D&D Random Encounters for 5E - Urban

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.
Encounters in an urban environment conjure scenes of derelict buildings, grand temples and overflowing sewers. They could occur in a narrow cobbled street, gloomy graveyard or a busy public park.

tools for - dnd5e encounters urban

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combat

1 Mimic

At a strange windmill (close by is a precarious stack of flagstones)
They are are looking for a new home or lair
In a fight they fight to the bitter end
Possibly... they have a Spell Scroll of knock
Difficulty... 450 Deadly

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1 Thug

At a collapsed smithy. There is a crumbling beast pen with a neat beast pen (by an ivy-covered temple to a power of wisdom)
They are drawing a crowd
In a fight they focus on a particular race
Possibly... they have a Dagger of Venom
Difficulty... 100 Easy

combatrat

A pack of rats

8 Giant Rats
8 Rats

At a burial ground (which is sacred to a power of earth)
They are collecting from a water source
In a fight they attempt to use the terrain to attack with stealth
Possibly... they have thieves' tools
Difficulty... 700.0 Deadly

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4 Pseudodragons

At a cobbled path leading up a hill. There is a hedge of sharp thorns with a mound of rubble (close by is a sacred food market)
They are busking
In a fight they surrender if things go badly
Difficulty... 400 Deadly

combatrat

A pack of rats

5 Giant Rats
1 Rat

At an enclosed monument by a wide cave entrance (there is the strong scent of burning wood in the air)
They are bearing symbols of a local faction
In a fight they swarm any obvious spellcaster
Difficulty... 270 Medium