In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss random encounters. We examine what published adventures do wrong both in design and presentation of random encounters, and we explore why random encounters are useful, how to make them interesting without being a burden, and we create an example random encounter chart.

Special thanks to for the question of the week this week.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They’re Doing with Keith Ammann

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount
• Out of the Abyss
• Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
• Xanathar’s Guide to Everything

Pathfinder 2e

• Core Rulebook (affiliate link)

Other Stuff

• Gloomhaven