Rime of the Winter Saint encounter tables

For Rime of the Winter Saint. For the contents of a HEX, roll d%. For its concealed contents, roll d30. For a random villain, d12 from the end. For a random quest, roll hex contents+villain and improvise/prep from there.

ENCOUNTERS IN THE ICE

1 An inviting, but empty, lodge awaits; everything in it is either a mimic or animated

2 An empty campsite sits abandoned. 50% stocked:

1 Corpse-Burner, a bloodthirsty sentient glaive

2 Psi crystal

3 50g of refined quartz gem

4 Mad map scrawlings that function as a scroll

5 Steam mephits cavorting

6 Kazgat, the mad time wizard

7 Hungry Bulette

8 Snow Owlbear

9 Trails of blood lead off somewhere else

10 Roll twice

3 The Dark Dutchess

4 Cave of the Berserkers

5 Elvish Moon-Crypt

6 Caves of Hunger

7 Wyrmdoom Crag

8 Skytower Shelter

9 A small fishing hole that never fails to procure magical fish

10 A passage leads to tunnels under the ice

11 A small clutch of eggs lies under a thick bank of snow

1 d6 Frost Worm eggs (EGtW)

2 d6 Remorhaz eggs

3 d8 Yeti eggs

4 d6 Bulette eggs

5 2d4 Owlbear eggs

6 d3 of Arveiaturace’s eggs

12 2d6 chwingas cavort, 75% they’re mad

13 A pulverized corpse lies in crimson snow, 50% is undead, 25% has loot

14 A piece of loot is frozen under the ice

15 A Brain in a Jar is partially frozen in the ice

16 A coven of hags (50% Annis, 50% Night) approaches in a moving house

17 Bountiful berry bushes give off 3 HEXES of supplies

18 A cold, dead tree with 3 purple pears protrudes from the ice

19 A treasure chest; 50% loot, 50% mimic

20 A bag of valuable arcane components sits abandoned

21 A Living Spell wanders the wastes

1 Blade of Disaster

2 Bigby’s Hand

3 Demiplane

22 A burned wizard sits on a blacked stake. 50% chance of treasure

23 d3 Coldlight Walkers silently stalk

24 Karkolohk caravan (2d4 goblins and an orc pulled by 2 polar bears)

25 Hilga the Hammer, a Dwarvish Paladin, greets warmly

26 Dzaan and his Wight bodyguard wander

27 A Frost Giant riding a mammoth appears on the distance

28 Veneranda seeks the Necropolis

29 Two cyber-barians named Terr and Gox are frozen in the ice

30 The Bloodseeking Box burns the ice

31 Keep of the Black Swords

32 Tomb of the Worm (EGtW)

33 Kobold Gem Mine

34 The crashed Id Ascendant

35 Cackling Chasm

36 Karkolohk

37 Rheged Tribe Camp

1 Elk

2 Wolf

3 Bear

4 Tiger

38 Marrow Vortex

39 Lost Spire of Netheril

40 Bergschloss

41 A remorhaz lurks

42 A chardalyn obelisk, covered in runes, lets out mild bursts of arcane power

43 Below the ice, a massive kraken swims

44 Lava flows glow bright in the dark

45 Lone animal (30% chance Awakened)

1 Polar bear

2 Arctic fox

3 Moose or reindeer

4 Knucklehead trout

5 Mountain goat

6 Crag cat

7 Hare

8 Seal

9 Walrus

10 Sabertooth tiger

46 Herd of animals (25% led by an Awakened)

1 d6+2 polar bears

2 3d4 foxes

3 One Giant Walrus with d6+ walruses

4 2d3 Sperm Whales

5 2d6 Winter Wolves

6 2d6 reindeer

47 A mad frost druid wanders, 30% accompanied by animal (see 45)

48 Avalanche!

49 A mage seeks the source of the surge

50 A lone Abominable Yeti seeks their pack

51 2d4 Yetis hunt (50% led by Abominable, 25% with 1d4 Tykes)

52 A Frost Worm bursts from the ice (EGtW)

53 d3 Frost Giant Zombies trudge

54 d4 Frost Giant Skeletons spar absentmindedly (EGtW)

55 d6 Duergar Hammerers led by a Taskmaster

56 2d4 Duergar (50% led by a Warlord)

57 2d6 Kobolds set to ambush (10% chance that d4 are Urds)

