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 travelling merchant is happy to see the heroes, both because they may be potential customers but also because sticking to them may provide protection against brigands and highwaymen— but with the twist that she’s a fraud and a snake oil peddler.A large black dog always sits along the same stretch of road each night. It howls when someone passes by who is likely to die or risk death during the next couple of days. Locals will tell the story if asked about that strange, big dog.
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.
Two knights or duellists were going at it just before the heroes turned up. Now one lies bleeding in a ditch, in dire need of medical assistance, while the other is riding away triumphantly with his squire or second. The dying knight or duellist’s second or squire begs the heroes for help.
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