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- Forest Encounters (Levels 1—4)
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Forest Encounters (Levels 1—4)
Source: Xanathar’s Guide to Everything p. 97
Forest Encounters (Levels 1—4)
| dice: d100 | Encounter |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 giant owl |
| 02 | 1d4 cats |
| 03 | 2d4 woodcutters (commoners) |
| 04 | 1 badger or 1d4 poisonous snakes |
| 05 | 2d8 baboons |
| 06 | 1d6 + 3 hyenas |
| 07 | 1 owl |
| 08 | 1 pseudodragon |
| 09 | 1 panther |
| 10 | 1 giant poisonous snake |
| 11 | 1d6 + 2 boars |
| 12 | 1d4 + 1 giant lizards |
| 13 | 1 ape or 1 tiger |
| 14 | 2d6 tribal warriors with 1d6 mastiffs |
| 15 | 1d6 + 2 giant bats or 3d6 flying snakes |
| 16 | 1 scout or 2d4 guards with 1d6 mastiffs |
| 17 | 1d8 + 1 winged kobolds |
| 18 | 1d3 constrictor snakes |
| 19 | 1d10 + 5 giant rats or 2d6 + 3 giant weasels |
| 20 | 1d4 + 1 needle blights with 1d6 + 3 twig blights |
| 21-25 | A lost, weeping child. If the characters take the child home, the parents reward them with 1d3 potions of healing. |
| 26 | 1d8 + 1 giant frogs |
| 27 | 4d4 kobolds |
| 28 | 1d3 black bears |
| 29 | 3d6 stirges |
| 30 | 1 satyr |
| 31 | 2d4 kenku |
| 32 | 1d3 vine blights with 1d12 awakened shrubs |
| 33 | 1d4 swarms of ravens |
| 34 | 1 faerie dragon (yellow or younger) |
| 35 | 1d4 + 2 giant badgers |
| 36-40 | A young woodcutter (scout) racing through the forest to rescue a lost friend |
| 41 | 2d4 blink dogs |
| 42 | 1d8 + 1 sprites |
| 43 | 1d6 + 2 elk |
| 44 | 1d4 lizardfolk or 3d6 bandits |
| 45 | 1d4 + 4 wolves |
| 46 | 2d4 giant wolf spiders |
| 47 | 1 swarm of insects or 2d8 blood hawks |
| 48 | 1d6 + 2 pixies |
| 49 | 1 brown bear |
| 50 | 1d4 + 3 goblins |
| 51 | 1d3 dryads |
| 52 | 1 awakened tree |
| 53 | 1 phase spider |
| 54 | 1d6 harpies |
| 55 | 1 ettercap or 1d8 + 1 orcs |
| 56 | 1 goblin boss with 2d6 + 1 goblins |
| 57 | 1 ankheg |
| 58 | 1 giant constrictor snake |
| 59 | 1d4 bugbears or 2d4 hobgoblins |
| 60 | 1 pegasus |
| 61-65 | A stream of cool, clean water flowing between the trees |
| 66 | 1d4 half-ogres or 1 ogre |
| 67 | 1 faerie dragon (green or older) |
| 68 | 1 werewolf or 1d8 + 1 worgs |
| 69 | 1 druid harvesting mistletoe |
| 70 | 1 will-o’-wisp |
| 71 | 1d4 dire wolves or 1 giant boar |
| 72 | 1d10 giant wasps |
| 73 | 1 owlbear or 1 giant elk |
| 74 | 2d6 gnolls |
| 75 | 1d6 giant toads |
| 76-80 | 1d6 web cocoons hanging from the branches, holding withered carcasses |
| 81 | 1 wereboar or 1d4 giant boars |
| 82 | 1d6 + 2 giant spiders |
| 83 | 1d4 centaurs or 1d4 giant elk |
| 84 | 1 orc Eye of Gruumsh with 2d4 + 2 orcs |
| 85 | 1 gnoll fang of Yeenoghu |
| 86 | 1d4 gricks |
| 87 | 1 bandit captain with 2d6 + 3 bandits |
| 88 | 1d4 wererats |
| 89 | 1 couatl (day) or 1 banshee (night) |
| 90 | 1 gnoll pack lord with 1d4 giant hyenas |
| 91 | 2d4 berserkers or 1d4 veterans |
| 92 | 1 lizardfolk shaman with 1d3 swarms of poisonous snakes and 1d10 + 2 lizardfolk |
| 93 | 1d4 displacer beasts |
| 94 | 1d3 green hags |
| 95 | 1 hobgoblin captain with 2d6 hobgoblins and 1d4 giant boars |
| 96 | 1 yuan-ti malison with 1d6 + 1 yuan-ti purebloods |
| 97 | 1d3 weretigers |
| 98 | 1 gorgon or 1 unicorn |
| 99 | 1 shambling mound |
| 00 | 1 yuan-ti abomination |
| ^forest-encounters-levels-14 |