Chance of an encounter
Anything above Terinyo, to the right of Terinyo, or both, will not produce encounters. Otherwise, by terrain type:
| Water | 0% |
| Swamp | 18% |
| Road | 15% |
| Plains | 7.5% |
| Hills | 5% |
| Mountains | 3.5% |
| Forests | 2% |
If you are Doomed, multiply by 5. If you are merely cursed (not doomed), multiply by 3. This is your chance per step of an encounter. Movement speed has no effect.
What will you meet?
If you have talked to Tywat Pare, no raider lords have been killed this game, are no higher than level 5 and have no more than 5000 experience, you have a 1 in 4 chance of the encounter being with Kranach, regardless of terrain.
| Name | Ct 1 | Monster 1 | Ct 2 | Monster 2 | Ct 3 | Monster 3 | Ct 4 | Monster 4 | Escape | Escape 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a group of roving raiders | 1 | raider lord | 3d4 | raider | 1d2 | goblin | 1d3 | kobold | 50% | 90% |
Otherwise, if you are at least level 25, you have a 1 in 6 chance of meeting an encounter from the high level set. These are all equally likely regardless of terrain.
| Name | Ct 1 | Monster 1 | Ct 2 | Monster 2 | Ct 3 | Monster 3 | Ct 4 | Monster 4 | Escape | Escape 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a lone corruptor | 1 | corruptor | 20% | 75% | ||||||
| an entourage of chaos knights | 2d2 | chaos knight | 4d4 | chaos plague bearer | 1d6+2 | chaos servant | 50% | 80% | ||
| a group of horribly deformed beings | 2d4 | chaos mutant | 50% | 90% | ||||||
| a dark hooded figure | 1 | chaos wizard | 30% | 60% | ||||||
| a lone knight surrounded by an aura of hate and fear | 1 | chaos warlord | 50% | 85% | ||||||
| a black unicorn | 1 | black unicorn | 50% | 50% | ||||||
| an ogre army | 1 | ogre emperor | 3d3 | ogre lord | 2d2 | ogre magus | 10d6 | ogre | 40% | 40% |
| a herd of rust monsters | 1d2 | giant rust monster | 2d2 | large rust monster | 2d6 | rust monster | 20% | 50% | ||
| a quickling raiding party | 1d3 | quickling lord | 2d4 | quickling | 15% | 15% |
Otherwise, if you are at least level 15, you have a 1 in 3 chance of meeting a group from the mid-level set. This set is subdivided into partitions of 2; the partitions are respectively for forest, hills, plains, roads, mountains, and swamps; randomly choose within each partition.
| Name | Ct 1 | Monster 1 | Ct 2 | Monster 2 | Ct 3 | Monster 3 | Ct 4 | Monster 4 | Escape | Escape 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | ||||||||||
| a giant boar | 1 | giant boar | 30% | 90% | ||||||
| a wandering giant | 1 | fomorian giant | 90% | 95% | ||||||
| Hills | ||||||||||
| a hunting party of hill giants | 2d3 | hill giant | 1d3-2 | hill giant chieftain | 50% | 95% | ||||
| a party of assassins | 5d4 | assassin | 0% | 90% | ||||||
| Plains | ||||||||||
| a horrible Dorn Beast | 1 | Dorn Beast | 80% | 95% | ||||||
| a wild air elemental | 1 | air elemental | 30% | 95% | ||||||
| Road | ||||||||||
| a party of assassins | 5d5 | assassin | 0% | 95% | ||||||
| a gnoll war party | 10d6 | gnoll | 10d3 | large gnoll | 1d4 | gnoll chieftain | 70% | 95% | ||
| Mountains | ||||||||||
| a warband of stone giants | 2d4 | stone giant | 1d3-2 | stone giant lord | 45% | 95% | ||||
| a lone red dragon | 1 | red dragon | 80% | 20% | ||||||
| Swamp | ||||||||||
| a horde of plague bearers | 4d4 | chaos plague bearer | 60% | 95% | ||||||
| a lone black dragon | 1 | black dragon | 60% | 10% | ||||||
Otherwise, the encounter will be from the low-level set. This is partitioned and chosen exactly like the midlevel set, except with 4 options.
