TEXT: TVE3c: SEEKING...
  Seeking
  adventure
  answer(s)
  assassin
  assistance (w/ task)
  cleric(s)
  courier
  cure
  escort
  ﬁghter(s)
  forger
  help
  information
  investigator(s)
  item
  justice
  magic-user(s)
  mercenaries
  messenger
  monetary assistance
  (safe) passage
  person
  protection
  ranger(s)/tracker(s)
  revenge
  smuggler
  thief(s)
  training
  truth
  work
  [false pretense]**
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  Seeking
  advice
  contraband
  directions to location of item
  directions to special person
  directions to special place
  documents, actual
  documents, forgeries
  information
  item, famed/legendary
  item, magic
  item, seemingly mundane
  map(s)
  (safe) passage
  prediction
  prophecy
  services as alchemist
  services as animal handler
  services as assassin
  services as cleric
  services as ﬁghter
  services as forger
  services as guide
  services as healer
  services as henchman
  services as magic-user
  services as ranger/tracker
  services as thief
  truth
  warning
  [false pretense]**
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  TVE3b: OFFERING...
  Seeking
  amount of ale consumed
  conspicuous local
  conspicuous traveler
  desire for loose women
  distrust of demi-humans
  distrust of magic & magic-users
  hatred of government/ruler(s)
  hatred of humanoids
  hatred of religion & clerics
  humanoid actions in area
  humanoid presence in area
  lost/stolen/missing item
  monster action
  monster presence
  new construction
  obscure item
  person(s) who died
  person(s) who disappeared
  recent troop movements
  renowned benefactor 
  renowned coward
  renowned hero
  renowned malefactor
  something overheard
  something seen 
  strange phenomenon
  strange weather
  strange/remarkable item
  upcoming battle/conﬂict
  [too drunk to be understood]*
  “d30 Tavern Encounters”: © 2014, New Big Dragon Games Unlimited
  d30 Tavern Encounters
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  TVE3a: DISCUSSING...
  * roll again, ignoring this result hereafter; result=what person is actually talking about
  ** roll twice, ignoring this result hereafter; result 1=lie told to PCs; result 2=truth being kept from PCs
  TVE1: GENERAL TAVERN ACTIVITY & SIZE OF CROWD
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  drinking only
  drinking/gambling
  drinking/lechery
  drinking/ﬁghting
  drinking/gambling/ﬁghting
  drinking/lechery/ﬁghting
  drinking/deal-making (business)
  drinking/deal-making (business)/ﬁghting
  drinking/gambling/lechery/ﬁghting
  drinking/gambling/lechery/deal-making (business)/ﬁghting
  * roll on d30 may be interpretted as # of patrons in addition to PCs and tavern staff
  10s Digit: Crowd*
   1-10 light (mostly a few regulars, 
   
   
  convsersations easily overheard)
   11-20  moderate (some smoke/noise,
   
   
  people able to keep to themselves)
   21-30  heavy (noisy, smoky, unable to
   
   
  converse quietly/maintain privacy)
  1s Digit: Activity
  TVE2: NOTABLE TAVERN PATRON(S)
  * roll 1d2 [1=male; 2=female]; demi-human type at DM’s discretion
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  discusses/talks quietly (roll on TVE3a)
  discusses/talks loudly (roll on TVE3a)
  approaches PCs discreetly (roll on TVE3b)
  approaches PCs openly (roll on TVE3b)
  approaches PCs discreetly (roll on TVE3c)
  approaches PCs openly (roll on TVE3c)
  Patron’s Action
  Tavern Patron
  Male Local
  Female Local
  Male Traveler
  Female Traveler
  Demi-human*
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Tables & Charts/Encounters/Fantasy/A-Z D30 Tables/AtoZ-d30-TavernEncounters.pdf