Picaresques

Start your first (or any) session in media res.

Roll 1d6 or choose:

1. Goblin Thieves
You've been hired (100s, if successful), to Do Something about the goblins who keep sneaking into town and stealing pigs. You've been lying in wait and have jumped into the road to accost the returning raiding party (1d6 goblins, one in a Fancy Hat)...
2. Before the Petrified Sorcerer
You’re chasing down the corrupt guard captain. The town council is paying good silver (500/1000) for him dead or alive. He stands before a 7’ mage statue, bejeweled rapier drawn and cape tattered. The sun is setting as shadows lengthen...
3. When the Gendarmes Laid Low
You were found guilty on the word of a filthy rich merchant for crimes you might have committed. 1d6 gendarmes step into the tavern you're in as the world rumbles. They glance at each other, lock eyes with you, and are crushed flat when the wall collapses...
4. She Won't Let You Sleep
You offended her, somehow. It’s been 1d6 days since you last slumbered, and 1d6 hours since the sun set. You’ve found her, singing lullabies to herself in her cottage deep in the woods. At last, perhaps, you can lift this damned curse...
5. The Old Man & The Bath
An ancient man seeks to bathe in healing waters long rumored and never seen. He promised you enormous wealth (600s up front, 1800s on return) to keep him safe on his quest. Two months of travel and hardship and you’ve found them, at last. The man slips, fully clothed, into a pool of dark bubbling water...
6. In Search of the Silver Lily
A young woman with bulging eyes was calling out for help. She promised you her weight in silver for the petals of a magic flower if you’d just retrieve it from a cave known as The Mudfish’s Maw. She handed you a map and now, two weeks later, you can see the cave. You also see a tiger stalking a hat-wearing frog...