58 d6 peaceful Kobolds out exploring

59 2d6 Chardalyn Berserkers, one of which with a Shift Ring

60 An ownerless Snow Golem goes mad

61 An Ice Troll squats in ambush

62 An Awakened Pine Tree is prepared to animate and attack

63 d3+1 Frost Giants wander in plunder or patrol

64 d3 Snowy Owlbears defend their nest

65 A Bloodseeker Gear whirls

66 A ghost whose body is frozen under the ice, 25% the body has loot

67 A Banshee wails in the dark

68 2d4 Orcs wander, seeking diplomacy (75% with a Chieftain)

69 3d4 Orc rebels violently raiding (50% led by a Chieftain)

70 A wall of 4d4 Dwarvish Shieldtoters

71 2d4 Goliaths in a warband

72 1d10 Goliaths led by a Goliath Werebear

73 2d3 Goliaths led by a Goliath Frost Druid: Dreamseekers

74 2d6 Rat-Men scuttle from below the ice

75 2d8 Rat-Men lead a Siege Bell from below the ice

76 d10 Rheged Tribal Warriors hunt

1 Elk

2 Wolf

3 Bear

4 Tiger

77 A Rheged Tribal Leader

1 Jarund Elkhardt, Elk

2 Isarr Kronenstrum, Wolf

3 Gunvald Halraggson, Bear

4 Bjornhild Solvigsdottir, Tiger

78 d6 Crag Cats prowl

79 A Tressym mewls

80 A rune carved in (50% Giant, 50% Elemental) gives terrifying portents

81 Graffiti mars the ice

82 Roll again, but a Mimic has infiltrated (25% Spitting)

83 A Snow Octopus emerges from hibernation

84 A massive sword is imbedded in the ice

85 Roll twice to see what mess the Dwarves are in now

86 Roll twice to see what’s ambushing an expedition

87 Roll twice to see what surrounds a chunk of chardalyn

88 The Claw, servant of Vaelish Gant

89 Sephek Paltro, servant of Vaelish Gant

90 Jarl Dammen Berg

91 Nildar Stoneblight

92 Durth Stoneblight

93 Vecna’s Simulacra

94 Avarice

95 The Crimson Rider

96 Kanan-Garai, The Great Wolf

97 Arveiaturace

98 Xardorok Stoneblight

99 The Colleagues Three

100 Auril the Owl soars overhead

GLoGtober day 10: Mechanic

d6 people who can fix things and build for you:

1 A gruff dwarf named Soldur. She keeps tools in her beard, and her heart is kept going from a flaming crucible she perpetually has to pour molten metal into. She has a habit of using the old heart-metal in works of jewelry, and she likes to think if the heart-metal jewelry is given to a partner, their love will be undying. She claims the wight that always follows her in the shadows is just a coincidence.

2 A lisping elf named Symrathic Dudemis-Tanach. His wheelchair is outfitted with all sorts of interesting tools of varying uses, but his favorite to use is the tea dispensary. His obsession with formality and cordiality often makes his actual work come to the side while he gets to know customers and walks through his byzantine rituals, such as signing all the bills in animal blood.

3 A thri-kreen named Yppo who specializes in the construction of chaotic and unusual guns (time to bust out the first batch of GLoGtober entries!). They cannot speak common, and rely on a translator- a small, bald gnome named Davin Atler Burrowbicker, who talks in a calming and detached voice, very different then Yppo's frantic, enthusiastic and disjointed speech.

4 An adept psion named Olio Guurden who uses telepathic and telekinetic powers to conduct business. One of the greatest psions on the face of the planet, though compared to most other psions, displaying a relatively low margin of ability. This is because she is an autodidactic musk ox. She has a side gig as an espionage agent for the government- no one suspects the ox.

5 A lanky firbolg with vibrant yellow hair and flowers growing out of their collarbones called the Green. An ardent missionary of the nature deity who argues a unity between the natural order and civilization, a stance that gets them in very much trouble from the rest of their faith. If you can track them down on the outskirts of town, hiding from their fellow clergy, they will do tasks for barter or favors, but never coin.

6 A small kiwi bird in possession of a large toolbox. Many people swear by its service, but it seems to behave exactly like a normal kiwi, even when being spoken to. However, looking away or leaving it to a commission will result in the task being performed perfectly, unnaturally fast, and with an exact bill (relatively cheap, but not unfair) written in fresh ink.

    Thanks for reading, and happy gaming. Full adventure, with a dice-drop dungeon generation, coming down the pipe tomorrow that I've really loved writing, I hope you'll enjoy it half as much. GLoGtober is just under the third of the way done... man, time flies!