What awaits once the heroes leave the roads and villages of civilization behind and venture out into the wilds? Animals, monsters, and nature, of course! Bring spare rations.
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) but most encounters can be applied to other climates than the forests and plains of Medieval Europe as well.
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An old or injured predator attempts to steal food from the heroes’ campfire. If successful it may follow them around for a while to steal more.
A campfire in the distance turns out to belong to a group of adventurers and travellers quite like the characters themselves; they are about the same party strength and have roughly similar equipment, and they are likely looking for the same thing. Partnership in spe, or rivals?
Heavy rains force travellers to take shelter for the day.
One or more heroes sneak out of camp to make out, fight, smoke illegal herbs, or just go to the bathroom behind a large-leafed bush. While thus preoccupied, and quite likely with pants around their ankles, our hero or heroes find themselves stared down by a rare, beautiful creature. Will they manage to lace up and move quick enough to capture it? Return to camp, pretending nothing happened? Bonus points for being snorted and scoffed at by mythical beasts out of the folklore appropriate to the campaign—the more magical and intelligent the better.
The heroes come across a game trail which promises easy dinner. Unfortunately, something magical and malevolent happened to those deer or rabbits. For creepy effect, have the heroes fight something that ought to be cute and harmless but has become Extraplanar (as per the creature sheet) or otherwise corrupted and dangerous. Never trust cute and fluffy.To generate more suggestions, simply refresh the page.