Although much shrunken from its ancient boundaries, the Temperate Forests is still vast and mysterious. It expands, it’s big enough to encompass mountains within its depths. It is home to treants of gigantic size, stags with antlers as wide across as a wagon, brown bears bigger than large sheds, owlbears, wolves, and unicorns. Woodcutters and even outlaws on the run dare visit only the verges of the Temperate Forest. As everyone knows, those who venture too deep are seldom seen again.
In the northwestern Temperate Forests stands Shadowtop Cathedral, a stand of towering shadowtop trees that is an important meeting-place for the Burrowmerne. Foes of the Burrowmerne have to fight to reach it, but members can readily find aid, healing, and advice in the grove.
Reason to Visit. Shadowtop Cathedral is a key base for the Burrowmerne. Also, characters from the Tree Ghost Uthgardt tribe call the Temperate Forests home.
Temperate Forest Encounter Table
| d20 | Encounter |
| 1 | Deadly Threat |
| 2-11 | Threat |
| 12-14 | Denizens |
| 15-19 | Harmless/No Encounter |
| 20 | Opportunity |
| Size | Name | Forest (1d171) | Hill | Mountain |
| 1d6+2 | Amphisbaena | 1 | ||
| 1d2+2 | Animated Tree | 2 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Ankheg | 3 | ||
| 1d6+2 and 1 Giant Ape | Apes | 4 | ||
| 1d4+3 | Assassin Vines | 5 | ||
| 1d10+2 thugs and 1 bandit captain | Bandits | 6-14 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Basillisk | 15 | ||
| 1d4 | Brown Bear | 16 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Giant Boar | 17 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Giant Elk | 18 | ||
| 1d6+4 Bugbears and 1 chief | Bugbears | 19 | ||
| 2 | Carnivorous Flower | 20-25 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Centaurs | 26-31 | ||
| 2 | Chimeras | 32 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Cockatrice | 33 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Crag Cat | 34 | ||
| 1d8+4 | Cultists | 35-42 | ||
| 1d8 Wolves and 1d2 Dire Wolves | Wolves | 43 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Dragonnels | 44 | ||
| 1d4 | Earth Elementals | 45 | ||
| 1d4 | Galeb Duhr | 46 | ||
| players step on 1d6 Gas pores | Gas Pores | 47 | ||
| 1d4 | Giant Constrictor Snake | 48 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Giant Owls | 49 | ||
| 1d12+2 | Gnolls | 50-54 | ||
| 1d12+2 Goblins | Goblins | 55-67 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Green Dragon Wyrmling | 68-75 | ||
| 1d4-1 | Green Hag | 76 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Griffon | 77 | ||
| 1d10+2 | Grungs | 78-80 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Hill Giants | 81-84 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Hippogriffs | 85 | ||
| 1d8+2 | Hobgoblin Warband | 86-90 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Lycantrops | 91 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Kamadan | 92 | ||
| 1d8+4 | Kobolds | 93 | ||
| 1d4+2 | Liondrake | 94 | ||
| 1d8+2 | Lizardfolk | 95 | ||
| Random party member gets ambushed | Mantrap | 96 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Minotaurs | 97-120 | ||
| 1d6+2 | Ogres | 121-140 | ||
| 1d8+2 | Orcs | 141-170 | ||
| 1d6+4 | Thri-keen | 171 |
Threat
| Size | Name | Forest (d |
Hill (d |
Mountain |
| 1d6 +2 |
Amphisbaena
|
? | - | - |
| 1d2 +2 |
Animated Tree
|
? | - | |
| 1d6 +2 |
Ankheg
|
? | ||
| 1d10 +2 |
Ape
|
? | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Assassin Vines
|
? | ||
| 1d4 +2 |
Cave Bear
|
? |
- | |
| 1d8 +2 |
Giant Boar
|
? | - | |
| 1d6 +1 |
Giant Elk
|
? | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Giant Goat
|
? | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Giant Lightning Eel
|
? | ||
| 1d4 +1 |
Giant Owl
|
? | - | |
| 1d10 +2 |
Giant Raven
|
? | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Giant Walrus
|
? | ||
| 1d4 +1 |
Giant White Moray Eel
|
? | ||
| 1d6 +2 |
