5e D&D Combat Encounters - Shadowfell

Combat Encounters include creature groups, hazards and lone npcs. Maybe a lost lizardfolk, a forest fire or a talkative druid
The Shadowfell is a pale reflection of the world, a place of shifting shadows, twisted crystal trees, crumbling ruins and foul rivers. Meet cursed spirits, doomed cultists, hordes of undead and servants of the Raven Queen.

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2 Swarms of Ravens

At an overgrown ash tree by an overgrown shrine to a power of death (nearby is the fresh corpse of a darkmantle)
They are exploring area
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Possibly... during the fight there is a foul smell in the area
Difficulty... 150.0 Easy

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1 Sea Hag

At a bridge (it is a Shadowfell crossing)
They are cursed
In a fight they surrender if things go badly
Possibly... during the fight someone disturbs a swarm of spiders
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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4 Grimlocks

At a field of rubble (close by is a crystal outcrop)
They are deeply unhappy
In a fight they focus on the largest foe
Possibly... they have a holy symbol on a silver chain with continual flame
Difficulty... 400 Deadly

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2 Grimlocks

At a field of dry grass (close by is a patch of blue foliage)
They are eating
In a fight they surrender if things go badly
Possibly... during the fight someone disturbs a lizard
Difficulty... 150.0 Easy

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1 Sea Hag

At an abandoned stone hut with no roof and a mossy shrub (by a jagged cliff)
They are lost
In a fight they focus on any obvious spellcaster
Possibly... they have a clockwork black coach with by tiny ghostly horses (150 gp)
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Gibbering Mouther

At a glowingcave entrance surrounded by rubble (there is a pathway lined by iron spikes)
They are exploring a secret entrance
In a fight they attack anyone who looks like a source of food
Possibly... they have 1d2 vials of assassin's blood
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Intellect Devourer (Monster Manual p.191)

At a metal hill. There is a thermal spring with a covered cave entrance (there is a pile of crushed bones)
They are cursed
In a fight they avoid any obvious spellcaster
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Will-o'-wisp named Copperbearer

At an area of mud. There is a pool of putrid sewage with a lodge (there is a pile of rubble)
They are exploring a secret entrance
In a fight they attack at random
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Poltergeist (Monster Manual p.279 (variant))

At an area of jagged broken glass and a slimy depression (there are recent tracks of something large nearby)
They are telepathic
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Possibly... they have a Potion of Invisibility
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Will-o'-wisp

At a river of inky shadow (harmless flies cover the area)
They are exploring area
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Possibly... during the fight an innocent is attracted by the noise
Difficulty... 450 Deadly