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 soldiers or guards lead by a somewhat overzealous young sheriff, bailiff or officer, looking to prove himself to his superiors. Expect every satchel to be turned inside out in the search for contraband or incriminating evidence.Alert heroes may spot tracks leading towards a shrub inside of which d4 naked bodies lie hidden. Merchants or traders who have been murdered and robbed by highwaymen, the bodies are not easily identified and may be quite … ripe.
A couple of shallow graves next to the road warns of the dangers of travel; disease, exhaustion, starvation, poor weather, and so on. If the heroes are nearby after dark the site may be haunted.
The skies burst open and a torrential downpour begins. The heroes may as well seek shelter, they’re not getting much further today.
A runaway dog remembers a better, kinder time when it had a master and tries to attach itself to travellers.
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