Wilderness Encounters for the Xanthus River Valley

The scale of the map is 4 miles/hex.

Travel Rates

Swamp: 1 mph (4 hours/hex)

Grassland: 2 mph (2 hours/hex)

Forest: 1 mph (4 hours/hex)

Slope: 0.5 mph (8 hours/hex)

Mountain 0.25 mph (16 hours/hex)

Rivers: Rivers can be crossed at the villages using ferries or bridges (usually rope bridges). Otherwise, 1d10 miles up or down stream to find a place to ford the river.

Encounters

At the indicated times, roll a 1d10 (1d20 if in a hex with a village). A 1 indicates an encounter.

Creature	Swamp	Grassland	Forest	Slope	Mountain
Morning	X	X	X		X
Noon	X		X	X
Evening	X	X	X
Night	X		X	X	X
Midnight	X	X	X
Pre-Dawn	X		X	X

Roll 1d1000 to determine the type of encounter.

Creature	Swamp	Grassland	Forest	Slope	Mountain
Acolytes	1 - 5	1 - 15	1 - 5	1 - 10	1 - 15
Android	6 - 10	16 - 20	6 - 10	11 - 15	16 - 20
Ant, Giant	-	21 - 40	11 - 20	-	-
Ape-Man	11 - 25	41 - 55	21 - 30	16 - 25	21 - 25
Assassin	26 - 30	56 - 60	31 - 35	26 - 30	26 - 30
Aurochs*	31 - 35	61 - 85	36 - 55	31 - 50	-
Baluchitherium*	36 - 45	86 - 105	56 - 75	-	-
Bandits	46 - 50	106 - 125	76 - 85	51 - 55	31 - 35
Basilisk	51 - 60	126 - 135	86 - 100	56 - 85	36 - 40
Bat	61 - 65	136 - 140	101 - 110	86 - 100	41 - 55
Beetle, Giant	66 - 90	141 - 160	111 - 130	-	-
Berserkers	91 - 95	161 - 175	131 - 140	101 - 105	56 - 60
Brain, Elder	-	176 - 180	141 - 145	-	61 - 65
Cave Bear*	-	181 - 190	146 - 160	106 - 135	66 - 95
Cave Cricket	-	-	161 - 165	136 - 140	96 - 125
Cave Lion*	-	191 - 195	166 - 170	141 - 170	126 - 140
Cave Octopus	96 - 130	-	171 - 175	171 - 180	141 - 170
Chimera	131 - 135	196 - 200	176 - 180	181 - 185	171 - 180
Cockatrice	136 - 140	201 - 205	181 - 185	186 - 190	181 - 185
Cyclops	141 - 145	206 - 210	186 - 190	191 - 195	186 - 190
Daeodon (Killer Pig)	146 - 150	211 - 230	191 - 200	-	191 - 195
Deep Ones	151 - 185	231 - 235	201 - 205	-	-
Demon	186 - 190	236 - 240	206 - 210	196 - 200	196 - 200
Dimensional Sailor	191 - 195	241 - 245	211 - 215	201 - 205	201 - 205
Dire Wolves	-	246 - 265	216 - 235	206 - 220	206 - 220
Dragon	196 - 200	266 - 270	236 - 240	221 - 225	221 - 225
Dwarven Prospectors*	-	271 - 275	241 - 245	226 - 240	226 - 255
Elasmathorium	-	276 - 300	246 - 255	241 - 245	-
Elemental	201 - 210	301 - 310	256 - 260	246 - 250	256 - 260
Elven Hunters*	-	311 - 325	261 - 285	251 - 265	261 - 265
Extradimensional Analog	211 - 215	326 - 330	286 - 290	266 - 270	266 - 270
Fortune Teller	216 - 220	331 - 335	291 - 295	271 - 275	271 - 275
Friar	221 - 225	336 - 340	296 - 300	276 - 280	-
Gargoyle	-	341 - 345	301 - 305	281 - 310	276 - 305
Ghost	226 - 230	346 - 350	306 - 310	311 - 315	306 - 310
Ghoul	231 - 245	351 - 355	311 - 315	316 - 320	311 - 315
Giant	246 - 250	356 - 360	316 - 320	321 - 325	316 - 320
Gnoll	251 - 255	361 - 380	321 - 340	326 - 340	-
Goblin	256 - 280	381 - 400	341 - 365	341 - 370	321 - 350
Griffon	281 - 285	401 - 405	366 - 370	371 - 385	351 - 365
Halfling Travelers	-	406 - 410	371 - 375	386 - 390	366 - 370
Harpy	286 - 300	411 - 420	376 - 380	391 - 405	371 - 385
Hell Hound	-	421 - 425	381 - 385	406 - 410	386 - 390
Hobgoblin	301 - 305	426 - 440	386 - 410	411 - 425	391 - 405
Hollow One	306 - 320	441 - 445	411 - 415	426 - 430	406 - 410
