Sleep Country Random Tables

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Here are the tables used to generate encounters / locations featured in yesterday’s note yeserday’s note, https://thelostbayrpg.com/sleep-country-random-locations/

Each district (in addition to otther material) has such tables.

Encounters

DUDE(S)	Roll 3d6
Sum of the 3 dice

3	Laid-off pizza chef. MOVES: Eat pizza while crying, Count a handful of coins, Improvise a bonfire. GEAR: Cold pizza, Pizza joint keys, Change, The Cleanse.
4	Somebody’s grandparent. MOVES: Foresee terrible events, Mutter something about the summer being too hot and bloody and the two things being related, Open fan and wave it gently at your face. GEAR: Astral charts, Pendulum, Fan.
5	Channel 7 reporter. MOVES: Ask annoying questions about tremors allegedly plaguing Sleep Country, Ask annoying questions about puppies disappearing, Follow you and keep asking annoying questions GEAR: Tranquil-o-chew gum, Audio equipment.
6	Bored teens (# teens is highest die). MOVES: Splash soda at each other and laugh, Call you a decrepit schmuck, Feed fries at puppies. GEAR: Portable console, XL soda bottle, Puppies.
7	Plumber. MOVES: Complain about bad clients, Know a basement boiler room somewhere deep in Sleep Country that leads to the World Below, Play harmonica GEAR: Smokes, Tool belt, Harmonica.
8	Wildlife, determined by lowest die: 1. Zombie cat, 2. Spider nest, 3. Dogpack (see Wildlife).
9	Video game designer. MOVES: Explain everything is just a simulation, including you, Do the Church of Code secret hand signal way too ostensibly, Beg you annoyingly to livetest their current project GEAR: Weed. Laptop. Floppy disk with contents determined by lowest die: 1. ASCII adventure game about the Emerald Murderer, 2. Platform runner game featuring the End of Everything mega tide, 3. 3D World Below map prototype (accurate).
10	Wildlife, determined by lowest die: 1. Half-Dead Teenager, 2. Fawn, 3. Skull Moth (see Wildlife).
11	Bride. MOVES: Enquire if you know where the groom is, Try to hide that tear in their clothes, Solemnly pardon you for something ugly you did, which actually doesn’t mean anything but makes you feel better. GEAR: Flickering Neon Crown. Antique white gown. Stroller with contents determined by lowest die: 1. Face-eating Mirror, 2. Ivory brushes, 3. Dead puppy
12	Skaters (# skaters is lowest die). MOVES: Do a crazy trick and crash, Bump into you accidentally, or was that on purpose? Throw skate on the ground out of frustration when they fail a trick or whatever. GEAR: “I WAS THERE - 1973” t-shirt, Skates, Soda can.
13	Fine art student. MOVES: Draw bald hobo leading a riot (they saw that in their dreams), Pretend to listen, “mhmh”, while continuing to draw, Drop dozens of drawings, one of them shows a walk in fridge locked with a heavy chain GEAR: So many drawings. Too many DIY bracelets. A bunch of half-chewed markers.
14	Dog Sitter (# innocuous dogs is lowest die). MOVE: Stumble on leash, Feed dogs, Offer useful advice on dog related matters GEAR: Dogs, Dog biscuits, Empty leash.
15	Cicadas Soccer team (# players is highest die). MOVES: Make penalty kick, Chant team motto, Laugh at private joke about the referee’s face when he understood his date was Jenny in the flesh. GEAR: Ball, Cup.
16	Goth singer. MOVES: Roll eyes backward doing fake hell voices, Whistle tune, seems familiar, you heard it as a kid, Invite you to a condo flat private concert. GEAR: Makeup powder, Archive of Dreadful Deaths full catalog, bootleg copyshop photocopied edition.
17	Garbage collector. MOVES: Pick up something useful off the ground, Warn you not to venture in the Highways, Advise you to unionise, GEAR: Pick-up tool, Multiple family photos in a ski resort, Food stained copy of Lynnen’s Almanac of the End of Everything (smudged, only a few pages are readable, they mention a date December 13)
18	Possessed traveling salesman. Miracle. MOVES: Have demonic convulsions (Weird save), Haggle useless gadgets, Make you sweat blood. GEAR: Utilities catalog, OMNItool prototype.

QUIRK	Optional
Sum 2 lowest dice

2	Broken front tooth.
3	Picks nose for excruciatingly long time.
4	Spits too much.
5	Arm and leg in cast.
6	So many tattoos.
7	Black eye.
8	Uncicatrized scar.
9	Abnormally large eyes.
10	Smells of fresh laundry.
11	Runny nose.
12	Scabs. Coughs flies.

