Harbor Fog Trouble

Need a quick coastal scene that turns fog, docks, and cargo into trouble?

Use this table when the party reaches a harbor and you want instant movement. Each result gives them someone to question, something to chase, or a weird maritime problem to make worse.

Harbor Fog Trouble Table

d12	Result
1	A lantern boat bumps the pier, carrying wet footprints but no passengers.
2	Dockworkers refuse to unload crates that whisper their childhood nicknames aloud.
3	A foghorn answers questions truthfully, but only about nearby hidden debts.
4	A gull drops a signet ring, then waits expectantly for payment.
5	Fisherfolk haul up a locked chest chained to a sleeping merrow.
6	A customs clerk begs the party to inspect one impossible cargo manifest.
7	The tide leaves fresh hoofprints across mud no horse could reach.
8	A soaked captain offers passage if someone impersonates his missing navigator.
9	Harbor bells ring underwater whenever smugglers lie near the eastern pier.
10	A child sells bottled fog containing glimpses of tomorrow’s shipwreck.
11	Sailors abandon a tavern after hearing their names sung from below.
12	The lighthouse keeper locks himself inside, claiming the light blinked back.