List of D&D Encounters by Terrain
D&D Encounters Spelljammer

List of D&D Encounters by Terrain

Duncan Thomson

There are many tables for Dungeons and Dragons Encounters here, many adapted from my Encounters on DM's Guild.

The categories here are the Common & Uncommon Terrains, Collected Encounters, Noncombat Encounters and Spelljammer Encounters.

There is a list of all the most recent D&D Encounters articles.

The 11 Common Terrains and More Unusual Ones

The basic 11 D&D terrains are the ones used by the 5E Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual, each with encounters, hazards, npcs and more.

arctic | coastal | desert | forest | grassland | hill | jungle | mountain | swamp | underdark | underwater | urban

Then there are several more "unusual" terrains.

Unusual terrains - feywild | shadowfell | lower planes | elemental | jungle | roads | ruins | sea

Collected Encounters Tables

There are also tables taken from the Collected Encounters list

Terrains of caves | dungeon | farmland | market | river | sewers | sky

Creatures of demons | devils | goblinoids | restless spirits | undead

Noncombat Encounters

Many of the encounters are Noncombat Encounters, including

Basic Tables - wilds & ruins | underground | travelers | city & village | level 1-10 | level 11+ | orcs

City and Undercity Noncombat tables - city streets | rich & poor | docks | vendors & guards | taverns & parks | back streets | fences & intrigue | shady | sewers | ruins

Dungeon Noncombat - passages | doors | empty rooms | features | fringes | traps | humanoids | loners | tombs | mines | vaults | temples

Sea Noncombat - Sea noncombat - port | seafarers | coastal | aerial | open sea | islands | underwater | beach | watercraft | ship events | all noncombat

Noncombat by terrain - arctic | coastal | desert | forest | grassland | hill | mountain | swamp | underdark | underwater | urban | feywild | jungle | road | ruins | sea | shadowfell

Spelljammer Encounters

Spelljammer is well represented with regular encounter tables and Non-Combat ones.

Encounters - astral sea | asteroids | dead gods | rock of bral | wildspace | ships |

Spelljammer noncombat - wildspace & asteroids | astral & dead gods | bral & merchants | ships & captains | events & anomalies

As well as Alliterative Adversaries! - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z

Alliterative Adversaries

Last are simple tables by letter to get results such Mesmerizing Mimics, Zany Zombies or a Blinded Beholder.

D&D Alliterative Adversaries - A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z