Keep Rumors — 1d20 – B2 — The Keep on the Borderlands

Keep Rumors — 1d20

Roll 1d20 · Original Basic D&D — B2

Roll	Rumor	GM truth
1	A merchant, imprisoned in the caves, will reward his rescuers.	True
2	A powerful magic-user will destroy all cave invaders.	False
3	Tribes of different creatures live in different caves.	True
4	An ogre sometimes helps the cave dwellers.	True
5	A magic wand was lost in the caves’ area.	True
6	All of the cave entrances are trapped.	False
7	If you get lost, beware the eater of men!	True
8	Altars are very dangerous.	True
9	A fair maiden is imprisoned within the caves.	False
10	“Bree-yark” is goblin-language for “we surrender”!	False
11	Beware of treachery from within the party.	True
12	The big dog-men live very high in the caves.	True
13	There are hordes of tiny dog-men in the lower caves.	True
14	Piles of magic armor are hoarded in the southern caves.	False
15	The bugbears in the caves are afraid of dwarves!	False
16	Lizard-men live in the marshes.	True
17	An elf once disappeared across the marshes.	True
18	Beware the mad hermit of the north lands.	True
19	Nobody has ever returned from an expedition to the caves.	False
20	There is more than one tribe of orcs within the caves.	True

At the start, give each player one rumor using d20. Do not give out all rumors. The GM truth column preserves the source’s F markers.
The Taverner can reveal rumor 18 or 19; a good reaction yields the true rumor.

Source: B2, PDF page(s) 8. Original narrative retained where present.