Rumors are a useful form of adventure hookthat you can drop into your game anytime the adventurers hit a town or tavern. Alternatively, rumors are just a fun thing to drop in to add some character to the game and give it that realistic verisimilitude. Typically rumors will get more exaggerated and outrageous the farther they get from the source. We’ve replicated that by presenting our rumors with three die rent levels of acc uracy. e rst entr yis the least accurate with each subsequent entrygetting closer and closer to the truth. Finally we end with details on the truth behind the rumors. Each rumor also gives details on the person spreading the rumor and any applicable motives the character might have for doing so. ese rumor chains can be used in a couple ofdierent ways: If your rules set includes skill or ability checks for gathering information from the local populace then you can treat these rumors as three distinct results for any check or roll. e rumor at the bottom ofthe chain, closest to the truth could be used when an adventurer succeeds handily at her check or roll, the second entry up could be for a marginal success, and the third entry up, the one farthest from the truth, c ould be given to an adventurer who failed the check or roll. If you prefer to roleplay these kinds of
