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    The document describes different possible reactions that may occur during random encounters with creatures: - Hostile reactions result in the creatures immediately attacking. - Unfriendly creatures are antagonistic and may insult or extort the party, or attack if odds are in their favor. - Neutral or uncertain creatures watch warily, allowing the party to determine how the encounter unfolds. - Unthreatening creatures do not attack unless provoked and may provide advice. Actively helpful intelligent creatures share information, supplies, and healing assistance.

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    Chapter V: Random Encounters

    REACTIONS  Unthreatening: The creatures won’t attack (unless


    Some encounters are essentially pre-determined: either provoked), and may even like the adventurers; the
    because of the nature of the creatures or the encounter itself, intelligent will readily volunteer advice
    there is going to be combat. For example, unintelligent undead  Actively Helpful: Intelligent creatures only (treat the
    and sentinels such as golems will almost always attack. And if unintelligent as Unthreatening). The creatures will share
    the party is storming a temple and putting its cultists to the available information, food, water, healing, and other
    sword, the cultists are unlikely to do anything but fight. basic material and spell assistance. Mutually beneficial
    cooperation can be expected.
    If the Retainers rules are in use (see SPM p. 25),
    However, indoors or out, when any creatures are one or more are amenable to recruitment as per the
    encountered (even unintelligent ones), if their nature normal rules, if this makes sense from an ecological /
    or the circumstances don’t automatically dictate societal perspective (e.g. creatures of the underdark will
    their behaviour, the GM always rolls to see how they not willingly journey to the surface to face the hated
    react to the players before actions are taken. day orb, etc). A normal Offer Reaction roll is made, and
    hostile results are still possible.

    If the players do not immediately attack, the GM then rolls If the roll indicates the opportunity for negotiation, some
    on the Reaction Table: creatures will react favourably to overtures of peace, while
    others will see such a snivelling display as an obvious sign of
    2D6 Roll Encounter Behaviour weakness. Bribes may be accepted, or merely imply that
    2 Hostile there’s more for the taking where that came from.
    3-5 Unfriendly
    6-8 Neutral / uncertain
    9-11 Unthreatening
    12 Actively helpful

    Apply –2 to the roll if the creatures encountered are Evil,


    and reroll Hostile results if the creatures are Good.
    The general situation and any obvious power imbalance
    between the two parties should also apply modifiers to the
    reaction roll. If you’ve rolled an Ambushed result, the creatures
    are probably going to be more aggressive. A player character
    group armed to the teeth and covered in the blood of their foes
    will spark alarm in some, but wary respect in others. Also
    remember that a campaign occurs in a living world: as the
    party makes their way in it, word of their affinity or antipathy
    for those encountered may precede them.
    The reaction results are generally interpreted as follows:

     Hostile: The creatures immediately attack unless this is


    obvious suicide and the creatures aren’t inclined to such
     Unfriendly: The creatures are antagonistic at best.
    They may just offer insults, or may also try to extort
    food and/or wealth. They will often attack if they feel
    the odds are with them, this wouldn’t endanger any
    task they have, and they are not good-aligned (unless
    the players are known to be evil or in direct opposition)
     Neutral / Uncertain: The creatures warily watch; the
    players decide how the encounter will unfold

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