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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One or more injured soldiers or guards slowly make their way towards their home town. Was there a battle nearby? A peasant revolt? A bandit raid?The characters stumble on a smuggler's cache hidden under a big tree, in a cave, or similar. The smugglers may not be thrilled.
The ruins of an old farmstead or house lie abandoned by the side of the road, the remaining walls offering at least some protection from wind and weather. It is unclear why the building was abandoned; might be too far from town, might be for more sinister reasons.
A naked person walks defiantly down the road, headed for a town or settlement. A compulsive gambler who lost big and paid it all? A victim of highwaymen and bandits? A lecherous bard who only barely made it out of the last town with an angry spouse on his or her heels?
A horse grazes by the side of the road, its rider having fainted and fallen out of the saddle. Sick or injured, the rider now lies unconscious in the grass.
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