| Name | Ct 1 | Monster 1 | Ct 2 | Monster 2 | Ct 3 | Monster 3 | Ct 4 | Monster 4 | Escape | Escape 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | ||||||||||
| an orcish patrol | 3d4 | orc | 1d2+1 | orc scorcher | 1d2-1 | orc chieftain | 35% | 85% | ||
| a group of bandits | 4d3 | bandit | 1d2 | outlaw | 30% | 90% | ||||
| a wandering brown bear | 1 | brown bear | 70% | 98% | ||||||
| a huge grizzly bear | 1 | grizzly bear | 40% | 85% | ||||||
| Hills | ||||||||||
| a pack of wolves | 4d4 | wolf | 1d4 | dire wolf | 25% | 55% | ||||
| a hill orc patrol | 3d3 | hill orc | 2d2 | hill orc sergeant | 35% | 70% | ||||
| an outlaw band | 2d4 | outlaw | 30% | 90% | ||||||
| a wandering wizard | 1 | black wizard | 80% | 50% | ||||||
| Plains | ||||||||||
| a large jackal pack | 8d4 | jackal | 1d6-4 | jackalwere | 20% | 80% | ||||
| a hobgoblin patrol | 3d3 | hobgoblin | 1d2 | hobgoblin leader | 1d6-3 | hobgoblin chief | 40% | 95% | ||
| a roving barbarian group | 4d3 | barbarian | 1d3 | barbarian leader | 65% | 90% | ||||
| a pack of wild dogs | 4d3 | large dog | 30% | 90% | ||||||
| Road | ||||||||||
| a group of outlaws | 2d4 | outlaw | 1d2 | outlaw leader | 20% | 95% | ||||
| a pilgrimage of chaos monks | 6 | chaos brother | 6 | chaos sister | 75% | 95% | ||||
| a skeleton patrol | 1d40+6 | skeleton | 30% | 90% | ||||||
| a lone necromancer | 1 | necromancer | 50% | 90% | ||||||
| Mountains | ||||||||||
| a lone stone giant | 1 | stone giant | 75% | 95% | ||||||
| a gnoll warband | 4d4 | gnoll | 2d4 | large gnoll | 1d2 | gnoll chieftain | 70% | 95% | ||
| a cave bear | 1 | cave bear | 60% | 95% | ||||||
| a pack of cave lions | 2d2 | cave lion | 30% | 90% | ||||||
| Swamp | ||||||||||
| a horde of lizard men | 5d3 | lizard man | 1d3 | cave lizard | 40% | 90% | ||||
| a group of lost souls | 3d3 | zombie | 2d4 | ghul | 1d3 | wight | 1d2-1 | wraith | 15% | 50% |
| a horde of huge frogs | 3d3 | giant frog | 50% | 95% | ||||||
| a lone hydra | 1 | swamp hydra | 65% | 95% | ||||||
Will I escape?
First you might be ambushed. You cannot be ambushed if you are invisible (regardless of the encounter monsters), if pass a Perception-1 in 100 roll, if you pass a 150 difficulty Alertness check, if you are a level 6 druid or a level 25 merchant (undocumented ability), or if you have the Scout talent and pass a 1 in 10 roll. Even if you meet none of those requirements, monsters only have a 1 in 30 ambush chance. They get an additional 1 in 15 if you are Cursed and a 1 in 8 on top of that if Doomed, for a combined ambush chance of 21% if cursed and doomed. If this happens, tough luck - you can't escape and the monsters start next to you, so no shooting.
Next, you get the chance to sneak. You successfully sneak (Stealth + Survival) times in 1000 tries. If you are invisible, you will successfully sneak an additional 500 - XL * 10 times (yes, XL hurts you here). Successful sneaking increases escape chances and allows you to spring an ambush of your own.
If you choose to ambush, a variable is increased by 50 times your Stealth skill and 30 times your Survival skill; this is probably the amount monsters are surprised in some way. If you fight or ambush, things end here.
You have five checks to escape an encounter. Only one of them needs to pass.
If you are a level 6 druid or level 25 ranger, you escape automatically.
An encounter's first Escape number is a flat chance of escape. This chance is tripled if you made a successful sneak.
If you are invisible, you get a chance to escape of the encounter's second Escape number. No tripling here.
Next, you escape if you make a successful Stealth check. The difficulty of this check is 200 minus the lesser of the escape numbers.
You will escape automatically 1/3 of the time with the Scout talent.
Failing all those: you have to fight.