Appendix A: Random Encounters - Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Appendix A: Random Encounters. Characters undertaking this adventure will spend a significant amount of game time on the journey to the Monastery of the Distressed Body and the lost city of Daoine Gloine. You can help bring those weeks of exploration to life with random encounters-some of which might increase or decrease the length of the characters' journey, as you decide. Chapter 2 of Xanathar's Guide to Everything includes random forest encounters, Underdark encounters, and mountain encounters. Or you can roll for or select more detailed encounters using the following tables. Wilderness Encounters Reaching the foothills of the Barrier Peaks takes the characters through a broad range of wild lands-including woods infused with the power of the Feywild. 1 A pack of Sprite pester the party, playing tricks and attempting to steal small items until the characters leave their territory. If they are treated with deference, the sprites might help the characters find the correct path and hurry them along. If assaulted in any way, fifteen Sprite riding Stirge attack. (The sprites' invisibility extends to the stirges as well while they are mounted.) 2 The path leads into a lonely grove that serves as the grave of a former dryad queen. If appropriate respects are paid, the characters have a 50 chance to receive a supernatural gift (see chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master's Guide)-a charm that allows a character to cast the Galder's Tower spell (see appendix E) once as an action. 3 A Treant and a Stone Golem were magically locked together during an ancient battle. Over the centuries since, fey gardeners have turned the two into a temple. Characters who explore the temple might inadvertently help the treant or the golem finally overcome its foe. 4 A leprechaun (use Quickling statistics from Volo's Guide to Monsters) crosses the characters' path. If successfully caught without being killed, the creature negotiates its release with the location of its hidden treasure: 1,000 gp in...