Strange Crimes

17. prostitute
18. criminal
19. art collector
20. archivist

Suggested use: D20 CRIME Is believed to have been...

A few tables to generate random strange crimes. 1.

2.
killed
robbed
3. kidnapped
The basic structure is supposed to be this: 4.
5.
extorted
blackmailed
6. attacked
VICTIMTYPE + ORIGIN + VICTIM is believed 7.
8.
eaten
decapitated
to have been CRIME + LOCATION + 9. mutilated
CIRCUMSTANCES. The case is handled by 10.
11.
assaulted
taken hostage
INVESTIGATORS who are INTEREST solving 12. banished to another plane
it and WILLINGNESS share details. 13.
14.
blown up
set on fire
15. polimorphed into an ottoman
SOURCE a connection to CLUE. 16. fed to wild animals
17. thrown into a pit
18. tricked
D20 VICTIMTYPE 19. cloned
20. shrinked

1. a group of travelers lead by a

2. a caravan lead by a D36 LOCATION (1D6D6)
3. an adventuring party lead by a
4. a group of pilgrims following a
1. at home
5. a young
2. in the street in broad daylight
6. an old
3. in a dark alley
7. a down on his luck
4. in a tavern
8. a common
5. at a brothel
9. a few
6. on the outskirts of town
10. a hated
7. in the park
11. another
8. in someone’s garden
12. a middleaged
9. in a temple
13. the family of a
10. on the town square
14. the friend of a
11. out in the woods
15. a strange
12. down by the lake
16. a famous
13. in the swamp
17. a well-liked
14. in the nearby ruin
18. a simple dressed
15. in a nearby cave
19. an extravagantly dressed
16. by the sewer exit
20. a commonly dressed
17. in a guard tower
18. in an abandoned house
D4 ORIGIN 19. in an abandoned warehouse
20. in an old mansion
21. in the stable of an old estate
1. local 22. in the greenhouse of an old mansion
2. foreign 23. in a crypt
3. exotic looking 24. in a library
4. unknown 25. at the victims own place of work
26. in the victims own bedroom
27. in a hidden room in the victims own house
D20 VICTIM 28. in the common room of a local guild
29. on a boat on the lake
1. man 30. on a quiet mountain road
2. woman 31. on a track in the woods
3. craftsman 32. out by the waterfall
4. guard 33. in the cathedral
5. noble 34. in the old church
6. slave 35. in the catacombs
7. servant 36. at an undisclosed location
8. child
9. lord
10. mage D10 CIRCUMSTANCES
11. priest
12. merchant 1. to no real surprise to the local population.
13. thief 2. under obviously mysterious circumstances.
14. assassin 3. causing great unrest among the local population.
15. officer 4. like several similar victims before.
16. hobo 5. without getting any real attention from the local population.
 6. and the remnants of dark magic is still draining all light from the 9. lust
spot. 10. greed
7. and the local population hasn’t spoken a word since. 11. a murky acquaintance from the victim’s past
8. and the town is now under curfew. 12. that old tablet covered in obscure symbols
9. and people believe it to be politically motivated. 13. the terrible story no one wants to remember
10. as it happens every month. 14. an old friend of the PCs
15. a beautiful young woman, who only came to town recently
16. another horrid crime committed not long ago
D8 INVESTIGATORS The case is being handled by... 17. the escaped criminal, rumored to be in hiding nearby
18. markings of a wild animal
1. the city guard 19. that deep rumble, that you might hear coming from below the
2. royal guard surface of the paved roads from time to time.
3. a fearsome crew with obvious scars of battle 20. the nightly activities of one of the PCs, but it’s all so hazy…
4. a strange and quiet group, not known by any of the locals
5. men of the church
6. an old man in a robe and his dog
7. a middleaged woman in a simple uniform with her young male
assistant
8. a young man, who won’t disclose his relationship to the victim
assisted by his mute brother

D6 INTEREST who are... solving it

1. keen on
2. not very interested in
3. doing all they can in
4. letting no one stand in their way of
5. not doing so much for
6. clearly making sure nothing is done in

D12 WILLINGNESS and ... share details.

1. are hostile when asked to

2. are in no way willing to
3. are very skeptical to
4. are scared to
5. are clearly not allowed to
6. are, when completely hammered, somewhat willing to
7. skeptical, but somewhat willing to
8. somewhat willing to
9. willing to
10. very willing to
11. way to willing to
12. yelling to everyone trying to

D10 SOURCE

1. According to your sources on the local tavern, there’s

2. A less-reputable local paper writes about
3. A scrawny town crier tell passers-by of
4. A group of craftsmen walking by talks about
5. According to the flyers distributed in quite overwhelming numbers
around town, there is definitely
6. A man without teeth comes up and whispers to a PC
7. By the gate, A hideously deformed man passes you a note
mentioning
8. At the scene of the crime is a verse from a poem, written with
intestines laid out in beautiful cursive - it has
9. A note on a players bed speaks of
10. The players heard the victim scream something, when the crime
took place, that hinted at

D20 CLUE a connection to...

1. a local cult with rather extreme beliefs

2. a lock of strange fur
3. a rumoured jealous lover
4. a hot tempered spouse
5. the local child, the one with the strangest eyes
6. markings of something having entered from beyond
7. remnants of the darkest magic
8. revenge