Sunday, 14 February 2021

I Loot the Body (d100, Aclas)


As Sahh of the OSR Discord challenged: a d100 Loot the Body for Aclas.

Feel free to roll a few d100s and see what you find!

Again, this is specifically Iskadar, the city where all the different cultural regions overlap. Each region would have it’s own weird table. 

  1. 1d6 Golden Crowns, the currency of Iskadar. Features a broken crown as a device.
  2. A trivarii, the holy amulet of the Triumvirate. Triangle design, in a circle. 
  3. 1d6 Orvanid Sovereigns, the currency of Orvain. Mostly copper. Little worth. 
  4. A bronze dagger. Marked with a curling snake design. Likely from Suryan.
  5. Lacquer box containing rare teas. 
  6. Long-rifle. Poorly maintained, frost-warped by constant flow of Vis. 
  7. A scrimshawed harpoon. Massive spiritual and cultural value to one specific Triton.
  8. A tzow, a janky, unstable, home-made weapon that fires force bolts. 
  9. Veteran’s cane. Transforms into a sword when tapped on the ground. 
  10. Mage License for The Union, a state ten years gone. No longer valid. 
  11. Iskorian Cult Mask. Unsettling shambler face. Leather with gold stitching. 
  12. Flag of Kostar, rolled up tight. Serpent being bloodily impaled on a sword.
  13. Sleeveless, hooded canvas tunic. Yellow. Symbol of Docker’s Union membership. 
  14. Syndicalist Pamphlet. Full of lithographs depicting senators as vermin. 
  15. Bardsheet. Has news and ballads. Being replaced by records and newspapers. 
  16. Splatter mask. Warped by magic exposure. 
  17. Blood-stained greatcoat. Military surplus. 
  18. Dented brass trombone. Maker’s mark says ‘Af Bvietell’. High quality. 
  19. Lyrics sheet for ‘The Timid and The Bold’, Nevechi patriot song. 
  20. Apotropaic amulet - crow with cyclopean eye. Zymani in origin. 
  21. Argyle socks. Full of holes. 
  22. Glass bottle of Mushroom Ale, a bioluminescent beer. Designed for miners. 
  23. Tartan capelet. Held on with a fashionable copper beetle brooch. 
  24. Silver pin, crossed spike-wands behind skull. For the Cabal, of the City of Ghosts. 
  25. Small ceramic jar containing dried seaweed and fish flakes. 
  26. Polished snuff container. Has a tiger chasing a boar chasing a wolf on it. 
  27. Violin in case. Scratched and chipped. Hellish symbols scraped into the wood. 
  28. Bottle of hideous green root-liquor from the Underdark. Bracing. 
  29. Tiny clockwork bird. Maker’s mark says ‘Lifelikes’. 
  30. Mummified rat. Gold pins in its head. 
  31. Clatter grenade. Banned since the War of the Ruins. Copper cylinder, black spikes. 
  32. Autocar key. Large pin, ivory handle. Chain of little latten tokens hang from it. 
  33. Goggles. Tinted glass and stitched leather. 
  34. Union-issued gun permit. Still valid, despite the collapse of said country. 
  35. Shiny new pistol. Brass and rosewood. Silver hammer is etched. 
  36. Boxwood amulet. Gryphon daubed in red. From Uver-Ek. 
  37. Wanted poster for ‘Bones’, criminal tomb-looter of the Riverlands.
  38. Record of stock ownership in a shipping company based in Iskadar.  
  39. Black sunglasses in a shiny tortoise-shell case. Gold rims. Spell-array in the glass. 
  40. Flag, two gold sea serpents on blue. Used by the Brine, Helaxan freedom fighters.
  41. Advertisement, printed in red. ‘Leech Bar - All Vryloka Welcome.’ Well-thumbed. 
  42. Invitation to a seminar on construct rights. Key speaker is a Daedali philosopher. 
  43. Cigar case. Printed with an alicanto, a bird that eats gold and magic. 
  44. 2d6 10-crown banknotes. Extremely dense print design, depicting tesselating squid. 
  45. Pact-sign, a pulsing black worm covered in Hellish runes. 
  46. Silvered short sword. Arrowhead symbol of the Aturian Demonslayers etched on. 
  47. Flight-cap, for aerostat crewmembers. Boiled leather, wool ear-flaps, built in goggles. 
  48. 1d6 Amkaman Obols. Likely cursed, very valuable. 
  49. Patent leather shoes, with neat black laces. Stamp on the sole says ‘Heeling Magic’. 
  50. Train tickets to Iskoria. Vis Guild sparrow mark, and a warning about the civil war. 
  51. Locket. Contains a micro-print of an Orcish family with five happy kids. 
  52. Pearl necklace with a small charm - a human-ish figure in jade. 
  53. Two bangles, brass and latten. Have spell-arrays etched on, real dense. 
  54. A Wizard’s Stylus. Highly rare malediar tip, for scribing spells neatly and efficiently. 
