
16 Selling land they do not own
or does not even exist at all.
17 Selling magic items which are
regular items with a bit of
glitter.
18 Selling perfectly fine items but
their accomplice follows the
PCs and steals the items back.
19 Selling their last prized
possession (e.g. a gold ring)
because they are short on
money, but the item is actually
worthless.
20 Selling treasure maps which
are actually doodles made by
their young children.
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City events Social
When something happens in a city, it 1 A siege has been going on for
can take huge proportions as it affects weeks
many people, and has a major impact 2 A witch's curse affects the city
on the rest of the world, socially, 3 City has been turned into a
politically and/or economically. Roll huge prison
4 Death of a beloved
1d6 to determine the nature of the personality
event: 5 Housing crisis
6 Inquisition is paranoid
1-3 Natural 7 Lockdown (for a manhunt)
4-6 Social 8 Martial law
9 No weapon allowed in the city
Then roll 1d8 or 1d20 on the 10 Overflowing with refugees
appropriate table: 11 Quarantine
12 Rampant criminality
Natural 13 Revolt to overthrow the ruler
14 Rigging of the latest elections
1 Drought-induced famine 15 Severe segregation
2 Flash flood 16 Skirmish of a rival nation/
3 Huge fire city-state
4 Pigeons invasion 17 Strict curfew
5 Plague/Epidemic 18 Total anarchy
6 Sewers overflowing 19 Under the yoke of a rival
7 (Snow-)Storm faction
8 Unexpected eruption of a 20 Unjust law has just been
dormant volcano approved

