Free d20 Rumor Table for GMs
d20 rumors (1 to 10)
1. The old mine is whispering at night. Miners refuse to go near it. 2. A traveling merchant sold a map that leads to a place that does not exist. 3. The mayor's twin is not a twin at all. 4. There is a reward for a thief nobody has seen steal anything. 5. Wolves in the north woods have started walking in a line, like soldiers. 6. The miller's daughter can speak with the dead, but only on rainy days. 7. A caravan left town last week and its wagons returned empty. 8. The river runs backward for one hour at dawn near the old crossing. 9. A noble is quietly buying every lamp in the region. 10. The temple's cellar has a door that was not there last month.
d20 rumors (11 to 20)
11. Someone has been paying the beggars to watch a particular house. 12. A hermit on the ridge knows the cure for the cough going round. 13. The harbor master keeps two sets of books. 14. A comet fell near the marsh, and the frogs have gone silent. 15. The baker's bread tastes of home to every customer, whatever their home was. 16. A knight rode in at night, left at dawn, and nobody remembers his face. 17. The old road has a toll booth that no one built. 18. A child in the next village predicted the last three storms exactly. 19. The innkeeper owes a dangerous debt and is trying to hire help quietly. 20. Every clock in the hall of records stopped at the same moment.
d12 who tells it, d12 how true
1. A drunk, happily sure of it. 2. A tired courier on the road. 3. A child who heard it from a cat. 4. A nervous clerk, whispering. 5. A cheerful peddler, who sells rumors by the cup. 6. A retired soldier with a grudge. 7. A sharp-eyed grandmother. 8. A servant who should not be talking. 9. A rival of the person named. 10. A priest who disapproves, but repeats it. 11. A bard making it better with each telling. 12. Two people who disagree on the details. How true: 1. Entirely true. 2. True, but outdated. 3. True, but the cause is different. 4. Half true, half exaggeration. 5. Mostly false, but built on a real event. 6. False, spread on purpose. 7. False, but someone believes it enough to act. 8. True, and worse than told. 9. True, but harmless. 10. True, and someone is hiding the proof. 11. A misunderstanding of something plain. 12. Nobody knows yet. GM decides later. Drafted with AI, checked with scripts, no human playtest.
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