1

An ambitious local who wants to get to the city

An unusually large amount of saved coinage

2

Social outcast who can’t ask any local for help

Valuable local specialty product

3

Gentry who wants no local gossip about their need

Heirloom magic item passed down to the leader

4

Ex-city dweller eager for contact with the worldly

A magical service unique to a local tradition

5

Comparatively rich villager with a need

A map or secret leading to a Deep or plunder site

6

Starry-eyed young local swooning for adventurers

A temple with potent healing magics available

7

Village priest in need of outside help

A secret treasure acquired generations ago

8

Reeve who can’t reasonably call on natives for a job

Large amounts of produce or local products

9

Village leader who wants expendable help

Ownership of an abandoned farm or structure

10

Burly local militiaman who watches new faces here

Contacts with rural bandits or criminal rings

11

Shifty native who wants some clueless accomplices

Favors from the lord who’s very fond of the village

12

Clan patriarch who doesn’t want to use their own kin

Young locals willing to take service with the party