Roadside & Rafters: Random Tables for Inns, Roads & Villages

In short: Roadside & Rafters is a $2, 76-page book of 58 random tables (1,470 results) for fantasy RPG inns, taverns, roads, villages, rumors and NPCs. It is system-neutral and works with 5e, OSR games and anything else, and comes with an offline HTML roller and every table as JSON, CSV and Markdown. The players have wandered somewhere you didn't plan, and they're all looking at you. Roll a die, read the line aloud, and keep going. Roadside & Rafters is a 76-page book of random tables for inns, roads, villages, strangers and trouble. It has 58 tables and 1,470 results , and each result is short enough to read out without pausing and has a loose thread for your players to pull. No stats and no rules from any particular game, so it works with whatever you play. Try it above. The free demo in your browser rolls three of the generators from a sample of each table. What's inside The Inn: 1,296 inn names, the building, smells and sounds, innkeepers, regulars, tonight's events, the menu, the room upstairs, house rules, tavern games you can play at your real table, brawls, and checking out Rumors and Strangers: 100 rumors (plus how true each one is and who's spreading it) and 100 strangers at the next table (plus what they want from you and what they'll pay) The Road: encounters for farmland, forest, hills, marsh and night, signs and traces, fellow travelers, landmarks, weather for every season, campsites, night watches, crossings and tolls, wayside shrines, and getting lost Villages: 1,296 village names, what they're known for, their trouble, local customs, who's in charge, shops and odd things for sale People: first impressions, voices and mannerisms to perform, wants, secrets, and 2,000+ name combinations Trouble: quest hooks, villain motives and methods, complications, plot twists, and fail-forward consequences Treasure: 100 pocket contents, stashes, trinkets with a story, and dungeon dressing Seven one-minute generators Each part opens with a procedure that chains its tables together, with a worked example: An Inn in a Minute, The Stranger Who Pulls Up a Chair, A Day on the Road (a simple travel procedure using one d6 per half-day), A Village in a Minute, A Person in Thirty Seconds, A Job Worth Taking and Searching the Body . A taste "Grave robbers opened the old knight's tomb and found it empty, with a note inside: 'Out. Back soon.'" (Rumors) "Retired executioner. Very polite, very tidy, and sizes up each guest by eye before assigning a bed. Always the right length." (Innkeepers) "Boot tree, hung with hundreds of pairs left by those who walked no farther. Some still fit. Some still walk." (Landmarks) "Revenge, technically. The mayor ate the last honey cake at the harvest fair, and they have not moved on." (What the Villain Wants) "Nothing but a note: 'Stop going through my pockets.'" (Pocket Contents) What you get Screen PDF (A5, 76 pages) with bookmarks, a clickable contents page and index, and colored tabs for each part Print-friendly PDF on white pages to save ink Fold-and-staple booklets for US Letter and A4: print double-sided, fold, staple The full roller , one HTML file that works offline in any browser: all 7 generators and all 58 tables, with reroll and lock buttons on every line and copy-to-clipboard Data files: every table as JSON, CSV and Markdown, for virtual tabletops, spreadsheets, note apps or your own tools License Use it at your table as much as you like. You can use results in your own adventures, including ones you sell, as long as you don't reprint whole tables. Please don't share or resell the files. Made with AI assistance: an AI model drafted the tables to a detailed brief, and every entry was then read, edited, and checked for duplicates and trademarked terms. All text is original. Layout, roller and cover art were made with code. Fonts: IM Fell English and Crimson Pro (SIL Open Font License). Need the inn itself? Rafters & Cellars has 8 mapped inns with three floors each, VTT files and a key for every room. The Merry Goose is free. Questions Which RPG systems does it work with? All of them. There are no stats or rules, so it works with 5e, OSR games and any other fantasy game. Can I roll the tables without dice? Yes. The download includes an offline roller in one HTML file with all 7 generators and all 58 tables, with reroll and lock buttons. There's also a free demo on this page. Can I print it? Yes. There's a print-friendly PDF and fold-and-staple booklets for US Letter and A4. Can I use the tables in a VTT or my own tools? Yes. Every table is included as JSON, CSV and Markdown, so you can bring them into VTT roll tables, spreadsheets or your own tools for your games. Is there a map of the inn? Rafters & Cellars has 8 mapped inns with keyed rooms, and The Merry Goose is free. More from Cabin Circuit: Delvework (24 dungeon and cavern maps, print and VTT) and its free 3-map sampler .