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    Deadlands random encounters for the RPGWilderness1...A crashed wagon with a large steamer trunk containing 1 zombie of LaCroi craft!..." #en $%orse &hie'e(s)* leading " horses with assorted brands on their +anks.,...- Dust Cow/oke(s) riding o0 into the sunset."...A burnt out cara'an of ! dead settlers scal/t b inuns.

    -...! sun bleached skeletons half buried ust o0 the /ath.2...A wanderin3 4craz4 runs u/ to ou5 sla/s ou on the back elling 4&AG64 then runso0.7...A lone coote or wolf.8...8 Cannibal Cultists who want to eat the Posse (9um6)...:...A Pon ;/ress Rider thunders /ast heading west.1cattered across the terrain are 'arious wea/ons and dead bodies...1!..., Cultist(s) under co'er with black magic.1,...A drunk5 robbed and smelling terrible5 ling in the road.1"...A single bleached skeleton with an ?e/ensi'e item@ inhadited b , gremlin(s)...1-...A Doctor5 dust and wear from co'ering his rounds to a hermit o0 in the hills5slowl rides /ast the Posse in the o//osite direction.12...! robber 'ictim(s) tied u/ and ling on the side of the road.17..., Pinkerton(s) armed to the teeth on a mission...18...A woman5 dressed in a tattered white gown5 +eeing from wedding. Wh is she onthe lamb= Does she need hel/=1:...ne &onic >alesman with 1 t/e(s) of tonics or /ills direct from >BR!oiled Do'e(s) headed for greener /astures.,!...%uckster with 1 random he to teach.,,...A lone gunslinger5 two Engers missing from his right hand5 slowl trudges bmumbling about a dark tower...,"...! #iner(s) leading 1 donke(s) laden with a mrid of tools and /acks /asses5laughing ofull5 heading west.,-...1 >addleburr(s) attach themsel'es to a Posse member or hisIher horse.

    ,2...>torteller with a random stor about a creature in the marshals handbook5 RJC5or RJC.,7...2 nion Ca'alr >couts heading south looking for their regement.,8..., Fandit(s) armed with ri+es attem/t to ambush the Posse.,:..." Local and hostile ndians heading south."

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    "!...Dead cara'an scal/t b inuns.",...Dead carcass of regional large wide animal.""...A &ra'eling #erchant5 his wares /acked soundl on his mule5 rides north."-..., Ranchers leading a cattle dri'e of 1tagecoach with N177.mith and Robards >tagecoach with 1 /ackage(s) trundles east.27..." Jam/ire(s)H strel rise from the shadows and stealthil a//roaches thePosse...28..., Fandit(s) armed with /istols in the middle of robbing , a'erage folk.2:...ne ?%uckster@ with " &onic(s) from the >BR Catalogue that are half as e0ecti'eand twice as malfunctional.7cout(s) headed east on foot.7!...ne wounded /latoon of 2 Confederate >cout(s) headed north on foot andhorse.7,...1 dead bodies ust o0 the /ath...7"...A lone mule wanders the tundra. &his animal was ob'iousl owned and trainedb someone5 but who=7-..." Gang #embers with ri+es and a /istol backu/ with 1 Gang Leader.72...A &eas Ranger with ! /osse members heading north.77...A fast >hootist with a chi/ on his shoulder5 read and willing to Eght at an/ercie'ed slight...78...7 Local5 and subtl hostile5 ndians tra'eling on horse...

    7:...2 Dead nuns.8 $a Oackalo/e*... becomes interested in thePosse and begins following them.81...A drifter5 his clothes threadbare5 his battered hats /ulled down o'er his ees5/asses b. /on noticing the Posse5 he uickl change directions AWA9 from them...8!...A %ellEre Preacher with a +ock of 2 following him.8,...Rich &inhorn &ra'eler $worth N8!"-.

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    82...2 makeshift gra'es with unmarked5 weathered5 crosses.87...An abbonded Wells Margo >tagecoach with N118.

