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Random Wilderness Encounters RAGING SWAN PRESS GM’S MISCELLANY: RANDOM WILDERNESS ENCOUNTERS Sample file PREPARE QUICKER, PREPARE BETTER Sample file ragingswan.com/gmsresource GM’S M ISCELLANY: R ANDOM W ILDERNESS E NCOUNTERS Got barely enough time to prepare the module? Want to include cool, evocative random encounters in your games, but just don’t have the time to prepare them? Bored of pointless random encounters comprising bands of generic monsters that only seem to exist attack wandering PCs? GM’s Then Miscellany: Random Wilderness Encounters is for you! Presenting over 60 ready-­‐to-­‐use random encounters suitable for use in deserts, woodlands, hills, swamps and mountains, Random Encounters: Wilderness takes the pressure off -­‐ the time crunched GM, enabling him to concentrate on crafting cool, evocative adventures! Design: Jesper Andersen, Richard D. 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Published by Raging Swan Press November 2014 To learn more about the Open Game License, visit ISBN: 9 78-­‐0-­‐9931082-­‐0-­‐4 wizards.com/d20. ragingswan.com [email protected] file C ONTENTS Contents ................................ ....................................................... 2 Knightly Apparitions (EL 8; XP 3,200) ................................ ......... 70 Encounters By CR................................ .......................................... 3 Lost Love (EL 5; XP 1,600)................................ ........................... 72 Stat Blocks by CR .......................................................................... 3 Next To Croak (EL 5; XP 1,200) ................................ ................... 74 About the Designers ................................ ..................................... 6 Secrets of the Swamp (EL 7; XP 4,200)................................ ....... 76 Reading Stat Blocks ................................ ....................................... 8 Resolute Crone (EL 8; XP 3,200) ................................ ................. 78 Did you Know? ................................ .......................................... 138 Serpentine Sage (EL 6; XP 1,600)................................ ................ 80 Twice-­‐Slain Son (EL 5; XP 1,600) ................................ ................. 82 R ANDOM D ESERT E NCOUNTERS Wanderer (EL 2; ................................ XP 600) ............................. 84 The Carrion Hunter (EL 4; XP 1,200) ................................ ........... 10 R ANDOM M OUNTAIN E NCOUNTERS Children of the Sky (EL varies; XP varies) ................................ .... 12 Creeping Coins (EL 10; XP 9,600) ................................ ................ 14 Bridge of Death (EL 8; XP 4,800)................................ ................. 86 Desert Rose (EL 6; XP 2,400)................................ ....................... 16 Grave of the Mad (EL 4; XP 1,200) ................................ .............. 88 Lenate the Lovesick (EL 7; XP 3,200) ................................ ........... 18 Lurking Ogres (EL 8; XP 4,800)................................ .................... 90 Mojepe’s Grove (EL 9; XP 6,400) ................................................ 20 Reavers of the Bloody Tears (EL 8; XP 4,800)............................. 9 2 Slavers of Yog Parof (EL 8; XP 4,800) ................................ .......... 22 The Blades and Staves (EL 5; XP 1,600) ................................ ...... 94 The Sting of Sun nd and Sa (EL 6; XP 2,400) ................................ 24 Trapped! (EL 7; XP 3,200) ................................ ........................... 96 The Vulture King (EL 9; XP 6,400) ............................................... 26 Troll Hunt (EL 7; XP 3,200)................................ .......................... 98 R ANDOM H ILL E NCOUNTERS R ANDOM W OODLAND E NCOUNTERS Barrow of the Sleeping King (EL 5; XP 1,600) .............................. 30 A Fate Worse Than Death (EL 5; XP 1,600) ............................... 102 Death-­‐Dealer of the Gloaming Hills (EL 5; XP 1,600) .................. 32 Aftermath (EL 2; XP 600) ................................ .......................... 104 Domain of the Elder Spider (EL 8; XP 4,800)...............................34 Bandits! (EL 7; XP 3,200)...........................................................106 Hunter of the Crumbled Cliff (EL 9; XP 6,400) ............................ 36 Broken Road (EL 2; XP 600) ................................ ...................... 108 Multi-­‐Legged (EL 8; XP 4,800)................................ ..................... 38 Gnolls? How Unlucky! (EL 5; XP 1,600) ................................ ..... 110 Mercenaries (EL 4; XP 1,200)................................ ...................... 40 Goblins of the Blood Moon (EL varies; XP varies) .................... 112 Mourning Monster (EL 7; XP 3,200)................................ ............ 42 Hunters as Bait (EL 8; XP 4,800) ............................................... 114 Savage Rage (EL 2-­‐5; XP – 600 1,600) ................................ ......... 44 Hunters Hunted (EL 7; XP 3,200) ................................ .............. 116 Sentinels of -­‐ Thor Dilak (EL 2; XP 600) ................................ ......... 46 Isolated Hovel (EL 4; XP 1,200) ................................ ................. 118 Sound And Fury (EL 12; XP 19,200)................................ ............. 48 Master of the Yellow Cavern (EL 6; XP 2,400) .......................... 120 Stuck in the Mud (EL 2; XP 600)................................ .................. 50 Ogre Huntress (EL 6; XP 2,400) ................................ ................. 122 The Mad Hermit (EL 6; XP 2,400)................................ ................ 52 Reluctant Bandits (EL 6; XP 2,400) ........................................... 124 What Goes Around (EL 1; XP 400) ................................ .............. 54 Riderless Horse (EL 3; XP 800)................................ .................. 126 Wyverns? (EL 9; XP 6,400) ................................ .......................... 56 Sir Valio Ilmonen (CR 2; XP 600)................................ ............... 127 Shattered Bridge (EL 6; XP 2,400)................................ ............. 128 R ANDOM M ARSH E NCOUNTERS Spiders
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