Random events

One hero is fraying, the delves have taken their toll, and the nerve is going. They come to you, hollow-eyed.

• ▸Grant them leave— gone 4 days, back rested
• ▸Pair them with a friend— lean on the bonds
• ▸Tell them to harden up— sink or swim40% risk

One hero and another hero came to blows over a card game in the tavern. The hall is watching how you handle it.

• ▸Discipline both— order restored, pride stung
• ▸Let them settle it— someone could get hurt30% risk
• ▸Side with the wronged— one heartened, one sour

One hero wants to push their craft further and asks the guild to back some hard training.

• ▸Fund private training (-180g)— coin for growth
• ▸Have a veteran take them on— free, slower, and a mentorship
• ▸Have an old hand take them on— free, slower
• ▸Tell them to make do— they take it poorly

Word reaches you that a rival guild has been courting one hero with promises of gold and glory.

• ▸Promise them a future (-250g)— pay to keep them sweet
• ▸Reassure them with words— cheap, but uncertain30% risk
• ▸Call their bluff— they may walk45% risk

The feud between a hero and a hero is poisoning the hall. Something has to give.

• ▸Force a reconciliation (-150g)— buy the peace
• ▸Bench one of them— cool it by distance
• ▸Let it fester— it could turn violent35% risk

One hero returned from leave with a heavy purse, an old debt repaid, they say, no questions asked.

• ▸Bank it for the guild— +160–400g
• ▸Let them keep it— a happy hero
• ▸Throw a feast for the hall— morale for all, some spent

One hero, eyes on the twilight of their career, offers to take young another hero under their wing.

• ▸Bless the mentorship— a bond + the youth grows
• ▸Keep them focused on contracts— no distractions

One hero has been away from home too long. The road weighs on them, and the homesickness dulls the blade.

• ▸Grant them leave— gone 4 days, back lighter
• ▸Send a friend along— lean on the bonds
• ▸Remind them of the work— they take it hard

One hero has challenged another hero to a sparring match before the whole hall, bragging rights on the line.

• ▸Let them spar— sharpens both, small risk25% risk
• ▸Make a hall event (-80g)— morale for all
• ▸Forbid it— no needless risks

A fever has laid one hero low, shivering in their bunk, no use to anyone until it passes.

• ▸Best care (-130g)— a physician, swift recovery
• ▸Let it run its course— free, slower, risky35% risk

One hero got drunk and loud in a crowded tavern, throwing the guild's name around. Tongues are wagging.

• ▸Smooth it over (-120g)— pay to bury it
• ▸Discipline them publicly— name safe, hero stung
• ▸Laugh it off— reputation40% risk

A grey-robed sage arrives at the hall, offering to share hard-won lore of the deep places, for a fair price.

• ▸Pay for the teaching (-180–360g)— the whole guild learns
• ▸Haggle hard— they may take offence35% risk
• ▸Send them on their way— no coin spent

One hero has run up a gambling debt with hard people, and they've come to the hall asking after it.

• ▸Clear the debt (-140–280g)— loyalty bought
• ▸Lend it against their pay— fair, a little sour
• ▸Let them face it— they could get hurt40% risk

The guild has had a hard run of it. A proper feast might lift every weary soul.

• ▸Throw a grand feast (-220g)— the whole hall lifts
• ▸A modest gathering (-60g)— a small lift
• ▸Back to work— no time for revelry

The whole hall is running on empty after a brutal stretch, blades slow and tempers shorter.

• ▸Stand the guild down (-90g)— the whole roster rests
• ▸Rest the worst of them— the most spent goes on 4 days' leave
• ▸Push on regardless— no rest, and it may tell35% risk

One hero is hiding a wound to keep their place in the side, wincing when they think no one is watching.

• ▸Order them to heal— gone 4 days, mends clean
• ▸Physician and light duties (-110g)— they stay, eased
• ▸Trust them to know their limit— they play on40% risk

Your quartermaster corners you: straps fraying, blades dull, boots worn through. The kit is failing.

• ▸Refit the hall (-140–210g)— everyone the readier
• ▸Patch what you can (-60g)— make do, mostly
• ▸Make do— worn kit is a gamble35% risk

A storm lashes the hall through the night, thunder in the rafters, and by dawn the mood is jumpy and thin.

• ▸Rally them— a steadying word
• ▸Let them rest it out— a quiet day
• ▸Train through it— sharpen, or slip30% risk

Word of a hero's deeds has spread, and the realm wants to fete them, a hero of the hour.

