Need Help Crafting a City Adventure (things like random tables):

[Performing Artist]

I am trying to design a city adventure. As the PCs walk around the city,
I want to let them be spontaneous. However, I know they will quickly
outpace my own imaginative ability. For example, walking through the city
to meet with a main NPC, I want them to be able to casually check out a
random shop, or investigate an alleyway that could be a short cut. And just
be able to ask, “Hey, what is two streets over?” and then go check it out.

However, I don’t want to hand craft every shop, every patron in the shop, and every item
available in the shop (or shops in a street). Does anyone have cool random tables for cities
which offer up shops-types, encounters, random-items/random-strangers, and maybe even plot points??

[Oladon]

There are some neat one-page PDFs over at DriveThruRPG that might help with this. They're generally titled "100 Crate and Barrel Contents" or something along those lines. They have shops, encounters, etc.

The "100 daytime city encounters" didn't really impress me, but the others I picked up all seem extremely useful.

[Doug's Workshop]

Vornheim

Random back-alley maps? Check.
Random building floorplan? Check.
Random equipment price? Check
Yes, get this pdf. Best city-supplement I've ever seen.

[Performing Artist]

Doug's Workshop wrote:

Vornheim

Random back-alley maps? Check.
Random building floorplan? Check.
Random equipment price? Check
Yes, get this pdf. Best city-supplement I've ever seen.

How many pages is it? $9.00 is hugely expensive.

[Mazlith]

75 pages

[John Kretzer]

I could dig up my old 1st ed Dungeon Master guide to find the random harlot table for you.

[Terquem]

it is on page 192, you - what kind of harlot are we talking about?: 1d100 ⇒ 27

- (26-35)Cheap Trollop

[GeraintElberion]

You might also consider:

Your Whispering Homonculus

Also, Raging Swan have some cool stuff to drop in.

[Sissyl]

Doug's Workshop wrote:

Vornheim

Random back-alley maps? Check.
Random building floorplan? Check.
Random equipment price? Check
Yes, get this pdf. Best city-supplement I've ever seen.

I have to second this. Vornheim is impressive. The focus is on how to design and use random tables. Some might be offput by its rather impressionistic maps. Still, the book is THE absolute best city supplement I have seen so far.

[DMFTodd]

Check out the program Tablesmith. It does all sorts of random tables, you can create your own, or use tables others create.

[DeathQuaker]

I would also suggest the GM's Toolbox as a great source. Can't link cause I'm on my phone but it should be at the Paizo Store.