Once again, I've been working on creating scenarios rather than detailed
plots (this seems to be the main problem with my GMing at the moment, and
for what it is worth it might be worth noting that this seems to be a
difference between GMing and writing--when you GM, it's better to wing
things, when you write, it's better to have them planned out in advance).
Anyway, I recently wrote up a table for random encounters. The actual
people encountered are pretty mundane--01 to 99 scale with the results
being various standard Traveller archtypes like Army characters, etc.,
plus things like "old enemy" or "famous celebrity"--but I thought the
basic opening lines might amuse people. The table is as follows...
01-15: "Help me! They're after me!"
16-30: "I have a problem. Could you eliminate it for me?"
31-45: "Could you deliver this package for me?"
46-60: "I need you to find someone for me."
61-75: "Someone has stolen my property. I want it back."
76-90: "I know the location of something valuable. Want in on the
action?"
91-00: Other (or roll again)
Just for fun, we might want to consider how many adventure movies start
with something like these lines. Suggestions for the "other" category
are welcome, by the way.
Enjoy.