Random Crime encounter table

[gaby]

Got idea Come up with Crimes that your Hero may encounter when they are Patroling ther city.

[LeeNapier]

The Marvel Super Heroes Role Playing Game (FASERIP, not Saga) had one of these. It was a spinner wheel, located in their "New York, New York" adventure, and it came in pretty handy.

If I remember correctly, there were different categories of encounters (not all of them crimes), like, Rampage, Robbery, Burglary, Rescue, etc.

It'd be fairly simple to whip a random table up for HU, if you relied on random encounters to keep your game from getting slow.

[Severus Snape]

My characters don't normally patrol a city. They usually end up going to the store for groceries and stuff happens around them. Even if my character is crossing the street, he's sure to have a stray bullet fly by him as a few bad guys come whizzing around the corner in a stolen car.

[gaby]

Ok go with that.

Just show your ideas.

[LeeNapier]

How about this:

Someone comes running up to your hero and demands they build him a table.

[Severus Snape]

Or, how about this:

As part of a character's background (could be they are a super-sleuth, or have machine affinity or something) they spend all day trolling RPG forums looking for the latest gaming trends when they are caught up in a really exciting conversation about any random topic.

[zor_prime1]

Okay I was feeling creative in a limited amount of time. Here are some tables I just threw together in between work tasks. They're a start at least. Please add to them if you feel so inclined.


Roll Situation
0-3 Arson
4-6 Bssault
7-9 Assault/fight
10-12 Blackmail
13-15 Bomb Threat
16-18 Bribery
19-21 Burglery
22-24 Car break in
25-27 Car chase
28-30 Car Jacking
31-33 Child abuse
34-36 Espionage
37-39 Forgery
40-42 Fraud
43-45 Hacking
46-48 Hijacking
49-51 Homicide
52-54 Kidnapping
55-57 Mugging
58-60 Murder
61-63 Rape
64-66 Riot
67-69 Robbery
70-72 Shoplifting
73-75 Smuggling
76-78 Terrorism
79-81 Train wreck
82-84 Trespassing
85-87 Reckless driver
88-90 Car Accident
91-93 Workplace Accident
94-96 Building Fire
97-99 Land slide

Roll Place of occurrence
1-6 Grocery Store
7-12 Factory
13-18 Construction site
19-24 Street
25-30 Church grounds
31-36 Business building
37-42 Utility plant
43-48 Street corner
49-54 Bakery
55-60 Book store
61-66 Bank
67-72 Mall
73-78 Minimall
79-84 Convenience store
85-88 Alley
89-92 Bridge
93-96 River bank
97-100 GM's choice

Roll Perpetraitor count
1-20 1D4
21-40 1D6
41-60 2D4
61-80 2D6
81-100 3D6

Roll Victims
1-10 1D4
11-20 1D6
21-30 2D4
31-40 2D6
41-50 3D6
51-60 2D12
61-70 1D20
71-80 2D20
81-90 1D100
91-99 1D6x1D100
100 Whole City

Roll Timeframe
1-10 1D6 minutes into situation progress
11-20 1D4 hours into situation progress
21-30 1D20 minutes into situation progress
31-40 1D100 minutes into situation progress
41-50 1D6 minutes after the scene
51-60 1D20 minutes after the scene
61-70 1D100 minutes after the scene
71-80 1D4 hours after the scene
81-90 2D12 hours after the scene
91-100 1D4 days after the scene.