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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 7652784" data-attributes="member: 2093">I have random encounter &quot;tables&quot; created - but a &quot;table&quot; entry may have 5-6 lines of text describing what it is and how it works in the given region. In other words, I don't have a chart that says &quot;6 orcs&quot;. I have an entry that says &quot;Red-Axe orc hunting party. Preferred game: deer. Preferred method: stalk and drive towards waiting archer. 3 beaters, 3 archers typical. Might also contain one shaman. Lvl 1-3&quot;. A description like this tells me what the encounter is doing, how to set up running into it, and why it exists in the campaign world. And yeah, I will often preroll random encounters, weather for the day, and other minor bits and pieces, when we're doing long travel scenes... if we're in town, I may take the time to roll random street scenes, too. Though in town and in dungeon, I'm more likely to just ad-lib &quot;color&quot; scenes. And sometimes those become the whole adventure! Yikes!I'm really enjoying Dungeon World right now, which really makes using these sorts of tables VERY much a part of the game, with its underlying commandments of &quot;leave blanks&quot; and &quot;ask the players questions&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 7652784, member: 2093"] I have random encounter "tables" created - but a "table" entry may have 5-6 lines of text describing what it is and how it works in the given region. In other words, I don't have a chart that says "6 orcs". I have an entry that says "Red-Axe orc hunting party. Preferred game: deer. Preferred method: stalk and drive towards waiting archer. 3 beaters, 3 archers typical. Might also contain one shaman. Lvl 1-3". A description like this tells me what the encounter is doing, how to set up running into it, and why it exists in the campaign world. And yeah, I will often preroll random encounters, weather for the day, and other minor bits and pieces, when we're doing long travel scenes... if we're in town, I may take the time to roll random street scenes, too. Though in town and in dungeon, I'm more likely to just ad-lib "color" scenes. And sometimes those become the whole adventure! Yikes! I'm really enjoying Dungeon World right now, which really makes using these sorts of tables VERY much a part of the game, with its underlying commandments of "leave blanks" and "ask the players questions". [/QUOTE]

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