Encounters: Rural Encounters (aka the Manor or settled areas)

Rural Encounters are the encounters on the roads and trails throughout the manor but not in the actual settlements. These are relatively safe areas although bandits might be about hiding in the waste or in the hedgerows that outline most fields. If one has to trek an hour or two to the next field that stretch would not qualify as rural but would be wilderness.

Table 1: Rural Encounters

Day	Night	Encounter
01-05	01-02	Noble
06-49	02-09	Peasant/Townsman
50-59	10-11	Cleric/Priest
60-64	12	Wizard/Hermet
65-74	13	Merchant/Crafter
75-84	14-19	Soldiers/Forester
85-89	20-25	Special Encounter
90-00	26-00	Nothing Special

Table 2: Rural Noble

1d6	Noble
01	Noble with large entourage passing through
02	Noble with small entourage passing through
03	Noble alone, passing through
04	Noble on business in village (holding judicial court, collecting taxes, etc)
05	Nobles representative on business in village (discussing crop rotation with village head, etc)
06	Nobles small entourage, Noble not present

Table 3: Rural Peasants/Townsmens

1d6	Peasant/Townsman
01-04	Working hard (working in fields, watching sheep or cattle)
05	Celebrating (birth, marriage, harvest)
06	Trying to sell produce or fish

Table 4: Rural Cleric/Priest

1d6	Cleric/Priest
01	High ranking Holy Person traveling with entourage of 2d6
02-03	Cleric/Priests doing priestly things (wedding, baptism, blessing crops, etc)
04	Cleric/Priests Helping peasants (working in field, teaching literacy)
05	Church is landholder and 1d6 Cleric/Priests are collecting taxes
06	2d6 Cleric/Priests arresting someone for Witchcraft

Table 5: Rural Wizard

1d6	Wizard
01	Wizard traveling with Entourage of 1d6 (bodyguards, apprentices)
02-04	Wizard traveling alone
05	Two Wizards engaged in a rising conflict
06	In disguise (roll on Rural Encounter table again for disguise)

Table 6: Rural Merchant/Crafter

1d6	Merchant/Crafter
01	Merchant caravan of 1d6 wagons (with guards)
02	Merchant caravan of 1d4 wagons (no guards)
03-04	Single Merchant Wagon
05	Crafter buying raw goods (charcoal, wood, wool, etc)
06	Peddler selling crafts to villagers

Table 7: Rural Soldier/Forester

1d6	Soldier/Forester
01-03	2d6 Soldiers/Foresters traveling from here to there
04	1d6 Soldiers/Foresters hunting
05	1d6 Soldiers/Foresters Searching for bandits/monsters
06	1d6 Soldiers/Foresters Engaged in military action, will likely harass anyone they come across

Table 8: Rural Bandits

1d6	Bandits
01-04	1d8 Bandits waiting in ambush to demand a toll
05	1d8 Bandits waiting in ambush to demand a toll
06	1d8 Caught unaware, counting their ill gotten booty