What happens while the characters are plodding along the king’s roads connecting towns and cities in fairly populated lands? These encounters are intended for roads where the heroes are more likely to meet other travellers than wildlife or monsters.
This table is designed for a European inspired fantasy set in a technological and cultural age equivalent to the Middle Ages up to the Early Modern Period (ca. 1100-1750 AD.).
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Heavy rains have washed out a part of the road, making it frustratingly muddy and difficult to traverse. Expect a queue of carts and tired oxen.A broken cartwheel has forced a merchant to dump the least valuable parts of his cargo at the side of the road. The heroes may help themselves to free supplies.
A shepherd walks his or her flock of ducks and geese down the road, heading for a nearby farmstead or village.
The ruins of an old farmstead or house lie abandoned by the side of the road, the remaining walls offering at least some protection from wind and weather. It is unclear why the building was abandoned; might be too far from town, might be for more sinister reasons.
A merchant with a broken cartwheel begs the characters’ aid to get him and his wares safely to the next town.
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