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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a point within 30 feet of yourself. An
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The card drawer
*Stat blocks for these creatures (except the card drawer) appear in the Monster Manual.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
). Each creature within 60 feet of Rak Tulkhesh must succeed on a DC 24 Wisdom saving throw or use its reaction to make a melee weapon attack against a random creature within reach. If no creatures
are within reach, it makes a ranged weapon attack against a random creature within range, throwing its weapon if necessary. This attack is made with advantage and gains a +4 bonus to the damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
harmless and use the stat blocks of familiar, earthly counterparts such as hawks, frogs, and rats. Animal calls, screeches, and whistles pervade this level’s natural chambers. Random Garden Encounters
garden is a self-contained ecosystem with an artificial climate controlled by the weather machine in area S54. By default, these areas are balmy and brightly lit. Garden Encounters. When a random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Obstacles Obstacles block progress through the dungeon. In some cases, what adventurers consider an obstacle is an easy path for the dungeon’s inhabitants. For example, a flooded chamber is a
Blade barrier blocks passage 4–8 Cave-in 9–12 Chasm 1d4 × 10 ft. wide and 2d6 × 10 ft. deep, possibly connected to other levels of the dungeon 13–14 Flooding leaves 2d10 ft. of water in the area; create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
City Encounters The City of Lost Names is full of Dragon Army troops and other threats. As the characters travel between locations, or whenever you please, roll on the Random City Encounters table
. Random City Encounters d8 Encounter 1 Seven ghasts gnaw on dead Dragon Army soldiers. 2 Bridge Checkpoint (see below) 3 Three ghosts of bickering Istarians haunt the ruins of their shop. 4 Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
continuous slope. The entire journey takes about 14 hours if the characters walk at normal speed. Random Encounters After each hour the characters spend in the tunnel, roll 1d20 and consult the Tunnel
Encounters table to determine whether the party has a random encounter. If the party is using a light source, creatures that encounter them almost certainly know the characters are coming and set up an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Random Encounters You can breathe life into the garden by introducing random encounters as the characters explore the realm. A random encounter occurs whenever you want one to, such as while the
tree uproots and blocks a character’s path, mimicking their movements. 7 Gorguth the chimera (see area G7) flies overhead and lets out a fearsome roar. If the characters draw Gorguth’s attention, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
appendix B for both stat blocks) spots the characters and attacks. At the end of the first round of combat, roll a die. If you roll an even number, a random draconian is affected as if by the levitate
spell (save DC 15) for 1 minute. If you roll an odd number, a boulder falls on a random draconian, dealing 33 (6d10) bludgeoning damage to it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
usually missing 1d20 − 1 cards. The magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a
–78 Ogre 79–81 Oni 82–84 Priest 85–87 Succubus 88–90 Troll 91–93 Warrior Veteran 94–96 Wyvern 97–00 The card drawer *Stat blocks for these creatures (except the card drawer) appear in the Monster Manual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the Random Wreck Encounters table to see what confronts the characters. Random Wreck Encounters d10 Creature 1–2 Two night scavvers (see appendix A) 3–4 One star angler (see appendix A) 5–6 One
starboard segment. Wreckage blocks off this segment’s lower decks from the outside. Characters approaching this segment must land on the starboard segment’s section of the top deck (area Z10). Prow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
usually missing 1d20 − 1 cards. The magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a
–78 Ogre 79–81 Oni 82–84 Priest 85–87 Succubus 88–90 Troll 91–93 Warrior Veteran 94–96 Wyvern 97–00 The card drawer *Stat blocks for these creatures (except the card drawer) appear in the Monster Manual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Random Encounters Random encounters help determine if characters meet other creatures moving through the Doomvault. Consider rolling for an encounter in these circumstances: The party enters a zone
atmosphere than challenge. Any random encounter should be foreshadowed with noise or other cues. If a result you roll makes no sense for a given area, select a different result that does. At least one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
