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Ustrina — What They Want
Roll a 1d12 table to determine what the Ustrina demand as payment. On 1–2, a Die of Fate roll determines the type of human bodies (children, adults, corpses, or blood); on 3–12, th...
Roll the Die of Fate when the Ustrina state their price. The 1-2 result puts human bodies on the bargaining table — most other results are mercifully exotic instead.
Roll 1d12 · Family Trade Want · p. 467
| d | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | A dozen or so humans | Roll 1d6: 1 children, 2 healthy adults, 3 adults of whatever quality, 4 fresh corpses, 5 corpses in whatever state, 6 urns of human blood (urns provided). |
| 3 | 1d4 cartloads of a specific exotic trade good | Silk, a certain spice, amber, aurochs horns (Value 4). |
| 4 | A particular artifact of the Forge Lords | They'll describe it. |
| 5 | Some other, specific arcanum | They'll describe it. |
| 6 | A strange and difficult task | Like slaying some horror in The Labyrinth. |
| 7-9 | A chest or similar amount of raw material | Roll 1d6: 1 makerglass, 2 dark ice, 3 aetherium, 4 redwood, 5 black iron, 6 red crystal. |
| 10 | 1d4 units of a specific exotic trade good | Bolts of silk, pouches of spice, pouches of amber, pairs of aurochs horns (Value 3). |
| 11 | 1d4 cartloads of a particular raw material | Timber, tin, a certain type of cut stone (Value 2). |
| 12 | 1d4 dozen livestock, or 1d4 cartloads of grain and foodstuffs | Goats, pigs, hounds; or grain, flour, common food (Value 2). |
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