• ▸Bask in the glory— renown & a proud hall
• ▸Keep them grounded— humility over fame20% risk

A travelling bard offers to spread the legend of your guild far and wide, for a fee, of course.

• ▸Commission the ballad (-120g)— pay for renown
• ▸Haggle them down— less coin, less reach
• ▸Send them on their way— no coin spent

One hero is restless, they want to strike out alone for a season and chase a rumour of glory.

• ▸Bless the journey— risky, they may not return30% risk
• ▸Talk them round— keep them home
• ▸Forbid it outright— they take it badly35% risk

One hero has been delving brilliantly, and has started telling everyone about it.

• ▸Have a veteran set them straight— humility, and a bond
• ▸Let the swagger ride— confidence, for now30% risk

One hero, one of your best, feels underpaid for what they bring, and asks for a fairer share.

• ▸Pay a loyalty bonus (-120–240g)— coin now, gratitude that lasts
• ▸Promise them the next good purse— words, and a hope30% risk
• ▸Refuse, the coin is the guild's— they may walk35% risk

The road takes you past a village gutted by a hard winter, no coin to spare and the children thin.

• ▸Open the guild's purse (-100–200g)— renown, and a proud hall
• ▸A token gift (-40g)— a small gesture
• ▸Ride on— the deep places do not wait40% risk

One hero has not been the same since you laid in the ground. The grief sits heavy, and the blade with it.

• ▸Give them space— time to sit with it
• ▸Honour the fallen with the hall— the guild grieves as one
• ▸Tell them to bury it and fight— grief is a luxury40% risk

A rival hall's champion swaggers into the yard and calls out one hero before a gathering crowd.

• ▸Accept the challenge— glory, or a hard knock35% risk
• ▸Wager gold on it too (70–210g stake)— richer glory, worse sting40% risk
• ▸Decline— no needless risks

One hero questions your last call openly, in front of the whole hall. The room goes quiet, waiting.

• ▸Hear them out— they feel heard
• ▸Pull rank— the hall has one voice
• ▸Give them a real say from now on— trust as the answer30% risk

One hero botched a repair and ruined a good piece of kit. They are mortified, and the hall knows.

• ▸Have a veteran teach them right— a lesson, and a bond
• ▸Teach them right— they learn
• ▸Dock it from their share— lesson learned hard
• ▸Let it slide— they may not learn30% risk

An old creditor arrives at the hall, ledger in hand, claiming a coin the guild owes from years past.

• ▸Pay it in full (-160–320g)— honour kept, word spreads
• ▸Negotiate it down— settle for less
• ▸Refuse to pay— it may cost you40% risk

A sleepless night leaves half the hall on edge, shadows long and nerves worn thin.

• ▸Give them the day— nerves settle
• ▸Set a watch rotation— discipline steadies
• ▸Push on— frayed nerves are a risk35% risk

A travelling merchant unrolls a cloth of fine wares, a blade of real quality among them, and names a steep price.

• ▸Buy the blade for one hero (-120–240g)— a real edge, well earned
• ▸Haggle hard— save coin, or lose the deal40% risk
• ▸Send them on their way— no coin spent

One hero swears they saw a dark portent before the last delve, and the hall has grown jumpy.

• ▸Indulge the ritual— calm frayed nerves
• ▸Dismiss it as nonsense— risky if the mood sours35% risk

One hero, feeling the years, asks for one more run worth remembering before the road ends.

• ▸Give them their moment— a proud vet, a torch passed
• ▸Keep them steady— their place is in the side

One hero has been packing their kit in the evenings, turning over the thought of leaving before their oath is out.

• ▸Ask what's wrong— hear them out
• ▸Give them a few days away— gone 4 days, back clearer
• ▸Let it lie— they may just go30% risk

Word reaches the hall that a rival guild is quietly foundering, hiding a disaster from the realm.

• ▸Send someone to learn more— knowledge is leverage
• ▸Offer them help— goodwill spreads
• ▸Stay out of it— not your trouble30% risk

Has adopted the hall, under the tables at supper and at the gate come morning.

• ▸Keep it (-20g upkeep)— spirits lift
• ▸Let one hero take it in— one heart especially
• ▸Shoo it off— no room for strays

The Archivist notes, quietly, that today is one hero's name-day, and no one else has remembered.

• ▸Mark the day— a small warmth
• ▸Let a hero honour it— two hearts lifted
• ▸Make a fuss of them— a happy hero
• ▸Let it pass— nothing spent

One hero and another hero have grown close on the road, closer than the rest of the hall realises.

• ▸Bless it— a deep bond
• ▸Keep it professional— discipline over heart