What’s really ticking behind all that tick-tocking? The inner workings of the town clock are mysterious indeed… why doesn’t your character investigate?
Description
- tall, looming, towering, stretching high, reaching for the sky, ominous, imposing, magnificent, stupendous, glorious,
- turret clock, striking clock, spiral clock, coded clock, sundial, water clock, zodiac clock,
- numbered, Roman numerals, 24-hour, 12-hour, digital,
- mechanical, gears, cogs,
- face, glass, case,
- wrought iron hands,
- bright white face,
- luminescent, backlit, flourescent, glowing,
- proud, long-standing, ancient, classic, revered, sacred, special, honored,
- pendulum,
- cuckoo, chime, bell, ringer, pipes, horns, wind chimes,
- robotic, mechanical figurines that put on an odd show at (noon, hourly, at sundown, etc.),
- in tribute to…
- in memory of…
- installed by…
- crank, winder, spring, solar panel, battery, energy cell, water power, mill powered,
- run-down, derelict, decrepit, decayed,
Environments
- town square, central courtyard, outer bailey, circular court,
- guildhall, city hall, temple, shrine,
- gallery, parade ground, colonnade, arcade,
- hilltop, mound, rise, dias,
- stone steps,
- memorial, monument,
- crossroads, road, cobblestone street, traffic circle,
- wall, fortification, barricade, palisade, earthwork,
Characters in and around clock towers
- bell ringers,
- clergy, monks,
- tinkerers, mechanics, technicians, engineers, clockmaker, jewelers, artisan, horologist, the “Royal Time Keeper,”
- custodians, caretakers, managers, key master,
- servants, guards, protectors, soldiers,
- homeless folk, beggars,
- minstrels, troubadours, musicians, clowns, jugglers, buskers, string quintet,
- peddlers, hawkers, market workers, salesmen,
- hustlers, gamblers, card sharps,
- food vendors,
- a masterwork clock-making imp,
- wizard, alchemist,
- some guy snoozing on a bench,
- kids, nannies, a wailing infant,
- the mayor, a meter maid,
- ticket scalper,
- town crier,
- couple arguing, parent scolding a child,
- doomsday cultist chanting weird stuff about the end of the world,
- arsonist, vandal, hoodlums, ruffian,
- pickpocket, scam artist, thief, burglar,
- protesters, picket line walkers,
Stuff in and around clock towers
- gears, cogs, levers, sprockets, widget, thing-a-ma-jiggy,
- hands, face, numbers,
- clock parts: barrel, fly, wheel, pallet, stop pin, ratchet cock, pinion, snail, spring, click, post,
- chime, iron bell, brass bell, glass bells, horn, honker, dinger, pipe, cuckoo, gong, pipe organ, harp strings,
- pendulum,
- handles, switches, toggles,
- bars, rods, pistons, cams,
- chains, cables, cords, wires,
- brick, wood, stone, concrete, wrought iron, cast iron, bronze, steel,
- gems, precious stones, coins, quartz,
- fountain, pool, spring, well,
- door, secret door, locks, panels, pressure switch,
- benches, stone work,
- flowers, trees, ornamental shrubs, hedges,
- fence, barricade,
- statue, monument, plaque, bust,
- columns, portico, cobblestone, flagstone,
- giant gerbil on a wheel (source of power),
Things happening around the clock tower
- parade, festival, celebration,
- town market, black market, street vendors,
- ceremony, ritual, customary event, sacrifice, tribute,
- birthday party, wedding pictures,
- crime going down, police chase,
- dignitary giving a speech,
- massive protest,
- candle light vigil, funeral,
- annual “cleaning of the clock”
- concert, buskers, street performers, a quintet, marching band,
Developments
- The town clock has stopped, something that has not happened in centuries, and a strange storm is brewing… straight above the clock tower.
- The town clock needs a widget replaced, but the designers are from far away. Time to send some adventurers out to get the necessary part!
- For a fortnight, the town clock has been running widdershins (backwards) — a sure sign that devilry is at hand — and odd folks have started arriving in town of late. Time for someone to figure out why?