MOOD	Optional
Sum 2 highest dice

2	Needy. “I need cash, now. I’ve lost my last QuickLoanTM request form.”
3	Angry. “Don’t push me dude. I’m having the worst day and I don’t wanna be pushed to commit murder.”
4	Panicked. “My car, it’s been swallowed by the earth. The hole is eating us alive!“
5	Thirsty. “I keep drinking, you know, but I feel thirsty no matter how much I swallow. Do you have mint soda?“
6	Wary. “Why are you following me? I saw you at the TransDistric road crossing.”
7	Silent. Wave “NO” signs with the head.
8	Curious. “Are you that dude on the leaflets all over the town?“
9	Distressed. “Have you seen my dog? Last week, she left after we argued. I’m devastated.”
10	Conspirative. “It’s all fake. A huge psyops. I hate this sky, it looks painted. Feels like a lid keeping us caged. Look at you! You’re too perfectly odd to be real. You’re probably an NPC sent by them.”
11	Obsessed. “There’s too many coincidences. All those wildfires, they can’t just happen by chance. But what’s their purpose? I still don’t know.”
12	Self-absorbed. “I don’t have time for you, you know why? Because no one is capable of doing what I do.”

Location

LOCATION	Roll 3d6
Sum of the 3 dice

3	Plastic tree forest.
4	Small lake.
5	Mini-golf.
6	Barn.
7	[Bouncy Horror Castle].
8	Old canal.
9	Abandoned mansion.
10	Sports field.
11	Plant nursery.
12	Phone box.
13	Barren soil.
14	Bus stop.
15	[Water Reservoir].
16	Self-storage center.
17	Underpass.
18	[Spleen & Liver Food Truck].

Scene

SCENE	Roll 3d6
Two or more 1	You spot someone you know. (Roll [Relationship])
Two or more 2s	A car stops right next to you, you’re offered a lift by a smiling stranger.
Two or more 3s	You spot someone you know. (Roll [Relationship])
Two or more 4s	Something or someone is on fire.
Two or more 5s	Tremors shake the ground.
Two or more 6s	A white owl crosses paths with you.
Sum of the 3 dice

3	Someone is screaming and twirling a two-handed sword. Shirtless. Bloodshot eyes. “I’m not afraid, come and get me you freak.”
4	A bayer is tearing and dumping photos, lots of them, black and white and color photos, some recent and other old.
5	A small radio or speaker spits elevator music. Roll 1d6. On even, the speaker says something relative to your calling On odd, it emits an earthquake emergency broadcast.
6	A party has just ended. Crushed beer cans. A bag of marshmallows. Cigarette butts. In a puke puddle lies a keychain with the inscription “Luca”.
7	A group is watching wrestling matches on TV. Betting. Next match: Mezzo-Soprano vs Redheaded Judas. Roll 1d6. On even, Mezzo-Soprano Judas strangles the Hell Cook to death. On odd, Hell Cook wins by KO.
8	Someone is eating a huge sandwich, silently.
9	A Bayer is doing wheelies with a scooter. Roll 1d6: on even they plunge in a nearby inflatable pool, scooter and driver are safe, pool is wasted. On odd scooter crashes, leg breaks. “I got distracted!” Who’s to blame?
10	Someone’s sister is roasting meat on an improvised grill. They are using a pack of The Cleanse pamphlets as accelerants. Roll 1d6. On even they offer to share food. On odd the girl’s clothes catch fire.
11	Someone is washing a customized truck. Bubbles and soap.
12	A thief is breaking into a parked car. Smashing windows with a pry bar. Roll Dude for accomplice on the lookout. You know the accomplice, roll [Relationship].
13	Someone has poured gas on something extremely flammable. They’re about to set it on fire. Huge grin of satisfaction on their face.
14	A white van with stained glasses is following in the distance. Slowly.
15	Someone is getting their nails painted. Looks beautiful and shiny. Roll 1d6. On even nails are painted with religious motifs portraying the assembly of immortals in the Dome. On odd nails display a miniature storyboard of something that happened to you and only you can know. What is it?
16	BFFR is prepping an improvised clash circle, delimited by foldable chairs and clothesline. The Hare watches in the distance, from within a red car.
17	Someone is being tied by the neck to a light pole with a U-lock.
18	A Bayer is probing the premises with a metal detector.