Encounter Number (i.e.

2 to 24):
In the Heart of the Unknown D6 + D10 + below terrain modifier
Procedural Encounter, Terrain and Weather Engines for Wilderness Hex Crawling

1. Encounter Engine -4 Arid Trees +6

* = distant /
= Large settlement / city / destination improbable +2 Plains Hills +8

= Start / small settlement +4 +10

* Special Mountains
= Signs of civilization * Bog, swamp, lake, waterfall, chasm, trench, etc.

= Wandering monster
Encounter

2 (-) Nomads
= Lair / monster settlement

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* *
= Dungeon / feature 3 Ankheg

= Natural hazard / natural obstacle 4 Giant scorpion

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= Camp / hireling / mount / equipment trouble × Blink dog
5
= River (moving upriver nudges the 2. Terrain Engine result upwards by one
HEX face; traveling downriver does the opposite; on the next double the 6 Pterodactyl / aerial threat
river: 12 = ends/impassible; 22 to 52 = bridge/ford; and 66 = divides in two
7 Bugbear
= Road (moving along road nudges the 1. Encounter Engine result one HEX
face towards the “Large settlement / city / destination” HEX; on the next Bandit
8
double the road: 12 = ends; 22 to 62 splits/x-roads | can cross over the road

Starting Hex
Start in the bottommost HEX of
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2. Terrain Engine
×
9

10
Centaur

Giant beetle
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each HEX Flower (HF), unless of × ×
course circumstances dictate
11 Wolf
otherwise. Roll 2D6 and move in
the indicated Navigation Direction
(see below). 12 Goblin

Navigation Direction 13 Bear

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12
10 11 23 14 Stirge
2D6
89 45 15 Ogre
67

If the roll leads off the edge of the 16 Giant spider

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50%
HF, wrap around to the opposite
edge following the same row or
× 17 Giant owl
column. However, an ‘×’ indicates 3. Weather Engine
a disallowed direction, so stay in × 18 Hobgoblin
that kind of HEX.
× ×
19 Lion
Background
Explanation of HEX Flower
20 Troll
‘theory’ can be found here

Template 21 Giant
HEX Flower Template can be
found here 22 Harpy
Blog
https://goblinshenchman.wordpr 23 Dragon
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in cold weather the 24+ Gnoll
by Goblin’s Henchman version 1.1 drops are snow, sleet
×
or hail