Created föstudagur 04 september 2020
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These wanderers belong to the group controlling the dungeon (or this part of the dungeon). When encountered, the dungeon denizens are:
As well as the dungeon’s denizens, the party might instead encounter their slaves or an escaped prisoner. Such encounters will likely result in role-playing rather than combat and could even serve as a useful source of intelligence.
The PCs encounter another adventuring group or members of a group working against the dungeon’s denizens. The other party could be friendly (or not). When encountered, the explorers or interlopers are:
Some monsters are nothing more than mindless or near-mindless scavengers, driven by their base, atavistic influences. Rats, giant spiders and gelatinous cubes all fall into this category. The other dungeon denizens may tolerate, fear or hunt these scavengers. Scavengers rarely deliberately carry treasure with them. When encountered, the scavengers are:
https://www.roleplayingtips.com/campaigns/wandering-monsters-three-step-recipe/
Step One: Build Your Local Wandering Monsters Inventory
Step Two: Expand Your Wandering Monsters Inventory
Step Three: Add Wandering Monster Activities For example, d6 possible interesting activities:
Many monsters will always attack when they encounter characters. However, sometimes the Labyrinth Lord will decide that a monster reacts differently, or may roll to determine how a monster (or monsters) reacts to encountering the characters. Monster Reaction Table Roll Result 2 Friendly, helpful 3-5 Indifferent, uninterested 6-8 Neutral, uncertain 9-11 Unfriendly, may attack 12 Hostile, attacks