Open Roads

Well-traveled roads with wide tracks, and plentiful inns, villages, and other stopping points along the way make some journeys less arduous than others. Adventurers journeying along country roads have many social encounters, combat encounters with NPCs or the occasional wild beast, and circumstance and constructed terrain exploration challenges.

Terrains. Any; most road regions extend from at least one region into one or more other regions.

Tiers. It’s unusual (although not impossible) for open roads to be above tier 2.

Weather. 1–8 clear, 9–12 overcast, 13–16 rain, 17–19 mist, 20–25 snow. 

Fast Travel. Adventurers move one mile per hour faster when traveling along open roads.

Open Roads Exploring Tier 0

1 Awakened shrub (monster)
2–3 Bandit (monster)
4–5 Counterfeit goods (exploration)
6–7 Cockatrice (monster)
8–9 Cult fanatic (monster)
10–19 Travel scenery  
20–21 Cultist (monster)
22–23 Ettercap (monster)
24–25 Enchanted windmill (exploration)
26–27 Ghoul (monster)
28–29 Giant spider (monster)
30–31 End of hibernation (exploration)
32–34 Giant wolf spider (monster)
35–37 Goblin   (monster)
38–41 Falling net (exploration)
42 Kobold  (monster)
43–45 Lizard   (monster)
46–48 Hail storm (exploration)
49–51 Ogre zombie (monster)
52–54 Poisonous snake (monster)
55–57 Haze (exploration)
58–60 Rat (monster)
61–63 Skeleton (monster)
64–66 Landslide (exploration)
67–69 Specter (monster)
70–71 Swarm of rats (monster)
72–73 Lost item (exploration)
74–75 Wererat (monster)
76–77 Zombie (monster)
78–79 Public ceremony (exploration)
80–99 Social encounter  
100 Pests (exploration)

Open Roads Exploring Tier 1

1 Awakened tree (monster)
2–3 Bandit captain  (monster)
4–5 Counterfeit goods (exploration)
6–7 Banshee (monster)
8–9 Basilisk (monster)
10–19 Travel scenery  
20–21 Cult fanatic (monster)
22–23 Cutthroat (monster)
24–25 Enchanted windmill (exploration)
26–27 Doppelganger  (monster)
28–29 Ettercap (monster)
30–31 End of hibernation (exploration)
32–34 Ettin (monster)
35–37 Ghast (monster)
38–41 Stampede (exploration)
42 Ghost (monster)
43–45 Ghoul (monster)
46–48 Flood (exploration)
49–51 Goblin boss or goblin warlock  (monster)
52–54 Green hag (monster)
55–57 Mushroom ring (exploration)
58–60 Half-red dragon veteran (monster)
61–63 Kobold broodguard or kobold sorcerer (monster)
64–66 Pests (exploration)
67–68 Ogrekin (monster)
69–70 Ogre (monster)
71–72 Pit trap  (exploration)
73–74 Phase spider (monster)
75–76 Shadow (monster)
77–78 Quicksand (exploration)
79–80 Skeletal champion (monster)
81–82 Specter (monster)
83–84 Thunderstorm   (exploration)
85–86 Werewolf (monster)
87–88 Zombie knight (monster)
89–99 Social encounter  
100 Sinkhole (exploration)

Open Roads Exploring Tier 2

1–3 Cursed temple  (exploration)
4–5 Bandit captain  (monster)
6–7 Blackguard  (monster)
8–9 Bulette  (monster)
10–17 Travel scenery
18–19 Cambion (monster)
20–21 Cyclops (monster)
22–23 Doppelganger (monster)
24–25 Dense fog (exploration)
26–27 Ettercap (monster)
28–29 Ettin (monster)
30–31 Ghast (monster)
32–34 Flash flood (exploration)
35–36 Ghost (monster)
37–38 Ghoul (monster)
39–41 Goblin boss or goblin warlock  (monster)
42–45 Flimsy rope bridge (exploration)
46–48 Half-red dragon veteran (monster)
49–51 Half-shadow dragon assassin (monster)
52–54 Hill giant (monster)
55–56 Hail deluge (exploration)
57–58 Kobold broodguard or kobold sorcerer (monster)
59–61 Mage (monster)
62–63 Ogre mage (monster)
64–66 Lethal outgassing (exploration)
67–68 Ogre zombie (monster)
69–70 Revenant (monster)
71–72 Skeletal warhorse (monster)
73–74 Rot grubs (exploration)
75–76 Skeleton horde (monster)
77–78 Troll (monster)
79–80 Werewolf (monster)
81–82 Sinkhole (exploration)
83–84 Wraith   (monster)
85–86 Zombie horde   (monster)
87–88 Voracious pests (exploration)
89–90 Zombie knight  (monster)
91–99 Social encounter  
100 Caught in the crossfire (exploration)

Open Roads Exploring Tier 3

1–5 Archpriest (monster)
6–10 Blackguard (monster)
11–15 Travel scenery  
16–20 Champion warrior (monster)
21–25   Cyclops (monster)
26–30 Forgotten god (monster)
31–35 Caught in the crossfire (exploration)
36–40 High priest (monster)
41–45 Hill giant (monster)
46–50 Knight captain  (monster)
51–55 Choking smoke (exploration)
56–60 Malcubus (monster)
61–65 Soldier squad (monster)
66–70 Vampire (monster)
71–75 Endless plummet (exploration)
76–80 Wereboar (monster)
81–85 Werewolf (monster)
86–90 Wraith lord (monster)
91–99 Social encounter  
100 Divine war (exploration)

Open Roads Exploring Tier 4

1–5 Arcane blademaster (monster)
6–10 Archpriest (monster)
11–16 Travel scenery  
17–21 Ascetic grandmaster (monster)
22–26 Dread knight (monster)
27–31 Divine war (exploration)
32–36 Empyrean (monster)
37–42 Hill giant (monster)
43–47 God corpse (exploration)
48–53 Holy knight (monster)
55–60 Knight captain (monster)
61–65 Hallowed ground (exploration)
66–71 Master assassin (monster)
72–76 Troll or dread troll  (monster)
77–81 Killing cloud (exploration)
82–87 Vampire (monster)
88–94 Wraith lord (monster)
95–100 Social encounter