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Rethinking the Wall in Faerun, for a second. In fiction, to maintain drama, characters behave in irrational way, right? They act emotionally rather than reasonably to create tension. This leads to many characters turning out to actually have been behaving like massive jerks when put under a...

The cover. Seriously. I just love the cover image.

In my setting, no one is really 'an adventurer.' However, there are plenty of positions in the various societies that lend themselves naturally to encountering danger fairly regularly. Some regions are simply dangerous in and of themselves, while other pockets of civilization need skilled...

Right, it's not that sensible a plot device, but who cares? I mean, the imaginary afterlives of the imaginary people I'm pretending to be doesn't really bother me that much when I'm playing, creating characters or making adventures. For all I care the characters can all be tossed in a big trash...

If you're crazy, you could try making a downtime table yourself just for that kind of thing. Here's one I just whipped up for this response. Theft downtime table (intended for major cities and metropoli): You spend only a day stealing things. Results may vary. 1-15: You earn but a pittance...

I always liked a good old fashioned rain of blood. Or a second moon showing up in the sky. Actually, any funky meteorological stuff is good for a campaign. Especially when you're underground. Cause then? It's really weird.

I think using the word 'encounter' might be throwing people off a little bit. Might I suggest replacing 'encounter' with 'content'? In addition, you might want to specify that the content you're talking about is DM created content, and not player created content, for the sake of clarity.