5e D&D Combat Encounters - Grassland

Combat Encounters include creature groups, hazards and lone npcs. Maybe a lost lizardfolk, a forest fire or a talkative druid
Grasslands could be grassy savannah, fertile plains or the endless steppes. Encounters might occur in areas of long grass, at an abandoned windmill or by a small group of isolated trees.

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2 Elks

At a few carved cottonwood saplings (near a field of insect-covered sedge)
They are mutilated in some way
In a fight they run away as fast as they can if things go badly
Possibly... during the fight a solar eclipse occurs
Difficulty... 150.0 Easy

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1 Ankylosaurus

At a large clear pool fed by a spring (rain is falling)
They are resting in long grass
In a fight they attack whoever is largest
Difficulty... 700 Deadly

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1 Ankheg

At a dirty spring surrounded by shallow water (there is an inscription here in Orcish)
They are watching a nearby threat
In a fight they run away as fast as they can if things go badly
Possibly... they have 1d2 beans from a Bag of Beans
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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2 Lions

At an area of short grass (there is a strong breeze from the south-east)
They are finishing a migration
In a fight they attack whoever looks most dangerous
Difficulty... 600.0 Deadly

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1 Griffon

At a meadow of dusty crops (heavy rain is falling)
They are a shapechanger
In a fight they attack whoever looks most dangerous
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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3 Pteranodons

At a sluggish stream and an oak sapling (nearby is the fresh corpse of an ox)
They are are ending a journey or migration
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Possibly... they have a book describing various nearby ruins. A note promises a reward if returned to its archmage owner
Difficulty... 300 Hard

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3 Cockatrices

At a reed-filled pond with many insects and a ring of mushrooms (by a mill)
They are partway through a journey
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have a Spell Scroll of wind wall
Difficulty... 600 Deadly

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A group of spiders

2 Giant Wolf Spiders
1 Giant Spider
1 Spider

At a stagnant waterhole near a few charred aspen trees (nearby is a ford across a river)
They are bearing symbols of a sky deity
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have an Eversmoking Bottle
Difficulty... 620 Deadly

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2 Gnolls

At a shallow waterhole surrounded by flowers (there is a rocky outcrop)
They are hiding in long grass
In a fight they use ranged attacks on the nearest foe
Difficulty... 300.0 Hard

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2 Giant Vultures

At a field of flowers (which borders the upper planes)
They are finishing a journey
In a fight they swarm anyone with religious icons
Difficulty... 600.0 Deadly