Random Tables

Scene Elements

weird sculpture art in free standing glass display case
cubicles
conference room table
vending machine
aquarium
desks
elevator bank
office with glass walls
rd floor windows facing street below
coffee mug
fridge and microwave
water dispenser
vid screen
narrow corridor
maintenance corridor with freight elevator
staircase
conference call is going on
computer monitors
rolling office chairs
large rolling white boards (or high tech equivalent)
HVAC vents
support columns
restrooms
dozens of cardboard boxes
janitor's closet (cleaning supplies, etc#)
sterile overhead lighting
office plants
civilian staff (could be night staff, normal staff, cleaning crew, depending)
civilian staff on bring your child to work day (imagine an extraction with this as a surprise)
boring corporate wall art and plaques for bullshit
glass table
storage room with broken office chairs
server room
boiler room
roof access

bus shelter
fire hydrant
soy dog kiosk
vending machine
trees with xmas lights
sewer grate
street lights
drug house
alley entrance
fire escape
city bus
abandoned car
bike rack with locked bikes
mailbox
dumpster
7/11
food truck
public Matrix jack
addicts watching on stoop
children playing in street
serious potholes
trashcan fire
market stalls
bridge over road
bridge over river
garbage couch
piles of trash on curb
block party / street festival
outdoor concert
horde of pigeons
noodle food cart
stray cat
a crime in progress (could go a lot of different ways with this--might make sense to have individual entries)
skate/hoverboarders
a parking lot
ribbon cutting ceremony
an animal control van
a chain link fence

Handsome Jack is Back
1. Former leader of gang who was ousted some time back. He’s returned, not very handsome anymore, but with some real ugly muscle.
Escalating Prank War Between Trickers and Treaters, junior member factions fighting for spots in the gang, kids 8-12 generally
Current leader Mister Bones gets a new pet, a <y> stolen from the nature preserve, and he’s having trouble training it
Lt. Shark Fin got messed up on some new upper drug, wound up caught by Lone Star—leader Mister Bones needs him back or silenced
Developers moving in traditional gang zone, bringing bulldozers and permits—can you fight City Hall?
1. Might push gang into conflict with rival orc gang, the Pogos, causing violent eruption
Chemists selling new ‘candy’, quite addictive and dangerous—slumming tourists and teenagers venturing into dangerous gang turf to get their fix

New weapon shipment from Japan / Russia
1. Means ‘low class’ enemies may be armed with rocket launchers or sniper rifles or gas grenades or some other type of new tech—would be noticeable if encountering gangers before, armed with pistols, and after, armed with rifles, something like that
Lone Star Raids—team’s fixer gets captured/injured/forced underground, ability to get resources/fence goods limited for a while, or raid could happen while PCs there, obvious conflict with consequences
Counterfeit goods—cheaper items but with specific flaws that could be fun, I liked the break on 1 example in the book, but there could be so many fun flaws
Old timey ‘leader’ of the markets, Old Joe, needs a hand with new gang / yakuza leader who is insisting on protection money when the mall was always neutral ground in the past
Awakened animal pit fights, like dog fighting or cock fighting, can get out of hand i.e. escaped animals or just be a moral type issue, or allow players to bet—would have it not be to death, otherwise the only way PCs could interact would be shutting it down (the Katie factor)
Destructive sims being sold, turn users into addicts with superpowers, but seller has some kind of leverage on Old Joe, who won’t interfere. Possibly gov’t op/experiment.
Unusual illness sweeping squatters, threatens to spread to the rest of the city if quarantine not observed or cure found. Will devastate community.

Middle class family took trip, lost child in dangerous woods—pooled money to Johnson to hopefully get their child back
Native American criminal Jason Twofoxes wanted for arson, suspected to be in hiding here, may have set traps
Scientist publishes a paper describing a rare endangered specimen she found while studying in the preserve—creature has valuable tusks/antlers, or magic totem potential, will be sought after by the unscrupulous
Buyer wants an exotic animal, willing to pay for a young specimen—buyer’s background should be non-abusive, would give it good home, to anticipate Katie effect
Forest fire/some other threat forces dangerous animals out into the nearby neighborhoods, causing problems
Park ranger is murdered by suspected poacher group
Campers left behind something extremely valuable to them by mistake and now the preserve is off limits for <x> mating season, when the males are hyper aggressive

Promising researcher working on artificial flesh is kidnapped, leading ghoul citizens will pay to have her rescued and her research returned
Horrific murders being blamed on ghouls, who are under increasing persecution and victims of hate crimes. Actual murderer could be wild animal from preserve or deranged serial spree killer
Rising pop star actually a ghoul, needs discreet delivery of food supplies. If found out, career will be ruined. Certain ghouls angry that the guy they grew up with is hiding true identity, potential blackmailer.
Mob has been disposing of bodies by paying group of thug-like ghouls who devour the victims. Someone is unhappy with this arrangement.
White-hot decker SirKodiak rumored to live among the ghouls, who protect him in exchange for his help in finding a cure for an engineered virus which turned ghouls into cannibals and threatened to destroy their society.
A socialite obsessed with cars heard a rumor that there’s a vintage <some cool car from our time> in a storage space in Ghoul Town. He wants it delivered by midnight.