Encounters on the roads

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 patrol of d10 soldiers, footmen or guards are randomly inspecting carts and horses, looking for contraband or stolen goods. A character is singled out to be inspected.
Miserable weather makes everyone on the road miserable; expect cart drivers to yell at each other, men-at-arms to brush past roughly, and mules to get stubborn.
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.
Extreme weather for the season forces the characters to hole up for the day—driving snow, torrential rain, twisters, thunderstorms, you name it.
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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18th century rider on a Friesian horse.

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