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1d100 - Late Night City Encounters
- A shady salesman peddling keys to buildings all around town.
- A funeral procession wearing strange masks. The deceased rests bare atop a litter.
- Astronomers, testing an apparatus to see beyond the stars.
- A horde of rats, flowing down the street like a tidal wave of squeaking fur.
- A headless corpse atop a horse. It is slumped over, about to topple off its mount.
- Thieves, selling guild memberships.
- Thieves, selling fake guild memberships.
- Thieves, selling their ill-gotten goods.
- A young child in rags, their mind replaced with that of an animal.
- A blind man, a deaf woman and a mute child. They beg for coin, and offer good omens to those who aid them.
- An entire city block has disappeared. Onlookers are baffled.
- Sewer oozes are backing up the pipes, and the street is filled with noxious fumes. Citizens in bedclothes loiter in confusion.
- A travelling circus is in town. An exotic animal has broken free, and lurks the streets.
- Urban druids engaging in vigilante justice against those who commit crimes against the city.
- Illegal philosophy debate.
- Priests and priestesses of the god/goddess of nighttime. Cheap healing poultices and rumors for those who tithe.
- An entire street filled with food carts. Delicious aromas fill the air.
- Corrupt city constables turn blind eye as a gang loots a business district.
- Children approach to hand out pamphlets advertising underground fight arena.
- Strange food cart sells sweet pastries and coffee. The owner seeks adventurers to fetch rare ingredients.
- The young daughter of a local magistrate has just been mugged, and badly injured. A ring stolen from her was magical.
- A museum that is only open during the darkest hours of night is handing out door prizes.
- A strange festival has just begun. None of the attendees or employees are quite sure who organized it, or what it celebrates.
- The city is quiet. Nobody can make any sound, no matter how hard they try this night.
- Fisherman are dragging their late-night haul in from the docks. Something is amiss.
- Vandals are out and about, desecrating various buildings.
- A hulking creature is devouring someone in the middle of the street. A few people pass by, seemingly oblivious.
- Street lamps flicker strangely. A message is being broadcast.
- Senior initiated members of the spider cult are hazing new adherents.
- A fledgling vampire is being accosted by a gang of werewolves for unknowingly crossing into their turf.
- Someone broke into a factory that produces potions and salves. They left in a hurry, and something escaped.
- Angry devils are seeking new employment after previous warlock broke the terms and conditions of their pact.
- Lawyers lurk the streets at night.
- Two rival pirate crews are having friendly competition in dark alley.
- Late-night soiree of wealthy artists. People on the street who look like they have interesting stories are invited to join.
- A political debate has run until midnight. Tempers flare, and a brawl threatens to spill out of the forum and into the city proper.
- A down on his luck ceramic bowl salesman has become the conduit for moon entity.
- Raiders from a strange kingdom are trying to get directions.
- A bookstore that peddles forbidden knowledge has put up flyers seeking help.
- A serial killer is having trouble finding new victims for his strangely specific murder condition.
- A man selling brass automatons refuses to explain what gives his creations such incredible intelligence.
- Drug dealers sampled their own stock until there was none left. Their clients are upset.
- A mob kingpin is tired of his incompetent goons.
- Screams can be heard in the sewers.
- After the sun sets, a second sun immediately crests on the opposite horizon. People are upset.
- A series of horrible omens lead to a public, midnight sacrifice of 20 unruly children and their bad parents.
- The ghost of the man who designed the city is upset that nobody remembers him.
- The city's law enforcement goes on strike after not receiving pay for 3rd week in a row.
- All water in the city begins to flow backwards until sunrise.
- Fireworks!
- Strange children in masks are knocking on doors and vanishing into thin air to avoid being caught.
- Enlightened scholars from local center of learning are afraid to venture into the rougher parts of town at night for their experiments.
- Bored anarchists set out to overthrow government during the dead of night.
- A local cemetery is thrown into chaos as the dead begin to rise.
- Local witch coven opens midnight gambling hall, small bets and friendly competition.
- Local politicians open midnight gambling hall and high-class tavern. Extremely high stakes.
- Local children open midnight gambling hall in abandoned warehouse. You win, or you die.
- Yeast golem escapes from bakery during the night. Seeks asylum from sadistic master.
- Investigative journalist seeks an interesting scoop. Finds horrible, life-changing secret instead.
- A pack of wild dogs roam the streets. They are strangely friendly.
- Local asylum has run out of inmates to experiment on. New patients sought.
- A festival in the immigrant district is in full swing. Foreign gods visit their followers at midnight to give blessings.
- Local blacksmith stays open late to produce surplus silver weapons. Just in case.
- Bug infestation. Big, big bugs.
- Local man discovers secret to immortality. It involves taking drugs to stay awake all night screaming in the street.
- A man who is scheduled to be executed refuses to die, attempt is still ongoing even after night falls.
- Cult of soothsayers invite strangers off the street for palm-readings and tea. Surprisingly nice.
- Prostitutes seek out help; brothel owner gone mad, is being controlled by brain slugs.
- One of the city's largest bridges has collapsed, panic swells in a nighttime frenzy.
- Man stands on corner giving eerily detailed prophecy about the end of the world.
- Shapeshifters decide that humans are boring. In protest, they use their mimicry to mock people in late-night farce.
- A businessman is desperately trying to secure funding for his bizarre, but highly profitable startup.
- People are milling about the street aimlessly. None of them have faces.
- A strange music fills the air. Somewhere in the city, a trio of nameless bards play a mournful dirge.
- Teenagers have spotted strange creature, are giving chase with makeshift weapons.
- Huge burly men engage in late-night competition of strength.
- Seven knights return from fight with ancient evil. They really need a drink.
- A paranormal society is headed to the local cemetery to conduct bizarre rituals.
- Local tavern becomes a portal to a pocket dimension at night.
- Religious authorities pull people out of their homes in nightly witch hunt.
- Nameless, faceless creature stalks the street, seeks to devour liars, cheaters and adulterers.
- Five banshees convene to gossip and shit-talk other local supernatural entities.
- Wealthy baron has been transformed into talking pig by his spurned lover. Enjoys his new form, wants someone to take him out of the city.
- Travelling circus has set up shop in the plaza. They are all being stalked by an ancient curse.
- A strange house on the corner of the street is really a giant, ancient mimic.
- Wererats need help finding new burrow after being evicted due to racial discrimination.
- Seamstress' guild is tired of being confused with prostitutes' guild. Catfight in the street.
- Local fisherman catches an aboleth.
- Tour guide promises haunted trip through city. Includes detour to somewhere worse.
- An entire district of the city turns out to be cleverly positioned mirrors. Late-night cleaning crew ruins the illusion when they break some.
- Little girl is trying to get people to follow her into dark alley.
- City bends in strange manner, streets begin to repeat themselves.
- District of the city floods as horrible storm moves in at night. Bioluminescent mermaids aid rescue efforts.
- Sinkhole swallows palace.
- Giant spiders turn the street into sticky deathtrap.
- Strange creature living in sewer drain wants to trade useful goods.
- Gallery of wax statues come to life, but sunrise will see them melt.
- Birds are forming strange message in the night sky.
- Astronomers flee their tower in a hurry, refuse to explain why.
- A second city appears in the sky, upside down and equally confused.
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