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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sorinth" data-source="post: 9759969" data-attributes="member: 7050650">One problem with this type of "random" approach is that without the adventuring context a lot of this stuff is just not particularly interesting in itself.If the players are trying to sneak into an orc camp to rescue some prisoners, then something like a posturing bear becomes more interesting since the sounds of combat risks alerting the orcs, and/or might drain resources needed for the rescue. But if it's some random bear during a 10 day journey where all resources are regained every night with a LR then it's not going to be particularly interesting event.You might find more value if instead of generic categories the entries were the raison d'etre. So for example if there is a time constraint at play maybe an entry in the random table would be something like "A time consuming event." That could be bad weather, or a natural hazard where failure causes a twisted ankle so movement is slowed, or a patrol of the king's guard who want to spend a few hours interrogating the party, etc...Another entry might be something like "An opportunity to acquire a magic tiem or a component needed to craft a magic item", this opportunity could be a social encounter with a merchant willing to trade, an NPC handing out a side quest, the reward for exploring a ruined tower, loot from a monster's lair, etc...By focusing on the reason for the encounter you probably have a much better chance of it being interesting to the players.</blockquote>

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