Farmer Drama 2 Ethyria Farm Life +

Older possibly relevant post
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2015/07/year-on-domain.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-z-village-location-key.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2020/05/d100-strange-estates.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2016/09/d100-evil-frontier-farms.html do for wthy

possible to do for ethyria?
-Ethyrian Mutations with lots of snake tails, goat legs, etc

PART 1
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2025/07/farmer-drama-1-chagrinspire-farm-life.html

This is for my Ethyria book and game for my 5th-level players, getting bastions no,w and will interact with militias a bit more

Land owners and middle-class families can afford at least one hopoilite
Poor commoners were generally equipped as light infantry, archers or slingers

The really rich have chariots or at least a horse, but they are uncommon in the colony; war horses are the rarest. New roads have made imported horses more desirable. There are wild horses and ponies to the north of the island now open to adventurers.

Officer Ranks:
Taxiarch: Commander of a division (usually one from each tribe in Athens).
Strategos: General, elected from each division.
Polemarch: Commander of a mora (unit within the Spartan army).
Lochagos: Unit commander.
Enomotarchos: Commander of a sworn band.
Pentekonter: Commander of 50 men.

Farm life and rural strife
Most of the city and village people have farmland so even the rich see themselves as farmers. 
Sailors, ship owners and fishermen will work on maritime defence. Most Ethyrian colonists are familiar with the sea and farming and have been on a boat. Boats are important for trade.

Kallikantzaros goblins are common pesky faerie folk who steal and prank villagers, but can be placated with cake and sausages thrown on the roof. They are hairy and goat legged.

d10 Quick drama Types

1 Weather

2 Labour

3 Crops & Livestock

4 Crime

5 Defence

6 Discovery

7 Neighbors

8 Structure

9 Sylvan 
10 Supernatural

 
d100 Ethyria Farm Life 

01 Sudden storm endangers shipping and trade, with possible shipwrecks  

02 Unseasonal hot spell makes crops thirsty and water short

03 Eerie mist comes from the sea or mountain 

04 Unseasonal cold snap or frost 

05 Flood where creeks overflow banks and new streams in the hills

06 Still quiet weather with clear sky, no rain or sailing

07 Dust winds from beyond the northern mountain 

08 Earthquake causes some damage and scares livestock

09 Stunningly good sun and breeze, and extra fishing at sea

10 Musical wind makes animals excitable and hazardous
11 Seasonal workers are in short supply and need to get more 

12 Satyrs and dryads keep taking labourers away

13 Sickness spreads through workers

14 Workers demand d4 1=pay 2=a feast 3=better conditions 4=better food 

15 Trouble maker stirs up workers with stories, and some go adventuring in a dungeon

16 Cultist among the workers tries to recruit

17 Lycanthropes among workers

18 Cult sacrifices a worker, and others are afraid

19 Trouble maker encourages workers and slaves to revolt

20 Satyr keeps leading workers into wild late-night revelry

21 Plague of vermin d4 1=snakes 2=scorpions 3=moles 4=locusts 5=ra

22 Predatory beast attacks livestock d4 1=wolf 2=lion 3=giant snake 4=jackals

23 Fungus or disease of crops outbreak

24 Rustlers are stealing livestock (possibly satyrs or centaurs)

25 Mystery person casting curses on crops and beasts

26 Faerie leading livestock into peril

27 Sinister sylvan beings seen spying and pilfering items

28 Unusual beast in area d4 1=talking goat 2=amphisbaena 3=giant 4=dragon

29 Monsters stealing food 1=harpy 2=goat legged hairy goblins 3=cyclops orcs 4=ogre

30 Hydra eats one crop by night and runs away
31 Important animal stolen

32 Roving bandits in the area

33 Charletan, selling inferior goods, after selling out, flees the island by the next ship

34 Chaletan pretends to be an expert or hero and tells wild, dangerous stories

35 Travelling entertainers are also thieves

36 Youth gang of well-off bored children from better-off classes

37 Terrible murderer has fled, and people are alarmed and shocked by the deaths

38 Someone is murdered, and a mob demands that someone be punished quickly

39 Grannery is robbed, and there may be a trail

40 Someone is stealing offerings from a shrine

41 Gang of roaming monsters require militia patrols

42 Militia patrol members disappear; where are they?

43 Satyrs or centaurs or wild folk causing mischief and looking for wine

44 Militia busy on coast d4 1=gang of ship wreckers using a false beacon to guide ships into the rocks and loot the remains 2=smugglers 3=slavers 4=pirates

