Your players come across a traveling trade caravan or merchant on the road, and they ask you what sort of merchandise they are carrying! What do you say? Roll on this table of one hundred different types of cargo to find out!
| d100 | Entry |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gnomish-made knick-knacks |
| 2 | Vats of purified (al)chemical compounds |
| 3 | Pots containing various spices |
| 4 | A large box containing the gears, pulleys, levers, switches, and other various parts of a disassembled machine |
| 5 | Disassembled pieces to a loom |
| 6 | Small boxes containing chalk sticks of various lengths and colors |
| 7 | Casks of whale oil |
| 8 | Prisoners |
| 9 | Bottles of fermented fish sauce |
| 10 | Leather goods (bags, belts, etc.) |
| 11 | Seeds, seedlings, and saplings |
| 12 | Horses |
| 13 | Religious relics |
| 14 | Wicker baskets full of live crabs |
| 15 | Bolts of scented fabric, used as burial wraps |
| 16 | Finished furniture |
| 17 | Sacks of flour |
| 18 | Bags of human hair, to be used to make wigs |
| 19 | Various exotic wood in small bundles for crafting expensive things |
| 20 | Bird cages, each containing a pair of tiny songbirds |
| 21 | Wooden cages containing small domestic animals |
| 22 | Sacks of raw, unrefined ore containing minute amounts of various metals |
| 23 | Newly made wooden treasure chests (empty) |
| 24 | Stacks of clay roof tiles |
| 25 | Chunks of stone from shattered statues, demolished buildings, and toppled walls, scavenged from a conquered city to be used in construction |
| 26 | Crates containing toy soldiers, hobby horses, wooden kitchen sets, and all sorts of other toys |
| 27 | Boxes of books on a variety of subjects |
| 28 | Live goats |
| 29 | Canvas bags stamped with the official seal of a large kingdom containing bundles of mail (general correspondence between ordinary people) |
| 30 | Wooden boxes vaguely shaped like coffins |
| 31 | Glass jars of honey |
| 32 | Flasks of cooking oil |
| 33 | Ingots of lead |
| 34 | Burlap sacks full of mulch |
| 35 | A grandfather clock that appears to have been damaged during transportation |
| 36 | Sacks of quicklime |
| 37 | Stacks of dried, salted fish, hard as planks |
| 38 | Masks (ceremonial, festival, masquerade, tribal) |
| 39 | Barrels of salt |
| 40 | Canisters of wax, for sealing letters and canning |
| 41 | Bones, skulls, horns, and teeth, of various creatures |
| 42 | Firewood |
| 43 | Barrels of heavily salted pork |
| 44 | Boxes containing what are purported to be holy relics, obviously mass produced |
| 45 | Sail cloth/canvas |
| 46 | Bales of hay |
| 47 | Coils of very thick rope |
| 48 | A big pile of charcoal |
| 49 | Sacks of common feathers suitable for quills or stuffing in pillows |
| 50 | Jars of dye or ink |
| 51 | Barrels filled with fresh, but untreated, water |
| 52 | Baskets of fruit that is not native to this region, such as bananas or coconuts |
| 53 | Large wheels of cheese covered in wax |
| 54 | Fishing nets |
| 55 | Sacks of rice |
| 56 | Statues |
| 57 | A shipping crate full of rat traps |
| 58 | Vials of 'snake oil' (reputed to be a cure-all, mostly just a mild pain reliever with no effect) |
| 59 | Cases of standard rations infested with bugs, mice, or other vermin |
| 60 | Planks of wood |
| 61 | Recently tanned leather hides |
| 62 | Low quality rugs |
| 63 | Hemp fiber for making rope |
| 64 | A large bell or gong |
| 65 | Wooden crates of iron or brass nails |
| 66 | Metal cages containing small wild animals |
| 67 | Sealed canisters containing linseed or flax oil |
| 68 | Baskets of gourds |
| 69 | Boxes containing low-quality artisan tools |
| 70 | Logs, the bark still on them |
| 71 | Farming equipment |
| 72 | Humanoid slaves |
| 73 | Wooden crates containing glassware packed in straw |
| 74 | Bales of raw tobacco |
| 75 | Sacks of coarse sand |
| 76 | Barrels of maple syrup |
| 77 | Bolts of silk |
| 78 | Barrels of dried fruit |
| 79 | Livestock |
| 80 | Crates of uniforms |
| 81 | Jars containing various pickled foods |
| 82 | Herbs (medicinal and culinary) |
| 83 | Bundles of reeds for weaving baskets |
| 84 | A heap of iron chains of various lengths, much of it rusted and hopelessly tangled |
| 85 | Caskets of dried biscuits (hardtack) |
| 86 | Wine in poorly made barrels, allowing in enough air that it has turned to vinegar |
| 87 | Raw animal hides |
| 88 | Stacks of bounty posters |
| 89 | Complete armor sets (mail, plate) |
| 90 | Amphoras of olive oil or vinegar |
| 91 | Barrels of citrus fruits |
| 92 | Sacks of wool |
| 93 | Huge blocks of ice |
| 94 | Bundles of blank parchment |
| 95 | Crates containing large bars of soap |
| 96 | Garbage, being hauled to a midden |
| 97 | Bundles of 10' poles |
| 98 | Heaps of dented, rusted, and broken weapons and armor, scavenged from an old battlefield |
| 99 | Musical instruments (lutes, lyres, drums) |
| 100 | Animal manure for fertilizer |
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