The Ultimate Random Encounters Book: Hundreds of Original Encounters to Help Bring Your Next RPG Adventure to Life

The Ultimate Random Encounters Book

Hundreds of Original Encounters to Help Bring Your Next RPG Adventure to Life

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This is a fun book of prompts for any fantasy tabletop game. They're split up by setting, so if the party is in a village you'd flip to the village chapter and roll percentile dice. The prompts range from serious to goofy and often are open to both violent and non-violent approaches. Some are based around classic fairy tales or movies like Home Alone.

The “Game Master Tools” section has tables for individual elements like NPC motivations and locations. I wish it had more tables here, as it's impossible to create an encounter using only the tables provided.

Minor quibble: This book was written by multiple people and feels like it. Some prompts reference “the players”, others reference “you”, and others don't mention the players at all.

December 22, 2023Report this review