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Strange laws & customs
Sometimes adventurers unknowingly
break a strange law (or custom) they
didn't even know existed. Roll 1d20
to know what it is:
1 Covering tattoos, especially if
they show an affiliation, is
shun upon.
2 Duels to death can be used as
a legal means to prove one's
point or innocence.
3 It is courteous to offer a
replacement if your opponent
loses their husband/wife
gambling.
4 It is illegal to refuse a drink
offered by a city official.
5 It is illegal to walk alone in the
city, especially in leisure
districts.
6 It is punishable by a fine not to
greet a law enforcement
representative and not to
stand up in their presence.
7 It is seen as a heresy to cast
one’s shadow on a religious
symbol or a stained glass
window.
8 Not to haggle the price with a
merchant is to insult them and
they will most likely refuse to
sell.
9 One cannot enter the city with
their mule, donkey or any
other beast of burden.
10 People cannot have more than
500 gp worth of coins on
them at any time.
11 Polygamy is encouraged, and
staying single more than a full
year exposes people to a fine.
12 Prostheses (limbs, glass eyes
and wigs) must be left at the
entrance of the city.
13 Rat killing or adventuring in
the sewers is subject to a
license that one can obtain at
the city hall.
14 Rodents cannot be kept as
pets, as they are thought to be
evil creatures.
15 Using cutlery to eat instead of
your hands is regarded as very
rude.
16 Using the word “alcohol” in
public is forbidden,
picturesque expressions must
be used instead.
17 Walking on public lawns
without a warrant or a valid
reason is punishable by death.
18 Wearing green is seen as the
worst insult possible and
people are encouraged to
lynch an offender.
19 When in public, men must
wear skirts at all times.
20 When talking to a noble, it is
seen as a serious breach of
protocol not to remove one's
shoes.
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False rumors 11 They have a horrible scar/
gang tattoo on their back.
The PCs are often the targets of the 12 They concluded a secret truce
wildest rumors, especially in the most with goblins, letting them do
populated places such as cities. This as they please.
would not be a problem if people did 13 They have been cursed
not believe them or if unscrupulous because of their unholy
people did not try to verify their actions.
14 They have done unspeakable
veracity (and hopefully most of them things to prisoners.
are false). 15 They have many children all
over the country they do not
Roll 1d20 on the table below to care about and some are look
choose one: for their parents.
16 They hide a shameful or
1 A terrible monster has been horrible collection from
chasing them for years, people.
bringing desolation wherever 17 They kidnap babies during the
they go. night to eat them.
2 All of the people that helped 18 They killed a member of the
them in the past die in group to take their share of
mysterious ways. the treasure.
3 The PCs are not actually 19 They sold their souls to evil
adventurers but spies from a forces in exchange for power
rival kingdom. and longevity.
4 Their blood is green because 20 They worship a forgotten god
they are not actual humans whose altar they have found
but creatures who wear their deep in a dungeon.
skin.
5 They are addicted to an exotic
substance, which is the reason
why they need so much gold.
6 They are all allergic to
something incredibly
common, and this could kill
them.
7 They are never seen in broad
daylight, they might be
vampires or something else.
8 They are planning something
bad, such as taking over the
city or robbing a bank.
9 They cannot read or write and
merely pretend that they can.
10 They died a long time ago,
killed by doppelgangers who
took their place.
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 Cities
Why does the ruler
hate the PCs so much?
The ruler keeps doing everything
they can to get in the way of the
characters, and they have no idea
why. Roll 1d20 on the table below to
find out:
1 During their previous
adventures, the PCs have
overstepped their authority
too often.
2 No reason in particular, they
just like to hinder adventurers.
3 The (huge stacks of) gold and
loot they bring back from the
dungeon threaten the fragile
economy.
4 Their excesses when they
carouse disturb the tranquility
of the city.
5 They are afraid of the power
they hold and of being
overthrown.
6 They are intimately convinced
that the PCs sow the seeds of
rebellion in order to dethrone
them.
7 They are jealous of their
popularity among the people,
being unpopular themselves.
8 They are the descendants of a
noble family where this hate
has been present for
generations.
9 They cannot trust anybody
and are already making
preparations to get rid of
them.
10 They do not pay their taxes, or
not enough, thus creating a
huge loss of revenue for the
city.
11 They envy their life of
adventures and their lack of
ties and responsibilities.
12 They fear that the PCs will
uncover their nefarious plans
so they act preemptively.
13 They feel like they are
responsible for all their
problems and the turmoil in
town.
14 They feel like they would be
powerless if they were not
there to fight against Evil.
15 They hate all adventurers
equally, as they think they are
nothing more than vermin.
16 They remind them of their
youth, when they were still
adventuring across the
country.
17 They ridiculed the city guards
or their personal army more
than once.
18 They stole the heart of their
crush and cannot bring
themselves to move on.
19 They went to the same
kindergarten, something
happened and they have never
been able to forgive them.
20 They were betrayed by
adventurers at the beginning
of their reign over the city.
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 Cities
Crimes to be wrongly
accused of
Sometimes the PCs find themselves
in the wrong place at the wrong time
and are wrongly accused of a crime
they did not commit.
Roll 1d20 on the following table to
know what their crime is supposed to
be:
1 Associating with known
criminals, partaking in their
illegal activities such as
money laundering and racket.
2 Being vagabonds and begging,
after they arrived in the city
unwashed and unkempt.
3 Breaking deliberately one (or