  55. Bottled ooze, with Limus Heavy Chemicals label. Viscous, sickly green.
  56. Tiny bottle of Zymani rice wine. There’s a desiccated, tiny snake in the bottle.  
  57. Brass-barreled army revolver. Model since banned for decency in war.  
  58. Spell scroll. Hard typewriter paper. Array is inlaid with gilt and red embroidery. 
  59. Trilby hat. A playing card jauntily stands in the ribbon. Razorblade sewn into the brim. 
  60. Copper bell on a belt-loop. Rings when spirits are nearby.
  61. Cabro Gunsmith’s Uppercut, the Pistol With Punch. Ugly. Heavy. Crude.  
  62. Bydryggan tabard. Every single one is a work of art, even in ratty condition. 
  63. Xiey plant-umbrella. One large fan leaf. Vines grow to pods of nutrients on the belt.
  64. Traditional Nevechi carnival mask. Looks like a horse skull. Alarming. 
  65. Pocket binoculars. These ones have a Detect Magic built in. 
  66. Brass knuckle dusters. Clearly built for Ogrish hands, better use as a club. 
  67. Slide-pistol - on a rail on your forearm. Good for surprises, very impractical. 
  68. Hobnail boots. Burnt, mudstained, scuffed. Have clearly been through a lot. 
  69. Lucky coin, a Union goldmark. Bent inwards by bullet impact. 
  70. Steel plate flak-jacket. Has clearly seen use. Number of military patches. 
  71. Daedali face-plate. Old model, blank & damaged. On the inside: ‘Athrun-6577’. 
  72. Prayer-knives, many tiny swords on a chain. From a Ziracaan blade-cult. 
  73. Khaanan ceremonial cup. Shaped like a sea-snail shell. Old bronze. 
  74. Traditional Idraanic hat. Tall, cubical, felt. Name sewn into the inside. 
  75. Dazur Dwarven axe-pipe. Large battle-axe with a pipe-bowl and a hollow shaft.
  76. Arrow collar. Stuffed into pockets in a hurry. Wine stains. 
  77. The Laosing Theatrical Review. Full of biting sarcasm and political commentary. 
  78. Crumpled cloche hat. Has a small derringer pistol folded in it. 
  79. Gold torc depicting eels. Likely from Yunarros. Probably cursed. 
  80. Silk necktie with shiny tin tie-pin. 
  81. Altitude jacket. Sheepskin and wool. Patches for multiple air navies. 
  82. Canister of Vis, the Modern Fuel. Ambient cyan glow, even though the can’s opaque.
  83. Redblue flower from Viciar. Changes colour when you aren’t looking. Moves, too.
  84. Maaronan hair pins. Elephant ivory and gold.  
  85. Vasnoran dome hat. Hard leather. Calls to mind a mushroom’s cap. 
  86. Zarumaan war-medals. Depict stylised boars, fists and wyverns, alongside ribbons. 
  87. Black oilskin. Half cape, half coat. Bullet holes in one of the sleeves. Big hood. 
  88. Intricately etched Tsal Elven medallion of office. This one is for a Prince of Tsulah.
  89. Haigish voting mask. Grotesque face of a long-gone monarch. Hinged jaw for eating. 
  90. Thick parka. Tin salamander charms sewn into the lining. 
  91. Whalish ribsticks mask. Depicts an animal. Made of padded seal-leather and bone.
  92. Vaal cold-cloak. Like woven snow. Keeps the wearer icy cold, as the Vaal like it.
  93. Escarian tomb-jar. Full of ashes, ancestor ghosts and salt-water. Do not disturb. 
  94. Itmekan puzzle box. Extremely rare, extremely expensive. Devilishly hard to solve. 
  95. Box, marked; DO NOT OPEN. Postage label says it came from the Underdark. 
  96. Petran totem. Coiled snake shape changes into a humanoid with arms raised. 
  97. Great Book of Lineages from Sarr. All the Tarim Elven noble histories. Printed neat. 
  98. Reinforced silk parachute. Contained in a heavy knapsack. 
  99. Hand-drawn illustration of an observation balloon on a sunlit horizon. 
  100. Modern steel phoslamp. Runs on Vis, lets out water vapour. 


2 comments:

  1. #89 is an interesting peek at the Haigish government, since apparently not only is their voting expected to be completely anonymous, it also takes so long they have to make sure you can eat in the masks.

    What's their democracy like?

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    1. Elections in Haig, all told, take around a month of arguing, deal-making, backstabbing, repeated re-voting and so on (kind of like a Papal election).

      During this time, those eligible to vote (anyone owning more than X worth of property) is supposed to remain in the capital - the masks are a precaution to protect those with the most land (and therefore the most votes) from "untoward political actions".

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