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I'm just starting Rise of the Runelords with a group of new players and decided to make some new games for them to play at the Swallowtail Festival. I've made up a couple of new NPC's and I've been generous with some of the prizes because I want my players to feel successful right off the bat!
SWALLOWTAIL FESTIVAL GAMES
PIE EATING CONTEST
•Tagline: “Win the coveted tin spork!”
•NPC: Baker ALMA AVERTIN and daughters ARIKA and ANEKA (Humans, Chelaxian)
•Cost: 5 copper pieces to enter.
•Prize: The Tin Spork (Coveted prize)
•Number of contestants: As many as want to play, include a few townspeople.
• Each round, each contestant eats a spiced fruit nut pie. DC Fortitude Save goes up with each round. Whoever can eat the most without throwing up, wins!
• 1st/DC 2 2nd/DC 5 3rd/DC 10 4th/DC 16
5th/DC 20 6th/DC 26 7th/DC 34
CHIAHOUND RACE
• Tagline: “Wager on the doggies and see your fortunes rise!”
• A race down SHELL STREET featuring 5 chiahounds (look like scruffy dachshunds):
o #1 Crocket : green jersey 2:1 odds - payout 6 SP
o #2 Old Blue Eyes : blue jersey 10:1 odds- payout 22 SP
o #3 Furback : Yellow jersey 5:1 odds- payout 12 SP
o #4 Grog : red jersey 4:1 odds- payout 10 SP
o #5 Snowball: white jersey 20:1 odds –payout 42 SP
• NPC: ROBITT KENWYCK (Human, Varisian), employee of Savah’s armory, breeder of Chiahounds.
• Wager 2 SP
• Number of contestants: As many as want to play, plus add in some NPCs cheering for their dogs.
• Find 5 D6 of different colors to represent each dog. You will make rolls to judge how well the dogs are running. Add +1 to Crocket’s rolls, -1 to Old Blue Eye’s rolls, and -2 to Snowball’s rolls with a minimum of 1. Roll all 5 at once. Die with highest number (after adjusting) is in the lead. Roll at least 3 more times, tallying as you go along. Dog with highest total at end is winner! Add more rolls to make race longer or even add more dogs.
DUNK TANK
• Tagline: “Dunk your favorite town guard all in the name of charity!”
• Members of Sandpoint’s militia volunteer to sit in dunk tank for charity fundraiser for food and medicine for the needy that visit the cathedral.
• NPC’s: Militia members GARTH LIGHTFOOT (Dwarf) sitting in tank and JESSAMIR SPRINGHOLD (Half-elf) selling chances.
• Cost: 5 CP
• Number of Contestants: 1 at a time
• Prize: Everyone gets a pumpkin brownie made by new to town baker Tomen Graston.
• Each contestant gets one chance to hit target with sling shot and rubber ball to drop Garth into water tank. Contestant must make a DC dexterity throw of 17+.
STRENGTH CHECK/SMASH THE TREASURE CHEST!
• Tagline: “Adventurers looking for treasure? Look no further!”
• Contestants use a big wooden mallet to smash a weight and drive ball up a ramp into a mini treasure chest. Depending on how hard they hit it, gold and prizes spill out of the top of the treasure chest.
• NPC: BRIKIN STRONGEYE (Halfling Wizard)
• Cost: 1 SP
• Contestants: One at a time
• Playing: Roll a D20 and add strength modifier. Subtract 2 if not proficient with simple weapons.
o 0 or under: Ball doesn’t move at all!
o 1-9: Ball moves halfway up ramp. PC is awarded a token for a free cheese pasty.
o 10-15: Ball rolls up and taps treasure chest. 1D4 SP fall out.
o 16-21: Ball rolls up and whacks treasure chest. 1D8 SP + 4 GP fall out.
o 22 or higher: Ball whacks treasure chest so strongly it leaves a crack! 1D12 SP + 8 GP + 1 pearl, ruby, or tiger eye worth 12 GP falls out. If Treasure chest is cracked, BRIKIN must climb a ladder and repair.
GO FISHING
• “Go Fish! Everyone is a winner!”
• Long, circular water trough is filled with bobbing paper lanterns. Each contestant is blindfolded and uses a wooden hook on a fishing line to catch a lantern. Most of the lanterns are empty (the lantern itself is the prize) A few have treasure. Lots of children like this activity. Prizes are sponsored by local shops, citizens, and the town hall of Sandpoint.
• NPC: General Store VEN VINDER and his two daughters, KATRINE and SHAYLISS
• Cost: 1 CP
• Contestants: 5 at a time
• Each contestant may only place twice. Play is just a straight D20 roll with no modifiers.
• DC 1 to catch a lantern only.
• DC 2+ Lantern plus fortune. Randomly, a fortune could be added like “soon you will find love” (+1 on your next charisma check), “you are known for your great insight” (+1 on your next perception check) or “luck comes your way “(+1 on your next roll)
• DC 9+ : Roll a D6 for prizes. 1= bottle of universal solvent, 2= 1 tiger eye stone worth 18 GP, 3= token for 50% off any one item at the Glassworks, 4= 50% off any one item at the Sandpoint Boutique, 5= Magnifying glass (+2 to appraise checks), 6= a silver whistle
• DC 15+ : Roll a D6 for prizes. 1= a lucky rabbit’s foot (each day you may reroll one roll!), 2= 3 GP, 3= Token for a free pies for a year from Tomen the baker, 4= 1 scroll of charm person, 5= 1 scroll of grease, 6= Fold up spyglass (gives +4 to long distance, full light perception checks)
• DC 20 : Roll a D6 for prizes. 1= a potion of cure disease, 2= token for 50% off armor at Savah’s armory, 3= a +1 ring of protection, 4= a fine pearl worth 150 gp, 5=a potion of cure light wounds, 6= a bronze butterfly statue of Desna (grants holder +1 to religion checks)
PORTRAITS
• “Portrait for your sweetheart!”
• COST 1 SP
• SARA SILVERHAND (Half-Elf, Bard 3/Rogue 2) will draw your portrait or silhouette for you to give to your sweetie.
• This isn’t a game, obviously, but setting up the characters to either have something happen with their portraits later or set up a relationship with SARA for a story hook later on.
Looking great! Did you have a look at the other ones, too?
Some of the games from the above thread also appear in Wayfinder #7 (available as free download here on Paizo).
Ruyan.
I actually made all of these up by myself first and then looked at how the other games were formatted to compare and adjust so the format/play was similar. I didn't care for the games that had PC's taking shots off of prostitute's bellies or just plain games with no real prizes.