Fantasy Encounters, Hazards and NPCs for Cemetery and Tombs
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Fantasy Encounters, Hazards and NPCs for Cemetery and Tombs

Duncan Thomson
A young vampire hunter is patrolling the area with their mentor and a few friends. They discuss their many life problems in life and love.

Simple encounter tables for ports and docks in any fantasy setting. Tables for Cemetery Encounter Prompts, Cemetery Hazards & Distractions and Cemetery Quick NPCs.

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Fantasy Cemetery and Tomb Encounters

Cemetery and tomb encounters might be a smuggler looking for stashed goods, a meditating mystic or a dog looking after their owner even after they are gone. There might be valuable offerings, a protective ghost or sounds of knocking.

A place of gravestones, bells, and the past, home to nobles mourning lost a lost friend, a death priest carrying flowers and grave robbers. A place of death, memories, eulogies, life, sadness and old smells.

There is a fantasy encounter generator at ChaosGen. There is also a pdf of these and more tables at the DriveThruRPG as Cemetery and Tomb Encounters.

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10 Cemetery and Tomb Encounter Prompts

1d1010 Cemetery and Tomb Prompts
1 A destitute family with nowhere else to go shelter here in a tent.
2 A young vampire hunter is patrolling the area with their mentor and a few friends. They discuss their many life problems in life and love.
3 A pockmarked smuggler searches for illegal goods a partner hid here.
4 A pair of devout guards lie in wait for any who dare desecrate the dead. One of them has a hunch that a thief seeks something here.
5 A lone mystic meditates, seeking understanding among the dead.
6 A pair of robbers equipped with sacks and digging tools are studying inscriptions, searching for a particular name among the dead.
7 A mournful dog (or monkey) loiters where their owner was buried.
8 Several gargoyles watch the area, but feel the pull to go elsewhere. Amongst themselves they discuss politics, rumours and local gossip.
9 A pair of drunk locals knock on tombstones, searching for a friend.
10 A handsome priest leads nervous acolytes in a ceremony to reconsecrate the area. They are burning incense and chanting loudly.

Cemetery Hazards and Distractions

1d10There is (or are)...
1 lots of dust, that causes a cloud if disturbed or thunder and lightning
2 a protection against unwelcome intruders, a(n)...
d10 (1-2. warning sign 3. bound ghost 4. alarm bell 5. magical barrier
6. spectral voice 7. curse 8. portcullis 9. unnatural fear 10. spell glyph)
3 an area animals are afraid to enter or the eulogy of a hero
4 a headstone with a familiar name or a patch of glowing green mould
5 there is the strong smell of ...
d10 (1-2. incense 3. something dead 4. old flowers 5. mould
6. decay 7. bat guano 8. urine 9. fresh flowers 10. fear)
6 a disturbance of many bats or a statue holding a magical weapon
7 valuable offerings here or a cold wind pierced by mournful wailing
8 sounds of ...
d10 (1-2. absolute silence 3. moaning 4. a slamming door 5. knocking
6. chimes 7. rats 8. chanting 9. hissing 10. creaking )
9 a luminous candle flame, portent of death or lots of thick webs
10 a moving statue (or door) which can provide a clue (or cause a curse)

Quick Cemetery and Tomb NPCs

1d10DescriptorProfessionwho...
1 hooded or diseased warden carry a heavy tome (or body)
2 ghostly or desperate adventurer is with grim companions
3 jolly or vampiric cult leader recognises (or knows) a character
4 ghoulish or scared hermit is carrying a map and a spade
5 wary or depressed necromancer tends (or searches for) a grave
6 renegade or undead fortune teller carries (or sells) flowers (or relics)
7 gaunt or singing grave robber is marked with a death rune
8 possessed or hungry noble is visiting an ancestor (or pet)
9 grim or lycanthrope smuggler is hunting a spirit (or grave)
10 cursed or joyous death priest is saying goodbye to a friend

More Encounters

There is a fantasy encounter generator at ChaosGen. There is also a pdf of these and more tables at the DriveThruRPG as Cemetery and Tomb Encounters.

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