D&D Random Encounters for 5E - Road

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.
A highway connecting two prominent cities, an ancient trail through sylvan woods or a road built by dwarves and now used by local tribes. Meet desperate brigands, friendly pilgrims, hungry mercenaries and locals herding goats

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A group of blights

5 Twig Blights (Monster Manual p.32)
1 Vine Blight (Monster Manual p.32)
1 Needle Blight (Monster Manual p.32)

At an enclosed tomb by a treehouse with a rope ladder (close by is a wood of tall trees)
They are investigating a body killed by a vehicle
In a fight they run and hide if things go badly
Possibly... they have
Difficulty... 687.5 Deadly

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1 Half-Ogre (Monster Manual p.238) named Zak

At a staircase cut into a broken cliff (there are peryton tracks less than an hour old)
They are on patrol
In a fight they run away if things start going badly
Difficulty... 200 Medium

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A group of the same faith

3 Acolytes
4 Guards

At a wall topped with metal spikes near a neat stone mosaic (there is a warning for trespassers with a body on a stake)
They are investigating a body killed by a vehicle
In a fight they focus on foes attempting to hide
Possibly... they have 1d4 climber's kits
Difficulty... 625.0 Deadly

combat

1 Displacer Beast (Monster Manual p.81)

At a makeshift barricade near a crumbling well (nearby is a wooden bridge)
They are curious to see where the path goes
In a fight they attack whoever is nearest
Difficulty... 700 Deadly

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A nest (group) of snakes

3 Giant Poisonous Snakes
2 Flying Snakes

At a deep pond with coins at the bottom surrounded by debris (it is drizzly)
They are mutilated in some way
In a fight they run and hide if things go badly
Possibly... they have 1d2 beans from a Bag of Beans
Difficulty... 400 Deadly