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 jolly wine merchant invites the heroes to join him and sample his wares. He’s carrying valuable goods, or perhaps smuggling stuff in his wine barrels—and certainly would love for the heroes to stay around and help him guard his cart from thieves and robbers.A troupe of thespians and their colourful van may share the characters' campsite for the evening. Friendly folks, but oh so eccentric, and prone to bursting into dramatic soliloquies at the drop of a hat.
A bridge has been damaged or destroyed in recent rains; travellers will have to ford the river.
A number of guards or soldiers escort a condemned prisoner to his or her execution in the next town over. Should the heroes attempt to free an innocent man—or help the guards keep an eye on a murderer?
A self-proclaimed inventor and astronomer sits atop his cart shouting at his hired men and the mules. It is a matter of utmost importance that he gets to a specific hill at a specific time to make his observations—and his gear is heavy, cumbersome, and entirely too fragile.
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