Random Encounters

By Angelo on May 23, 2001

Tired of the tedious wandering monster charts in the Rules Cyclopedia that take forever to roll, and seem to produce the same monster over and over? Try out these encounter tables instead.

Roll 1d20 per day to determine if there is an encounter on that day. Compare this to the chance of an encounter based on the type of terrain (for example there is a 6 in 20 chance of an encounter).
Roll 2d10 to determine the encounter below.
The DM can assume a 10% chance of bad weather when the encounter occurs.

2d10	Trail/Road (6 out of 20)	Normal/Grass (4 out of 20)	Forest (5 out of 20)
2	Adventurer	Tornado	Adventurer
3	Goblin	Adventurer	Dryad
4	Orc	Blink Dog	Forest Giant
5	Freeman	Thoul	Brownie/Sprite
6	Peasant	Merchant	Forest Baboon
7	Halfling	Tiger Beetle	Wolf
8	Bandit	Hobgoblin	Woodcutter
9	Traveller	Berserker	Bandit
10	Wilderness Table	Riding Horse	Kobold/Goblin
11	Wilderness Table	Animal	Elf
12	Merchant	Nomad	Animal
13	Berserker	Draco Lizard	Orc
14	Guard Patrol	Ogre	Boar
15	Dwarf	Boar	Giant Bee/Robber Fly
16	Elf	Wolf	Crab Spider
17	Ogre	Crab Spider	Insect Swarm
18	Troglodyte	Troll	Centaur
19	Animal	Insect Swarm	Minotaur
20	Kobold	Wyvern	Green Dragon

2d10	Desert (2 out of 20)	Swamp (5 out of 20)	Mountain (3 out of 20)
2	Adventurer	Adventurer	Adventurer
3	Sandstorm	Medusa	Rockslide
4	Manticore	Panther	Troll
5	Nomad	Robber Fly	Giant Ant
6	Gecko Lizard	Displacer Beast	Hill Giant
7	Draco Lizard	Gecko Lizard	Cave Bear
8	Crab Spider	Draco Lizard	Mountain Lion
9	Tarantella	Wight	Rock Baboon
10	Giant Scorpion	Ghoul	Hobgoblin
11	Giant Centipede	Lizardman	Ogre
12	Snake	Insect Swarm	Orc
13	Giant Ant	Snake	Gnoll
14	Oil Beetle	Gnoll	Harpy
15	Tiger Beetle	Hydra	Snake
16	Hobgoblin	Quicksand	Stone Giant
17	Horned Chameleon	Giant Toad	Gnome
18	Tuatara Lizard	Zombie	Manticore
19	Cockatrice	Gorgon	Cyclops
20	Blue Dragon	Black Dragon	Red Dragon

Example

While traveling between towns along the road, the DM rolls 1d20 per day. On the second day, the DM rolls a 4, which indicates an encounter. The dm rolls 2d10 and with a result of 10 sees that the encounter should be the same as an encounter from the “Wilderness Table.” Since the road passes through the forest, the DM rolls 2d10 against the Forest table, and gets 14: the characters encounter wild boar(s).

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