45 Barbaric warlord demands tribute or to meet on the battlefield

46 Pirates seen and not friendly ones, locals know, militia and scouts on the lookout

47 Seasonal goat legged hairy goblins from a cave prank locals if they dont give them sausages and honeycake. Each gang have their own surface raiding season once a year

48 Village militia declares competitive military games, but one team cheats

49 Miltia were drunk while raiders attacked d4 1=cave folk 2-cyclops orcs 3=forest wild folk 4=northern barbarians

50 A giant and a d4 pets and followers have eaten some farmers and are looking for a lost dog
51 Discover a sealed tomb mound in fields

52 Discover ancient armour and weapons in fields 
53 Discover possible bones of giants or megafauna

54 Discover a sinkhole into an underworld cavern

55 Discover buried ruins still intact

56 Discover a supernatural being or monster that lives close by in the wilderness

57 Discovery of buried treasure gets everyone local searching 

58 Discovery of a strange grotto or cave

59 Discovery of a magic spring

60 Discovery of a haunted ruin 
61 Neighbours caught trying to move borderstones 

62 Mean neighbours and a kinsman caught in a shocking affair that could start a fight 

63 Neighbour caught sabotaging rivals' farm

64 Neighbour keeping strange hours and hiding something in the barn

65 Neighbour keeps trying to lure stud animals into their herds

66 Neighbour enraged attacks the next farm workers or family over a foolish grudge

67 Neighbour plotting and bribing officials to gain an advantage over the next farm

68 Neighbour kids disappear exploring a cave they found

69 Neighbour proposes a contest or bet to solve a dispute

70 Neigbor offers family alliance via marriage and will be offended if rejected
71 Fire damages a building

72 Building struck by lightning

73 A Crack in the earth damages the building

74 Road washed out by mudslide

75 Rockslide deposits tons of rubble on farm

76 Old building needs repairs, discover a strange token hidden in the roof

77 Faerie folk infest roofs and make noises

78 Something large is burrowing under the fields or the floor of the house

79 Locals demand structure build d6 1=road 2=hall 3=tomb 4=grannery 5=shrine 6=church

80 Someone found an underground complex or abandoned building
81 Field spirits detected in crops, sacrifice might please them and secure their aid

82 Spirit seen in the forest, glaring at civilisation, perhaps a sacrifice or pact will subdue its rage

83 Magical hermit has been seen living in a cave with animal friends

84 Nature spirits and sylvan beings meet to slow the spread of civilisation

85 Dryad or Nymph seeks aid against some blight on her domain

86 Hunter is missing, and their dogs returned home

87 Giant boar menaces the area, and famous hunters try to take it 

88 Man returns after missing decades living with a dryad

89 Centaurs or satyrs d4 1=trade 2=demand booze 3=kidnapping 4=festivities

90 Unicorns seen blessing a local spring for forest animals
91 Elemental wild and roaming found in the wilderness near the farm

92 Ghost haunting an old building has been disturbing locals and demands justice

93 Pesky minor faerie pranksters need dealing with

94 Someone has a miracle - a gift of the gods

95 Talking animals heard near farms

96 Someone has been sending curses to farmers and their farms

97 An undead is roaming at night and requires help to rest in peace

98 Wild omens seen by farmers are interpreted by various oracles and seers

99 Supernatural being has fathered multiple children area possibly with deceit

100 Someone met a stranger who they now think was a god