Wander events/Region C (2024)

TypeEncounterConditionsNon-Combat OptionsCombat Option

A burly, grizzled man in leather... well, everything, is busy peeling the skin off of a no-longer-recognizable animal. He looks up at you and growls, brandishing his skinning knife as if to say "bother me, and you'll be next."One-time

Back away[noDarkHorse]
continue travel
Run away[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Intimidate him[Intimidatin'5]
gain somethingskin pants
+15 - 16 XP
Watch him carefully[Outfoxin'3]
gain 15 - 25 meat
+ 15 - 16 XP
Trick him out of his pants[Hornswogglin'3]
gain somethingskin pants
+ 15 - 16 XP
Show him your skinnin' knife[varmint skinnin' knife]
gain 2 of
coal snake skin
electric snakeskin
fire moccasin skin
Frisco viper skin
rattlesnake skin
extra-thick leather
smoldering leather
infernal leather
+ 20 - 22 XP


Bother him
Bad guys	a grizzled skinner
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	15 - 25 meat somethingskin pants varmint skinnin' knife

A loud thwock! noise draws your attention, and you follow the sound to a man in a once-white apron, who is butchering a bighorn sheep or some other large desert animal with an oversized and heavy-looking meat cleaver. As he's hauling the implement up onto his shoulder for another blow, he catches sight of you and hisses with a wild look in his eye.One-time

Cower[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Run away[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Show him how it's done[Intimidatin'3]
gain bloodied cleaver
+15 - 16 XP
Give him some pointers[Outfoxin'3]
gain goat steak
+ 15 - 16 XP
Trick him out of his carcass[Hornswogglin'3]
gain 15 - 25 meat
+ 15 - 16 XP
Help him out with his cleaving technique[Beanslinger]
gain 15 - 25 meat
+ goat steak
+ 15 - 16 XP


Test him
Bad guys	a backwoods butcher
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	15 - 25 meat bloodied cleaver

Reach for the sky, traitor/clown!

You quickly turn around and see a grizzled-looking man in all black clothes -- except for his hat, which is white with brightly-colored spots. He's pointing a gun at you.

One-time

Lay down your gun[noDarkHorse, working for Barnaby Bob]
gain Angry
Look out behind you![DarkHorse, working for Barnaby Bob]
continue travel
Try to convince him to join you[Outfoxin'3, not working for Barnaby Bob]
gain 3 silver bullet
+ 15 - 16 XP
Calm down, buddy.[Hornswogglin'3, working for Barnaby Bob]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Like I need your permission. Bye, weirdo.[not working for Barnaby Bob]
continue travel
Ugh, whatever. I'm out of here. / I'm going to ride away now...[don't know about clowns, not working for Barnaby Bob
continue travel
What should I do if I run into one?[don't know about clowns, not working for Barnaby Bob
learn about clowns
continue travel
Hold on a second, your hat...[know about clowns, not working for Barnaby Bob
continue travel


Bring it, Chuckles! or I guess you know too much, then. Sorry, I can't let you screw up my plans.
Bad guys	a clown hunter
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	colorful hat

∗

You spot a hellcalf grazing off the side of the trail, just as it spots you.

Its eyes glow and two shadowcows split off from it, forming a small, frightening herd.

Repeatable

Try to ride it out[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Ride away[DarkHorse]
continue travel


Ride into their midst
Bad guys	a runty hellcalf a shadowcalf a shadowcalf
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	40 - 50 meat 2 of tainted beefsteak roasted cow tongue putrid cow bile cow's blood tainted milk 40% chance of infernal soul fragment 30% chance of brass bull ring
Skins	3 extra-thick leather

∗

As the trail curves through a patch of marshy ground, you catch a whiff of something worse than swamp gas.

It's a stankobove -- a cow skull floating in a cloud of noxious vapors -- and it saw you even before you smelled it.

Repeatable

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Flee[DarkHorse]
continue travel


Attack it
Bad guys	a stankobove
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	cow fangs 1 of roasted cow tongue infernal soul fragment brass bull ring

You come across a goblin, marching around in the woods. They're taller than a typical goblin, probably because their boots are taller than typical goblin boots. In fact these boots are so tall, they must be half-stuffed with socks to keep the tops from jamming the goblin in the groin.

The goblin sees you and marches over, attempting to look intimidating instead of awkward.

One-time

Leave the goblin alone[noDarkHorse]
continue travel
Ride away quickly[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Have Gary deal with it[Gary]
gain guffin
+ 20 - 22 XP
Establish dominance[Intimidatin'3]
gain guffin
+15 - 16 XP
Help it with its feet problem[Outfoxin'3]
gain 15 - 25 meat
+ 15 - 16 XP
Steal those boots[Hornswogglin'3]
gain jackboots
+ 15 - 16 XP


Attack the goblin
Bad guys	a jackbooted Gulch Goblin
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	guffin jackboots

A rustling sound in the bushes draws your attention, and you decide to investigate -- because that's what adventurers do, no matter how bad of an idea it will probably turn out to be.

The rustling turns out to be a goblin -- a goblin wearing (euggh) clown make-up and practicing their cartwheels (and mostly failing). Eventually they give up on tumbling practice and start repeatedly throwing a shiny metal ball in the air and catching it.

