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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Two carters are having a row in the middle of the road, each arguing that the other needs to get himself and his lazy oxen out of the way of honest, hard working folks.Someone’s switched the signs around at the crossroads, whether as a prank or to deliberately mislead travellers.
A wandering preacher may swap a bit of healing or knowledge for a warm meal at the characters’ campfire.
An eccentric herb collector or alchemist has gotten separated from his travelling party—or, more likely, they bailed on him because he is just that annoying.
A lone highwayman guards a bridge; none shall pass without paying the bridge toll. He'll offer to cede the toll if one of the characters will fight him—fighting one character is less dangerous for him than fighting an entire group of them at once. They’ll still have to pay if that character loses.
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