D&D Random Encounters for 5E - Hill

Encounters might be a meeting with a patrol of guards at an old shrine or a familiar looking for aid. It might be an ambush in the wilderness, a stand-off in the city or a monster in the Underdark.
Hill terrain covers a range between farmed valleys, rugged moors and mountain foothills. Encounters can occur among mossy rocks, by a stone circle or in an abandoned hill fortress. Often between mountains and plains, civilisation and the wilds, they are the home of vigilant sentries, monstrous raiders and beasts domestic or wild.

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A group of kobolds

6 Kobolds
1 Winged Kobold (Monster Manual p.195)
1 Constrictor Snake
3 Bats

At a deep pond with shiny stones at the bottom near a newly-built hut (close by is a shrine to a power of smiths)
They are herding domesticated beasts
In a fight they keep away from the most heavily armored foes
Difficulty... 700.0 Deadly

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4 Mastiffs

At a large rock by a few twisted trees (close to a rocky valley)
They are trapped by something
In a fight they work together to focus on the most visible foes
Difficulty... 200 Medium

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3 Giant Goats

At an area of hot springs (it is associated with druidic magic)
They are mutated in some way
In a fight they retreat when half their number have fallen
Possibly... they have 1d6 banded agates (10 gp each)
Difficulty... 600 Deadly

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4 Elks

At a patch of stunted flowers by a shrine to a power of rulership (lying here is a chisel)
They are were summoned here by something (magic/dreams/instinct)
In a fight they all attack the same foe
Possibly... they have 1d4 flasks of alchemist's fire
Difficulty... 400 Deadly

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1 Peryton (Monster Manual p.251)

At a temple of a power of the sun and a squat cave entrance (there is a patch of brambles with ripe berries)
They are are starting a new phase in their life
In a fight they focus all their attention on the foes with least armor
Possibly... during the fight someone's weapon starts to glow with a magic effect
Difficulty... 450 Deadly