So, what Tavern name would be enough for PCs to know they're not going to have a good time in there?
If not a name, what other "on first sight" quality might do it?
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Quote from: RPGPundit;273878So, what Tavern name would be enough for PCs to know they're not going to have a good time in there?
If not a name, what other "on first sight" quality might do it?
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I keep thinking I need to have a tavern show up in a game modeled after the one in From Dusk Till Dawn, full of rowdy teamsters and/or stevedores with scantily-clad women - all of whom are actually vampires or vampire spawn and the tavern is actually built on top of an ancient temple. That might work out pretty well for D&D, really.
Medieval era shops tended to have pictograms instead of words so go with an image. Like a skull that has been converted into a cup or a mug with an eyeball floating on top.
The Bung Hole
The Skull and Snake
The Effete Elf
The Green Corpse
The Rusty Stiletto
The Liver Fluke
The Broken Bottle
If any PC steps into one of the aforementioned establishments, they should not be surprised at what they encounter.
-clash
The Slaughtered Lamb!
"Terrance's Tea Toddler Tiddily Wink Tavern"
IMO thats about as sucky as it can get plus its hard to say three times fast.
LOL
The Pig Spit.
The Blue Oyster Bar.
Quote from: One Horse Town;273896The Slaughtered Lamb!
Fucking warlocks....
The one from the first OotS book. It was something like "Rob You While You Sleep Inn". ;)
Quote from: StormBringer;273906The Blue Oyster Bar.
Police Academy Reference for the win!
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Elminster's Beverage Emporium.
Otherwise, if you see rats nibbling a dead customer on the doorstep, that's a bad sign. If there is vomit on the steps, that's not great, if the sign itself is cracked and has mould growing on it, it may be best to sup elsewhere.
Toothless hags outside can also be offputting, particularly if they then offer their unpersuasive charms with a gust of halitotic breath.
These are PC's we are talking about - if they want to go in because they *think* they need to go in, they'll go in no matter what.
Probably the best way to throw them off is say it's called 'Ummm fuck, well lets just say Bar #5' then mark it on the map with an X.
Quote from: RPGPundit;273920Police Academy Reference for the win!
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The Sodomite
Buggery & Cheese
The Weepy Unicorn
Hard Rock Cafe
Where Old Celebs Sing Show Tunes
Seanchai
Quote from: Seanchai;273955Seanchai
You have a tavern named after you? I'm jealous.
Mind you, if it's qouted in this thread, i wouldn't want to go there. :D
Glory Hole Dwarven Alehouse
Piss and Vinegar
Quote from: RPGPundit;273878So, what Tavern name would be enough for PCs to know they're not going to have a good time in there?
If not a name, what other "on first sight" quality might do it?
RPGPundit
- The Randy Priest
- The Barfing Manatee
- The Hooker And Poultice
- Three Rats And Three Lice
- The Prancing Weirdo
- The Seeping Wound
- The Ogre's Taint
- Guano!
- The Sling And Balls
- RaHoWa
Quote from: jgants;273884I keep thinking I need to have a tavern show up in a game modeled after the one in From Dusk Till Dawn, full of rowdy teamsters and/or stevedores with scantily-clad women - all of whom are actually vampires or vampire spawn and the tavern is actually built on top of an ancient temple. That might work out pretty well for D&D, really.
Ah, the
Titty Twister.
Smegma's Joint
The Lonely Woodman's
Last Stand Inn
Regards,
David R
- Edna's Drippery
- The Toe And Cornhole
- The Limping Cripple
- Lance Manschaft's Pole & Hammer Emporium
- The Greasy Goblin
- Poojuice Café
- Turdburglar's Rest
- The Rancid Whelp
- Scalp & Scrotum
- Bell, Book & Buggery
- The Cat's Winker
- Chalet Du Poisson-Fromage
- La Venta de los Pendejos Mamones
- The Sour Stew
- The Grunting Slurper
- Bastard & Sons
- The Slippery Dingus
- X Over Y Square Times Pi
- The Tavern Where All The Ale Tastes Like Someone's Mom (And You Know Whose)
OKAY I AM DONE
A old mate of mine once said, "When I go to a pub, the first place I check out is the toilets. If I see a hole in the wall above the urinal where some poor cunt had his head smashed into it where he was taking a piss, I know it's my kind of place."
"The Half Nut", with a crowd of burly, unruly, butch dykes beating the crap out of passers-by.
Nah, who am I kidding? That'd practically be an engraved invitation for most RPG parties.
!i!
Quote from: Premier;273993Glory Hole Dwarven Alehouse
Considering that "Glory Hole" is an actual mining term there could very well be a dwarven bar with this name, which could still lead to interesting situations depending on how the players interpret the term.
Quote from: RockViper;274102Considering that "Glory Hole" is an actual mining term there could very well be a dwarven bar with this name, which could still lead to interesting situations depending on how the players interpret the term.
Plus it's a nice reference to a decent Judges Guild module - Glory Hole Dwarven Mine.
Quote from: jgants;273884I keep thinking I need to have a tavern show up in a game modeled after the one in From Dusk Till Dawn, full of rowdy teamsters and/or stevedores with scantily-clad women - all of whom are actually vampires or vampire spawn and the tavern is actually built on top of an ancient temple. That might work out pretty well for D&D, really.
If it has Salma Hayek in it, then I'm all for it. :)
Vecna's 'Responsible Wizard' Bar & Lounge
The Save versus Death
The Bada Bargle
The Wight Room
Lareth the Beautiful's Bar, Sauna & Backroom
The TPK
...and
The Tarrasque's Cock
Emirikol's
The Silver Eel - the tavern Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser hung out in while in Lankhmar.
Quote from: Haffrung;274156Emirikol's
I would so go there. When I was a kid, Emirikol was the coolest character ever depicted but not described.
Quote from: Balbinus;274169I would so go there. When I was a kid, Emirikol was the coolest character ever depicted but not described.
Cool. And dangerously chaotic.
(http://www.fierydragon.com/img/02.jpg)
Actually, this classic illustration inspired more than one Green Griffon Inn in our games.
Quote from: Drew;274142The Bada Bargle
:D
Inn of the Rot Grub, Puss-finger Pete's, and Ground Glass Tavern come to mind.
Quote from: One Horse Town;273962You have a tavern named after you? I'm jealous.
Mind you, if it's qouted in this thread, i wouldn't want to go there. :D
I do. It's a place for pithy, witty scoundrels with enormous man bits and rugged good looks.
Seanchai
Quote from: Haffrung;274171Cool. And dangerously chaotic.
(http://www.fierydragon.com/img/02.jpg)
Nothing chaotic about it. Those guys totally had it coming. Apparently they were going around claiming that old-school gaming is just about hack and slash.
Quote from: The Shaman;274180:D
Inn of the Rot Grub, Puss-finger Pete's, and Ground Glass Tavern come to mind.
Inn-continent.
The Inn of A Thousand Delights, Assuming You Find Nude Dwarves Delightful.
Quote from: Age of Fable;274213Inn-continent.
The Inn of A Thousand Delights, Assuming You Find Nude Dwarves Delightful.
The Don't Drop Inn.
Quote from: Seanchai;274206... enormous man bits ...
At first, I didn't see it as 'bits'.
(http://www.fierydragon.com/img/02.jpg)
Weird. Anyone else see the snarling tiger's face in the sidewalk at the burning man's toes?
!i!
Left side: Mortuary. Right side: Sandwich shop. In the middle? 'The Roll'em Inn'.