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    11!...Lo'e3s &ra'eling GoodsH Professor Qa'ior Lo'e and his wagon full of eliirs aretra'eling to the net town5 but he3ll gladl sell his wares to the Posse if the arewilling. &he eliirs could be legit5 snake oil5 or /erha/s lethal and that3s how he makeshis mone.11,...>nake oilH / ahead is a wagon5 dri'en b a single salesman. nside are largeamounts of cure all. Like e'er other non card /laing huckster out there5 this one is

    assured to work. After a few attem/ts at selling5 he tries to see if the Posse will lethim oin u/ with them to the net town.11"...&he Posse comes u/on a hol hermit $Christian Flessed* who will o0er to healan wounded in the Posse. %e will also break bread with them if the are cam/ingsoon and s/end the e'ening telling stories.11-...&he Posse stumbles u/on an ancient burial mound5 this could /redate anknown race and ma contain ancient relics5 old bones or something man was notmeant to know.112...&he train derails. #abe it3s a hold u/ or ust something sinister.117...&oda is a sunn da5 not to hot and nothing reall ha//ens...118...9ou can3t go home againH / ahead seems to be a small home5 most likel awatering hole. Closer eamination re'eals the building to be abandoned5 and interrible sha/e11:...&he Posse Ends a half charred wagon and some bleached bones5 if the searchit through the End N1!.

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    normal stinging creatures5 but hundreds of them at once can /resent a dangerouschallenge.1,1...&he Posse meets someone who is on the wa to dis/ose of a bod. %e mightcome from a nearb town where he killed someone and is looking for a uiet /lace tobur the bod or get rid of it in other was. &he bod might be concealed on awagon. r mabe he ust started to dig a hole when the Posse meets him.

    1,!...A random Posse member falls /re to some sort of tra/ and , hunter(s) /o/(s)out. &he are tring to tra/ a 'icious wolf raiding the area. &here is a N":.

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    scatter.12uirrels chasing each other run across the /ath and u/ a tree.12,...Partial ecli/se of the sun. An omen5 a /ortent5 or ust a coincidence=12"...A /unctured canteen lies5 discarded in the /ath.

    12-...With a muXed crash a tree falls in the distance causing a cloud of suawkingbirds to Ell the air.122...&he cr of a lone hawk echoes in the air...127...nusual /atches of 'er lush growth /eriodicall dot the horizon.128...n the wa'ering heat a refreshing /ool re+ects the suns ras. Fut as the Possea//roaches it e'a/orates.12:...A /atch of bushes Elled with blackberries sits ust o0 the /ath.17

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    !2!...A /luck sidekick looking for a new 4friend4.!2,...&he outlaw tring to esca/e his /astH &he Posse is a//roached b a man5ob'iousl down on his luck5 looking for 4honest work4.!2"...>itting5 unwatched5 in an em/t rocking chair on the boardwalk is a ma/ of ahidden miner3s fortune..!2-...A wagontrain of earnest settlers heading west.

    !22...As the Posse settles for the night a church congregations singing 4We3ll shallgather at the ri'er4 wanders b heading for... the Ri'er6!27...A man walks b wearing3 a hat with an ndian3s arrow sticking out of it.!28...&he Posse wanders the countrside and s/ies a white hat on a stick come intosight o'er a rock. As the stare in wonder a barrage of gunshots s/lit the air as thestu/id 4black hats4 uses u/ all their shots on the hat $the alwas fall for that one*.!2:...A gunshot echoes5 a hat +ies into the air5 another shot5 the hat s/ins5 anothershot5 and another5 the hat stas a+oat. &wo more shots sound as the hat seems todance. As the hat slowl descends the Posse notices something odd. &%;R; AR; %L;> &%; %A&666!7

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    !:2...An ndian war /art going to a hanging.!:7...An itinerant /reacher looking for work.!:8...A lawer /ros/ecting.!::...A lone lawman trans/orting gold.,hould the e'er manage to reason with him5 the maEnd out that he3s delusional from thirst and /ossibl su0ering from latent mentaldefects $he hears 'oices5 hallucinates*. %ow he managed to sur'i'e this long on hisown is a mster. #abe there reall is some minor s/irit $4Pheenos4* toing with theold gu5 using magic to kee/ him ali'e.,!,...A tar /it has o/ened u/ in the midst of some 'aluable /asture land and /rizedshee/ and cattle are getting sucked into the tar when the go down to drink the

    water from the surface. ow a 'ariet of nast /redators and carrion eating creatureshas mo'ed into the neighborhood to take ad'antage of the situation. &he Posseencounters the area accidentall or when the are asked b the towns/eo/le to lookfor a missing she/herd. nce the get there5 the are attacked b a series of/redators. With each attack the risk being dri'en into the tar themsel'es. f thesur'i'e5 do the ust fence the tar /it o05 or do the tr to Egure out where it camefrom=,!"...&he Posse sees a monolith car'ed with the words of se'eral ancient languages.on are able to inter/ret them. After the Posse has a chance to eamine the

