Tonight I'm working on the Pathfinder game I'm running, and I'm designing some "random" encounters for the party. Party is 6-8 (depending on who can make it) first level characters in a wild, undeveloped wilderness area on a wide penensula.
A couple of my ideas so far:
A] An ancient cauldron that cannot be moved in any way, shape, or form. Will even hang in the air if the dirt beneath it is moved. It sits directly on a ley-line convergence, and can offer a bonus on potion making--shame they can't do that yet. Too much mucking about will catch the attention of a bored brownie...
B] A river that needs crossing that has flooded due to the dam downstream recently built by a family of giant beavers. No tricks. Just something wierd to see how they manage.
C] The party finds a goblin hunting party still fighting over the poor rabbit one of them actually managed to hit with a rock. The party will be outnumbered, but the goblins will still fight over the rabbit carcass while fighting the party the party.
So here's your chance to abuse my players. I'm looking for low-level encounter ideas that my gamers can have some fun with. No need to know the system--just throw up a good idea, and I'll do the grunt work to stat it out.
One last note: Due to everyone making their characters apart from one another, only one character in the whole game is taller than five feet, and no one is playing a human. I've threatened to up the challenge by hiding treasure on the top shelf.
A couple of my ideas so far:
A] An ancient cauldron that cannot be moved in any way, shape, or form. Will even hang in the air if the dirt beneath it is moved. It sits directly on a ley-line convergence, and can offer a bonus on potion making--shame they can't do that yet. Too much mucking about will catch the attention of a bored brownie...
B] A river that needs crossing that has flooded due to the dam downstream recently built by a family of giant beavers. No tricks. Just something wierd to see how they manage.
C] The party finds a goblin hunting party still fighting over the poor rabbit one of them actually managed to hit with a rock. The party will be outnumbered, but the goblins will still fight over the rabbit carcass while fighting the party the party.
So here's your chance to abuse my players. I'm looking for low-level encounter ideas that my gamers can have some fun with. No need to know the system--just throw up a good idea, and I'll do the grunt work to stat it out.
One last note: Due to everyone making their characters apart from one another, only one character in the whole game is taller than five feet, and no one is playing a human. I've threatened to up the challenge by hiding treasure on the top shelf.
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