Dolmenwood: Encounter Tables 2

Following on from my post the other day, describing the basic premise for random encounter tables in Dolmenwood, here are fleshed-out tables for the different types of creatures that may be encountered (animals, fairies, monsters, people) during the day and night. Each chart has 20 entries. A random encounter may thus be determined by rolling a d12 and a d20, then consulting the appropriate charts.


(The Animals charts, by the way, also include mobile or semi-mobile plants or fungi.)

Creatures marked with an asterisk appear in currently published issues of Wormskin. As more creatures are described in the zine, the encounter charts will be updated / expanded.

Animals - Day
Neutral creatures of animal or lesser intelligence, active during the day.

1. Deer
2. Deer
3. Boar
4. Boar
5. Bear
6. Bear
7. Wolves
8. Wolves
9. Giant weasel
10. Sentient crow
11. Sentient squirrel
12. Sentient hare
13. Giant centipedes
14. Snake
15. Giant ants
16. Killer bees
17. Insect swarm
18. Giant fungus (shrieker)
19. Giant stag beetle
20. Griffon

Animals - Night
Neutral creatures of animal or lesser intelligence, active during the night.

1. Giant toad
2. Giant stag
3. Giant boar
4. Giant snail
5. Giant snail (psionic)
6. Giant rats
7. Giant weasel
8. Sentient fox
9. Sentient owl
10. Sentient badger
11. Giant centipedes
12. Bog salamander
13. Sentinel owl
14. Moon doe
15. Giant fungus (shrieker)
16. Shambling mound
17. Translucent ape
18. Giant leech
19. Shaggy mammoth
20. Flying horse

Fairies - Day

1. Barrow bogies *
2. Mogglewomp *
3. Scrabey *
4. Sprites
5. Sprites
6. Dryad
7. Elves
8. Elves
9. Unicorn (noble)
10. Unicorn (black)
11. Grimalkin, estray *
12. Grimalkin, chester *
13. Changeling
14. Changeling
15. Boggart
16. Grigg
17. Leshii
18. Pook
19. Poppet
20. Hob

Fairies - Night

1. Barrow bogies *
2. Scrabey *
3. Dryad
4. Nymph
5. Nymph
6. Elves
7. Wild hunt
8. Unicorn (noble)
9. Unicorn (black)
10. Will o’ the wisp
11. Will o’ the wisp
12. Grimalkin, wilder *
13. Changeling
14. Crepuscular gnome
15. Glegg
16. Tomfools
17. Woodgrue
18. Woodgrue
19. Redcap
20. Hob

Monsters - Day
Inhuman creatures, active during the day, which are often antagonistic toward or prey on mortals.

1. Gloam *
2. Scrycke *
3. Ogre
4. Troll
5. Grey worm
6. Root thing * (autumn) or giant spider
7. Giant spider
8. Centaur
9. Basilisk
10. Goatmen, longhorn *
11. Goatmen, shorthorn *
12. Goatmen, wild
13. Deodand
14. Chimera (any number of hybrid monstrosities)
15. Evil tree
16. Lycanthrope
17. Wyrm
18. Scarecrow or wickerling
19. Atacorn
20. Peryton

Monsters - Night
Inhuman creatures, active during the night, which are often antagonistic toward or prey on mortals.

1. Antler wraith
2. Giant spider
3. Giant spider (spell-weaver)
4. Devil goat
5. Bog zombies *
6. Gelatinous hulk
7. Nightworms *
8. Witch owls *
9. Gloam *
10. Centaur (deformed)
11. Groaning spirit
12. Sodder/grasper
13. Ghost
14. Evil wolves
15. Goatmen, wild
16. Wyrm
17. Ogre, horned
18. Nightgaunt
19. Evil tree
20. Lycanthrope

People - Day

1. Pedlar/merchant
2. Beggar
3. Villager
4. Villager
5. Villager
6. Pilgrim/friar (travelling to random shrine)
7. Soldiers/knights (in the High Wold, 2 in 6 chance of shorthorn goatmen)
8. Bandits/highwaymen
9. Adventurers
10. Hunters/woodsmen/trappers/anglers
11. Wizard
12. Witch
13. Drune
14. Nobles (in the High Wold, 2 in 6 chance of longhorn goatmen)
15. Officials (bailiffs, tax collectors) (in the High Wold, 2 in 6 chance of longhorn goatmen)
16. Refugees / the lost / exiles
17. Hermit
18. Fortune teller
19. Explorers (cartographers, scouts)
20. Messengers (criers, emissaries)

People - Night

1. Pilgrim/friar (travelling to random shrine)
2. Bandits/highwaymen
3. Bandits/highwaymen
4. Bandits/highwaymen
5. Adventurers
6. Adventurers
7. Adventurers or explorers
8. Hunters/woodsmen/trappers/anglers
9. Hunters/woodsmen/trappers/anglers
10. Witch
11. Witch
12. Drune
13. Drune
14. Drune
15. Refugees / the lost / exiles
16. Villager
17. Nobles or messengers
18. Pedlar or beggar
19. Soldiers or officials
20. Hermit or fortune teller