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    monolith5 e'erone gets a 'er odd feeling. othing damaging5 nothing strongenough to analze. About 1

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    chance of wilderness encounters unless the Posse tells him to shut u/. &he musicianwill not rob the /art at all $someone will alwas be sus/icious of him anwa* andma be able to /ass on rumors5 local histor etc.,,,..." or - minutes of faint $but growing louder* banging can be heard. A rustlingand a series of sueals warns the /art a minute before an enraged boar charges intothe Posses midst and attacks them in a mad rage6 &he local Rich Land wners are

    out hunting for boar and ha'e their beaters out scaring u/ the game. f the Posse killsthe boar the beaters and the Rich Land wners will accuse them of /oaching...,,"...n the hills outside a town the Posse s/ies a bunch of men in ragged clothingand cloaks beating u/ a she/herd and 4stealing4 his shee/. &he gus in raggedclothing are a local /osse a//rehending a rustler K ho/efull the Posse will askuestions Erst. &he could also $if ou want to be reall e'il* be real banditsim/ersonating the local law. &he she/herd5 long since beaten senseless5 will be in nocondition to sa otherwise.,,-...A wall of thick fog glides silentl but 'er uickl through the treesIlandsca/etowards &he Posse. s it sim/l a cloud mo'ing o'er the mountain or something moresinister= [uite suddenl5 the birds in the trees and the rustling in the grass seemedto sto/ and the Posse ust watches in amazement as this white wall comes throughde'ouring the landsca/e5 and them along with it...,,2...n a dark and wind da5 the Posse rests u/on a ridge. When all at once amight herd of red eed cows come /lowin3 through the ragged skies and u/ a clouddraw. &heir brands are still on Ere and their hoo'es are made of steel their horns areblack and shin and their hot breath burns the Posses faces... A bolt of fear dri'esthrough the Posse as the heard thunders through the sk5 for the riders can be seencoming hard and their mournful cr echoes. &heir faces are gaunt their ees areblurred and their shirts all soaked with sweat5 the3re ridin3 hard to catch that herd...,,7...&he Posse Ends an isolated5 +oodKra'aged townS the remaining towns/eo/lebeg for their hel/ in rebuilding. &here is nothing sinister going on KK the farm town has

     ust been etremel unluck o'er the ears. Due to the weatherKrelated deaths andemigration5 there aren3t enough ableKbodied /eo/le left to rebuild the town. Andthere is much to be done hereH rotted houses need rebuilding5 /eo/le still needrescuing from the dee/er /arts of the +ood5 walls to /re'ent future +oods need to bebuilt5 /eo/le need healing5 etc. &he town3s entire cro/ was lost as well5 so the Posseneeds to secure enough food for the town to sur'i'e the coming winter. r should thePosse concentrate on hel/ing the remaining towns/eo/le mo'e to a less accident/rone town instead= >ome /eo/le can be /rett stubborn when asked to mo'e...,,8...A +ock of black ra'ens lift u/ o0 a cor/se as the Posse mo'es into the clearing.

     &he bod was /re'iousl a human female whose withered5 desiccated form nowshrouds a small5 stone chest. %er la'ishl decorated Ene clothing still shine as thoughshe had onl /ut it on the da before. Mrom the look of her +esh though5 she has beenhere for months5 /erha/s longer. %er dr5 skeletal arms griml clas/ a chest and herhorriEed death mask looks u/ and to the left5 o'er her shoulder. &he chest remainsuno/ened. &he small engra'ings on the stone chest de/ict a beautiful woman3s facewith striking red hair. &ouching the cor/se will cause a green light to animate fromwithin the chest and a green colored astral ser/ent then a//ears o'er the intended'ictim3s left shoulder...

