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DMtools: Encounters on the river

Dragon Magazine September 2000 (by Dawn Ibach)


Your characters may be crossing a river or maneuvering a raft or small craft on the river. Not every day will be uneventful and you may be looking for something else than another monster encounter.


Well, here is a list of 100 encounter suggestions where you can spin off your own side treks.


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01 Barge with cargo and guards

02 Barge with crew and no cargo

03 Barge with pirates

04 Barge abandoned

05 Barge wrecked

06 Sailing ship with cargo

07 Sailing ship with passengers

08 Sailing ship partially sunk

o9 Rowboat with fisherman

10 Rowboat with adventurers

11 Rowboat with smugglers

12 Rowboat overturned

13 Rowboat hidden in bushes

14 Raft, crude

15 Raft, with rudder and poles

16 Ferry, humanoid laborers

17 Ferry, aquatic creature laborer(s)

18 Ferry, abandoned

19 Children, picking reeds for baskets

20 Ford of shallow water

21 Ford of sand

22 Ford of rocks

23 Bridge, stone

24 Bridge, wooden

25 Bridge, rope

26 Bridge, unsafe

27 Animal trapped on floating tree

28 Animal trapped on island

29 Fisherman on bank

30 Fisherman in water, with net or spear

31 Frog or crayfish hunter(s)

32 Clam digger(s)

33 Bather(s)

34 Swimmer(s)

35 Women washing clothes

36 Corpse

37 Water fowl

38 Beaver dam

39 Fresh water dolphins

40 Wild animal or creature drinking

41 Wild animal or creature crossing

42 Wild animal or creature fishing

43 Herdsman with animals, drinking

44 Herdsman with animals, crossing

45 Women and children, picking berries

46 Travelers collecting water

47 Travelers watering mounts

48 Refuse, organic

49 School of fish

50 Turtles on log

51 Animal or monster tracks on bank

52 Monster fishing

53 Monster drinking

54 Rapids

55 Sandbar

56 Boulder(s)

57 Sharpened poles under water

58 Frenzied fish

59 Spawning fish

60 Raspberry bushes

61 Fisherman, sleeping

62 Tree swing over river

63 Rope pulley and carriage

64 Shallow bank

6 5 Eroded banks

66 Hunting party

67 Hunting hounds and master, drinking

68 Sylvan race, bathing or fishing

69 Travelers building raft

70 Travelers in magical boat

71 Druid picking up litter

72 Runaway or stowaway

73 Bridge, destroyed

74 Logs or log jam

75 Barrels, full or empty

76 Camp with fish cooking on bank

77 Logger cabin or camp on bank

78 Rope or chain across river

79 Toll collector, false or legitimate

80 River section choked with plants

81 Fallen tree blocking river

82 Huge corpse blocking river

83 Crumbled cliff face blocking river

84 Playful giant otter or beaver

85 Treant stuck on small island

86 Floating fish and turtles, dead

87 Sunken village on banks

88 Swollen section of river

89 Fog go Fireflies

91 Pier, fishing or boat

92 Banks hidden by tall reeds

93 Hot springs, water steams

94 Muddy water

95 Playful creatures throw nuts or pine cones at passersby

96 Carnivorous lily pads

97 Small cliff with partially submerged cave filled with bats

98 Two ships or boats in combat

99 Ship with flag of noble house

100 Ship with flag of royal house and escort

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