The open seas provide endless opportunities for adventure. This section supplies you with a variety of random tables, perfect for detailing the challenges awaiting your characters on and beneath the waves. #### Random Encounters For each day of a voyage, in addition to checking for hazards, roll a d20. On a 19 or 20, the ship has a random encounter. If you roll both a hazard and a random encounter, the ship experiences both. They might occur simultaneously or in an order of your choice. The levels given on the following tables allow you to sculpt what dangers the characters face. The low-level table is useful for when a ship travels in safe waters, while the higher-level ones are suited for primeval waters, far from well-trafficked sea lanes. The tables also allow for encounters with other ships and the discovery of mysterious, uncharted islands. Additional tables for further detailing such encounters are included later in this appendix. ##### Open Water Encounters (Levels 1–4) | d100 | Encounter | |:-----:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01–03 | 3d6 **quippers** | | 04–08 | 1 **swarm of quippers** | | 09–12 | 3d10 **dolphins** (see *appendix C*) | | 13–14 | 1 **giant octopus** | | 15–16 | 1d4 **killer whales** | | 17–18 | 1d6 **merfolk** | | 19–20 | 1d6 **giant sea horses** | | 21–24 | 1d8 **giant crabs** | | 25–28 | 1d4 **reef sharks** | | 29 | 1 **hunter shark** | | 30–34 | 1d4 **sahuagin** | | 35–37 | 1d4 **koalinth** (see *appendix C*) | | 38–40 | A rank 1 whirlpool connected to the Elemental Plane of Water (see "*Whirlpools*") | | 41–45 | 1d4 **locathahs** (see *appendix C*) | | 46–51 | 1d3 **harpies** | | 52–54 | 2 **merrow** | | 55–57 | 1 **sahuagin priestess** and 1d4 **sahuagin** | | 58–59 | 1 **koalinth sergeant** and 2d4 **koalinth** (see *appendix C* for both) | | 60–62 | 1 **plesiosaurus** | | 63–64 | 1d3 **sea hags** | | 65–67 | 1d4 **blood hawks** | | 68–70 | 1 **sahuagin champion** (see *appendix C*) | | 71–74 | 1 **giant shark** | | 75 | 1 **young bronze dragon** | | 76–00 | A ship (generated at random) | ##### Open Water Encounters (Levels 5–10) | d100 | Encounter | |:-----:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01–03 | 1 **giant shark** | | 04–07 | 1d4 **swarms of quippers** | | 08–11 | 1d10 **killer whales** | | 12–17 | 3d6 **merfolk** | | 18–25 | 1 **sahuagin high priestess** and 1 **sahuagin wave shaper** (see *appendix C* for both) | | 26–30 | 2d8 **giant crabs** | | 31–35 | 2d4 **reef sharks** | | 36–38 | 1d4 **hunter sharks** | | 39–40 | 1d4 **water elementals** | | 41 | A rank 2 whirlpool connected to the Elemental Plane of Water (see "*Whirlpools*") | | 42–45 | 2d4 **locathahs** (see *appendix C*) | | 46–47 | 1 **harpy matriarch** (see *appendix C*) and 1d4 **harpies** | | 48–49 | 2d4 **merrow** | | 50–52 | 1 **sahuagin baron** and 1d4 **sahuagin** | | 53–57 | 1 **koalinth sergeant** and 2d4 **koalinth** (see *appendix C* for both) | | 58–59 | 2d8 **giant crabs** | | 60–61 | 1d4 **plesiosauruses** | | 62–63 | A coven of 3 **sea hags** | | 64–65 | 1d4 **sahuagin blademasters** (see *appendix C*) | | 66–69 | 1 **hydra** | | 70–71 | 1 **marid** | | 72 | 1 **storm giant** | | 73 | 1 **adult bronze dragon** | | 74 | 1 **dragon turtle** | | 75–90 | A ship (generated at random) | | 91–00 | A mysterious island (generated at random) | ##### Open Water Encounters (Levels 11–20) | d100 | Encounter | |:-----:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01–03 | 1 **storm giant** | | 04–07 | 2d6 **giant sharks** | | 08–11 | 1 **marid** | | 12–18 | 1 **sahuagin high priestess** and 2d4 **sahuagin champions** (see *appendix C* for both) | | 19–25 | 1 **sahuagin baron** and 1d4 **sahuagin blademasters** (see *appendix C*) | | 26–28 | 3d6 **reef sharks** | | 29–32 | 2d6 **hunter sharks** | | 33–39 | A rank 3 whirlpool connected to the Elemental Plane of Water (see "*Whirlpools*") | | 40–43 | A rank 4 whirlpool connected to the Elemental Plane of Water (see "*Whirlpools*") | | 44–45 | 1d3 **hydras** | | 46–48 | 1d4 **koalinth sergeant** (see *appendix C*) and 3d10 **koalinth** (see *appendix C*) | | 49–50 | 2d4 **plesiosauruses** | | 51–53 | 3d6 **merrow** | | 54–57 | 1 **harpy matriarch** (see *appendix C*) and 2d8 **harpies** | | 58–60 | A coven of 3 **sea hags** | | 61–63 | 1 **dragon turtle** | | 64 | 1 **ancient bronze dragon** | | 65–75 | A ship (generated at random) | | 76–00 | A mysterious island (generated at random) |