'The city had a name, we know it, but it is being withheld to protect the secrets it holds as well as to protect the interests of the Pellucid Foundation and the associated expeditions.'

Commander Edgar Barber Burroughs

In many cases, the local people will not co-operate in providing information about criminals or those who are on the run. Here are seven reasons why they either won't or can't help track a wanted person or group down.

Goblins descended on civilised land from the east nearly one thousand years ago. Now, it's time to descend upon them with all the fury they have shown us they are capable of.

The Odaneimo Mountains aren't exactly the sort the bards talk about, they dont tear at the sky or trip the gods. They are still tall enough that you just can't go hiking over them. There are just two passes through them, Oshen Pass down in the south, and Zoran pass, in the north. It would be worth a pretty penny if someone could find a middle pass through.

Diad, Teamsters Guild-boss

Or, 30 Ways for Mad Science to go Delightfully Awry

- "This is train CIV1181, kilometer 15 right after the station. There is a person close to the track on my left side. Could you send somebody to look at it."
- "Understood. Anything suspicious?"
- "He simply lies there. And I think he was there yesterday, too..."

'Did ya hear that? There's riches found every night, all over the town! No way you can miss that!'

This was such a nice place to spend a good evening. Now, everyone who wins a little money is found dead the other day! I bet the owner is up to something...

'What, never heard of it? I thought a young hacker like you would already know. Well let me tell you…'

Among his effects, the highwayman had 24 mysterious vials. What could the strange liquid portend?

The PC's have to help a disenfranchised young man reclaim his village.

A commoner has run into a LOT of money! Unfortunately, everyone knows it. Good luck getting out of town in one piece!

The local lord has been deprived of his prize family heirloom, the thief isn't exactly a thief, but rather an absent minded wizard. Get the heirloom from the kindly but absent minded professor. Simple, right? Well, except for the fine print.

Sinister, enganging plot involves a powerful tool fallen into the wrong hands. Only the players can set things right. They have a piece of the tool, but first they have to figure out how the tool works, why two opposing forces are persuing them, whom to trust, and what to do next. Murder, accusation, betrayal, diplomacy, combat, and constant mystique force the players to make incredibly difficult decisions.

Defenceless villagers, highway bandits, and primitive tribesmen.
But who has the magic crystals a young shaman needs?
And how do you get hold of them?

An ancient ruin, a pair of boastful teenagers, and a bunch of indifferent gargoyles - but who let the demonic spirit out

Some legends are history, some are mere stories, and some have a basis in fact. This may not be quite what it seems.

A jolly night with friends turns out to have long-lasting consequences. Can a hardened adventurer handle infinite responsibilities of a single dad - especially when there's an evil mage out there looking for the adventurer's child?

Children have been disappearing from a herding village for the past 3 years. The superstitious locals blame it on the 'gatha', a troll living in the woodlands.

Arriving in a small village the adventurering party is drawn into a meeting of the Parish Guild...