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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1 Cockatrice

At a well of acid (there is smoke from a fire)
They are playing with an item - quiver of arrows
In a fight they attack whoever is largest
Possibly... during the fight a third group of combatants join in
Difficulty... 100 Easy

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1 Gibbering Mouther

At a damaged shrub and a jagged rock (close by is a pair of maple saplings)
They are associated with a local group
In a fight they attack whoever looks most dangerous
Possibly... they have a Ring of Jumping
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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A group of blights

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

At a meadow of flowers and a well of acid (close by is a few sycamore saplings)
They are sheltering from bad weather
In a fight they used ranged attacks on larger foes
Possibly... during the fight all magic items start glowing with a yellow light
Difficulty... 750.0 Deadly

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1 Gibbering Mouther

At a newly-built lodge surrounded by dirt (there is the smell of burning wood lingering in the air)
They are injured in some way (reduced speed)
In a fight they attack whoever is causing them the most pain
Possibly... during the fight a third group of combatants join in
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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A group of blights

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

At a haunted well surrounded by mushrooms (close by is a beast pen fenced with a mix of wood and metal wire)
They are part of a local group
In a fight they attack whoever is causing them the most pain
Difficulty... 500 Deadly