A bard or minstrel, half dressed and looking over his shoulder
Farmer going to/returning from market with his meager goods
Farmer going to/returning from town with his/her sons
Farmer going to/returning from town with his/her daughters
Girl running away from home
Boy running away to the city
A lost child, in tears and holding a torn sack
A troupe of entertainers, led by an overdressed and curious Elf
Full company of mercenaries, led by a stout, dark bearded Captain
A small group of mercenaries, dishevelled and sweating
Minor noble travelling via horse, with servants
Minor noble going to/returning from hunt, with retinue
Local bailiff, sheriff or warden, with a suspicious outlook of strangers
A hunter or poacher, with a huge longbow strapped to their back
A pair of hunters or poachers, arguing about who is to blame for a missed shot
Large trading caravan, with accompanying surly guards
A lone trader/merchant on foot, leading a mule carrying their wares
Lone trader/merchant riding on a horse drawn wagon
Limping bailiff and his badly beaten prisoner
Escaped prisoner, manacled and carrying a religious icon
Sheriff and his dogs, out hunting an outlaw
A boundary warden with a broken bow and empty scabbard, fuming as he walks
Lone travelling priest, carrying a lit censer with an acrid smell
Lone travelling cleric, with a faintly glowing mace
Charismatic priest and retinue of apostles, who are mumbling to each other and won't make eye contact
A cleric and a small retinue of acolytes, full of confidence
A ranger/boundary warder patrol, with a cheerful leader
A patrol from the local city or town guard, nervous about being out of town
A foot messenger, with a ducal ring on his hand
A horse messenger wearing a royal tabard and carrying a fine leather satchel
A travelling historian carrying a sack of old stone statues
A starving beggar, willing to trade information for food
A group of refugees, telling stories of war and oppression in their homeland
A wounded soldier, limping along on crutches
A deserting soldier carrying a memento of a fallen friend
A wandering dog, with a silver collar and name tag
A bear wearing a collar and trailing a frayed rope
A riderless horse, with bulging saddlebags
A thrown rider, trying to catch his horse
A wandering madman, ranting about an invisible creature
A pair of dwarven prospectors, arguing loudly about where they took a wrong turn
Halfling cook/chef, out foraging for ingredients
Overturned wagon with injured merchant
A bored elderly gnome, with a curious mechanical toy
Fisherman by a riverside, without any fish
Druid planting rows of trees across the road
A drunk from a nearby tavern, unsteady on his feet
A partially smashed coffin, with a “corpse” inside which is slowly moving
A dealer of “used magical artefacts”
An elf picking and eating wild berries
A manic Herbalist, with green smears around his mouth
Group of robed monks, carrying a lit censer
A squire chasing his drunken master’s horse
An armoured Dragonborn sitting on a stone, sharpening a sword and sighing
Farmer with an unmoving mule, laden with fruit
Guarded and chained prisoners digging a ditch
A pair of wagon drivers preparing to race each other
A tiny Earth Elemental, shifting pebbles from one side of the road to the other
A group of dancing lights, which keep just ahead of the party
A drug addict, coming down from their last score
A harmless ghost, sadly humming an old song
A gnome riding an armoured mastiff
A hawker trying to find his bird
A grave robber, with mud on his shoes and a dark, wet sack on his back
A friendly necromancer with several raised skeletons, who offers to share food
A gang of youths from a nearby town
A gnomish tinker & merchant, offering magical mending
A Quickling, fleeing from the service of a warlock
A drunken Hill Giant, asleep and snoring loudly
A starving hermit, bearing a sword handle without a blade
A migrating Treant, walking down the middle of the road
A dead knight’s retinue, returning the body home
Traveling reeve or magistrate, summoned to a case
A group of pilgrims, one of which is carrying a small, heavily bound chest
A backwoods moonshiner, offering free samples of his wares
A surveyor excited about discovering a door into an artificial hillock
A dripping wet fisherman, climbing up from a riverbank with an angry look
A girl picking wildflowers, acting as a lookout for local bandits
A boy swinging a stick like a sword, with a pet dog following
Villagers cutting wood to make bows
A stone golem with one leg shorter than the other, never walking in a straight line
A pixie telling rude jokes and riddles
Four villagers burning a pile of corpses, which are emitting a thick purple smoke
A wagoner trying to fix his strangely burned cart
A contented Halfling, smoking an oddly scented pipe
A wild-eyed and dishevelled Alchemist, ranting about a breakthrough
An imp caught in a rabbit trap, screeching loudly
A lost wagon guard, with scratches on his face
A seller of genuine, if minor, religious relics
An old gnome in hat and tattered clothes, rapidly shuffling a deck of cards
An ebullient Orc, dressed in bright fine silks
A Green Hag, offering a reward for revenge on those who tricked her
A wine merchant, asking for directions to the nearby town festival
A fur trapper, with a live wolverine as a pet
A sour old grandmother, complaining bitterly about her eldest son
A Hobgoblin out to see the world
A young man, with a hideous mask magically stuck to his face
A band of giant hunters, paid to kill a troublesome old Hill Giant
A charcoal burner, telling stories about haunted trees
A potion merchant, with a backpack full of ‘alternative’ potions