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Random camp encounters?

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What would happen to a group bedded down for the night?

Bandits and wild animals get old. I need something different.

Can we go for a percentage chart?
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Bad weather... mosquito infestations... tree frog that won't shut up... tent leaks... bear gets into the food...
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I once had a man skip over to me and tell me that my fashion sense was soooo last season...

(oh, do you mean a different type of camp encounter?)
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This would depend immensely upon where the game was set. However, I find that packs of wild vampires, Splugorth Slave Barges, Bionically Altered T-REX's and A fully developed Morphos are good places to start.
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Runaway pack of kids
wounded person dragging themselves nearby
random weather (normal or magical) [go to bed in sweltering heat, wake up six feet under water during a flood]
mysterious collapsing tent (collapses every time they get inside)
sinkhole opens underneath them while they sleep
falling trees (due to soil erosion or high winds)
forest or prairie fire
nearby damn bursts
pests (bookworms eating their books, bedbugs in their sleeping gear, maggots in their food, etc)
trees that shift positions in the forest (nothing sinister, they just like to confuse travelers)
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Owl in a tree.
Possible foreboding dream.
A friend puts your hand into warm water.
Faeries gopher traps your tents.
Faeries take off with your stuff.
Someone paints your nails, or tattoos you.
Sun Imps attack.
Wild cat hungers for horse meat.
Crop circle happens directly outside your tent.
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Annoying bugs
Weird/strange/unusual smell (nothing further)
Weird/strange/unusual noise (nothing further)
Earthquake
Sudden downpour (may not be rain)
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Say you have up to four playing in character XP rewards per player, what do they talk about and do as they bed down?

Really if you have no ideas for what might happen when they are bedding down, either leave it to the players to create their own mischief, or just don't do anything.
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