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DEAD EXPLORERS
d20 R emains
The bloated corpse of a dead halfling, riddled with tiny arrows and dangling from a tree vine. (The halfling trespassed on
grung sacred ground, and the corpse was hung here as a warning.)
2 The bones of an unarmored humanoid, lashed to a tree by vines. (This explorer was captured by Batiri goblins, doused in
honey, and left to be devoured by hungry insects.)
3 The crushed remains of an unarmored dwarf, showing signs that she was stomped to death by a rampaging dinosaur.
4 The gnawed and charred bones of a humanoid. (This unfortunate was murdered and cannibalized by his starving,
fever-crazed companions.)
5 The mangled body of a half-elf, seemingly bludgeoned to death. (She was dropped from high altitude by pterafolk.)
6 The scattered bones of a dwarf, torn to pieces before being devoured. (A hunting pack of velociraptors did the dwarf in.)
7 The swollen, purple corpse of an elf, dead only a few days ago from the bite of a poisonous snake.
8 A fresh human corpse stuffed into a hollow tree. (Girallons plan to return and devour it later.)
9 The skeleton of a humanoid seated on a folding camp stool, clutching a knife and fork in its bony hands.
10 The desiccated husk of a gnome, cocooned in giant spider webs.
11 The body of a human- from the waist up. Signs show that the explorer crawled a considerable distance after being bitten
in half by a tyrannosaurus. (A Flaming Fist charter found on the corpse identifies it as Lord Onovan IV, of the Dales.)
12 A charred elrs skeleton inside a charred constrictor snake's skeleton. (Both were killed by a lightning bolt spell.)
13 The rotting body of a giant frog with the blade of a shorts word poking out its back. (If the frog is cut open, the partially
digested body of a halAing is found inside.)
14 A tabaxi spread-eagled on the ground, but with its limbs and head severed from its torso and crudely stitched back on in
the wrong arrangement.
15 A half-ore spiked to an enormous tree by the broken-off horn of a triceratops.
16 A gnome, spitted over a burned-out fire pit and thoroughly overcooked, but not eaten. (Goblin weapons and tools are
scattered around amid velociraptor tracks.)
17 A headless humanoid, hung upside down from a tree and with six Batiri goblin spears thrust symmetrically through the
body. (It was a Red Wizard, judging by the robes. The head is nowhere to be found.)
18 An elf, balanced on a tree branch 40 feet above the ground, arms and legs dangling downward. (A note pressed between
the body and the branch explains that the elf climbed the tree to get away from a prowling allosaurus and was too terrified
to come down.)
19 The moldering remains of a human wearing a Flaming Fist-style helmet, his legs broken. (He succumbed to a faerie
dragon's euphoria breath weapon and stepped off a cliff. A companion tried to carry him back to Fort Beluarian, but the
warrior died en route.)
20 A dwarf with six large holes piercing her armor and chest. (A stegosaurus caught her squarely with a swipe of its tail.)

Plesiosaurus. Two plesiosauruses are fighting over one noncombatant hatchling and two unhatched eggs.
a dead giant octopus. If the characters are on a river, the The mother eyes the characters suspiciously but doesn't
creatures are spotted at a distance of 300 feet. where- attack unless they position themselves between her and
upon they bellow menacingly and move to attack the the nest. Ifan Talro'a in Port Nyanzaru offers 50 gp for
party. To paddle a canoe to a safe spot along the river- an intact triceratops egg or batch ling, or a character can
bank, one character in the canoe must succeed on a DC talk him up to 150 gp with a successful DC 15 Charisma
13 Strength (Athletics) check, with other characters in (Persuasion) check..
the canoe using the Help action. Canoes that don't reach Tyrannosaurus. The characters spot a tyrannosau-
the bank are flipped and demolished by the reptiles, rus rex 300 yards away. There's a 50 percent chance
which then attack swimmers in the water. that the hungry behemoth is fighting either a stegosau-
Pteranodon. A flock of 2d6 pteranodoos is spotted rus, a triceratops, a pair of giant constrictor snakes, a gi-
overhead. They keep their distance and attack only if
ant ape, or a mob of ghouls and zombies. None of these
threatened.
creatures will voluntarily team up with the party, but
Quetzalcoatlus. A flight of ld4 + 1 quetzalcoatluses their presence might weaken the tyrannosaurus to the
(see appendix D) is spotted overhead. They keep their
point where the characters have a chance of slaying it.
distance and attack only if threatened.
Characters can avoid an encounter with the tyranno-
StelJosaurus. This lone stegosaurus (see appendix saurus if they keep their distance and succeed on a DC
D) is in a genial mood. It approaches the characters out 15 group Dexterity (Stealth) check. If any character is
of curiosity, but anyone who touches it triggers a swipe
trained in the Survival skill, all the characters' checks
from its tail. are made with advantage.
Triceratops. A triceratops that appears to be grazing Velociraptor. A pack of 3d6 velociraptors (see appen-
alone is actually a mother with a nearby nest containing dix D) burst out from behind cover and attack. Make a

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