five colleges; see chapter 7 for their stat blocks). Harvesting the required number of marshwicks from Sedgemoor takes 8 hours. A character who succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom
(Survival) check can reduce this time for everyone by 1 hour (to a minimum of 4 hours). Random Encounters in the Bayou Sedgemoor’s bayou is full of dangerous creatures. For every hour the characters’ group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
for details on moving through the region, but play the trek briskly; reporting to Kalaman about the flying citadel should feel like a race against time. If you wish, run one or more random encounters
blocks) land nearby. They approach the injured dragonnel, planning to capture it and train it to serve as a mount. If the characters interfere, the Dragon Army troops attack them. The Dragon Army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
three hours the characters spend in the forest, check for a random encounter using the Lonelywood Forest Encounters table. Lonelywood Forest Encounters d20 Encounter
1–10 No encounter
the banshee’s Corrupting Touch. There is only one banshee haunting the forest. If it’s destroyed, it re-forms after 24 hours in a random location in the forest, damned to its eternal exile. Brown Bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to Acheron Battlefield Events d10 Event 1–3 A random character sees something suspicious, such as Sergeant Luggik not striking a foe or a foe shielding her from a blow. 4–5 A hostile berserker
appears in an unoccupied space adjacent to the map’s edge near a random character. 6–9 A stray heavy crossbow bolt targets a random character. The attack has a +4 bonus to hit and deals 7 (1d10 + 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Urban Chase Complications d20 Complication 1 A large obstacle such as a horse or cart blocks your way. Make a DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to get past the obstacle. On a failed check, the
obstacle counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 2 A crowd blocks your way. Make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (your choice) to make your way through the crowd unimpeded. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Random Encounters Twice each day that the party spends in the Labyrinth (whether traveling or resting), roll a d20 and consult the Labyrinth Encounters table to determine what, if anything, they
encounter. This table replaces the random encounter tables in chapter 2 for as long as the party remains in the Labyrinth. RANDOM ENCOUNTER LOCATIONS
Random encounters in the Labyrinth take place in one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Wastes Encounters Countless threats loom in the wild, dangerous Northern Wastes. Whenever you want a random encounter to occur—usually once per day—roll on the Northern Wastes Encounters table
members’ stat blocks). If the characters are defeated or surrender, they’re taken as prisoners to Camp Carrionclay (detailed later in this chapter). Dragon Army Patrol d4 Encounter 1 8 baaz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Outside Combat As described in the Monster Manual, a beholder’s use of its eye rays in combat is random, governed by die rolls instead of by choice. This rule is an abstraction, designed to keep the
scattered petrified creatures to create obstacles in an open chamber, or pack them tightly in a corridor to seal off an area, or use them as falling hazards instead of heavy blocks in order to engender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Traits You can add traits to a creature’s stat block to communicate aspects of the creature’s nature. See the Creature Traits list for sample traits. You can also use traits from other stat blocks in
rolls. Beast Whisperer. The creature can communicate with Beasts as if they shared a common language. Death Jinx. When the creature dies, one random creature within 10 feet of the dead creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
restrained and has to hold its breath until it is dug out. Human-sized blocks of ice appear, containing frozen corpses. These corpses might break free and attack as zombies, or their spirits might attack as
regional effects within 1 mile of her lair: Illusory duplicates of the hag appear in random places at random times (but never more than one in any given location). An illusory duplicate has no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
north of it. When more than 20 pounds of weight are placed on a pressure plate, four darts shoot from the north wall. Each dart makes a ranged attack (+8 to hit) against a random target above the
toppled blocks of stone, illuminating this partially collapsed hall.
Furnishings. Crates, barrels, and seven wooden cots line the walls.