multiple) ancestral laws or
customs (see table p. 31).
4 Doing tax evasion by
purposely “losing” much of
the treasure they find in
dungeons.
5 Eating an apple without
paying for it.
6 Entering a museum at night
to steal an ancient weapon
because they needed it to “save
the world”.
7 Exposing their hirelings to
danger for the sole purpose of
reducing the number of
people to share the loot with.
8 Falsifying an official
document they never heard
about or even needed.
9 Flirting with someone of
noble descent, when they are
only commoners.
10 Having a heretical behavior,
because they do not know
about local religious practices.
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11 Helping a prisoner escape
when all they did was give
directions to a stranger.
12 Impersonating people to
access areas they are not
allowed in.
13 Insulting a law enforcement
officer on duty.
14 Murdering someone, after
they were covered in tomato
sauce or animal blood by
accident.
15 Planning to rob a bank,
because they had the
misfortune of “looking
suspicious” in front of one.
16 Poisoning water wells and the
drinking water supplies of the
city.
17 Showing disrespect to the city
ruler by criticizing the way
they handle public matters.
18 Starting a tavern brawl by
purposely inviting people/
factions that hate each other.
19 Stealing an item, which
mysteriously ended up in their
pocket.
20 Visiting the forbidden palace
without being accompanied.
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Cellmates to meet
With everything the characters can
be accused of (wrongly or not), it
would be surprising if they did not
end up locked in a cell. These are
lovely places to make new friends.
Roll 1d20 on the following table to
determine who they have to share a
cell with:
1 A bunch of chatterboxes that
can drive even the calmest of
people crazy.
2 A contortionist who has tried
to escape more than once, but
always ends up getting stuck
somewhere on the way out.
3 A couple of nobles who refuse
to sit or touch anything for
fear of being “contaminated”.
4 A drooling person with crazy
eyes, tied to the wall by an a
old rusty chain.
5 A friar who was deemed
heretical for his views on
religion.
6 A hustler who emptied the
coffers of the city by having
statues built in their effigy.
7 A man who literally grins ear
to ear because of ugly self-
inflected scars.
8 A person so huge they could
not escape even if the door
was open.
9 A sickly person who tends to
ask too many questions about
touchy topics.
10 A silent person that stares at
people while they sleep.
11 A tattooed sailor who was
smuggling drugs behind the
back of their captain.
12 A toothless mercenary who
hides picklocks in their larger-
than-life prosthetic hand.
13 An accomplice of the party,
who made preparations to
help them escape.
14 An addict in need, shouting
and shaking the bars with all
their might to be let out.
15 An anxious pickpocket who
was sentenced to have their
work tools severed.
16 An arsonist who spends their
days watching the torches
burn through the cell bars.
17 An innocent woman accepting
her fate with dignity, knowing
that she was framed.
18 An innocent-looking young
person who was convicted of
cold-blooded murder.
19 An old man with a
ridiculously long beard who
has been imprisoned for most
of his life.
20 Someone who has been sent to
prison because of the PCs
(directly or indirectly).
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 Magic
Magic is a specialist trade and, for Additionally, when magic corrupts a
this reason, bad things happen to those spellcaster, it can also have an impact
who lack experience. That is why on their immediate environment (e.g.
novice wizards and sorcerers often in the hex they are in).
have a short lifespan.
Roll 1d6 to check if that is the case.
Magic corruption If the result is 1, roll 1d20 to
determine what happens:
Each time a magic-user casts a spell, 1 Acid/Blood rain
roll 1d20 under the level of the spell 2 Animal panic
to see if magic corrupts them. 3 Appearance of rot
4 Birth of monstrosities
Example: for a level 3 spell, corruption 5 Corpses reanimating
happens when a 3 or less is rolled. 6 Death of animals
7 Death of weakened people
Roll 1d100 on the table on the 8 Drought/Flood
following pages (pp. 38-39) for the 9 Drying off of lactating
effects of the corruption. animals
10 Items turning to ashes
• If an effect is rolled again, either 11 Plague
increase it or ignore it and reroll. 12 Rabies outbreak
• If two different effects target the 13 Recurring nightmares
same thing (the same body part 14 Soil infertility
for example), either ignore the 15 Swarming maggots
new one, replace the older one 16 Thunderstorm
with the new one or mix them 17 Vermin invasion
together. 18 Water poisoning
19 Wildfire
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1 Abhorred by cats/dogs 26 Covered in buboes
2 Additional mouth on the palm 27 Crows/Bats regularly perch
of one hand on their shoulder
3 Afraid of holy symbols 28 Demons regularly tempt them
4 Anger outbursts with pacts
5 Arms become very long 29 Develop pedunculated eyes
6 Attract bird/bat poop 30 Do not see beauty anymore
7 Beard grows faster 31 Do not seem to mind the
8 Become completely bald spider weaving its web on
9 Become paranoid their body
10 Beehive-like holes appear in 32 Ears (or nose) fall down
their back 33 Extra finger(s)
11 Bleeding eyes/ears/nose 34 Eyes fuse into one big eye
12 Blood turns green 35 Eyes glow
13 Blood-injected eyes 36 Eyes turn black
14 Breath reeks of sulfur 37 Fingers morph into tentacles
15 Brows grow very long 38 Followed by flies
16 Cannot enter holy places 39 Forked tongue
17 Cannot smile anymore 40 Fungal infection
18 Cannot stand the touch of 41 Globulous eyes
metal anymore 42 Goblins think they are one of
19 Cannot stop grinning them
20 Cannot stop scarifying 43 Goo can be found in their
themselves steps
21 Centipede lives in their shoes 44 Grow a third little arm
and/or gloves 45 Hair patches all over their
22 Children cry when they are in body
the room 46 Hair turns white
23 Constantly drool a little 47 Hair/Eyes color changes with
24 Contact with them can make temperature (blue: cold, red:
one sick hot)
25 Corrosive body fluids 48 Hands become webbed
49 Hate turning left
50 Heavily emaciated

