A list of aerial encounters for those adventurers flying by airship.
The original source of this random table is at this reddit post, but was subsequent shared at r/d100.
Image has been sourced from Art Station artists Alejandro Olmedo
d100 | Result |
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1 |
A flock of ravens, circling around and around a fixed point on the ground |
2 |
A Giant Eagle, with something glinting in its talons |
3 |
A cloud that appears to be moving in the opposite direction to the prevailing winds |
4 |
A Harpy, burdened with a large urn cradled carefully in its claws |
5 |
An inquisitive Brass Dragon, with a terrible sense of humour |
6 |
A long piece of rope, which seems to be dangling from hole in thin air |
7 |
An Aarakocra patrol, tracking an escapee from the Elemental Plane of Air |
8 |
A Gnome on a home-made hang glider, frantically trying to work out how to get down |
9 |
A weird glowing orb, about 3 ft across, moving and stopping at irregular intervals |
10 |
A dark rain cloud, which appears to be keeping pace with something on the ground |
11 |
A Flying Sword, hanging motionless in the air |
12 |
A Flying Carpet, riderless but with what appears to be a bulging satchel on top of it |
13 |
A collection of Flumphs, undergoing what appears to be a mating ritual |
14 |
A swarm of Sprites, making huge signal patterns in the fading evening light |
15 |
A column of dark smoke, rising up from an isolated village |
16 |
A display of fireworks, marking a celebration |
17 |
An Imp, painted with runes of binding and carrying a sealed scroll |
18 |
An Air Elemental, injured and having difficulty maintaining height |
19 |
A Djinni, moving directly towards you with purpose and at speed |
20 |
A plume of greenish-blue gas, emanating from a Wizard’s tower |
21 |
A Chimera and a Manticore, engaged in furious aerial battle |
22 |
A Pseudodragon, with a tail tag and broken leather leg cuff |
23 |
A collection of balloons, moving of their own volition and making strange noises |
24 |
A pair of Silver Dragon Wyrmlings, practicing their breath attacks |
25 |
An invisible sphere hanging in the sky, miles in diameter and slowly spinning |
26 |
A Broom of Flying, drifting slowly with goggles and a leather helmet strapped to it |
27 |
A large levitating stone platform, hidden from the ground by a cloud like illusion |
28 |
A collection of Mephits, which appear to be frantically fleeing something |
29 |
A migration of Cockatrices, flying to warmer climates |
30 |
A ring of Quadrones, holding hands and rotating slowly around a point in space |
31 |
A stone thrown by a Giant, whistling by REALLY fast |
32 |
A pillar of white light, rising towards the heavens from a source on the ground |
33 |
Dancing lights, twitching and moving erratically in the sky |
34 |
An Elf riding a horseless, flying chariot, leaving fiery tracks as it moves |
35 |
The drifting wreck of a large airship, listing and with claw and teeth marks all over it |
36 |
A Roc carrying a live cow back to its nest for its chicks |
37 |
A fierce electrical storm, with flashes of lightning projecting the silhouette of a humanoid |
38 |
A Wizard, trying out his home-made Boots of Levitation |
39 |
Hundreds of Gas Spores, slowly rising higher into the atmosphere |
40 |
An unnaturally tall tree, rising out of the canopy of a forest |
41 |
Several meteors, maneuvering all by themselves |
42 |
A portable hole, suspended in the air with the sound of deep breathing coming from it |
43 |
An Efreeti and a Marid, floating along arguing about a glowing stone carved with runes |
44 |
A narrow, jagged rift to the elemental plane of air, with an arm reaching through it |
45 |
An avatar of Remnis, god of Giant Eagles, lazily cruising on the breeze |
46 |
A druid, flying along on a large and roughly worked piece of stone |
47 |
A Storm Giant flying tower, seemingly abandoned |
48 |
An Elf riding a Griffon, armed and armoured for battle |
49 |
An Orc on a Wyvern, with a bow and an empty quiver |
50 |
A Pegasus, flying calmly and fitted with a saddle and armour |
51 |
A group of scared looking nobles in a hot air balloon |
52 |
A merchant flying along on a magical carpet, towing their wares on a giant Tenser’s Floating Disk |
