Wednesday, January 11, 2012

1D30 Space Bar Encounters - For Use With Your Retro Future Space Opera


1D30 Space Bar Encounters
  1. Alien Synithoids working the crowd. Posing as prostitutes but will sell information for the right price 
  2. Space Truckers having come in with their pay day checks. 1d6 looking to start a fight. Willing to talk about the long haul hyper planar space routes for a few credits 
  3. A very nervous psychic with flaming telepathic abilities on the lamb from the Imperials willing to part with credits to get off world 
  4. 2 star crossed lovers from rival guild families who want some protection from the Empire Authorities.
  5. 4 assassin bots disguised as waiters looking for their targets. Will serve the clients in the bar & kill off folks discreetly 
  6. 1d6 Press Gangers looking to roll a few new crew members for a deep  long space haul of 1d20 years
  7. 1d4 Martian Panths looking for mercenary work. Good with energy weapons & swords. Searching for their long lost monarch 
  8. The Space Patrol blowing off some steam. They're looking for new recruits & collecting the space tales of the bar patrons for an academy project. They may have some leads. 
  9. A one eyed spacer looking deeply into his drinks as moves some of the spice shakers around telepathically. A failed psychic deep in his cups may impart some words of wisdom or might be looking to recruit a crew 
  10. Synoziod assassin between assignments looking to free lance for a couple of days. 50% chance of betraying employer
  11. A group of out of work bards looking for a gig. They're capable of 3 more planar jumps but they're saving those up. Desperate, alone, & non human. 
  12. A shape shifting alien serial killer moving through the bar patrons as a human woman. Very deadly & also psychic. 3 hit dice & spell like abilities. 
  13. A desperate spacer willing to sell a treasure map for 200 credits. A con man actually with a really nice map that does show what he's trying to pass off. 
  14. 1d3 star ship captains who have encountered a star dragon & are making a blood pack to hunt it down . Willing to hire a party for 2d100 credits. 
  15. A trio of professors from the stellar university who are part of  cartographic guild. They are mapping some of the new planar hyperspace lanes. They're guild head has gone missing. They're getting drunk & are willing to talk 
  16. A group of entertainers who are actually imperial spies searching for a secret heir to the throne. Very deadly but sort of clueless as well on matters of the street. They can entertain however. 
  17. A member of the jester's guild looking for a space ship captain. His nephew & niece need to get off planet as soon as possible. 4 level jester with a cybernetic imp as an implant. Willing to exchange services as well as pay. 
  18. A group of alien prospectors who have struck it rich. They are being very cagey about the claim. A rival is after them. 
  19. A group of  empire escapees who have disguised themselves as Prophets of the Open Eye. The real prophets have a bounty on their heads after the murdered the head of a chapter house. 
  20. A group of warrior nuns The Sisterhood of  Combat are looking for employment & romance. They will hit on any female member of the party with a charisma of 5 or better. They may set up a diversion & create an opportunity for employment. 3 level Amazon warriors. 
  21. Cougaroid mercenaries looking for employment & lunch. 2 level warriors armed with flamers & leather armor. 
  22. Washed up space captain getting drunk & feeling sorry for himself. Willing to do anything to get his self respect back. War hero 5 centuries ago. Must be sobered up 
  23. The head of the Space Scorpions gang out to recruit new members by way of a blaster. Sits quietly drinking for now. 
  24. A spacer sits quietly in a corner while his telepathic shadow twin scans the bar for "business opportunities" 
  25. A group of wormoid tourists are looking for a few folks to infect to sight see from the inside. They sit quietly & are scoping out the action 
  26. A group of 1d10 orcs are playing darts & talking about the last human raid. They are still wearing their spacer leathers & their armed. Will start a rumble at the drop of a hat 
  27. A lone prospector sits with a small god that no else can see accept you. Is looking for adventurers for a dangerous mission. 
  28. A group of alien bar patrons. They're ordinary patrons drinking 
  29. A band of warrior monks is tying on  & is looking for trouble. They're a chaotic lot & very dangerous 4 th level fighters. 
  30. Another dimensional bar reflection which you just wandered into. This is the flip side universe. Start at the top & re roll. Or your party is now inside the mouth of a giant creature prepare for melee. Now! 

3 comments:

  1. Great stuff! You've been on a roll lately Needles!

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  2. Great chart. We should put ours together. From the look of the pics, it's the same bar! ;)

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  3. Thanks guys!
    Trey how about this, you do another Spaceman's Bar Encounter Table chart & I do one. We combined all of them into a pdf & you throw it up on your blog as a freebie!

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