    ,,:...Within a 'alle dee/ in the forest the grou/ notices mo'ement below them andhear large clicking noises. Looking down into the base of the 'alle the further takein that the mo'ement is erraticS howe'er the cannot make out what eactl it is dueto the thick o'ergrowth. #o'ing closer5 it a//ears to be /ossibl a giant centi/edecreature tra'eling u/ and down the bottom of the 'alle. ts mo'ements indicate thatit is tra//ed. An eas kill or /erha/s a rescue. ;/loring the surrounding area re'ealsat the end of the 'alle there is a small5 hidden shelter that a//ears to be occu/ied.,"

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    %er golden ees s/arkle with intelligence and et she seems obli'ious to hersurroundings5 lost in the moment and com/letel enoing the warm s/ring. na//roach5 her ees are closed as she stretches out in /leasure. /on noticing thegrou/ she screeches. >he and the s/ring instantl change into a rotten tree log andswam/ hole. &he rub necklace hanging o0 the rotten log is all that remains from the/re'ious scene...

    ,"1...A shadow haunts5 follows5 or tries to warn the Posse. n an attem/t tocommunicate the shadow makes gestures5 signals5 or motionsS such as drawing awea/on to show the Posse that the are being attacked from behind5 or /ointing thewa to go $or not go*5 or acting sill or madS or reenacting the /oor shadow3s lastminutes on earth as to the e0ect of how it died.,"!...&he Posse encounters a farm that a//ears to ha'e been raided b inuns. &hePosse is riding along a countr road when the s/ot in the distance the Erst farmthe3'e seen in das. &he also notice a thick column of black smoke rising into theair5 and the foul smell of burnt +esh on the wind. Getting closer the see two inunsstanding net to the small Ere in the farm Eeld. When the inuns see the Posse theread their wea/ons5 a tomahawk5 and a twoK/ronged s/ear. &hese inuns are theactual owners of the farm. &he are /eaceful5 and +ed their tribe to li'e a solitareistence o0 the land. &he father and son are standing net to the burning remains of their onl cow5 which died from illness. &he s/eak 'er5 'er little ;nglish5 and willdefend themsel'es if attacked. &here are two females in the nearb farmhouse. &hemother watches her husband and son from the kitchen window (witnessing the arri'alof the Posse with fear) while her oung daughter /las on the +oor behind her.,",...&he Flack belisk attacks all magic items in it 'icinit. nce in contact $e'enthrough clothes...*5 an magic item is then absorbed b the Flack belisk andanother random magic item is thrown out. At 1cientist /ulling at the strings...

    ,"7...&he Posse hears some groans of /ain coming from some brush nearb. fin'estigated the will End an old man5 who3s ding from a shotgun wound to the guts5with his last ounce of life he gi'es the Posse a ma/ and tells them that its the Lost#cCa0 Ghost Rock mine5 then he gi'es u/ the ghost. &he old man in realit is a well/reser'ed walking dead and the ma/ leads to an old /laed out mine with otherundead waiting to ambush the Posse.,"8...&he Posse meets a tra'eling un with a guitar stra//ed to her back5 she is>ister #ar the singing un. >he o0ers to /la some music for the Posse. f the takeher u/ on it the must all make a Jigor (1-) roll or be stunned for , rounds as she lets

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    out the most God awful music the ha'e e'er heard5 with a singing 'oice that makesa banshee sound soothing.,":...&he Posse sees a large hair manKlike creature run out of the brush towardsthem making a God awful ell. &his creature is a gorilla that has esca/ed from atra'eling circus. f the /art has ne'er seen a gorilla before the might assume thatit3s an e'il creature5 but if the can ca/ture it and return it unharmed then the will

    be /aid N,

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    them.1

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    -7...A woman with too much fashion going on breaks her shoe and stumbles into aPosse member.-8...Tids /laing hide 3n seek.-:...A feral cat is trailing the /art.2omeone bum/s an hombre3s /ackIwallet... othing3s missing.8-...Posse /asses an allewa blocked b a new s/ider web.82...An angr customer argues with a sho/kee/er.87...A small bird egg dro/s out of a nest from abo'e and lands intact nearb.88...ne /erson chasing another.8:...A s/oiled brat begs hisIher /arent for a to.:

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    1tore creaks as the Posse walk across them.11:...A codger s/its into a >/ittoon. 4>/utttttttKtang... %e%e%e Fullzee641!

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    1,-...An artist selling " horse(s).1,2...A bount hunter /utting u/ a building.1,7...A bu0alo hunter looking for a Eght.1,8...A Confederate ca'alr scout begging.1,:...A Confederate ca'alr oVcer mistakes one of the Posse for someone else.1"