Fantasy Quick Encounter - Desert

Encounters for fantasy games, filterable by terrain or theme. Provides a location and something to encounter there.
The desert conjures images of sun-blasted wastes, stark canyons and sandy ridges. Encounters may take place at a well-guarded oasis, a lonely mesa, among half buried ruins or in the bed of a dried up river

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At a wooded gorge. There is a haggard fire giant who is digging a pit. They have furs and pelts worth 20 gp
At a few prickly cacti. there is a decaying stench. There is a flirtatious human who is searching the area for a companion
At a sacred watchtower with a signal fire. There is a distraught tiefling who is investigating a dead body. They have a batteredbook about love affairs
At a shallow waterhole. there is a pile of orange sand. a beacon flashes in the distance. Is it a warning or a cry for help?
At an old giant statue. There is a noisy mule who is bearing symbols of a sun diety
At a sand-scoured monastery. a wildfire is spreading closer
At A discolored river is lined on one side by cypress saplings. A narrow iron bridge is watched by minions of a scheming lamia.. There is a scorpion-monster who are driving a wagon. In a fight they they run away if things start going badly
At a field of grass. There is a punctual cleric and a lucky initiate who are marked by a death diety
There is a group of raiders who are exploring a ruin. In a fight they they attack at random. At a group of spiky cacti. It is associated with a mysterious salt giant
There is a sandfiend who are driving a wagon. In a fight they they attempt hit and run tactics. At a slope of damaged plants. slighty hidden is an a cracked pot