Wilderness Encounters in the Low-Hanging Firmament

Use the procedures found in The Nightmares Underneath, page 357.

Encounter die varies by area.


Encounters in Nemon’s Domain
Encounter die D6


1. 1d6 transcendentalists
2. 1d6 Glass Thieves
3. an Abductor
4. Occult-Futurist spy
5. Emissary of Nemon (stats as Spelldropper)
6. The Simurgh


Encounters in the Molten Waves
Encounter die D8


1. 1d6 Glass Thieves
2. 2d4 Crab-Dogs
3. an Abductor
4. Ancient Astrologist from 0204 (stats as Witch-Troll)
5. The wizard and her servitors from 1310
6. The Simurgh


Encounters in Vara’s Domain
Encounter die D6


1. 2d6 Occult-Futurist scouts
2. 1d6 Glass Thieves
3. Emissary of Vara (stats as Spelldropper)
4. 1d4+1 Adepts of the Flame
5. Ancient Astrologist from 0204 (stats as Witch-Troll)
6. The Simurgh


Encounters in the Shattered Battlefield
Encounter die D6


1. 1d6 Glass Thieves
2. Sky Tyrant
3. 1d4 Ancient Astrologist from 0204 (stats as Witch-Troll)
4. Burning Automaton


Encounters in Freyod’s Domain
Encounter die 1d4


1-2. 1d4 Ghouls from 1404. Fearful to enter 1004.
3. Emissary of Freyod (stats as Spelldropper)
4. The Simurgh


Encounters in the Open Sky
Encounter die 1D8


1-2. Blackbird
3. Sky Tyrant
4. 1d6 Wasp Riders and their mounts
5. an Abductor
6. Chorda, the dragon from 1404 of the underworld


Encounters on the Mound-Island
Encounter die 1d4


1. Ancient Astrologist from 0204 (stats as Witch-Troll)
2. 1d4+1 Adepts of the Flame
3. Wizard from 0206
4. The Simurgh


Encounters on the Duke’s Island
Encounter die 1d4


1. 2d6 Glass Thieves
2. 2d4 Crab-Dogs
3. 1d6 Wasp Riders and their mounts
4. Spiderweb-Goddess Emissary (stats as Spelldropper, roll to see which it serves)

Encounters on the Top of the Wall
Encounter die 1d6


1. 2d6 Merchant-Industrialist guards. 1-in-6 chance they have a mule drawn bombard. The mules hate it up here
2. 1d8 State-Sanctioned Thaumaturgists
3. 1d4 transcendentalist refugees
4. an Abductor
5. 1d6 Glass Thieves
6. A Horseman

Stats for Glass Thieves, Abductors, Thaumaturgists, Blackbirds, Dragons, Adepts of the Flame, Crab-Dogs, and the Simurgh can be found in the TNU Bestiary available through Johnstone Metzger’s patreon.
Spelldroppers, Witch-Trolls, Sky Tyrants, Burning Automatons, and Ghouls are from Only Monsters Here.
Stats for humans like the Occult-Futurists, Transcendentalists, etc. are typically repurposed from Only Monsters Here, though I will dip into the Thaumaturgist statblocks in the bestiary for spellcasters.