Bustling Marketplace

Description: The economic heart of the settlement, with local artisans, traveling merchants, and patrons across social classes.

Tone & Feel: Crowded and vibrant, a cacophony of smells from food, herbs, spices and textiles.

Tier: 1

Type: Social

Difficulty: 10

Potential Adversaries:

Merchant, Bladed Guards, Guard Captain, Katari Burglar

Features

Tip the Scales - Passive

Any PC may gain advantage on a Presence roll by offering a handful of gold as part of the interaction.

Will any coin be accepted or only local currency? How overt are the PCs in offering this bribe?

Crowd Closes In - Reaction

When one of the PCs splits from the group, the crowds shift and cut them off from the party for a moment.

Where does the crowd’s movement carry them? How do they feel about being alone but surrounded?

Unexpected Find - Action

Reveal to the PCs that one of the merchants has something they want or need - food from home, a rare book, magical components, a dubious treasure map, a magical key.

What cost beyond gold will the merchant ask for in exchange for this rarity?

Sticky Fingers - Action

A thief tries to steal something from a PC. The PC makes an Instinct roll to notice in time to stop the thief. If they roll a failure, the thief succeeds and runs away to a Close distance. Retrieving the stolen item is a Progress Countdown (6) that must be completed before the thief is able to reach their bolthole.

What drove this person to pickpocketing? Where is the thief’s bolthole and why has it avoided notice?

The economic heart of the settlement, with local artisans, traveling merchants, and patrons across social classes.