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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The carriage of an important noble pushes past, accompanied by a score of armed soldiers with a prickly attitude. Get out of the way, peasants!A well armed, grizzled mercenary travels in the same direction as the characters. He appears to be quite chatty and asks a lot of questions; he is actually a bounty hunter, trying to establish whether any of the characters are the mark he’s been sent to bring back dead or alive. If they're notorious enough one of them likely are, and the bounty hunter will bide his time until he can call down friends or authorities upon the heroes, rather than fight them one against three or more.
An enterprising noble or bandit leader has posted guards at a bridge, demanding a toll from everyone who tries to pass.
Members of a religious sect hold a service at the side of the road, praying for good travelling fortune and offering their blessings to passers-by.
A rider on a fast horse thunders past; an hour or so later, a group of mounted soldiers follow in pursuit.
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