That's exactly what I'm talking about. Okay, so to say Solasta does them right may be a stretch. I've had some good experiences, but the maps are redundant and there are no real scenarios involved.
The main point is that some random encounters with substance would be fun. Have some set ones.
1. 4 goblins spot you and question you. You can fight, persuade, deceive or intimidate.
2. A bear lumbers out of the woods. It looks aggressive. You make a successful Nature roll. He's just scared. A successful Animal Handling and he goes away. Fight him, and after he takes some damage he flees. Chase him and kill him for food or let him go.
3. You find a fisherman on the path. He's wounded. You help him, and he tells you about his friends who are also hurt. Follow him to his friends and get ambushed by intellect devourers because the guy was actually Body Thiefed by one.
4. While sleeping in the Underdark, flumphs wander nearby.
5. While short resting in the Underdark, you spot a behir moving about attacking some gnomes. Do you help, even though it is a powerful monster?
