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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At a beach of black sand (a fog is forming)
They are investigating a shipwreck
In a fight they attack whoever is causing them the most pain
Difficulty... 100 Easy

At an area of rotting seaweed (there is an inscription here in Aquan)
They are investigating a dead body
In a fight they run away as fast as they can if things go badly
Possibly... they have a clockwork toy boat moves slowly in water in an erratic fashion (250 gp)
Difficulty... 500.0 Deadly

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A nest (group) of snakes

7 Flying Snakes
1 Poisonous Snake

At an unlit fire and a tree with a platform and rope ladder (close to an area of shifting sand)
They are gilled (can breath underwater)
In a fight they run and hide if things go badly
Possibly... they have a pair of Gloves of Swimming and Climbing
Difficulty... 500.0 Deadly

At a large pool fed by a spring. There is an exposed coconut tree with a cave entrance (close by is a sea stack)
They are gilled (can breath underwater)
In a fight they run away if things start going badly
Possibly... they have a holy symbol on a silver chain with continual flame
Difficulty... 600 Deadly

At a stack of bones (by a verdant island)
They are watching something out at sea
In a fight they attack whoever is largest
Difficulty... 450 Deadly