d100 Castle Encounters

On my to do list a long time
just for hanging around a castle petty dramas really 

slowly doing a bunch of knight stuff to add to my auldwood setting which is east of Chagrinspire

d10 Quick Castle Encounters
1 Servants
2 Professionals
3 Guards
4 Livestock
5 Knights
6 Householder
7 Specialists
8 Magician
9 Subterfuge
10 Supernatural

d100 Castle Encounters
01 Servant with a chamberpot

02 Servant listening at a door

03 Someone being creepy to a servant

04 Servant pocketing some item they were admiring

05 Servant sobbing

06 Noble leading a servant on with lies

07 Servant carrying food

08 Servants with mops and scrubbing

09 Servants tending to lamps and candles

10 Servants gossiping

11 Carpenter working on wooden furnishings

12 Masons repairing stonework

13 Labourers moving boxes

14 Smith and apprentice tending to metalwork

15 Healer and assistant on the way to a patient

16 Steward inspecting castle condition with a scribe

17 Merchant guest and own servant looking around

18 Scribe with an assistant on way to a meeting

19 Nurse or midwife visiting some women

20 Archers d6 on the way to post

21 Two spearmen on patrol or way to guard duty

22 Sergeant and corporal with two veterans off to a meeting

23 Engineer planning for future defences and construction

24 Herald with trumpet or horn or drum on way to the tower

25 Four guards carrying a small chest to be locked up or used by noble

26 Guards drinking or playing dice 

27 Archer watching out a window with bow under orders

28 Guards with prisoner to or from dungeon to questioning or trial

29 Guard captain with four veterans in a hurry

30 Two guards with a large hound on a chain
31 Out of control horse causes a noisy commotion

32 Exiting news by messenger pigeon arrives

33 Rats scurry about possibly making someone scream

34 Small ratter dogs sniffing about yapping

35 Castle cat skulking about watching

36 Hunting dogs taken for a romp outside by hound master

37 Falconer or hawker on way too or from aviary

38 Horse trainer dressed for a ride with servant

39 Servants carrying animal corpses to show someone

40 Resident looking for pet whispering its name

41 Old knight with two young knights

42 Lone young knight in a hurry and late

43 Two old knights whispering stop if seen

44 Old drunk knight helped by squire

45 Several young squires up to some capering and japes

46 Two knights arguing fiercely

47 Knight in church tabard with a priest

48 Three knights on the way to a meeting

49 Limping old knight in unfashionable vintage arms and armour

50 Handsome young knight sneaking to meet a lover
51 Lord of the castle with six veteran guards and an advisor in a hurry

52 Bard singing latest songs to youths flirtatiously 

53 Attractive youth with elderly grumpy guardian relative

54 Young noble reading poetry or philosophy

55 Noble youths playing chess or practising dueling methods

56 Ladies artfully performing needlework on a part of a tapestry

57 Old noble telling a story to some youths

58 Scribe teaching several noble youths

59 Elders with servants talking very seriously

60 Nanny herding small children with servant
61 Scholar sage advisor with a servant and ancient scrolls

62 Grisly huntmaster has a report to make about something they saw

63 Genealogists with books of family trees and scribal tools

64 Treasurer with reports of earnings with two guards

65 Estate steward who manages farmers and land with a report

66 Judge here to see the local lord with two bailiffs

67 Marshal of the castle with 4 veterans

68 Chamberlain with two servants 

69 Herald of the lord with a companion in fine robes

70 Minstrel or jester or other entertainer (possibly several)
71 Astrologer or divination expert with charts and colourful robes

72 Chaplain from the chapel with several acolytes

73 Visiting cleric recruiting for crusade

74 Wizard with servant here for consultation from the guild

75 Wise village elder brought to someone in the household

76 Alchemist procuring ingredients to or from lab

77 Acolyte sprinkling holy water or smoke brazier blessing building and chart

78 Visiting spell caster to entertain the next feast or court

79 Visiting spell caster here to negotiate trade with a faction

80 Visiting spell caster here to recruit adventurers for a quest
81 Visiting bard befriending everyone and drinking with guards

82 Servant searching guest room

83 Someone listening at a doorway (not just a gossipy servant)

84 Foolish silly visiting entertainer seen quietly whispering to someone

85 Noble guests to the castle were seen giving a gift to a castle resident 

86 Someone was seen hiding a note - something written in code

87 Overheard noble blackmailing another with hostages or secrets

88 Criminal guild master with guards here for a quiet meeting

89 Sly-looking adventurer brought by guards for a secret meeting in the household

90 Visitors servant releases a messenger bird
91 See a mysterious figure and it seems to vanish around a corner

92 Felt a strange chill and feeling of fear (possibly some objects rattling)

93 Mysterious shadow seen moving in the castle

94 Phantom of a tragic past resident seen and a few residents know of

95 Spirit seen stalking house possibly it lives inside an artwork

96 A beast has been seen stalking the castle - a resident is a shapeshifter

97 Find someone recovering from a magical attack

98 A spirit has been visiting residents' dreams and people are gossiping about their meaning

99 Castle resident walking in a trance alone perhaps sleepwalking or possessed

100 Residents report divine visions! d4 1=tricky fairies 2=illusion magic prank 3=drugged 4=a divine being trying to communicate some quest it needs help with but has trouble finding right heroes