View source for Encounter Tables (D&D 5e Style)

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This macro and table automate D&D 5e style wandering monster encounters. The macro will roll to see if the encounter happens, and, if it does, roll to lookup what kind of encounter from a specified Maptool table. The Macro can be reused with any table. You can even embed the number of monsters in the table!

Example output when this macro is run:

<syntaxhighlight>
jimshank: You thought you heard something but trouble passes you by

jimshank: You've spent too long in the area and encountered 6 stirges!!
</syntaxhighlight>

===Macro===

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<syntaxhighlight line lang="java">
[h, if(1d20>16), CODE:{
[output = "You've spent too long in the area and encountered <b>" + eval(table("Wandering Moster - Wave Echo Cave")) + "!!</b>"]
};{
[output = "You thought you heard something but trouble passes you by"]
}]
[r: output]
</syntaxhighlight>

If you'd rather just roll the encounter directly, you can use this:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mtmacro" line>
["You've spent too long in the area and encountered <b>" + eval(table("Wandering Moster - Wave Echo Cave")) + "!!</b>"]
</syntaxhighlight>

===Table===
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Please note that we aren't using image, though you can add an image of the monster if you'd like!

Window - Tables - Click the + to add a new table and fill out as follows

<b>Name:</b> Wandering Moster - Wave Echo Cave<br>
<b>Roll:</b> 1d12<br>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Range
! Value
|-
|1-3
|2d4 + " stirges"
|-
|4-5
|1d4 + " ghouls"
|-
|6
|1d4 + " gricks"
|-
|7-8
|1d4 + " bugbears"
|-
|9
|1d6 + " skeletons"
|-
|10
|1d4 + " zombies"
|-
|11-12
|"1 Ochre Jelly"
|}