Huge Polar Bear
|
? | ||
| 1d2 +1 |
Hulking Crab
|
|||
| 1d6 +2 |
Hunter Shark
|
|||
| 1d8 +1 queen |
Ice Spider
|
50-60 | - | - |
| 1d8 +2 |
Killer Whale
|
|||
| 1d4 +1 |
Mammoth
|
61-65 | - | |
| 1d6 +2 |
Mountain Goat
|
- | ||
| 1d6 +2 |
Polar Bear
|
66-75 | ||
| 1d6 +2 |
Saber-Toothed Tiger
|
76-86 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Snow Leopard
|
87-113 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Walrus
|
|||
| 1d8 +2 |
Young Winter Wolf
|
114-134 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Guard Drake
|
135-145 | - | - |
| 1d4 +2 |
Silver Dragon Wyrmling
|
146-150 | - | - |
| 1d4 +2 |
White Dragon Wyrmling
|
151-155 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
White Guard Drake
|
156-160 | - | - |
| 1d4 +2 |
Wyvern
|
161-166 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Blue Guard Drake
|
|||
| 1d4 +2 |
Blue Dragon Wyrmling
|
|||
| 1 |
Young Blue Dragon
|
|||
| 1 |
Young Silver Dragon
|
- | - | |
| 1 |
Young White Dragon
|
- | - | |
| 1d2 +1 |
Air Elemental
|
- | - | |
| 1d2 +1 |
Earth Elemental
|
- | - | |
| 1d2 +1 |
Flail Snail
|
167-172 | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Galeb Duhr
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Galvanice Weird
|
|||
| 1d8 +2 |
Ice Mephit
|
173-193 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Water Elemental
|
|||
| 1d4 +1 |
Water Weird
|
|||
| 1d2 +1 |
Sea Hag
|
|||
| 1d4 +2 |
Aquatic Troll
|
|||
| 1d4 +1 |
Cyclops
|
194-206 | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Ettin
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +2 |
Minor Jotun
|
207-237 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Half-Ogre (Ogrillon)
|
238-258 | - | |
| 1d6 +1 |
Hill Giant
|
- | ||
| 1d6 +1 |
Ogre
|
259-279 | - | - |
| 1d2 |
Oni
|
280 | ||
| 1d4 +1 |
Stone Giant
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Troll
|
281-300 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Venom Troll
|
301-306 | ||
| 1d4 +2 |
Basilisk
|
307-327 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Bulette
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Carrion Crawler
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Cave Fisher
|
|||
| 1d2 +1 |
Chimera
|
328-333 | - | - |
| 1d4 +2 |
Crag Cat
|
334-364 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Darkmantle
|
|||
| 1d2 +1 |
Froghemoth
|
|||
| 1d6 +2 |
Giant Ice Toad
|
365-370 | ||
| 1d4 +1 |
Girallon
|
- | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Grick
|
371-376 | - | |
| 1d8 +2 |
Harpy
|
378-392 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Hippogriff
|
- | - | |
| 1d6 +4 |
Ice Piercer
|
393-414 | - | |
| 1d8 +2 |
Ice Toad
|
|||
| 1d4 +2 |
Manticore
|
415-423 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Medusa
|
|||
| 1d6 +1 |
Jormunningdr
|
|||
| 1 |
Nyx-Fleece Ram
|
424 | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Phase Spider
|
425-436 | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Sea Lion
|
|||
| 1d6 +2 |
Snowy Owlbear
|
437-477 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Winter Wolf
|
478-499 | - | |
| 1d4 +2 |
Yeti
|
500-530 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Young Basilisk
|
531-538 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Black Pudding
|
|||
| 1d2 +1 |
Gelatinous Cube
|
|||
| 1d4 +1 |
Swarm of Ravens
|
539-549 | ||
| 1d6 +2 |
Aquatic Ghoul
|
|||
| 1d6 +2 |
Frost Giant Skeleton
|
550-559 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Frost Giant Zombie
|
560-566 | - | - |
| 1d2 +1 |
Ghost
|
567-570 | - | - |
| 1d4 +2 |
Husk Zombie
|
571-581 | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Ogre Zombie
|
582-590 | - | - |
| 1d4 +1 |
Shadow
|
591-596 | ||
|
Draugr (Roll on table )
|
597-643 | - | - | |
| 1d4 +1 |
Snow Maiden
|
644-649 | ||
| 1d4 +2 |
Will-o'-Wisp
|
650-655 | - | - |
| 1d6 +1 |
Wight
|
656-696 | - | - |
| 1d6 +4 |
Zombie
|
697-739 | - | - |
| 1d6 +2 |
Bitfrostten
| 740-800 |