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Forest/Jungle

Description: The following events are applicable if the PC's are traveling in a forest or jungle area (hilly or mountainous included).

Recommended Frequency: One time every two hours, whenever PC's travel more than 10 minutes, or whenever the GM desires.

Day Night
Die Roll Encounter Type
01-15 Potentially hostile encounter. Roll on Table 1 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
16-20 Unusual weather/terrain. Roll on Table 2 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
21-25 Notable Occurrence. Roll on Table 3 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
26-50 Travelers or non-hostile encounter. Roll on Table 4 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
51-00 No encounter.
Die Roll Encounter Type
01-30 Potentially hostile encounter. Roll on Table 1 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
31-35 Unusual weather/terrain. Roll on Table 2 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
36-40 Notable Occurrence. Roll on Table 3 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
41-45 Travelers or non-hostile encounter. Roll on Table 4 for the appropriate climate/terrain.
46-00 No encounter.

Weather or Terrain Event

As always, if a particular roll does not make sense or apply in your scenario, reroll or choose a better or more interesting one.

Event Effect
01-15 Cliffs
16-30 Coldsnap
31-32 Earthquake
- Flash flood
33-47 Fog bank
- Forest fire
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48-62 Heatwave
63-72
73-74 Hurricane/tornado
75-83 Landslide
- Oasis
- Quicksand
-
- Sinkhole
- Snow/thunderstorm
84-98
-
99-00 Volcanic eruption

Forest (Temperate Forest) CR 5

d% Encounter Avg. CR
1–6 1 bat swarm
7–8 1 yellow musk creeper
9–12 1d4 giant spiders
13–16 1 assassin vine
17–20 1 giant mantis
21–22 1 unicorn
23–26 1d4 dire bats
27–32 1d4 boars
33–34 1 dire boar
35–38 1 giant stag beetle
39–42 1 owlbear
43–46 1 tiger
47–52 1d6 werewolves
53–56 1d4 dire wolves
57–60 1 ettercap and 1d6 giant spiders
61–70 2d6 goblins and 1d4 goblin dogs
71–74 1 barghest and 2d6 goblins
75–78 1d6 centaurs
79–86 2d6 wolves
87–88 1 nymph
89–92 1 dire tiger
93–94 1 green dragon (young)
95–98 1d4 shambling mounds
99–100 1 treant

Jungle (Warm Forest) CR 5

d% Encounter Avg. CR
1–4 1 bat swarm
5–8 1 yellow musk creeper
9–14 1 constrictor snake
15–18 1d6 giant centipedes
19–26 1 leopard
27–30 1d4 giant spiders
31–34 1d6 venomous snakes
35–40 1d4 boars
41–44 1 dire boar
45–50 1 tiger
51–54 1 giant frilled lizard
55–60 1d6 monitor lizards
61–62 1 army ant swarm
63–64 1 ankylosaurus
65–70 1d6 dire apes
71–78 2d4 gorillas
79–82 2d4 deinonychuses
83–84 1 nymph
85–86 1d4 girallons
87–90 1 dire tiger
91–94 1d4 shambling mounds
95–96 1 treant
97–98 1 tyrannosaurus
99–100 1 brachiosaurus