Xanathar Guild. Seven Xanathar Guild members (NE human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
consumed with self-pity. She’s in no mood to fight or have a conversation, so she mumbles and curses to herself, attacking only in self-defense. Both hags’ stat blocks appear in appendix B. The
on each of the creature’s turns in a random direction and makes a croaking noise that can be heard out to a range of 30 feet. Any creature that licks the clockwork toad must succeed on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
crews helps keep inter-crew conflict to a minimum. Lower City Random Encounters d20 Encounter
1–6 No encounter
7–10 Harmless interaction (roll on table D)
11–16 Denizens (roll on
street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing back to Mandorcai’s Mansion.
11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
call for aid (see appendix C for their stat blocks).
If one or more characters cry out for assistance in Motherhorn, the brigganocks and korreds hear the call for help and react quickly. The korreds
who come to Motherhorn bearing invitations from a pageant wagon (see “Random Encounters in Yon” earlier in the chapter) can skip the performance and jump straight to the private audience. Assuming that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Therno Lake Locations The following locations are keyed to map 3.4. Marco Bernardini Map 3.4: Therno Lake View Player Version L1: Beaver Dam A wide dam of mud, logs, and branches blocks this section
the characters offer the beavers food, one of the beavers digs through the fish bones and retrieves a random trinket (roll on the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook) as a token of appreciation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Missions Through Darrett, the leaders of Kalaman might send the characters on the following missions. Use the random encounter table in appendix B if you’d like to add more encounters with the Dragon
come on a camp of five baaz draconians led by a bozak draconian (see appendix B for both stat blocks). The draconians fight to the death. Treasure. The draconians have stolen 120 gp, food equivalent to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
crews helps keep inter-crew conflict to a minimum. Lower City Random Encounters d20 Encounter 1–6 No encounter 7–10 Harmless interaction (roll on table D) 11–16 Denizens (roll on table E) 17–20
and tells characters that Laraelra Thundreth is hiring bouncers at the Low Lantern. 10 A winding crack in the street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
15–18 3d4 skeletons 19–20 1d3 minotaur skeleton Cliff and Ladder A cliff 2d4 × 10 feet high blocks the party’s passage, but a rolled-up rope ladder is visible at the top. If someone can climb the
random party member steps on and collapses a sinkhole, and must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw to avoid falling into a 20-foot-deep pit and taking 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage. Climbing out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Amidor and Gleam This encounter should take place before the characters have their first random encounter in Yon or reach any of the marked locations on the map of Yon. You see two figures standing
stat blocks). The masked figure is Gleam, a high elf acrobat (use the Selenelion twin stat block in appendix C) from the Witchlight Carnival. Whenever lightning flashes across the dark sky, it’s easy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Random Encounters Use the Ruin Encounters table for characters traveling the slopes of the hill or its surroundings. Ruin Encounters 1d12 Encounter 1 Animals—such as a brown bear, giant owl, or
artifacts and places to dig. 3 1d6 minotaur infiltrators are performing a bloody rite to Baphomet; if there are six, one is their leader, Brusipha (both stat blocks appear in this chapter). If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
figure out what it does (see “Identifying a Magic Item” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide), give that item’s description to the players. Statistics Creature stat blocks should be kept hidden from the players
to use one of this adventure’s random encounters, you can have a player roll to determine what the characters encounter, rather than making the roll yourself. Story Information Important information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the front gate remains barred but unguarded. K2. Gatehouse The gates open to a thirty-foot passage leading east. A portcullis blocks the far end of the passage, but you can see the castle yard on the
edge of the castle yard leads down to the boat basin and landing. Carved into the bluff is a 20-foot-long staircase. Random Encounters. Characters lingering in the castle yard are likely to encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
feet and rising 30 feet above the river’s surface. Constructed of heavy basalt blocks, the bridge’s piers are plated with iron. B2: Gatehouse Two mighty towers of black stone flank the fortress’s iron
cruelty. Gruk-Gruk B4: Prison Yard Huge blocks of rough basalt lie scattered about the center of this spacious yard, where ten armored duergar oversee a large number of haggard prisoners. The prisoners






