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:;RAMING EVENTS
·.·ou can base an entire adventure on a framing event
~use such an event to grab the players' interest. The
:C ~aming Events table presents several ideas, or you can
· -e it to inspire your own framing event.

RAMING EVENTS
dlOO Event
1-02 Anniversary of a monarch's reign
3-04 Anniversary of an important event
05-06 Arena event
7-08 Arrival of a caravan or ship
09-10 Arrival of a circus
11-12 Arrival of an important NPC
13-14 Arrival of marching modrons
15-16 Artistic performance
17-18 Athletic event
9-20 Birth of a child
21-22 Birthday of an important N PC
23-24 Civic festival
25-26 Comet appearance
27-28 Commemoration of a past tragedy
29-30 Consecration of a new temple
31 - 32 Coronation
33- 34 Council meeting
35- 36 Equinox or solstice •
37-38 Execution
39-40 Ferti I ity festiva I
41-42 Full moon
43-44 Funeral
45-46 Graduation of cadets or wizards
47-48 Harvest festival
49-50 Holy day
51-52 Investiture of a knight or other noble
53-54 Lunar eclipse
55-58 Midsummer festival
59-60 Midwinter festival
61-62 Migration of monsters
63-64 Monarch's ball
65-66 New moon
67-68 New year
69- 70 Pardoning of a prisoner COMPLICATIONS
71-72 Planar conjunction Sometimes an adventure isn't as straightforward as it
73-74 Planetary alignment might seem.
75-76 Priestly investiture
MORAL QUANDARIES
77-78 Procession of ghosts
79-80 Remembrance for soldiers lost in war If you want to give the characters a crisis that no amount
81-82 Royal address or proclamation of spellcasting or swordplay can resolve, add a moral
83-84 Royal audience day quandary to the adventure. A moral quandary is a
85-86 Signing of a treaty problem of conscience for which the adventurers must
87-88 Solar eclipse make a single choice-but never a simple one.
89-91 Tournament
MORAL QUANDARIES
92- 94 Trial
95-96 Violent uprising d20 Quandary d20 Quandary
97-98 Wedding or wedding anniversary 1-3 Ally quandary 13-16 Rescue quandary
99-00 Concurrence of two events (roll twice, ignoring 4- 6 Friend quandary 17-20 Respect quandary
results of99 or 100) 7- 12 Honor quandary

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