Underdark (Lowerdark) Wilderness Encounter Table

Underdark (Lowerdark) Wilderness Encounter Table

Lowerdark wilderness areas are wild caves and tunnels that are not settled but still support significant wildlife or monsters.

Aboleth
Aboleth slaver brood
Annihilator
Avolakia
Behir
Beholder
Beholderkin (deathkiss or gouger)
Bodak
Cildabrin
Cloaker mob
Cloaker, shadowcloak elder
Cockroach, giant
Desmodu
Delver
Dragon, adult deep
Dragon, adult copper
Dragon, old black
Dragon, adult red
Dragon, adult shadow
Drider
Drider, vampire
Drow patrol
Duergar raiders
Deepspawn & spawn
Earth Glider
Fiendwurm
Fomorian
Giant, stone
Gloura
Grimlock hunters
Gray render
Hound of the gloom
Illithidae (any)
Knell beetle
Kuo-toa war party
Lurker
Lurking strangler
Maur
Mind flayer (or slavers)
Mindshredder (any)
Mohrg
Nightshade (nightwing or nightstalker)
Ooze, elder black pudding
Phaerimm
Phaerlock
Psurlon, elder
Purple worm
Roper
Roper, urophion
Rukarazyll
Spider, dread harpoon
Spider, shadow
Spider, wraith
Stone drake
Stone flyer
Stonesinger
Susurrus
Swarm, swamp strider (near lakes & rivers)
Teratomorph (usually in or near water)
Tomb tapper (thaalud)
Tunnel terror
Umber hulk, truly horrid
Underdark landwyrm
Wraith, dread wraith
Xorn, elder
Yrthak

Underdark (Middledark) Wilderness Area Encounters Listing

Underdark (Middledark) Wilderness Area Encounters Listing

Wilderness areas in the Middledark are wild caves and tunnels that are not settled but still support significant wildlife and monsters.

All-consuming hunger
Arcane ooze
Bat, deep (sinister)
Barghest
Behir
Beholder
Bodak
Chitine hunters
Cildabrin
Cloaker
Cockroach, giant
Deepspawn and spawn
Delver
Derro bandits
Destrachan
Devourer
Dragon, young adult deep
Dragon, adult black
Dragon, young adult shadow
Drider
Drider, vampire
Drow patrol
Drow slavers
Duergar marauders
Earth Glider
Fomorian
Foulwing
Giant, stone
Gibbering mouther
Gloura
Grimlock hunters
Hook horror
Hound of the gloom
Ineffable horror
Kuo-toa patrol
Knell beetle, lesser
Lurker
Lurking strangler
Maur
Metalmaster
Mind flayer and/or slavers
Mindshredder larva
Mindshredder warrior
Minotaur
Mohrg
Nifern
Nightshade (nightwing)
Nycter
Ooze, black pudding
Phaerimm
Phaerlock
Purple worm
Rampager
Roper
Scorpion, giant whip
Spellgaunt
Spider, giant sun
Spider, giant whip
Spider, harpoon
Spider, Huge monstrous
Spider, shadow
Spider, subterranean (sword)
Spider, wraith
Stone drake
Stone flyer
Stonesinger
Summoning ooze
Susurrus
Svirfneblin patrol
Swarm, centipede
Swarm, swamp strider (only near lakes & rivers)
Teratomorph (usually in or near water)
Tomb tapper (thaalud)
Troglodyte war party
Troll
Troll, cave
Tunnel terror
Umber hulk
Vampire troupe
Vaporighu
Vermin lord
Wraith
Xorn, average
Yrthak

Underdark (Middledark) Settled Area Encounters Listing

Settled areas feature colossal caverns that can be miles on a side, a number of small villages and vaults no more than a day or two travel from each other, and some tunnel patrols from nearby cities or fortresses. Patrols are most often Drow, Illithid Thralls, Duergar, or Derro.

