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bakerstreet2016-02-26 12:05 pm
narva) wrote in bakerstreet2016-02-26 12:05 pm
The tavern meme
You are in a TAVERN...
Taverns and inns are liminal spaces. In them, travellers mingle with locals, the rich and the poor both need a place to stay for the night, and the legality of your life has no impact on that a night with food and warmth and perhaps song and more will be more comfortable than one at the side of the road. Hopefully more secure, too. Some also come to gamble or to meet friends. Some seek people to hire for more or less shady missions. Or perhaps you came here to work? To sell things, to sing, to steak or offer your... personal services or perhaps you're staff?
Perhaps you are from a time and place where this kind of tavern or inn is a thing. Maybe you were at a ren faire or larp and suddenly realized that the tavern around you just seems a bit too ...real (it was the smell, wasn't it). Maybe you travel around different universes for a living. It doesn't matter, they will accept your coin.
How to play
1. a quest to slay a dragon - or to find a lost horse or mow a lawn. Not all jobs that you can acquire in a tavern are all that grandiose.
-1 you were just hired and are now trying to find companions
-2 you are trying to hire people
-3 you were just hired along with this other person, and you now need to figure out what to do with the situation
-4 wildcard
2. the songs that we sing - no tavern is complete without some song. And you're the one who is responsible for it right now
-1 you're a bard. and serenading specific people is a great way to get money from them. or perhaps you're taking a break and plopping you ass down next to a random guest. or whatever.
-2 drunken singing is the best. just this one person isn't singing with you. the obvious answer? make them.
-3 the night is almost over, and you sit in a corner, humming a melody that you heard while it was still crowded. Why? Boredom, nostalgia, something else?
-wildcard
3. work it baby - geez, some people have a job to do here
-1 barkeeper/barmaid/owns the tavern
-2 vendor. are you selling sketchy herbs or knives? trying to get people to believe that this amulet will them gain the love of their lives? or something else?
-3 thief. Hey, where better to get your hand on things than a crowded place with inebriated people in it?
-4 prostitute. yes, you talked to the owner and they're fine with you working here, or even encourages it. or maybe not. either way, this guest here looks like they'd be interested in your services...
-5 wildcard
4. i've never been a gambling man
-1 yes, you are. and probably deeply in debt through it, but just one more game won't hurt, right?
-2 it's not a gamble when some markings help your luck a bit, is it?
-3 you've never tried this before, but it looks interesting... maybe those gentleman or -woman would enlighten you as to how to play?
-4 wildcard
5. let us drink wine together
-1 you just wanted to eat in drink in quiet, but there isn't enough space for everyone to get a table of their own so you have to share
-2 drinking alone is boring and you're a rich person tonight, so how about buying a round?
-3 you haven't seen anyone in what feels like years, so you just have to string up a conversation with anyone who doesn't run fast enough
-4 this person fascinates you. perhaps they're hot, or they are not from this area, or your interest is more professional. whatever it is, you'll approach them
-5 and not only drink. also dance. Yes, after a few drinks grabbing the nearest person and moving to the music seems like exactly the thing to do.
-6 wildcard
6. little snoring willy with your eyes so blue - it's an inn, so you can sleep here, too. sadly in these times, you only buy a bed, not a whole room. perhaps only a spot in a shared bed.
-1 they're snoring. or maybe you are snoring.
-2 the window needs to be shut. no, open. no, shut. let's hope you aren't founding fathers or this'll last all night.
-3 could be please not have a candle burn all night? Or perhaps you just need to have it burning...
-4 well, seeing your roommate with some of their clothes off, there are interesting observations to be made. but do they really have to be remarked on? apparently
-5 or perhaps your roommate's luggage is more interesting. you just have to wait until they're asleep...
-6 someone in this room got themselves into trouble, and now they're soldiers trying to knock down the door.
-wildcard
7. wildcard
Taverns and inns are liminal spaces. In them, travellers mingle with locals, the rich and the poor both need a place to stay for the night, and the legality of your life has no impact on that a night with food and warmth and perhaps song and more will be more comfortable than one at the side of the road. Hopefully more secure, too. Some also come to gamble or to meet friends. Some seek people to hire for more or less shady missions. Or perhaps you came here to work? To sell things, to sing, to steak or offer your... personal services or perhaps you're staff?
Perhaps you are from a time and place where this kind of tavern or inn is a thing. Maybe you were at a ren faire or larp and suddenly realized that the tavern around you just seems a bit too ...real (it was the smell, wasn't it). Maybe you travel around different universes for a living. It doesn't matter, they will accept your coin.
How to play
- Comment with your character/canon/ota or not
- Optional: Put a short blurb in your tag about what your character might be doing in the tavern.
- Roll a number, then roll again under that number. Or do what you want/wildcard.
1. a quest to slay a dragon - or to find a lost horse or mow a lawn. Not all jobs that you can acquire in a tavern are all that grandiose.
-1 you were just hired and are now trying to find companions
-2 you are trying to hire people
-3 you were just hired along with this other person, and you now need to figure out what to do with the situation
-4 wildcard
2. the songs that we sing - no tavern is complete without some song. And you're the one who is responsible for it right now
-1 you're a bard. and serenading specific people is a great way to get money from them. or perhaps you're taking a break and plopping you ass down next to a random guest. or whatever.
-2 drunken singing is the best. just this one person isn't singing with you. the obvious answer? make them.
-3 the night is almost over, and you sit in a corner, humming a melody that you heard while it was still crowded. Why? Boredom, nostalgia, something else?
-wildcard
3. work it baby - geez, some people have a job to do here
-1 barkeeper/barmaid/owns the tavern
-2 vendor. are you selling sketchy herbs or knives? trying to get people to believe that this amulet will them gain the love of their lives? or something else?
-3 thief. Hey, where better to get your hand on things than a crowded place with inebriated people in it?
-4 prostitute. yes, you talked to the owner and they're fine with you working here, or even encourages it. or maybe not. either way, this guest here looks like they'd be interested in your services...
-5 wildcard
4. i've never been a gambling man
-1 yes, you are. and probably deeply in debt through it, but just one more game won't hurt, right?
-2 it's not a gamble when some markings help your luck a bit, is it?
-3 you've never tried this before, but it looks interesting... maybe those gentleman or -woman would enlighten you as to how to play?
-4 wildcard
5. let us drink wine together
-1 you just wanted to eat in drink in quiet, but there isn't enough space for everyone to get a table of their own so you have to share
-2 drinking alone is boring and you're a rich person tonight, so how about buying a round?
-3 you haven't seen anyone in what feels like years, so you just have to string up a conversation with anyone who doesn't run fast enough
-4 this person fascinates you. perhaps they're hot, or they are not from this area, or your interest is more professional. whatever it is, you'll approach them
-5 and not only drink. also dance. Yes, after a few drinks grabbing the nearest person and moving to the music seems like exactly the thing to do.
-6 wildcard
6. little snoring willy with your eyes so blue - it's an inn, so you can sleep here, too. sadly in these times, you only buy a bed, not a whole room. perhaps only a spot in a shared bed.
-1 they're snoring. or maybe you are snoring.
-2 the window needs to be shut. no, open. no, shut. let's hope you aren't founding fathers or this'll last all night.
-3 could be please not have a candle burn all night? Or perhaps you just need to have it burning...
-4 well, seeing your roommate with some of their clothes off, there are interesting observations to be made. but do they really have to be remarked on? apparently
-5 or perhaps your roommate's luggage is more interesting. you just have to wait until they're asleep...
-6 someone in this room got themselves into trouble, and now they're soldiers trying to knock down the door.
-wildcard
7. wildcard