Does anybody have any cool random encounters?

[Sanackranib]

I posted "the owlbear incident" on the scarred lands thread, but I'm curious about some of the cool random encounters that some of you have come up with. Anybody care to share?

 

[Nightfall]

My only suggestion, get Wilderness and Wastelands. Believe me, that will help. But not off hand no.

 

[Sanackranib]

random encounters

I didn't post that because I was fishin' but because I was bored and looking for good reading material. Ok maby I was fishin' to but I have heard some interesting encounters and I'm always open to more.

 

[DonAdam]

There needs to be some kind of evil spellcaster involved, so I'm not sure how random this is, but...

An ogre polymorphed into a troll and a troll polymorphed into an ogre.

The party will waste all of its fire and acid on the ogre that looks like a troll, leaving the real troll to shred the party.

On that note, a troll polymorphed into anything is nice, but the above combo works well for wasting party resources rather than just not alerting the players to the need to use them.

Also, just as a general note, use undead in general, and ghouls and ghasts specifically, in the water. They can grapple and drown the players, especially if they paralyze with attacks.

 

[Crothian]

Beholder Graveyards, now that would be a Cool Visual

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[Sanackranib]

polymorphed . . .

There needs to be some kind of evil spellcaster involved, so I'm not sure how random this is, but...

An ogre polymorphed into a troll and a troll polymorphed into an ogre.

The party will waste all of its fire and acid on the ogre that looks like a troll, leaving the real troll to shred the party.

On that note, a troll polymorphed into anything is nice, but the above combo works well for wasting party resources rather than just not alerting the players to the need to use them.

Also, just as a general note, use undead in general, and ghouls and ghasts specifically, in the water. They can grapple and drown the players, especially if they paralyze with attacks.

It was my understanding that once a polymorphed creature misses its save that it actually becomes said creature. has that changed? Illusion magic would also work good for this type of encounter . . . . hummmmmm . . . .

 

[DonAdam]

You retain your extraordinary abilities when polymorphed.

Regeneration is an extraordinary ability.

 

[wolff96]

One that I thought particularly devastating recently...

A kobold rogue -- with very high interpersonal skills -- walks up and openly hails the guard at the fire. He and his friend (another rogue) talk, share food, sing (important -- allows cleric and any other attackers to get closer by penalizing guard's listen checks), and generally make nice until the whole party is calm again.

That's when their clerical buddy casts Silence on one of the two rogues (whichever is closer to the guard). Rogue voluntarily fails his save. The two rogues attack the guard, trying to flank him for sneak attack damage while the cleric tries to cast Hold Person on the guard.

If it works, then the rest of the party is easily Coup de Grace'd in their sleep.

We foiled it -- luck, mostly -- and found a major amount of money and items from where this nasty little trio had been ambushing small caravans and other travelling groups.

 

[Sanackranib]

encounter

while not exactly random it is an excelent encounter. it can be easily inserted into any existing game. good job!