Sunday, May 16, 2021

Random Encounters Continued

I still have not cracked the code on a random wilderness encounter setup I like. But I thought to share the below table to help spur the imagination.  The below allows you to roll a d20, d12, and d10 to quickly hone in on some ideas.

 

d20 Encounter




1 Phenomena
10 - 13 Humanoids

d12 Encounter

d12 Encounter

1 Natural Spring

1 - 2 Kobolds/Goblins

2 - 3 Corpse (Animal, Monster, Humanoid)

3 - 5 Orc/Hobgoblin

4 Toadstool Circle

6 - 7 Gnoll/Bugbear

5 - 6 Trap (Pit, Snare, Deadfall)

8 Reptile/Fish Folk

7 - 8 Cave

9 Fey/Centaur

9 Collapse Ruin

10 - 11 Ogre/Giant/Troll

10 Vacated Camp

12 Exotic (Aasimar, Underdark, Kenku)

11 Forgotten Battlefield
14 - 16 Beasts

12 Floating Rocks, Wild Magic, etc.

d12 Encounter
2 - 5 Animals

1 - 3 Worg, Blink Dog, Sea Lion

d12 Encounter

4 - 6 Owlbear, Displacer Beast

1 Vermin/Swarm

7 - 8 Hippogriff, Pegasus, Hippocampus

2 Bird/Fish/Lizard

9 Unicorn, Griffon, Giant Eagle/Owl

3 - 4 Rodent/Small Mammal

10 - 11 Bullet, Ankheg, Phase Spider

5 - 7 Canine/ Medium Mammal

12 Exotic (Dire, Dinosaur, Roc)

8 - 9 Ursine/Large Mammal
17 - 19 Monsters

10 - 11 Equine/Herd

d12 Encounter

12 Exotic (Ape, Tiger, Elephant)

1 Flumph, Stirge, Blight
6 - 9 Demi Humans

2 Undead (Lesser), will o wisp

d12 Encounter

3 - 5 Carrion Crawler, Ettercap, Yeti

1 Individual

6 - 7 Basalisk, Manticore, Chimera

2 Hunters

8 - 9 Ooze/Fungus/Plant

3 Nomads

10 Hags, Harpy, Medusa

4 - 6 Merchants

11 Purple Worm/Rhemorhaz/Hydra

7 - 8 Patrol

12 Exotic (Sphinx, Coatl, Naga)

9 - 11 Bandits
20 Special

12 Adventurers

d12 Encounter





1 Elemental

d10 Encounter

2 Planar

1 - 3 Human

3 - 4 Dragon, Wyvern

4 - 5 Elf

5 Undead (Greater)

6 - 7 Dwarf

6 - 7 Lycanthrope, Doppleganger

8 Halfling

8 - 9 Rust Monster/Mimic

9 Gnome

10 - 11 Mind Flayer/Beholder/Umberhulk

10 Exotic (Mixed, Subrace,
Half Breed, Dragonborn, Etc.)


12 Construct





I think I am about to abandon this approach first discussed in earlier Random Encounter posts and start over.  I think I am trying to do too many things at once......

 

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