D&D Random Encounters for 5E - Coastal

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.
Coastal encounters bring visions of sandy dunes, steep cliffs, pebble beaches and tidal caves. Maybe encounters take place in a ruined lighthouse, haunted shipwreck or abandoned nest.

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2 Pteranodons

At a sea stack by a salt-scoured shrine to a power of the sky (there are several large stones)
They are swimming in the water
In a fight they attack whoever is largest
Possibly... they have an Arrow of Slaying
Difficulty... 150.0 Easy

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A group of kobolds

8 Kobolds
1 Winged Kobold (Monster Manual p.195)

At a sea stack surrounded by plants (there is an unlit campfire)
They are washing in the water
In a fight they retreat when half their number have fallen
Difficulty... 625.0 Deadly

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1 Scout

At a sunken shipwreck (there are many dead crabs)
They are burying someone in the sand
In a fight they surrender if things go badly
Possibly... they have 1d6 pearls (100 gp each)
Difficulty... 100 Easy

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1 Giant Toad

At a tentacled stone statue (the birds and animals have gone quiet)
They are preparing to swim in the water
In a fight they run and hide if things go badly
Possibly... they have a Dust of Dryness
Difficulty... 200 Medium

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4 Pteranodons

At a large bubbling pool fed by a spring (there is a wrecked wagon)
They are marked by a sea deity
In a fight they attack whoever is largest
Possibly... they have a Scroll of Protection - Beasts
Difficulty... 400 Deadly