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51 Horns start growing on their
forehead
52 Ice cold body
53 Lips dry and crumble to dust
54 Lips morph into a turtle beak
55 Lose all of their teeth
56 Magic addiction
57 Mushroom grows out of one
of their ear/nostril
58 Must sleep on the ground,
beds are unbearable to them
59 Nails grow at a higher rate
60 No more reflection
61 Nose is now pig-like
62 Now particularly hate cats/
dogs for no reason
63 Old women sign when they
see them
64 One of their eyes pops out of
its socket
65 One of their feet morphs into
a hoof
66 One of their hands becomes a
shapeless lump of flesh
67 One of their legs grows
longer than the other
68 Part of their body is covered
in black goo
69 Phosphorescent mucus
70 Plants they touch die
71 Prehensile tongue
72 Pustules on their face
73 Restless nights because of
nightmares
74 Rotting flesh
75 Scaly skin
76 Scribble unintelligible words
in their sleep
77 Shadow is gone
78 Skin becomes bark-like
79 Skin changes color with
emotion (anger: red, fear: blue,
greed: green)
80 Skin discoloration
81 Small head sprouts on their
neck
82 Small wings grow on their
back
83 Smell of rotten mushrooms
84 Some of their fingers fuse
together
85 Sometimes start speaking in a
dead language
86 Spiders get out of their mouth
each time it opens
87 Strange glowing symbols
appear on their skin
88 Suddenly cannot stand eating
meat/vegetables
89 Sunlight hurts them
90 Surrounded by a dark aura
91 Sweat profusely
92 Swollen and tense belly
93 Tail starts growing
94 Teeth become yellow and
weak
95 Teeth turn into fangs
96 Third eye appears in the
middle of their forehead
97 Throw up green bile when
stressed out
98 Vertical pupils, like a cat/
lizard
99 Voices in their head
100 Will come back as undead
when they die
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Spell mishaps
Sometimes, spellcasting goes wrong
and unexpected effects happen. A
way to determine if that happens is
to roll 1d20 under the INT score of
the spellcaster when they use a spell.
First Level Spells
Charm Individual
The spell loses its “C” and becomes
“Harm Individual”. It inflicts 1d6
damage and makes the target angry.

