What random encounters would you like to see?

All four temple clerics in undead version, raised by a powerful red wizard ( thayan, level 20 ) / necromancer hiding in the temple, .... Whiltman Ivanhoe, at your service

 

All of those...

Oh, and the hydra :roll:

Enlarged carrion crawlers (swamp) - always felt that model got wasted.
A swarm of ticks & stirges (might be a bit low level, but could be fun anyway).
XVicious new scorpion model? Might be getting off the simple curve there though :yes:
A few of the green hulking things from the moathouse respawn, some giant skels (in the hero quest) and a powerful necromancer.
A mother***** huge snake or thoquaa?

Seriously, there are loads of summon variants I've never seen. Some of those could probably make good random encounters too.

I am wandering off topic here, but I'd love to see a few of the encounters n the temple randomised too (like the empty rooms or those with seemingly random monsters in them).

 

Humanoid/ Giant War Groups: larger numbers, leader types, spell casters. High Level Spell casters: with minions. Powerful Monsters: hydra, lamia, Dire/Fiendish animals, The "ROC", ex. Drow:

 

Ok, using existing:

Bugbear horde augmented by 1-3 temple bugbears with 5-10 class levels in rogue or barbarian (occasional encounter by day).

3 hags guarded by 1d4 hill giants and 1d8 ogres (not so frequent encounter at night).

Wolf pack with dire wolves and werewolf, or jackal pack with 2-3 jackalweres (rare encounter).

A couple wisps on swamp map (frequent encounter at night.)

Hydra (rare day encounter on swamp map)

Spider colony with 8-16 tiny, 6-11 small, 2-5 medium, 2-5 large, 2-5 huge monstrous spiders (day encounter on forest map).

With some scripting:

Undead troupe in employ of higher-level generic necromancer, who uses Finger of Death, Stinking Cloud, Ray of Enfeeblement, Animate Dead etc. (not so frequent at night)

Requires modded monsters:

Nightwalker, based on enlarged zombie model (see above, very rare night encounter), including Greater Shadows based on shadows.

Purple Worm, based on enlarged and recolored carrion crawler (occasional day encounter)

 

yea, I would like too see medium young or adult random (hypothetical) encounter's

Like approching a mother and some young hatchling dragons by mistake.





or how s about a pride of chimeras'



all do-able

in facts, thee dargons are capable of killing a party of level 8 character's
(from running a few test runs, with 3.5 rules and some improvisions)

I have made these available if you are interested in downloading @ link:

http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10561

and
chimera @
http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10550

proto's/module modding expierence possibly needed for installing

all due course:
dragons smell the rotting dead from temple and begin running rampant through the TOee world


edit ecounter example:

(party level >= 8)

percent dice (1 d 100) : 90-100% -> encounter dragon

(1d3) medium young dragons (any color)
and 50% chance 1 adult parent as company

 

Like the random encounters in Fallout 2- but not quite so silly?

 

More lizardmen.

But this time..

Levelled lizardmen.

I heart lizardmen.

 

Agreed.

 

Lizardmen, the oldest of the races ... The Creator Race!

I really like this idea. :thumbsup:



And NO, it's not a Yuanti, but a Sarrukh!

 

On a slightly related topic, what is the code to spawn the group of heroes that occasionally show up as a random encounter? I would like to encounter them prior to level 9-10.

On topic:
How about a war party of Drow? and a handmaiden of Lloth?

 

I'm also up for the dragons

Also Robin hood encounters are great!

And Hill Giants, Ettins, greater bugbears.... Big mean bad guys

 

Can the giant gar be modified into a crocodile? So that when you travel near water it attacks your party? Or are crocodiles not in the D&D rules?

 

How about a necromancer with 20 zombies.

 

Humans, just higher level that the pirate/ brigand groups. Something like the Ikian etc. group, except I wanna kill them and not have my Hommlet NPCs go KOS. GIve 'em a good spellcaster, and pow!