53 |
A company of Dwarves, huddled together in a giant doorway in the middle of a cliff face |
54 |
A collection of brightly coloured flags and streamers, planted around a black stone box on a snowy mountain top |
55 |
A floating stone face, that will allow you to ask it any three questions |
56 |
Two elderly mages, racing brooms around a tree top course marked by ribbons |
57 |
A small yellowish toxic cloud, that if attacked becomes the mist form of a Yochlol |
58 |
A flock of Gargoyles, taking off from a dark, decrepit fortress |
59 |
A huge humanoid made of clouds, intelligent and conversant but with no clue about its origins |
60 |
A carrier pigeon bearing a magic coin, being attacked by a hawk |
61 |
A cloud of Sprites, chattering and arguing about a missed opportunity |
62 |
A flock of magical books, speeding in all directions away from ancient ruins |
63 |
Several Will-o’-Wisps, bobbing up and down excitedly at the top of a looming, ancient marker stone |
64 |
A slender 90 ft spire of a brass-like material, slowly rotating and pushing up from the earth |
65 |
A malfunctioning wand, gyrating through the air and firing Magic Missiles at random directions |
66 |
A rainbow bridge into the sky, slowly fading but with the distinct tang of magic from the Astral Plane |
67 |
A Winged Kobold, asking piteously if you have seen which direction his tribe went |
68 |
A Homunculus, scouting out partially ruined tower of burned and blackened stone |
69 |
A Pegasus, teaching its foal how to fly |
70 |
A column of rising and expanding steam, with a pair of singed Gnomes underneath surrounded by wreckage |
71 |
A weirdly glowing, stationary cloud that whispers as you approach it |
72 |
A swarm of annoying biting insects, rushing ahead of an unusual storm front |
73 |
A hawker’s gyrfalcon, flitting from tree to tree and ignoring the calls of its master |
74 |
A pair of Imps, squabbling over an oversized dagger with a green gemstone in the pommel |
75 |
A Young Green Dragon, flying slowly and obviously badly wounded |
76 |
A series of tiles floating and tumbling in the air, each bearing runes in Jotunuvar (Sky Giant language) |
77 |
A Green Hag on a barely working Flying Broom, crashing into everything in its path |
78 |
Two Harpys, flying near the ground and carrying a brass bound chest between them |
79 |
A royal messenger, wearing winged boots and carrying a wax-sealed scroll case |
80 |
An unusually persistent dust devil, playing havoc with a travelling caravan |
81 |
The image of a crown, projected by unknown means onto the base of nearby clouds |
82 |
A raven flapping lazily along, with a leather hood and a message scroll tied to its leg |
83 |
A wooden chest supported by dozens of tiny wings, heading very intensely in a straight line |
84 |
Smoke signals, being made by a barbarian Orc tribe |
85 |
Thousands of tiny wildflowers floating into the sky, released from the head of a Dryad |
86 |
A Wasp construct, slightly larger than life and made of precious metals, bearing a maker’s mark ‘K.T.E.’ |
87 |
A Skywrite ritual spells out the words: BARRIER GONE, THE WAY HAS BEEN OPENED |
88 |
A Wind Wall spell across a small valley, holding back a creeping finger of coloured fog |
89 |
A Faerie Dragon, chasing what looks to be ball lightning |
90 |
A haughty Dragonborn Wyvern rider, with a bound Orc prisoner slung across the back of his saddle |
91 |
A young Human male, being born unwillingly along on wings sprouting from his back |
92 |
A Djinni at leisure, lounging on a cloud and being served by a bonded Jann |
93 |
A Sylph, travelling to a rare sylphmeet |
94 |
A fading Air Elemental, bound to protect the body of a fallen Elven prince |
95 |
An eccentric Cloud Giant runemage, reinforcing the glyphs holding up a magically solid cloud |
96 |
Three black clad Gnomes, riding Giant Owls in daylight but hoping to remain unseen |
97 |
A stunned looking Goliath, sprawled at the centre of a whirlwind |
98 |
A Giant Bat, carrying the remains of an armoured humanoid in its claws |
99 |
A small airship, with a captain and crew that obviously have no idea what they’re doing |
100 |
A priest using Wind Walk for the first time, equal parts terrified and determined |