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Urban Encounters

Urban encounters for creatures encountered within the bounds of a settlement — a town, city, or fortified outpost. Humanoids dominate the pool; wilderness intrusions are sparse because most don't survive long inside city walls.

Roll the Urban Type Table first, then the matching creature table below.

Some results on the Special creature table route to the matching subtable for the specific creature.

See Type Tables for the wilderness terrain and other distinct environments.

Urban Type Table

Type Roll
Aberration -
Beast 1–7
Construct 8–13
Dragon 14
Elemental 15–17
Fey -
Giant 18–19
Humanoid 20–89
Monstrosity 90–93
Ooze -
Plant -
Undead 94–99
Special 100

Creature Tables

Beast

Creature Roll # App
Giant Poisonous Snake 1–5
Giant Rat 6–30
Giant Wasp 31–35
Mastiff 36–70
Poisonous Snake 71–90
Stirge 91–95
Wolf 96–100

Construct

Creature Roll # App
Animated Object, Animated Armor 1–24
Animated Object, Flying Sword 25–43
Animated Object, Rug of Smothering 44–57
Golem, Clay 58–60
Golem, Flesh 61–63
Golem, Iron 64–65
Golem, Stone 66–67
Helmed Horror 68–73
Homunculus 74–81
Shield Guardian 82–85
Scarecrow 86–100

Dragon

Creature Roll # App
Dragon, Brass 1
Dragon, Bronze 2
Dragon, Copper 3
Dragon, Gold 4
Dragon, Silver 5
Pseudodragon 6–100

Elemental

Creature Roll # App
Elemental, Air 1–12
Elemental, Earth 13–24
Elemental, Fire 25–29
Elemental, Water 30–41
Gargoyle 42–76
Genie, Dao 77
Genie, Djinni 78
Invisible Stalker 79–89
Water Weird 90–100

Giant

Creature Roll # App
Half-Ogre 1–10
Oni 11–100

Humanoid

Creature Roll # App
Dwarf 1–11
Elf 12–22
Goblin 23
Kobold 24
Lizardfolk 25–29
Lycanthrope, Wererat 30–31
Lycanthrope, Werewolf 32–33
Bandit 34–44
Berserker 45
Caravan 46–60
Druid 61
Cultist 62–68
Knight 69–73
Mage 74–78
Noble 79–88
Priest 89–98
Tribal Warrior 99–100

Monstrosity

Creature Roll # App
Doppelganger 1–50
Mimic 51–65
Phase Spider 66–80
Rust Monster 81–100

Undead

Creature Roll # App
Crawling Claw 1–3
Death Knight 4–5
Flameskull 6–9
Ghost 10–14
Ghast 15–18
Ghoul 19–24
Lich 25–26
Revenant 27–38
Scarecrow 39–43
Shadow 44–46
Skeleton (Any) 47–55
Specter or Poltergeist 56–80
Vampire or Vampire Spawn 81–85
Wight 86–88
Wraith 89–91
Zombies 92–100

Special

Creature Roll # App
Angel 1–4
Cambion 5–14
Demon 15–25
Devil 26–36
Empyrean 37–39
Gith 40–49
Rakshasa 50–64
Slaad 65–74
Succubus/Incubus 75–84
Tarrasque 85
Yugoloth 86–100