Example: a magic-user with 13 INT Find Magic

casts a spell, they roll 1d20 and get 18. In
this case, spellcasting did not go as Everything glows, whether magical
planned. or not, and blinds the caster for the
duration of the spell.
If something goes wrong, roll 1d6 on
the following table for effects Floating Plate
applicable to all spells.
The plate appears and instantly flies
If a 6 is rolled, check the list of spells towards the nearest target, inflicting
by level starting on this page. If the them 1d6 damage before
spell is not in the list, reroll 1d6. disappearing.
1 Has no effect Hold Passage
(nothing happens)
2 Has the opposite effect† Every odd turn, the passage held
3 Affects the caster (and its
party) instead of the target† closed has a 50% chance of opening
4 Has a relevant attribute then closing on the following turn.
multiplied by 2†
(duration, area of effect, Clarity/Obscurity
damage, num. of targets, etc.)
5 Has a relevant attribute The spell inflicts 1d6 damage to
divided by 2† (see above) anyone in the circle.
6 Specific to the spell
(see following list) Magic Projectile

† If not applicable, the spell has no
effect instead.
For the spells description, refer to
your favorite OSR ruleset. The spells
names are translated from elder
OGLish and may not be totally
accurate.
Just before reaching the target, the
projectile(s) turn into harmless
flower(s).
Defense from Evil
The spell does not protect the caster
but instead attracts “evil” creatures.

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Interpret Language
What the caster reads is only
partially correct or makes no sense.
Interpret Magic
The scroll or runes read with this
spell don’t become readable later
without the spell.
Armor
The spell works as usual but the
caster becomes extremely
claustrophobic and panics.
Coma
The creatures put into a coma don’t
fall to the ground but sleepwalk
instead. They have a 50% chance of
waking up if there is too much noise.
Gastriloquism
The caster must say the truth and
cannot trick others.
Second Level Spells
Continual Clarity/Obscurity
It creates a globe of strobe light
inside which characters and monsters
must dance.
Find Evil
The caster sees evil everywhere and
becomes paranoid for the duration of
the spell.
Sixth Sense
The caster’s mind is overwhelmed by
thoughts and cannot act for the rest
of the spell duration.
Find Invisible
1d3 visible items become invisible.
Invisibleness
The caster becomes invisible but not
the items they carry or wear.
Shove
The caster must tell a “knock knock”
joke for the spell to work.
Float
The caster goes up uncontrollably for
the duration of the spell.
Find Object
Instead of pointing towards the
object, the spell gives unclear
directions.
Reflect Image
If a created image is hit, it disappears
as usual but the caster takes 50% of
the damage.
Chimeric Force
The spell inflicts real damage and can
actually kill or turn to stone.
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Net
The spell also creates a net at the feet
of the caster, rendering them unable
to move.
Magician Lock
1d2+1 locks appear instead of just
one. The extra ones cannot be opened
by the caster without a spell.
Third Level Spells
Insight
Instead of seeing through the eyes
of the creature, the caster smells
through its nose.
Clear Magic
The caster cannot cast any more
spells for a duration of 1d6 turns.
Fire Sphere
Instead of moving in a straight line,
the fire sphere head for the nearest
creature or big item (table, bookshelf,
etc.).
Flap
The caster can fly, but only in a
vertical plane.
Hurry
All the creatures affected by the spell
do not move faster but only talk
faster.
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Hold Individual
For the duration of the spell, the
caster becomes an old person.
Nightvision
Allows the creature to see in the dark
as expected but it becomes blind in
the light.
Invisibleness 10’ radius
See Invisibleness.
Lightning Rod
The spell causes no damage but only
creates a light beam.
Defense from Evil 10’ Radius
See Defense from Evil, but each
friendly creature in the circle attracts
more “evil” creatures.
Defense from Normal Projectiles
The protection given by the spell is
incomplete and there is a 50% chance
that a projectile goes through.
Water Respiring
The spell allows the creature to
breathe underwater as usual, but it
renders it unable to swim and it falls
straight to the bottom.
 Magic
Fourth Level Spells
Charm Creature
See Charm Individual.
Chaos
The caster makes a mistake and casts
another spell from their list instead
(both spells are consumed in the
process).
Planar Gate
The spell does not automatically fail
if the target location is a solid object.
Growth of Vegetation
The vegetation creeps underground
and creates a vegetal cage which
traps the spellcaster and which they
can’t dispel.
Chimeric Terrain
The terrain feature created by the
spell is a mix of different biomes and
looks very suspicious.
Mass camouflage
Only creatures affected by the spell
are subject to the illusion.
Transform Others
The targeted creature is transformed
into a random creature from the
encounter table.
Transform Self
The caster is transformed into a
random creature from the encounter
table.
Remove Hex
Instead of removing the hex, the
effects of the hex are doubled.
Barrier of Fire
The barrier escapes the control of
the wizard and tries to burn them by
closing the gap (a circle will shrink
size progressively and a line will
follow them around).
Barrier of Ice
The wizard is trapped in a cube of ice
for the duration of the spell, unless it
is melted with fire.
Magician Eye
The eye comes with a mouth that will
reveal to nearby monsters what the
caster and their party are doing.
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Fifth Level Spells Magic Container

