Whether intentionally or on purpose, part of a wall in the old house has been demolished, revealing a hidden space... and the secrets it contains. What are those secrets? Well, the following random tables can help GMs determine that, quickly providing ideas for what has been found and what adventure seeds may be planted with it.
Roll 2d6 and find the result on the table below, then roll 1d6 against the sub-table or sub-tables. (Of course, these tables can be used to determine items found anywhere.)
2d6 Things Found in Walls
2 A pair of black-lacquered chopsticks with silver inlay patterns on the
handles that 1-2. when crossed on an empty plate, cause a tasty and
filling meal to appear; 3-4. when put on a plate with food, causes the
meal to become poisonous and cause those who consume it to die in
severe agony within 1d3+1 hours; 5-6. open a puzzle box when one
is inserted into its lid, and the other into its left side.
3 A hunting knife, wrapped in cheesecloth. It is 1-2. the key to solving a
decades-old murder mystery; 3. haunted by the restless spirit of a
woman murdered with it who wants to be avenged; 4. haunted by the
spirit of a serial killer who will try to possess the person who retrieves
the knife from its hiding place; 5-6. an enchanted weapon that does
double damage against spellcasters and lycanthropes.
4 A battered high school geography book from the 1950s. When read
1. nothing happens; it's just an old book; 2-3. a hand-drawn map falls
out. A legend reads "The evidence of my sins is under Lincoln High";
4-5. a map of Africa has been adjusted with handwritten notes, and
an additional hand-drawn detailed region is folded up within the
book, with a legend that reads "Amazons? Atlanteans?"; 6. the book
automatically flips to a map of Argentina, and the reader and
everyone within a 30-foot radius in transported to a secret Nazi
hideaway there.
5 The skull of 1-2. a monkey, covered in occult symbols, engraved in
gold.; 3-4. a horned humanoid, engraved with the symbol of an Elder
God.; 5. a human baby, partially crushed.; 6. a human adult, partially
crushed.
Additionally, the skull 1-2. is haunted by a vengeful spirit; 3-4. is a
key part of a ritual to commune with an Elder God; 5-6. is a key clue
in a series of cult-related murders.
6 A leather suitcase with 1. $10,000 in currency; 2. $10,000 in currency,
$100,000 in fake currency; 3. $15,000 in uncut diamonds, along with
three phone numbers written on the back of a Denny's napkin;
4. A black ceramic sculpture of falcon, containing $10,000 in rubies
that are wrapped in red silk; 5. 13 15th century Spanish gold
doubloons that are cursed and give whoever claims them a streak of
catastrophic luck until he or she dies or has the curse lifted;
6. a famous painting by a Dutch Master that was stolen by Nazis
and presumed destroyed during WW2.
7 A cache of documents that 1-2. reveals the existence of Immortals
and a secret war to control the fate of the universe; 3-4 describes
a world-wide demonic conspiracy; 5-6. provides solid evidence
that a now-powerful politician brutally murdered an entire family
when a young man.
The information in the documents is 1-3. true; 5-6. false.
8 A 19th century Ouija board and bejeweled planchette that 1-3 is
worth at least $2,400 to the right collector; 4-5. can unerringly
answer 1d6 "yes" and "no" questions up to three times per day,
which a written note on the back explains; 6. predicts that users will
die, and then subjects them to a deadly curse.
9 A mummified 1. human infant; 2. headless body of an adult male;
3. tangle of rats, their tales knotted together; 4. slender human
female with horns on her forehead and clawed hands; 5. pair of
adults--one male, one female--that were strangled with silk cords
that are still around their necks; 6. humanoid cat creature, wearing
bejeweled golden bracelets.
10 A small leather bag with 1. antique buttons, with $100 to the right
collector; 2. cut diamonds worth $5,000; 3. three modern house
keys; 4. three antique skeleton keys of different sizes; 5. A
mummified woman's hand, mounted on a stand with wicks
inserted into the fingers; 6. a round obsidian disk with razor-sharp
edges and the symbol of two different Elder Gods carved on it, a
different one on each side.
11 A hatchet that 1. has four symbols of the Elder Gods engraved on
its blade; 2. never misses demons when thrown at them; 3. does
triple damage against the undead; 4. doubles the Strength bonus
of the person wielding or carrying it Strength bonus; 5. does double
damage against lycanthropes; 6. the wielder suffers the same
damage that is inflicted on the target.
12 Roll two more times on the table. Both indicated results are found.
If 12 is rolled again, do not re-roll but treat as "no result." If 12 is
rolled three times in a row, nothing is found in the wall but dusty
cobwebs and rodent droppings..
