From the introduction: Enter Wilderness Encounters One. A band of roaming orcs; a traveling caravan of merchants seeking guards on the trail; an NPC fighting bandits on a lonely country road- all reasonable scenarios in their own right, and at the very least an excuse for some combat experience... ... From a distance the small village on the hill looks like an attractive and peaceful place to stay the night. The sun is already low in the sky and the land hereabouts can be perilous for those who choose to sleep beneath the stars.