Vitalize Dead Once transferred to the magic

container, the caster remains stuck in
Skeletons and dead bodies start it for 2d6 days without being able to
moving but they don’t obey the go back to their real body or to
caster. possess anyone.

Poisonous Cloud Passe Muraille

The cloud will appear in front of the The hole either appears on a different
caster but will not move, blocking wall than the one intended, or too
them effectively. high to be reached easily.

Elemental Invocation Psychokinesis

The elemental that appears is not The caster may only move objects or
made of one of the four elements but creatures lighter than them.
of an artificial material (like cheese,
silk or porcelain). Teletransportation

Call Other Plane No matter how well the caster knows

When asking a question to a creature
in a different plane, the chances for it
to know the answer and to lie are
inverted.
Helpless Mind
The spell effects are not removed by
a Clear Magic spell but by a random
spell instead.
the area, the transported creature
ends up in water, fire or mud.
Stone to dirt/Dirt to stone
Although the stone/dirt looks like
dirt/stone, it still has the same
properties and has actually not been
transformed.
Barrier of Stone

Hold Creature Instead of creating a wall, the spell

creates a stone statue of the same
See Hold Individual. volume.

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Sixth Level Spells
Anti Magic Carapace
The caster is protected but moves
really slowly.
Meteorological Control
The spell escapes the control of the
caster, meaning that the weather
conditions will be random and that
the spell will last 2d6 hours.
Murder Spell
Any excess level will affect nearby
creatures outside the targeted area
(even the caster and their allies).
Decompose
The target will be decomposed into
atoms then recomposed as if they
were twice as strong.
Vow/Clear Vow
The target of the vow will comply in
a malicious way, fully aware it is
under the effect of the spell. When
failing to clear a vow, it is instead
transferred to the spellcaster.
Invisible Follower
It looks like the mage failed in their
summoning but the monster is there,
lurking in the shadows and ready to
annoy the PCs.
Decrease Water
The depth of the water is decreased
only for 1d10 turns.
Maneuver Earth
The soil affected by the spell takes
the most annoying form possible for
the caster.
Separate Waters
The waters are separated only for
1d6 turns.
Projected Image
Instead of one image, two are
created. They will do nothing but
fight together and with the wizard,
attracting unwanted attention.
Rebirth
The character cannot be reborn as a
character class but only as a monster
of the opposite alignment.
Rock to Flesh/Flesh to Rock
The spell works as intended but the
character is weakened by their
transformation and has lost 1d3
levels in the process. They will have
to rest for 1 month per level lost to
regain it.
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 Other
Sea voyage incidents Wrong destinations
It is a well known fact that If they are lucky enough that the
adventurers cannot embark on a ship boat they are on does not sink, they
without it sinking, or ending up on are probably lost at sea instead. Roll
the other side of the world instead of 1d6 on the table below to determine
their destination. where they drop anchor at the end of
their journey:
Why the ship sank 1 Enemy/Rival territory
2 Fortified island at the edge of
First, roll 1d6 on this table to know the world
why it was inevitable for the ship to 3 Island (see previous table)
sink: 4 Terra incognita
5 Their starting point
1 Crew’s incompetence 6 Unknown port
2 Iceberg
3 Reefs
4 Sabotage Fishing at sea
5 Storm
6 Whirlpool When lost, a ship stays at sea longer
than expected and rations eventually
Where the PCs end up run out. Fishing can be a great way
not to starve. However, worrying
things lurk beneath the water's
Then, roll 1d6 on this table to know surface. Roll 1d6 on the following
where the PCs find themselves/wake table to know what bites the bait:
up after the shipwreck:
1 Contaminated fish
1 Fishing boat nets 2 Cursed treasure chest
2 Lifeboat 3 Ghostly sailor
3 Island (see sub-table) 4 Megashark
4 Mainland beach 5 Shark-man
5 Raft 6 Undead pirate
6 Underwater city