One-time

Leave the goblin alone[noDarkHorse]
continue travel
Ride away quickly[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Have Gary deal with it[Gary]
unlock Circus
+ 20 - 22 XP
Scare it away[Intimidatin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Teach it to juggle[Outfoxin'3]
gain goblin sandwich
+ 15 - 16 XP
Steal its ball[Hornswogglin'3]
gain shiny ball
+ 15 - 16 XP


Attack the goblin
Bad guys	a Gulch Goblin juggler
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	goblin sandwich shiny ball

Well, this is unusual. In this wooded area out in the middle of nowhere, a goblin has constructed a little lean-to with a rough wooden counter. It looks like something a kid would sell lemonade out of, except instead of lemonade they've got a display of shiny bits of jewelry.One-time

Leave the goblin alone[noDarkHorse]
continue travel
Ride away quickly[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Give the goblin 100 Meat[100meat, no goblintongue]
1 of
goblin nail ring
goblin glass ring
goblin lead ring
+ lose 100 meat
Buy the tough-looking ring[100 meat]
gain goblin nail ring
+ lose 100 meat
Buy the sparkly ring[100 meat]
gain goblin glass ring
+ lose 100 meat
Buy the elegant ring[100 meat]
gain goblin lead ring
+ lose 100 meat
Buy no rings and leave
continue travel


Rob the goblin
Bad guys	a Gulch Goblin jeweler
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	15 - 25 meat special magic ring

∗

With a shout -- well, more of a loud hiss -- a skeleton leaps at you from the underbrush. He/She's wearing a cavalry hat and has a cavalry saber, but isn't riding a cavalry horse, which I'm pretty sure is the main thing that differentiates cavalry from infantry, if not the only thing.One-time

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Ride away[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Give him/her the old drill sergeant drilling[Intimidatin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Question his/her designation[Outfoxin'3]
gain old cavalry hat
+ 15 - 16 XP
Get directions to his/her fort[Hornswogglin'3]
unlock Fort Alldead
+ 15 - 16 XP
Show him/her your cavalry pin[rifleman insignia pin]
gain military-grade whiskey
+ army field trauma kit
+ old cavalry saber


Fight the skeleton
Bad guys	a skeletal cavalryman
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	old cavalry hat

∗

You rein in your horse upon hearing a rattle of bones and clanking of chains nearby. With a hiss, a skeletal figure scuttles toward you.One-time

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Run away[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Let Alice handle it[DocAlice]
gain weirdly deformed bone
+ 20 - 22 XP
Intimidate them[Intimidatin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Fix them[Outfoxin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Frighten them away[Hornswogglin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP


Fight it, er, I mean... them?
Bad guys	a deformed skeleton
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	weirdly deformed bone

∗

A shot rings out and something buzzes past your ear. You quickly dive behind a rock just in case these two things are connected and not just, say, someone hunting nearby and also there's a bee.

Peering carefully around your rock, you eventually spot movement in the underbrush -- it's a hunter with an old-fashioned matchlock rifle and a cloak with leaves stuck to it. (Which is less effective as camouflage than it sounds, because all the trees around here are pine trees.) You also notice that he/she's been out here a very long time, which you can infer from the way he/she is literally a skeleton.

One-time

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Ride away[DarkHorse]
continue travel
Mock his/her hunting skills[Intimidatin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Use magic to escape[Outfoxin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP
Distract him/her and escape[Hornswogglin'3]
gain 15 - 16 XP


Attack him/her
Bad guys	the skeleton of an old hunter
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	cargo jeans

∗

You smell it before you see it: a skeleton trudging toward you, covered with mud and muck and smelling like garbage juice. It must have crawled out of some horrible bog nearby, and if the skeleton smells this bad, the bog must be unimaginable. So it makes sense that even a skeleton would want to get away from there.Repeatable

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Ride away[DarkHorse]
continue travel


Fight it
Bad guys	a smelleton
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	1-2 of skeleton bone skull chips handful of loose teeth

A greenish, human-shaped cloud of writhing smoke wafts toward you moaning and whispering. Given the smell, you'd guess that someone ate way too much Limburger cheese, and then burped so hard they blasted out their soul.Repeatable [PaleHorse]

Surrender
gain Angry


Fight it
Bad guys	an odorgeist
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	bit of ectoplasm

∗

You have a run-in with the worst-smelling snake you've ever seen. It is basically a cartoon stink-line come to life.Repeatable

Surrender[noDarkHorse]
gain Angry
Whistle for <horsename>[DarkHorse]
continue travel


Hold your nose and fight it
Bad guys	a Great Western Turletsnake
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	1-2 of snake liver snake spleen snake venom bladder
	Venom: 2 - 3 Medicine: 2 - 3

∗

Your El Vibrato bleeps, and you follow the signal, because of course you do! Why wouldn't you?

One reason why you might not is that it led you to a hulking robot that could easily pound you into scrap.

Repeatable [El Vibrato transponder]

Leave it alone
continue travel


Approach it
Bad guys	an El Vibrato construct
XP (kill)	20 - 22
Drops	1 - 3 El Vibrato scraps