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THE STREETS OF SHARN                                 BEHIND THE RESULTS


            The player characters are making a trip from         The entries in the following tables depict things
            Lower Dura to Upper Menthis. What happens            that adventurers in Sharn might encounter
            along the way? The tables on the following pages     by chance or happenstance. Each of these is
            IZM ÅTTML _Q\P QLMI[ NWZ ZIVLWU \PQVO[ IVL XMWXTM    an immediate, visible part of someone’s life in
            you might encounter while wandering around           Sharn. Each entry also has room to imply or
            Sharn. These could be used as pure color, or you     imagine backstory or history—and to encourage
            could expand any one of these ideas to spark a full   XTIaMZ[ \W I[S ¹?PI\ PIXXMV[ VM`\'º
            scene if the initial situation attracts the players’   What happens next depends on their
            interest. Not every result from the table needs      involvement. What led up to this moment is fuel
            to be the beginning of something in your story.      NWZ \PM M^MZ J]ZVQVO ÅZM WN ;PIZV¼[ W_V PQ[\WZa
            Simply showing that Sharn lives and thrives          and character. Consider answering one or more
            around the players’ characters—that it’s full of     WN \PM[M Y]M[\QWV[ \W ILL IVW\PMZ LQUMV[QWV \W
            stories happening all the time—helps bring the       each entry in the table:
            city to life for everyone.                             •  Where did participants in this moment start
              Use these tables as sources of inspiration. They        Wٺ' ?PMZM LQL \PMa _ISM ]X \WLIa'
            ZMÆMK\ \PM OMVMZIT IK\Q^Q\QM[ IVL ÆI^WZ WN \PM
                                                                   •  Why aren’t other locals participating?
            LQٺMZMV\ TM^MT[ WN ;PIZV  J]\ aW] KIV \IQTWZ \PM
                                                                      What’s complicating things here?
            results to be a better match for any ward.
                                                                   •  What do participants in this moment hope
                                                                      will happen? What are they afraid might
                                                                      happen? Why now?



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