Islands
1 Cannibals hunting ground
2 Desert island
3 Haunted treasure island
4 Overflowing with cats
5 Pirates secret base
6 Visited by mermen

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 Other
Bad omens How to get rid of bad luck
Sometimes, there are early signs that Misfortune is not eternal and can be
misfortune is about to befall the PCs. fought. Roll 1d12 on the following
Roll 1d10 on the next table to table to generate what a fortune teller
generate a bad omen: recommends doing (everyday):
1 A black cat which repeatedly 1 Burn scented candles
crosses the path of the party. 2 Carry a luck idol
2 A murder of crows follows 3 Carry charms (four-leafed
them everywhere they go, clover, horseshoe, rabbit foot)
cawing non-stop. 4 Do good deeds
3 A PC wakes up with a strange 5 Get rid of material
mark on their forehead (e.g. a possessions
demonic symbol, words, etc.). 6 Keep a pocket cricket
4 All around the PCs, birds and 7 Make donations
flying insects drop dead from 8 Perform a ritual
the sky. 9 Pray
5 Animals are running away 10 Use the power of crystals
from something scarier (for 11 Wear a flower wreath
them) than humans. 12 Wear an item of a lucky color
6 Light sources go off even
though there is no wind at all.
7 Mirrors shatter or crack when
the PCs are nearby.
8 Someone trips and breaks a
precious item (painting,
statue, urn, vase, etc.) then
people stare at the PCs in
silence, as if it was their fault.
9 The Moon is red, meaning
that a bloodbath is about to
happen/has happened.
10 The sky is darkening at an
alarming rate and thunder can
be heard approaching.

