M I N I N G T OW N D R E S S I N G FOLK OF INTEREST

A mining town is a busy place full of sights and 1. Joina Atlergull (CN female gnome cleric 3) uses her
sounds both mundane and exciting. Here can be spells to check for dangerous conditions within a mine
experienced the harsh reality of a borderland town. before the miners get to work excavating further.
2. Juphet Ralk (N male dwarf ghter 1) handles the
SIGHTS & SOUNDS demolitions for the mine. As such, he’s half-deaf in one
ear and missing the other entirely.
3. Aldrt Oisa (LN male hal ing thief 2) slips into portions
1. A pile of abandoned picks, some with their heads
of mining shafts most larger people can’t reach, scouting
snapped off, lies by the road.
out deeper portions for possible resources worth
2. Weary miners wheel carts full of unprocessed ore long.
reaching.
3. Shouts ring out, as dusty miners brawl in the road.
4. Tasy Diburald (LN female dwarf ghter 2) loves maps.
4. A shanty town of tents stretches across the eld.
She loves maps so much, every inch of her skin is
5. Coarse laughter, followed by a sharp crack and squeal of
covered with tattooed maps from various lands and
pain, rings through the air.
towns she’s travelled through.
6. A rattle of die in a cup is followed by the losers’ groans
5. Oldine Emug (LE male dwarf ghter 3) is a heavily
and winner’s chuckles.
scarred town guard who takes his duty seriously and
7. A taskmaster’s whip snaps in the air, and a man’s scream
chops anyone off at the knees who tries to bribe him. He
assaults the characters’ ears.
takes great delight in manipulating marks into offering
8. Prostitutes call in sultry voices from nearby doorways
him a bribe.
and alleys.
6. Lega Swagt (LE male half-orc ghter 2) has huge,
9. Constant hammering and clinking echoes from the
scarred knuckles and has been working in this town
direction of the mine.
since it was founded. A well-known gure, he is a skilled
10. Smithy bellows steam and hiss as the blacksmith toils to
brawler.
keep mining gear in working order.
11. Three miners have been stripped and chained to posts,
where they’re being savagely whipped. ADVENTURE HOOKS
12. A row of ten mining helms, marking lives lost in a cave-
in, are set out like gravestones.
1. Things have nally come to a head between rival mining
gangs, and the characters are wandering the streets
BUSINESSES when the two groups declare war.
2. A recent cave-in has trapped dozens of miners. The party
hears the screams of the miners’ families and the
1. Smittle’s Smelt (blacksmith) is one of the busiest
clamour of frenzied work at the mine head.
establishments in town. Here, a big-bellied blacksmith
3. The party hears rumours the mining town is a front for a
oversees half-a-dozen apprentices working at several
massive smuggling ring. The next day, the person who
forges that run at all hours.
told them the rumour is found dead—their throat
2. Bellyup (tavern) is empty during the day, and full of
raggedly cut gruesomely from ear to ear.
lthy miners at night, all spending hard-earned coin to
4. Bandits struck the town, the day before the characters
wash the dust from their throats.
arrived. The bandits made off with a shipment of
3. The Cove (inn) provides neat and tidy, if sparsely
valuable ore and gems. The local authorities offer the
furnished, rooms for travellers; most furniture is bolted
characters 20% of the shipment if they get it back.
down to prevent thievery.
4. Sta’bit (boarding house) provides temporary, lodging
for vagrant miners working on more transient teams who
just need a place to sleep. CREDIT
5. The Ramshackle (shanty town) offers a spot for miners
to pitch their tents, for a copper a week. Crime is This is a short system-neutral extract from Urban Dressing:
rampant in the shanty town. Mining Town by Josh Vogt. Urban Dressing: Port Town is
6. Clank’s Clutter (mining equipment) deals in picks, available from Raging Swan Press in 5e, Path nder First
helms and other essential mining equipment. Edition, Path nder Second Edition and OSR editions.

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