Creature Dispositions

When an encounter or scene takes place the initial disposition of the NPCs or Creatures can largely influence the way the players approach the situation. As the referee it is sometimes obvious what the starting disposition is. I like to have a little uncertainty in my game, it keeps me on my toes and can give me some juice on how to play it out. There are various ways you can do it, here are some ideas. Initial PositionThe simplest way to determine starting position is roll a single dice low is negative and high is positive, the higher or lower the roll the more extreme it is. In original D&D, they used 2d6, and the GM only rolled the dice if the monsters were both intelligent and confronted by an "obviously superior force", otherwise the default position was they attacked the PC's. 2-5: Negative Reaction 6-8: Uncertain reaction 9-12: Positive Reaction Later editions expanded this table. 2: Immediate Attack 2-5: Hostile, possible attack 6-8: Uncertain, monster confused 9-11: No…