Encounter

Description

An Encounter in For The King is a chance-based event that can randomly appear on a hex during a campaign. There are many types of encounters, from dark, mysterious caverns to unexpected, life threatening traps! You see a treasure chest, but is it really safe to open?

Triggering Encounters

While most encounters won't appear until a character moves onto an appropriate hex, others will appear on their own (often indicated with either a large exclamation mark or a question mark that hovers above a hex). Most encounters are persistent and can be safely exited and attempted at a later time, however, some are completely unavoidable and must be played through by whichever party member triggered the challenge. Additionally, some encounters will despawn immediately if a character exits without attempting the challenge.

Challenges

Once triggered, characters will be required to meet specific stat checks in exchange for a desired outcome. Oftentimes, succeeding in an encounter means special rewards, such as rare items, temporary buffs, or permanent boosts to base stats. Failed challenges will result in damage, status debuffs such as Poisoned, and sometimes even death! There are also negative encounters designed specifically to hurt or slow characters, whether a successful stat check is made or not.

List of Encounters

Encounter Name	Stat Check	Description	Possible Outcomes	Focused	Avoidable	Immediate Despawn
Abandoned Village	Intelligence	Challenge	Gain Item (Tinder Pouch)	Yes	Yes	No
Ancient Ruins	Awareness	Challenge	+XP/-XP/Fight	Yes	Yes	No
Arena Ruins	Awareness	Challenge	Gain Item/Fight	Yes	Yes	No
Armor Merchant	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Armor Merchant Ship	n/a	Merchant at Sea	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Buried Artifact	Strength	Challenge	Gain Item/Damage	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cavern	Awareness	Challenge	Random Loot / Fight	Yes	Yes	No
Clover Patch	Awareness	Challenge	Coward's Clover or Four Leaf Clover / Skip Turn	No	Yes
Dark Pool	Vitality	Challenge	Gain Item/Skip Turn/Death	No	Yes	Yes
Dead Adventurer	n/a	Choice	Random Loot	n/a	Yes	No
Deep Cavern	Awareness	Challenge	Gain Item4/Skip Turn3/	No	Yes	Yes
Deep Pool	Vitality	Challenge	Gain Item/Skip Turn/Death	No	Yes	Yes
Devious Enchanter	Luck	Challenge	Gain Item/Lose Belt Item/Lose Pack Item	No	No	Yes
Distress Call	Awareness	Challenge at Sea	Gold/Fight	No	Yes	Yes
Drinking Contest	Vitality	Challenge	+Gold/Poisoned	No	Yes	No
Embedded Blade	Strength	Challenge	Random Sword / Nothing	Yes	Yes	No
End of the Rainbow	Luck	Challenge	Treasure Chest / Combat (Leprechauns)	No	Yes	Yes
Falling Tree	Awareness	Challenge	Nothing / Damage		No	Yes
Field of Herbs	Awareness	Challenge	Random Herb/Poisoned	Yes	Yes	No
Firesilk	Awareness	Challenge	Firesilk	No	n/a	n/a
Floating Chest	Luck	Challenge at Sea	Mimic / Treasure Chest	No	Yes	Yes
Fountain of Life	Speed	Challenge	+Life/Fight	Yes	Yes	No
Friendly Camper	Vitality	Challenge	+HP	Yes	Yes	No
Friendly Dolphins	Intelligence	Challenge at sea	+1 Focus/Regain Focus	No	Yes	Yes
Game of Cards	Talent	Challenge	+/-Gold	No	Yes	No
General Merchant	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Ghost Ship	Intelligence	Challenge at Sea	XP/Fight (3 Ghosts/Wraiths)	No	Yes	No
Goblin Merchant	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	No	No
Good Fishing Spot	Luck	Challenge at Sea	Prismatic Fish / Gain Item / Kraken	No	Yes	Yes
Guarded Treasure	Luck	Challenge	Treasure Chest / Fight	No	Yes	No
Helpful Fisher	Luck	Challenge at Sea	Boat Repair / Boat Damage	No	Yes	No
Hot Spring	Vitality	Challenge	+HP/-HP	No	Yes	No
Hotdog Vendor	Luck	Challenge	Gain Item / - Gold	?	Yes	?
Iceberg	Strength	Challenge	Ship Damage / Ship Wreck	Yes	No	Yes
Ice Idol	Intelligence	Challenge	Focus	Yes	Yes	No
Jagged Cliff	Strength	Challenge	Surgery Beverage	Yes	Yes	No
Keen Eye	Awareness	Challenge	Gain Item	No	No	Yes
Lost and Found	Awareness	Challenge	Loot/Lost Turn	No	Yes	No
Magic Merchant	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Magic Merchant Ship	n/a	Merchant at Sea	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Medicinal Plant	Intelligence	Challenge	?	Yes	Yes	?
Message in a Bottle	Awareness	Challenge at Sea	Hildebrant's Reserve/Random Scroll/Nothing	No	No	Yes
Mud Pit	Speed	Challenge	Nothing/Lost Turn	Yes	No	n/a
Overboard!	Vitality	Challenge at Sea	XP/Lose Movement/Death	Yes	No	Yes
Pipe Smith	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Pearl Diving	Awareness	Challenge at Sea	Precious Pearl / Fight (Clams)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Primordial Oak	Vitality	Challenge	+HP	Yes	Yes	No
Quiet Glade	Intelligence	Challenge	Regain Focus/Loose Focus	No	Yes	No
Roadside Grave	Intelligence	Challenge	+XP	Yes	Yes	No
Rogue Wave	Strength	Challenge at Sea	XP/Lose Belt item / Lose All Gold	No	No	Yes
Rough Seas	Talent	Challenge at Sea	XP/Ship Damage	Yes	No	Yes
Sea Lantern	Talent	Challenge at Sea	+Boat Movement	No	Yes	No
Shallow Reef	Talent	Challenge at Sea	XP / Ship Damage / Ship Wreck	Yes	No	Yes
Sharks	Vitality	Challenge at Sea	/Damage	Yes	No	Yes
Shelter	Luck	Challenge	Full Restore/+HP/Fight	No	Yes	No
Shrooms	Vitality	Challenge	Cave Mushroom/Poisoned	No	Yes	No
Stone Circle	Intelligence	Challenge	+1 Max Focus / Lose All Focus / Fight	No	Yes	No
Standing Stones	Intelligence	Challenge	+1 Max Focus / Lose All Focus	No	Yes	No
Strong Current	Luck	Challenge at Sea	+Movement / -Movement	No	No	Yes
Trainer	n/a	Merchant	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
Traveling Healer	Vitality	Challenge	+HP	No	Yes	No
Treasure Chest	n/a	Choice	Random Loot	n/a	Yes	No
Tricky Terrian	Talent	Challenge	Nothing / Damage	Yes	No	Yes
Twisted Archer	Speed	Challenge	+Gold/Damage	No	Yes	No
Unmarked Buoy	Awareness	Challenge at Sea	Treasure Chest / Fight (3 Poison Puffs)	No	Yes	Yes
Weathered Runestone	Intelligence	Challenge	+/-XP	No	Yes	No
Whirlpool	Talent	Challenge at Sea	+XP/Damage	Yes	No	n/a
Wishing Well	Luck	Challenge	Choice of Reward/Poisoned	n/a	Yes	No
Wreckage	Strength	Challenge at Sea	Boat Repair Kit / Caustic Ink / Ship Damage	No	Yes	Yes

Additional Notes

Bad weather will increase the chance of a negative encounter.