Horses	-	446 - 465	416 - 420	-	-
Hydra	321 - 335	466 - 470	421 - 425	431 - 435	411 - 415
Hyenadon (Dire Hyena)*	-	471 - 495	426 - 445	-	416 - 420
Insect Swarm	336 - 370	496 - 520	446 - 465	436 - 460	421 - 435
Irish Elk	-	521 - 545	466 - 470	461 - 490	-
Iron Shadow	371 - 375	546 - 550	471 - 475	491 - 495	436 - 440
Killer Bees	376 - 400	551 - 565	476 - 495	496 - 505	441 - 455
King	-	566 - 570	496 - 500	506 - 510	456 - 460
Knight	401 - 405	571 - 575	501 - 505	511 - 515	461 - 465
Kobolds	406 - 410	576 - 585	506 - 530	516 - 545	466 - 495
Leech, Colossal	411 - 460	-	531 - 545	-	496 - 500
Living Statue	461 - 465	586 - 590	546 - 550	546 - 550	501 - 515
Lizard Men	466 - 525	591 - 600	551 - 560	-	-
Lizard, Giant	526 - 575	601 - 615	561 - 580	551 - 565	516 - 530
Magician	576 - 580	616 - 620	581 - 585	566 - 570	531 - 535
Man-Bat	581 - 585	621 - 625	586 - 590	571 - 575	536 - 540
Manticore	586 - 590	626 - 630	591 - 595	576 - 580	541 - 545
Mastodon*	-	631 - 645	596 - 605	581 - 595	-
Megatherium (Giant Sloth)*	591 - 595	646 - 665	606 - 630	-	-
Men-at-arms	596 - 600	666 - 680	631 - 640	596 - 605	546 - 560
Minotaur	601 - 605	681 - 685	641 - 645	606 - 610	561 - 575
Monkeys*	-	686 - 690	646 - 670	611 - 620	576 - 580
Mummy	-	691 - 695	-	621 - 625	581 - 585
Noble	-	696 - 700	671 - 675	626 - 630	586 - 590
Ogre	606 - 620	701 - 710	676 - 685	631 - 645	591 - 605
Orc	621 - 635	711 - 725	686 - 705	646 - 665	606 - 645
Owlbear	636 - 640	726 - 735	706 - 715	666 - 680	646 - 660
Peasants	641 - 645	736 - 750	716 - 725	681 - 690	661 - 675
Primeval Slime	646 - 695	751 - 755	726 - 750	691 - 715	676 - 705
Pterodactyl	696 - 710	756 - 765	751 - 755	716 - 745	706 - 735
Rat, Giant	711 - 725	766 - 770	756 - 765	746 - 760	736 - 750
Sabertooth*	-	771 - 795	766 - 770	761 - 765	751 - 760
Sage	726 - 730	796 - 800	771 - 775	766 - 770	761 - 765
Scorpion, Giant	-	801 - 815	776 - 780	771 - 780	766 - 780
Serpent-Men	731 - 760	816 - 825	781 - 785	781 - 785	781 - 785
Servitors	761 - 765	826 - 830	786 - 790	786 - 790	786 - 790
Shadows	766 - 770	831 - 835	791 - 795	791 - 795	791 - 795
Shroomen	771 - 775	836 - 840	796 - 800	796 - 805	796 - 810
Skeletons	776 - 780	841 - 850	801 - 810	806 - 815	811 - 825
Sky Whale	781 - 785	851 - 855	811 - 815	816 - 820	826 - 835
Slug, Underdark	786 - 820	856 - 860	816 - 825	821 - 830	836 - 850
Snake, Giant	821 - 880	861 - 870	826 - 840	831 - 860	851 - 880
Stegasaurus*	881 - 895	871 - 875	841 - 850	-	-
Subhumans	896 - 920	876 - 890	851 - 875	861 - 890	881 - 910
Terror Bird*	-	891 - 900	876 - 880	-	911 - 915
Time Traveller	921 - 925	901 - 905	881 - 885	891 - 895	916 - 920
T-Rex*	926 - 930	906 - 910	886 - 890	-	-
Triceratops	931 - 945	911 - 915	891 - 895	-	-
Troglodytes	-	916 - 920	896 - 900	896 - 925	921 - 950
Trolls	946 - 965	921 - 930	901 - 915	926 - 945	951 - 965
Velociraptors*	966 - 970	931 - 940	916 - 925	-	-
Vombis Leech	971 - 975	941 - 945	926 - 930	-	-
Vombis Zombies	976 - 980	946 - 950	931 - 935	-	-
Witch	981 - 985	951 - 955	936 - 940	946 - 950	966 - 970
Wolves	-	956 - 975	941 - 965	951 - 970	971 - 985
Wooly Rhino*	-	976 - 990	966 - 985	971 - 985	-
Zombies	986 - 1000	991 - 1000	986 - 1000	986 - 1000	986 - 1000