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Haunted locations Signs

Something bad happened in these Roll 1d20 as many times as necessary

locations, which is why they are on the next table to generate signs of
haunted today… And something bad haunting:
will happen again if the spirits are
not soothed! 1 Airstream
2 Apparitions
3 Broken devices
Location 4 Broken mirror
5 Cold breath
First, roll 1d12 on the table below to 6 Disappearing/Moved items
know what type of location is 7 Flying/Moving items
haunted: 8 Footprints
9 Laughter
1 Abbey 10 Locked doors
2 Castle 11 Melody
3 Cave 12 Rattling
4 Farm 13 Ripped fabrics
5 House 14 Screams
6 Hunting lodge 15 Slammed doors
7 Manor 16 Steam
8 Mill 17 Torn portrait
9 Mine 18 Tramping
10 Shop 19 Warning messages
11 Tavern 20 Weeping
12 Tower
How to soothe the spirit(s)
Presence
Finally, roll 1d10 on this table to
Then, roll 1d6 on the next table to determine how to calm the spirit:
determine what type of ghost haunts
the place: 1 Avenge their unjust death
2 Bring back an item dear to
1 Animal spirit their heart
2 Evil wraith 3 Bring the person responsible
3 Friendly ghost for their death to justice
4 Prankster (not a real ghost) 4 Bring them what they could
5 Restless spirit not have when they were alive
6 Twin ghosts 5 Burn the place down to ashes
6 Find their remnants and bury
them in holy ground
7 Leave the location
8 Perform a ceremony
9 Purify the location
10 Spend a night in the location
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 Other
Weapons
Weapons are not only dangerous for
those against whom they are used but
also for those who wield them. That
is why it is better not to have to use
them.
When rolling to attack, on a 20
(critical hit), roll 1d6 on the following
table:
1 Nothing more happens
2 Enemy AC is lowered (-1)
3 Enemy morale is lowered (-1)
4 Stylish attack
5 Two enemies are hit
6 Specific to weapon
On a 1 (critical miss), roll 1d6 on the
following table instead:
1 Nothing more happens
2 Character hurts themselves
3 Character hits wrong target
4 (Personal) Item is destroyed
5 Weapon is dropped/stuck
6 Specific to weapon
In both cases, when a 6 is rolled, roll
another d6 on the appropriate
weapon table.
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Axes, Daggers & Swords
Hit
1 Target bleeds (-1 HP/turn)
2 Target has a severed limb
3 Target is blinded
4 Target is decapitated
5 Target is disemboweled
6 Target loses a special attack
(if none: severed limb)
Miss
1 A rope is cut (chandelier falls,
trap is triggered, etc.)
2 Character gets electrocuted
(lightning, loose cable, etc.)
3 Ax head/Pommel comes loose
4 Target discharges a fluid
(acid, bile, blood, gas, etc.)
5 Weapon is bent
6 Weapon is chipped
Clubs, Hammers & Maces
Hit
1 Target becomes lame
2 Target is knocked out
3 Target is thrown into the air
4 Target throws up
Target’s skull is shattered
5
6 Target’s spine is broken
Miss
1 A fire is started (falling candle,
sparks, etc.)
2 Character is knocked out
3 Character looses balance
4 Character triggers a collapse
5 Weapon breaks in half
6 Weapon makes a noise that
attracts more monsters
 Other
Bows & Crossbows
Hit
1 Arrow triggers mechanism
2 Target is hit at its weak point
3 Target is hit in the head
4 Target is pinned down
5 Target runs away in pain
6 Target’s nerves are damaged
(uncontrollable movements)
Miss
1 Character is stunned
2 Character’s hands are numb
3 Munitions are lost (1d6)
4 Some glass is broken
(potion, tank, window, etc.)
5 String snaps in half
6 Weapon is cracked/jammed
Spears
Hit
1 Character makes themselves
out of reach (for 1 turn)
2 Target is lifted
3 Target is skewered
4 Target is stabbed in the throat
5 Targets fall like dominoes
6 Weapon reveals an item
hidden in the ground
Miss
1 Character’s back is exposed
2 Character’s hand has splinters
3 Spearhead falls down
4 Target grabs the spear & pulls
the character towards them
5 Weapon breaks in half
6 Weapon punctures a liquid
container (pool, wineskin, etc.)
Armors
Sometimes, armor hinders more than
it protects. Roll 1d20 on the table
below to generate a situation where
armor causes trouble:
1 Bears the coat of arms of an
evil lord/faction
2 Does not protect against the
cold at all
3 Has an obvious defect/weak
point
4 Has been summoned and will
disappear sooner or later
5 Is a type of armor that is often
ridiculed by some
6 Is an illusion which does not
actually provide protection
7 Is animated/alive/haunted
8 Is ineffective against one type
of attack (physical, elemental)
9 Is invaded by fleas and lice
10 Is not tailored to the wearer so
it is a bit hard to move in
11 Is so rusty that it may fall
apart anytime
12 Is so shiny it blinds other
members of the party
13 Lack of maintenance made it
creaky/squeaky
14 Looks pricey and attracts all
kinds of bad attention
15 Magically warns the sorcerer
who made it when it is worn
16 Prevents from squeezing
through a narrow crack
17 Shines brightly in the
darkness
18 Smells really bad and attracts
flies and rodents
19 Sports so many spikes that it
is hard not to hit anything
20 Starts boiling/melting at not
so high temperatures
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 BAD THINGS
HAPPEN
Bad Things Happen is a compilation of tables and rules to inspire DMs
as well as solo players. Using this book, discover what twists and turns
the characters will have to face next, whether they are exploring a
dungeon, camping in the wilderness, visiting a city or playing with
magic. Tables about other themes such as sea travel and weapons are also
provided in the last pages.

Among other things, the following topics are covered:

• What happens when the PCs run out of light in the dungeon?,
• Eating monsters and potential side effects,
• Problems when walking down the street in a city,
• Magic corruption,
• Weapons critical hits and misses.