Solo Dungeon Crawler Wilderness Encounters

Wilderness Encounter Tables

# Plain, Scrub Forest River, Pond Marsh Rough, Desert Settled* City Ocean Jungle
Mountains,
Hills,
Depression

1 Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human

2 Flyer Flyer Flyer Flyer Flyer Flyer Flyer Undead Flyer Flyer

3 Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Humanoid Swimmer Insect

4 Animal Insect Insect Swimmer Unusual Human Human Human Swimmer Insect

5 Animal Unusual Swimmer Undead Animal Human Human Human Swimmer Humanoid

6 Unusual Animal Swimmer Undead Humanoid Insect Insect Human Swimmer Animal

7 Dragon Animal Animal Insect Dragon Animal Animal Human Swimmer Animal

8 Insect Dragon Dragon Dragon Dragon Dragon Dragon Human Dragon Dragon

*Any inhabited, non-city is “settled”.

Figure 1, Wilderness Encounters Table General (Mentzer 1983, pg. 30)

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Animals
# Plain, Scrub Forest River, Pond Rough, Mountains, Desert Settled Jungle
Hills, Depression

1 Animal Herd Animal Herd Animal Herd Animal Herd Animal Herd Animal Herd Animal Herd

2 Baboon, Rock Boar Boar Ape, White Animal Herd Animal Herd Boar

3 Boar Cat, Panther Cat, Panther Ape, White Camel Boar Cat, Panther

4 Cat, Lion Cat, Tiger Cat, Tiger Baboon, Rock Camel Cat, Tiger Lizard, Draco

5 Elephant Lizard, Gecko Crab, Giant Bear, Cave Cat, Lion Ferret, Giant Lizard, Gecko

6 Ferret, Giant Lizard, Draco Crocodile Bear, Grizzly Cat, Lion Horse, Riding Lizard, Horned

7 Horse, Riding Lizard, Tuatara Crocodile, Large Cat, Mtn Lion Lizard, Gecko Rat, Giant Rat, Giant

8 Lizard, Draco Snake, Viper Fish, Rock Mule Lizard, Tuatara Shrew, Giant Shrew, Giant

9 Mule Spider, Crab Leech, Giant Snake, Viper Snake, Viper Snake, Racer Snake, Viper

10 Snake, Viper Unicorn Rat, Giant Snake, Rattler Snake, Rattler Snake, Viper Snake, Python

11 Snake, Rattler Wolf Shrew, Giant Wolf Spider, Widow Spider, Taran Snake, Spitting

12 Weasel, Giant Wolf, Dire Toad, Giant Wolf, Dire Spider, Tarran Wolf Spider, Crab

Figure 2, 1. Animals (Mentzer 1983, pg. 30)

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Humanoids
# Plain, Scrub Forest River, Pond Marsh Rough, Desert City, Settled Jungle
Mountains,
Hills,
Depression

1 Bugbear Bugbear Bugbear Gnoll Dwarf Giant, Fire Dwarf Bugbear

2 Elf Cyclops Elf Goblin Giant, Cloud Goblin Elf Cyclops

3 Giant, Hill Dryad Gnoll Hobgoblin Giant, Forest Hobgoblin Giant, Hill Elf

4 Gnoll Elf Hobgoblin Lizard Man Giant, Hill Hobgoblin Gnome Giant, Fire

5 Goblin Giant, Hill Lizard Man Lizard Man Giant, Stone Ogre Gnoll Giant, Hill

6 Halfling Gnoll Lizard Man Lizard Man Giant, Storm Ogre Goblin Gnoll

7 Hobgoblin Goblin Nixie Nixie Gnome Ogre Halfling Goblin

8 Ogre Hobgoblin Ogre Ogre Goblin Orc Hobgoblin Lizard Man

9 Orc Ogre Orc Orc Kobold Orc Ogre Ogre

10 Pixie Orc Sprite Troglodyte Orc Pixie Orc Orc

11 Thoul Thoul Thoul Troll Troglodyte Sprite Pixie Troglodyte

12 Troll Troll Troll Troll Troll Thoul Sprite Troll

Figure 3, 2. Humanoids (Mentzer 1983, pg. 30)

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Humans
# Plain, Scrub Forest River, Pond Rough, Desert Settled Ocean Jungle Swamp
Mountains,
Hills,
Depression