 *New Monster

Dungeon Crawl Classics - the Xanthus River Valley campaign

Last Friday, the Friday after Christmas, was the first time the Friday group had gotten together in almost a month. I was losing interest in Silver Age Sentinels and super-heroes, and I'm pretty sure my players had forgotten what we were playing.

I brought it up and we had a discussion. We'd wrap up the Alternatives campaign with a nice break point and play some Dungeon Crawl Classics.

We finished the raid on the secret AEGIS research facility with some new information about several top-secret AEGIS projects: Prometheus and Pandora. Prometheus was a way to harvest super-humans for their Mysterium and use it to give regular humans super-powers in a controlled and predictable way. The creator of Prometheus had gone insane and was being held in suspended animation in the orbiting space station known as Citadel guarded by none other than the Guardian, the most powerful super-hero known to man.

That's where we left it.

After that, we got out the DCC books and rolled up some zero-level characters for the funnel.

I love Dungeon Crawl Classics. I like its randomness. I like its simplicity. I like its old school feel. I like its weird fantasy presentation and pseudo-setting. I really enjoyed playing it in my Sunday group and I wanted to run an old fashioned dungeon crawl/sandbox hex-crawl for my Friday friends.

Here's what I want from this campaign: I want some table-rolling. I want some exploration. I want some monster-bashing. I want to use my miniatures and terrain. I don't want to have to think about the story all the time.

Over the last week I've been putting together a small-scale setting. I'll be releasing details of the setting here.

The World of Agartha

The place is Earth, the time is 100 hundred thousand years ago. The continents of the world include Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu, Hyperborea, Thule, and Agartha. You are denizens of Agartha and that is where the focus shall be. The other places are semi-mythical and you will likely never go there.

There are currently no great civilizations on Agartha. The last great empire fell to an apocalyptic war over a thousand years ago, leaving behind ruins throughout the landscape. 

The Xanthus River Valley

The Xanthus River valley was once a tiny province of the vast empire that once ruled Agartha. The valley is nestled between the Great Wall mountains and the Smaragdine sea. The valley's chief claim to fame was that it was home to the subterranean realm of the dwarf king Duirn. A great sea port city once dominated trade at the mouth of the Xanthus river. The sea port city was destroyed in magical fire during the apocalypse that decimated the Agarthan empire. 

Duirndown is a small village of 200 people located near the source of the Xanthus River. Duirndown was once a major trade center and the entrance to the underground Dwarven Kingdom of Duirn located beneath the Great Wall. The dwarves fled their kingdom a few generations ago and now live in small communities on/near the surface. The subterranean realm is now ruled by monsters and the entrances have been walled up. Duirndown is still considered a trading town, though its glory days are long gone. Today, its mostly farmers from Wince, fur-trappers from Swallow, and dwarven miners and craftsmen who meet to trade in Duirndown.

Duirndown is where the campaign begins.