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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A bridal carriage drives past, with footmen, revellers and men-at-arms in tow. The wedding party may block the road for a while.A sharply dressed gentleman waits at a crossroads at night. Demon looking to offer riches and fortune in return for human souls, or wealthy citizen waiting to meet with a business partner or shady contact without anyone else finding out?
The characters stumble on a smuggler's cache hidden under a big tree, in a cave, or similar. The smugglers may not be thrilled.
Extreme weather for the season forces the characters to hole up for the day—driving snow, torrential rain, twisters, thunderstorms, you name it.
A wandering minstrel asks to travel with the heroes for protection. He has no money but offers to write a ballad commemorating their deeds.
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