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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stoat" data-source="post: 5535583" data-attributes="member: 16786">My current campaign is a kitbashed version of the Isle of Dread.  There's a fair amount of hexcrawling, and random encounters are part of the game.  I use a nested set of encounter charts.  This is (more or less) the first one:There is 2 in 6 chance of an encounter for every Hex the PC's thoroughly explor and a 1 in 6 chance of an encounter for every Hex they simply pass through.If an encounter occurs roll percentile dice:1-30 % Combat encounter31-60 % Everyone loses a Healing Surge61-80 % Chance that everyone takes a -2 penalty to a Defense until the next extended rest.81-100 % Something creepy happens that has no in-game effect. If the result is "combat encounter" I roll on a separate chart depending on where the PC's are (different terrain=different chart).  The encounter does not have to lead to combat, but it probably will.For the results "Everyone loses a Healing surge or Chance that everyone takes a -2 penalty to a Defense" I improvise something that would lead to that result depending on the circumstances.  "Oh no! You walked into a nest of biting insects and lose a healing surge."  "Oh no! The miasmal vapors of the swamp weaken those of you who fail an Endurance check!"The idea is to have random encounters that are flavorful and give a sense that the environment is dangerous without having a ton of long combats in the game.</blockquote>