Vagabond Camps

The life of an adventurer is not always glorious and all men do not dwell within city walls or enjoy the spartan comforts of a peasant cottage, from time to time folks may find themselves in a vagabond camp.

Size of Camp
1-2 A Fire Circle
3-5 One Main Fire Circle and 1-3 small fires close-by
6-9 A scattering of 2-7 fire circles
10-11 A Hut with 1-3 small fire circles near-by
12 3-12 Huts

Population of Camp
2-5 rolls per fire circle or hut
1-3 rolls for a small fire

1-10.....Beggar
11-20...Drunken Craftsman
21-23...Escaped Serf
24-26...Escaped Slave
27-28...Blindman
29-31...Crippled Warrior
32-34...Run-away child/Orphan
35-36....Pimp/Procurer
37-40....Haggard Harlot
41-43....Widow with 1-6 children
44-45....Lone Peddler
46..........Self Professed Prophet (10% chance of being cleric level 1-8)
47-48...Madman
49-52...Down and Out Man-at-arms (0-level)
53-54...Lame Crofter
55-58...Leper
59-61...Cleric (level 1-6)
62.........Quixotic Knight
63-70....Wanted Outlaw
71-73....Bandit
74-76....Poacher
77-79....Thief (level 1-4)
80-81....Grave Robber
82-85.....Wandering Youth
86..........Noble Traveling Incognito
87-88....Run-away bride
89-92....Pregnant Young Woman
93-94....Bounty Hunter (Level 1-8)
95.........Old Pit-Fighter
96-97...Unsuccessful Prospector/Fur-Trapper/Treasure Hunter
98-100..Hapless Adventurer (NPC adventurer of level 1-3)

Shelter/Bedding (1d10 for hut, 1d12 for fire)
1-2 None
3 Pile of Rags
4-5 Flea-ridden Blanket
6 Good Cloak
7-9 Blanket
10 Good Bedroll
11 Simple Lean-to
12 Small Tent

Food
1-2....Rock Soup/None
3-4....Grass Soup
5-8....Pickings Stew
9........Fish
10-11..Stale Bread
12........Moldy Cheese


Encounters/Events
Roll once per day remote areas, twice per day in populous areas.

1-25...Nothing of Note
26-30...New Arrival
31-37...Vagabond Leaves
38-39...Vagabond Missing
40-43...Vagabond Takes Ill
44-45...Vagabond shows up with a jug of booze and shares
46...Drunken Fight
47...Murder, someone was stabbed to death or smothered in their sleep
48-52..Theft, someone has goods stolen but thief is unknown
53-57...Someone is accused of stealing from another in camp, guilty 1-2 in 6.
58-59...Thief! A thief is spied rooting through someone's belongings.
60...Death in the night, a vagabond in camp dies, folks may not notice for a while
61-63...Wild Dogs. 3-12 wild dogs harass the camp
64-65...Wolves 2-8 wolves raid the camp
66...Bear a black bear wanders into camp
67...Horse, a riderless horse wanders into camp, this could be trouble.
68...Weather Improves
69...Weather Worsens
70...Vagabonds return to camp with stolen food they share with others
71-78...Locals harass a vagabond
79-82...Locals attack a vagabond
83-84...Locals raid camp kicking out fires and knocking over shelters.
85-87...Authorities arrive to drive off vagabonds.
88-89...Kind souls donate food/clothing to those in camp.
90...Doppleganger
91.......Lycanthrope (1 of random type either raids or transforms in camp)
92-94....Bandits raid the camp to steal whatever meager goods and food they can.(3-18 bandits)
95-96....Orcs raid camp to murder and take slaves.(3-24 orcs)
97.........Slavers raid camp. (1-4 leveled slavers with 2-8 M@A)
98-99...Press Gang arrives to take able-bodied men. (1-3 L1 fighters with, 2-8 M@A)
100.....Ghouls arrive to feed. 1-20 ghouls


Rumors
Each day in camp there is a 33% chance of a rumor

Suggested Rumors (seldom true)
1 The king is dead
2 The local lord is dead
3 Giants are marching this way
4 A knight is challenging all-comers at the crossroads
5 A fire has swept a nearby community
6 Someone in camp is an evil witch
7 Someone in camp is a werewolf
8 Someone in camp has treasure map
9 Someone in camp is hiding food
10 A local dungeon is discovered
11 The locals are coming to raid the camp tomorrow
12 There is a church a few days away helping those in need.
13 An orc scout was seen.
14 Bandits are in the nearby wood.
15 There's a functional wishing well nearby
16 There's a body in a nearby thicket.
17 There's a witch in a cottage nearby
18 There's a generous cottage nearby
19 There's a woman who "likes the company of men"in a cottage nearby
20 a man with a sack full of (?) was seen skulking about not too far off.