D&D Random Encounters for 5E - Ruins

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.
Ruins might be a haunted mansion, an abandoned village or a crumbling tomb, among broken masonry, fallen pillars and piles of debris. They are home to restless spirits, strange oozes, desperate cultists and arcane experiments.

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2 Giant Wasps

At an area of overgrown plants (it borders the Feywild)
They are watching a subterranean entrance
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have a bronze idol of a fiend with amethysts for eyes (750 gp)
Difficulty... 300.0 Hard

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1 Will-o'-wisp

At a hidden inn and a flooded brook (there is a smell of animals)
They are are ending a journey or migration
In a fight they run and hide if things go badly
Possibly... they have an ornate set of thieves' tools decorated with silver (250 gp)
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Nothic

At a crumbling hut near an overgrown statue (nearby is a mound of bricks)
They are studying something in ruins
In a fight they focus on larger foes
Possibly... during the fight a stranger demands that both sides join together to fight a greater threat
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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A group of gnolls

3 Gnolls
6 Hyenas

At a grimy stone arch (there is the skeleton of a demon)
They are taking materials from the ruins
In a fight they work together to focus on the most dangerous warrior
Difficulty... 720 Deadly

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1 Displacer Beast (Monster Manual p.81)

At a well of muddy water and a desolate stone mosaic (there is a lever here)
They are exploring the area
In a fight they attack whoever looks most dangerous
Possibly... during the fight scavengers are attracted by the fighting
Difficulty... 700 Deadly