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 small band of highwaymen make a living out of stripping travellers of their horses and ready coin, as well as anything that can easily be fenced or sold. They may have second thoughts if the characters look particularly armed and dangerous—or even offer them a partnership!A shepherd walks his or her flock of ducks and geese down the road, heading for a nearby farmstead or village.
A small freak show makes its way past the heroes—bearded lady, lobster boy, conjoined twins, strongman and all.
Soldiers in large numbers march or ride down the road, forcing everyone else to get out of their way. Drummers play their tattoos, buglers bugle, pipers pipe, and sergeants bark—whatever is going on, it’s going to be bloody.
Whimpering noises from just off the road may alert the characters to an abandoned infant. Whether poverty, scandal, or hunger forced its parents to leave it to the wolves, the child will die if left behind.
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