WANDERING MONSTER ACTIVITIES: What is that thing doing?
RAP
Wandering Monsters, at least the semi-intelligent ones, are wandering for a reason. This list will
provide some of those reasons. Roll as indicated or choose as desired.
d00 Activities

01 Picking up some loose change
which he/she/it dropped
02 Picking up some loose change
which someone/thing else dropped
03 Standing guard
04 Being punished for some minor
indiscretion
05 Being punished for a major infraction
06 Taking a drink
07 Relieving itself
08 Closely inspecting a random item
(see here for options)
09 Unintentionally drifting off to sleep
10 A leader is yelling at some
misbehaving troops
11 Walking a patrol
12 Practicing close order drill
13 Throwing pebbles against a wall
14 Taking waste to the dumping area
15 Returning from the dump area
16 Returning from a successful hunt
17 Returning from an unsuccessful hunt
18 Returning from a successful raid
19 Returning from an unsuccessful raid
20 Planning the next raid
21 Escorting slaves/captives
22 Delivering a message from the Big
Boss
23 Delivering a message to the Big
Boss
24 Training new members of the group
25 Eating a quick meal/snack
26 Assisting a wounded comrade
27 Taking a quick nap
28 Sleeping off a bender
29 Quietly getting drunk
30 Raucously getting drunk
31 Singing drinking songs
32 Praying quietly
33 Looking at a memento of a loved
one
34 Maintaining a weapon (sharpening,
polishing, etc.)
35 Setting a trap
36 Examining a crack in the floor/wall/
ceiling
37 Writing/carving graffiti in a wall/door/
beam
38 Trying to find the rest of its group *A
39 Expecting a signal/message
40 Resting from some hard labour
41 Building maintenance
42 Rifling through a (sleeping/missing/
dead) compatriot’s belongings
43 Target practice
44 Gambling
45 Playing a game (board/card/dice/
etc.)
46 Moving to a new area *B
47 Cleaning/grooming itself
48 Looking in a mirror intently
49 Yawning, stretching, scratching,
trying to stay awake
50 Getting sick in a corner
51 Minor maintenance on personal
equipment/belongings
52 Lighting a new torch/lamp
53 Stamping feet, rubbing arms, trying
to keep warm
54 Practicing with a weapon
55 Exercising
56 Carrying a pot of food to an outpost
57 Chasing a thief
58 Fighting an enemy/another
wandering monster
59 Attacking a dangerous animal
60 Searching bodies after combat
61 Investigating the deaths of some
compatriots
62 Backs to the party, the “monster/s”
is/are engaged in some activity which
can’t be seen or determined
63 Returning from a meal
64 Proceeding to a meal
65 Proceeding to guard duty
66 Returning from guard duty
67 Sneaking up on another enemy
68 Wandering aimlessly (they are lost)
69 Standing guard over a fallen hero
70 Having a discussion d8 *C
1 The finer points of ambush
2 Picking on one who admitted to
missing its Mommy
3 Telling dirty jokes
4 Bragging about its last amorous
conquest
5 Complaining about a recent
streak of bad luck
6 Plotting to overthrow the Big
Boss
7 Telling stories of “the war”
8 Discussing religious topics
71 Fingering prayer beads
72 Nervously playing with its hair
73 Quietly examining some personal
treasure *D
74 Sneezing/coughing uncontrollably
75 Drinking some liquid and then
blowing bubbles out of its nose;
everybody else laughs
76 Throwing daggers at a prisoner’s
feet and shouting, “Dance!”
77 Offering a wounded prisoner a
healing potion
78 Absently tapping a stick/weapon/etc.
against a nearby wall
79 Searching for a concealed/secret
door
80 Furling/unfurling a flag/banner
81 Obviously threatening a compatriot
82 Attempting to sneak away from the
rest of its group
83 Scratching itself compulsively
84 Picking on a smaller member of its
party/group
85 Throwing lit torches down hallways
to light the approaches
86 Practicing jumping for cover
87 A spitting contest (distance,
accuracy, whatever)
88 Treating a wound (on itself)
89 Unpacking/repacking its backpack/
duffle bag
90 Playing with/torturing a (normal) rat
91 Just recaptured an escaped captive
92 Picking its nose
93 Cracking its knuckles
94 Burping/farting to entertain others
95 Practice fighting with shields only
96 Regularly tapping its foot
97 Quietly arguing with compatriots
about something
98 Loudly arguing with compatriots
about something
99 An argument with compatriots
breaks into a fist fight/shoving match
*E
00 An argument with compatriots
results in actual combat *F
*A - Why did it get separated?
*B - Will be carrying heavy, bulky loads
of luggage, cauldrons, bedding, etc.
*C - Only discernible if someone in the
party can understand the language
being spoken
*D - Nothing of real value
*E - Broken up by observers/officers?
*F - Does an officer/leader try to break it
up? Is the officer/leader involved?