1 Adventurer Adventurer Adventurer Adventurer Adventurer Acolyte Adventurer Adventurer Adventurer

2 Bandit Bandit Bandit Bandit Cleric Adventurer Buccaneer Adventurer Adventurer

3 Bandit Bandit Buccaneer Berserker Dervish Bandit Buccaneer Bandit Bandit

4 Berserker Berserker Buccaneer Berserker Dervish Bandit Merchant Berserker Bandit

5 Brigand Brigand Buccaneer Brigand Fighter Cleric Merchant Brigand Berserker

6 Cleric Brigand Brigand Brigand Magic User Fighter Merchant Brigand Brigand

7 Fighter Brigand Cleric Caveman Merchant Magic User Merchant Brigand Cleric

8 Magic User Cleric Fighter Caveman Noble Merchant Merchant Caveman Fighter

9 Merchant Fighter Magic-User Cleric Nomad Noble Pirate Cleric Magic User

10 Merchant Magic User Merchant Fighter Nomad NPC Party Pirate Fighter Merchant

11 Noble Merchant Merchant Magic User Nomad Trader Pirate Magic-User NPC Party

12 Nomad NPC Party NPC Party Merchant Nomad Veteran Pirate Merchant Trader

Figure 4, 3. Men (Mentzer 1983, pg. 35)

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Flyers
# Mountains Desert All Other

1 Bee, Giant Gargoyle Bee, Giant

2 Gargoyle Gargoyle Cockatrice

3 Griffon Griffon Gargoyle

4 Harpy Harpy Griffon

5 Hippogriff Insect, Swarm Hippogriff

6 Insect Swarm Lizard, Draco Lizard, Draco

7 Manticore Manticore Pegasus

8 Pegasus Manticore Pixie

9 Robber Fly Manticore Robber Fly

10 Roc. Small Roc. Small Roc. Small

11 Roc. Large Roc. Large Sprite

12 Roc. Giant Roc. Giant Stirge

Figure 5, 4. Flyers (Mentzer 1983, pg. 35)

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Swimmers
# River, Pond Ocean Marsh

1 Crab, Giant Giant, Storm Crab, Giant

2 Crocodile Hydra, Sea Crocodile

3 Crocodile, Large Hydra, Sea Crocodile

4 Fish, Giant Bass Hydra, Sea Crocodile, Large

5 Fish, Sturgeon Merman Crocodile, Large

6 Leech, Giant Merman Fish, Giant Rock

7 Leech, Giant Snake, Sea Leech, Giant

8 Lizard Man Snake, Sea Leech, Giant

9 Lizard Man Snake, Sea Lizard Man

10 Merman Termite, Water Lizard Man

11 Nixie Termite, Water Termite, Water

12 Termite, Water Termite, Water Termite, Water

Figure 6, 5. Swimmers (Mentzer 1983, pg. 35)

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Dragons, Insects, Undead & Unusual

# Dragons Insects Undead Unusual

1 Chimera Ant Giant Ghoul Basilisk

2 Dragon, Black Bee, Giant Ghoul Blink Dog

3 Dragon, Blue Beetle, Fire Ghoul Centaur

4 Dragon, Gold Beetle, Oil Mummy Displacer Beast

5 Dragon, Green Beetle, Tiger Skeleton Gorgon

6 Dragon, Red Insect, Swarm Skeleton Lycanthrope, Werebear

7 Dragon, White Rhagodessa Spectre Lycanthrope, Wereboar

8 Hydra Robber Fly Wight Lycanthrope, Wererat

9 Hydra Scorpion, Giant Wraithe Lycanthrope, Weretiger

10 Wyvern Spider, Black Widow Vampire Lycanthrope, Werewolf

11 Salamander, Flame Spider, Crab Zombie Medusa

12 Salamander, Frost Spider, Tarantula Zombie Treant

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References
Mentzer, F, 1983, Wilderness Encounters Table General, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 30
Mentzer, F, 1983, 1. Animals, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 30
Mentzer, F, 1983, 2. Humanoids, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 30
Mentzer, F, 1983, 3. Men, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 35
Mentzer, F, 1983, 4. Flyers, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 35
Mentzer, F, 1983, 5. Swimmers, Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set Rulebook, TSR Hobbies Inc, pg. 35

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