Random Encounters: Where are they?

Filaristil · 10-11-2023, 12:10 PM

My guess is that it's because they're not super hard to make yourself, at least smaller ones (with one or two dice). Then if you wanna make bigger ones, you can basically combine two dice into basically a D36, like this:

Roll 3d every day. On a 7 or less, roll 2d on this table:
First roll, second roll : Encounter

1, 1 : 1d goblins
1, 2 : A lost merchant in the woods
1, 3 : An overturned wagon
1, 4 : A troll
1, 5 : A wizard's hut
1, 6 : A dragon flies overhead
2, 1 : 1d Bandits attacking a traveler
2, 2 : A herd of 2d deer

...And so on.
Yeah I wouldn't expect to find random encounter tables in a GURPS book, since not everybody will use them. Maybe in the setting books, but even then.

10-11-2023, 12:10 PM	#2
Filaristil Join Date: Nov 2022	Re: Random Encounters: Where are they? My guess is that it's because they're not super hard to make yourself, at least smaller ones (with one or two dice). Then if you wanna make bigger ones, you can basically combine two dice into basically a D36, like this: Roll 3d every day. On a 7 or less, roll 2d on this table: First roll, second roll : Encounter 1, 1 : 1d goblins 1, 2 : A lost merchant in the woods 1, 3 : An overturned wagon 1, 4 : A troll 1, 5 : A wizard's hut 1, 6 : A dragon flies overhead 2, 1 : 1d Bandits attacking a traveler 2, 2 : A herd of 2d deer ...And so on. Yeah I wouldn't expect to find random encounter tables in a GURPS book, since not everybody will use them. Maybe in the setting books, but even then.