5e D&D Combat Encounters

Combat Encounters include creature groups, hazards and lone npcs. Maybe a lost lizardfolk, a forest fire or a talkative druid

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1 Will-o'-wisp named Caul

At a winding track (it is disguised by a hallucinatory terrain)
They are being noisy
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Scout

At a ruined shrine to a forgotten power surrounded by sand (close by is a crude steps leading up a cliff)
They are are making a new home or lair
In a fight they attempt to attack from hiding
Possibly... they have a Necklace of Adaptation
Difficulty... 100 Easy

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2 Scouts

At a river (the area is in the area of a forbiddance spell)
They are finishing a journey
In a fight they combine ranged attacks at the foes with least armor
Possibly... they have a Rust Bag of Tricks
Difficulty... 300.0 Hard

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2 Thugs

At a temple of a power of secrets and a muddy pond with a few coins (close by is a field of heath)
They are putting up tents
In a fight they run away if things start going badly
Possibly... they have leatherworker's tools
Difficulty... 300.0 Hard

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3 Orcs led by one named Draek

At a circular hollow near a group of ferns (it is wet)
They are hunting a beast
In a fight they run away if things start going badly
Possibly... during the fight someone has a vision of the future
Difficulty... 600 Deadly

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2 Harpies

At a sacred spring and a sea stack (by a field of long grass)
They are are looking for a new home or lair
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Difficulty... 600.0 Deadly

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1 Hippogriff

At a few ferns and a few carved shrubs (there is a metal statue by a cave entrance)
They are searching the area for sustenance
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have a Spell Scroll of control weather
Difficulty... 200 Medium

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A group of the same faith

1 Priest named Kimbatuul Surina (female dragonborn)
1 Acolyte

At a glade of dying orange plants (the area is in the area of a forbiddance spell)
They are holding a funeral
In a fight they used ranged attacks on the foes with least armor
Possibly... they have a Rust Bag of Tricks
Difficulty... 750.0 Deadly

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5 Blood Hawks

At a shrine to a forgotten power surrounded by crops (a few pieces of wood are scattered around)
They are being stalked by something
In a fight they run away as fast as they can if things go badly
Possibly... during the fight a stranger arrives and watches
Difficulty... 250 Medium

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5 Violet Fungi
2 Shriekers

At a lonely small beast pen and a dried-up brook (nearby is a field of damaged tubers)
They are mutated in some way
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have
Difficulty... 540 Deadly