All-consuming hunger
Barghest
Bat, deep (sinister)
Behir
Chitine hunters
Cildabrin
Cloaker
Deepspawn & spawn
Derro bandits
Destrachan
Devourer
Dragon, young adult deep
Dragon, young adult shadow
Drider
Drow merchants
Drow scouts
Drow slavers
Duergar marauders
Ineffable horror
Giant, stone
Gloura
Grimlock hunters
Kuo-toa patrol
Maur
Mind flayer slavers
Minotaur
Mohrg
Ooze, black pudding
Purple worm
Scorpion, giant whip
Spider, giant sun
Spider, giant whip
Spider, Huge monstrous
Spider, subterranean sword
Svirfneblin patrol
Swarm, centipede
Troglodyte war party
Troll
Troll, cave
Umber hulk
Vampire troupe
Vaporighu
Vermin lord
Wraith
Xorn, average

Underdark Frontier Encounter List

Underdark Frontier Encounter List

Possible list of encounters in the Frontier areas of the Underdark. Frontier areas are lightly settled tunnels or caves, but communities are small and far apart, usually separated by miles of tunnels. Occasional larger forts maybe present to give warning to larger settlements in the distance.

Abishai, black
Ankheg
Baphotaur
Bat, deep
Baneguard
Beholder, gauth
Bodak
Bugbear band (hunters, scouts, family group)
Chitine hunters
Cildabrin
Cloaker
Cockroach, giant
Desmodu
Dire corbie
Dragon, juvenile deep
Dragon, juvenile copper
Dragon, young adult black
Dragon, young red
Dragonkin
Drow scouts
Duergar marauders, scouts, hunting party, miners
Earth Glider
Ettin
Foulwing
Ghaunadan
Giant, phaerlin
Giant, stone
Gloura
Goblin war party
Grick
Grimlock hunters
Gray render
Hound of the gloom
Lamia
Lurker
Lurking strangler
Medusa
Metalmaster
Mind flayer
Mindshredder larva
Mohrg
Nifern
Nycter
Ooze, black pudding
Otyugh
Phaerlock
Psurlon, average
Raggamoffyn, shrapnyl
Reason stealer
Roper
Roper, prismatic
Scorpion, giant whip
Skindancer
Slaad, red
Spellgaunt
Spider, harpoon
Spider, Large monstrous
Spider, giant sun
Spider, giant whip
Spider, shadow
Spider, subterranean
Stonesinger
Susurrus
Svirfneblin patrol
Swarm, bat
Swarm, swamp strider (near lakes, rivers, and other wet/swampy areas)
Troglodyte war party
Troll
Troll, cave
Umber hulk
Vampire spawn
Vermin lord
Wererat troupe
Wraith
Xorn, average

Underdark: Settled Area Encounters

Underdark: Settled Area Encounters

Settled Underdark areas would be a large cavern with a city or several small villages. It could be on the edge of a larger city or fortress and maybe heavily patrolled. Most likely the lesser creatures and undead will be Illithid or Drow slave parties, sometimes accompanied by one or two of that race to control them.

Allip
Boggle
Baneguard (Undead)
Baphitaur
Barghest
Basilisk
Beholder, gauth
Bugbear
Carrion crawler
Centipede, Large monstrous
Chitine
Cildabrin
Darkmantle
Derro
Dire Corbie
Dragon, juvenile black
Dragon, young deep
Drow scouts
Duergar
Fungus, violet
Gargoyle
Ghast
Ghoul
Gibberling
Grick
Hell hound
Howler
Ibrandulin
Illithid (Mind Flayers)
Lith
Meazel
Minotaur
Phaerlock
Quaggoth
Roper
Rothe, deep
Shadow
Spawn of Kyuss
Spider, Large monstrous
Swarm, bat
Troglodyte
Troll
Troll, cave
Umber hulk
Vampire spawn
Vargouille
Vermin lord
Wererat troupe
Wight
Winter wolf
Wraith
Wyste
Xorn, minor
Zombie, medium