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What’s in Their Pockets?

What a guard, bandit, cultist or unlucky traveler is carrying. Mostly small, mostly worthless, and sometimes the start of a story.

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  1. 1Three copper pieces and a button.
  2. 2A love note signed only with a little drawing of a fox.
  3. 3A pair of dice, one of them loaded.
  4. 4A crumpled wanted poster for someone they know.
  5. 5A half-finished wooden carving of a horse.
  6. 6A key with a tag that reads “Do not lose. Again.”
  7. 7A lucky rabbit’s foot that clearly did not work.
  8. 8A pressed flower folded inside a prayer.
  9. 9A shopping list: rope, lamp oil, garlic, more garlic.
  10. 10A tooth wrapped in cloth, far too big to be human.
  11. 11A silver ring engraved with someone else’s name.
  12. 12A tin of boot polish and a polishing rag.
  13. 13A map with an X and the words “not here either.”
  14. 14A pouch of sunflower seeds, half eaten.
  15. 15A false moustache.
  16. 16A token from a guild that disbanded years ago.
  17. 17A letter from their mother asking them to come home.
  18. 18A rough sketch of the party, with one face circled.
  19. 19Two sets of identity papers with different names.
  20. 20A whistle that makes no sound a human can hear.
  21. 21A smooth river stone with a hole through the middle.
  22. 22A betting slip for tomorrow’s horse race.
  23. 23Chalk, string and the stub of a candle.
  24. 24A vial of perfume that smells like rain.
  25. 25A small bell with its clapper removed.
  26. 26An IOU for 50 gold pieces, signed by a local noble.
  27. 27A half-eaten apple, still fresh.
  28. 28A page torn from a holy book, with notes in the margin.
  29. 29A deck of cards with one card missing.
  30. 30A brass compass that points south.
  31. 31A lock of hair tied with red thread.
  32. 32A thimble full of gold dust.
  33. 33A child’s drawing of a dragon.
  34. 34A ticket for a free meal at a soup kitchen.
  35. 35A tiny glass bottle holding a firefly that never stops glowing.
  36. 36A tally of days scratched into a strip of leather.
  37. 37A broken arrowhead, kept like a keepsake.
  38. 38A receipt for a very expensive cake.
  39. 39A wooden token marked with the number 7.
  40. 40A note: “Wait at the bridge at midnight.”
  41. 41A pair of spectacles with one lens missing.
  42. 42A sprig of mistletoe and a sprig of holly.
  43. 43A copper medallion of a minor patron of travelers.
  44. 44A pocketknife with a corkscrew.
  45. 45A clay seal bearing a crest from a faraway kingdom.
  46. 46A recipe for honey cakes with a note: “less salt.”
  47. 47A miniature portrait of a stern old woman.
  48. 48A pouch of salt, the kind people carry to ward off spirits.
  49. 49Ticket stubs from a traveling theater.
  50. 50Nothing at all — their pockets are sewn shut from the inside.