Dungeons and Dragons Random Encounters: Level 1

For an explanation and introduction to Random Encounters, go to Why would anyone make a chart for random encounters?

Roll once for each adventurer in your party.  Whenever you roll a Brute, or a Soldier, add two of that creature and roll one less time total.  If the last creature you roll is a brute, or a soldier, your players will have to suck it up.  There will be more experience for them anyway.  Whenever Minions are rolled, add the number of minions shown to the encounter and count them as one creature for the purposes of generating an encounter.

Since first level encounters are incapable of randomly becoming lower level encounters, there is a 5% higher chance that the monster will be hindered in some way to help balance this out.

01 – 10 Roll on the Random Hindrances Table.

11-14 (Artillery)  Halfling Slinger

15 – 20 (Artillery)  Kobold Slinger 21 – 26 (Brute)  Dire Rat

27 -30 (Brute)  Fire Beetle

31 – 33 (Brute)  Riding Horse

34 -39 (Lurker)  Goblin Blackblade

40 -44 (Lurker)  Stirge

45 (Minion)  3 Decrepit Skeletons

46 – 47 (Minion)  4 Decrepit Skeletons

48 – 49  (Minion)  5 Decrepit Skeletons

50 – 51 (Minion)  3 Giant Rats

52 – 53 (Minion)  4 Giant Rats

54 -55 (Minion)  5 Giant Rats

56 (Minion)  3 Goblin Cutters

57 – 58 (Minion)  4 Goblin Cutters

59 – 60 (Minion)  5 Goblin Cutters

61 (Minion)  3 Kobold Minions

62 -63 (Minion)  4 Kobold Minions

64 -65 (Minion)  5 Kobold Minions

66 – 71 (Skirmisher)  Goblin Warrior

72 – 77 (Skirmisher)  Kobold Skirmisher

78 – 81 (Skirmisher)  Spiretop Drake

82 – 85 (Soldier)  Stormclaw Scorpion

86- 87 (Warder) False Floor Pit Trap (DMG page 87)

88 – 89 (Lurker) Rockslide (DMG page 87)

90 (Obstacle) Spear Gauntlet  (DMG page 87)

91 – 95 Roll on the Random Augments Chart.

96- 100 Roll again in the Level 2 Encounter List.