Very impressive lists!
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Originally Posted by jimminy
These tables make the GURPS cardinal sin of using D10s. It was just easier to compile things that way, and will make it easier to expand the list later.
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GURPS uses six-sided dice partly because they're easy to find and cheaper, and partly because sticking to one type of die lets you use the same bell curve throughout. But there's no requirement that you use only six-sided dice. Don't sweat it.
The only thing you need to do is make sure each monster will appear with approximately the frequency you want. You appear to have tweaked the numbers to do this, so everything's cool.
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I don't imagine that when a peasant walks down a country road and has an encounter he meets half these beasts, but adventurers are a special breed and adventure tends to find them.
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D&D solved this problem by having civilized area lists and uncivilized area lists, and rules to determine how far from a town or castle would be considered civilized. It would be more work on your part, but you might consider doing something like this. You put in more patrol encounters and fewer ravenous dragon encounters on the civilized area lists, that sort of thing.