A group of the common fauna here are chased into the path of the party by one of the larger monsters

You hear whispers everywhere

You interupt a cult conducting a ritual

Led by one Cult Fanatic and including 5 Cultists

One of the Level 5-10 monsters below breaks through some landscape feature into the path of the party

It is fighting 5 of one of the Level 1-4 monsters listed below.

A dolorous howl sounds in the distance

Great roots of enormous trees puncture the ceiling above you

You hear a trickle of water but are unable to determine the direction from which it comes

You hear a distant whistling

Cave Bear

Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 12 (natural armor)Hit Points 42 (5d10 + 15)Speed 40 ft., swim 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 2 (−4) 13 (+1) 7 (−2) Skills Perception +3Senses passive Perception 13Languages —Challenge 2 (450 XP) Keen Smell. The bear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Actions Multiattack. The bear […]

A colorful sprite appears and then disappears

Xorn

Medium elemental, neutral Armor Class 19 (natural armor)Hit Points 73 (7d8 + 42)Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 22 (+6) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) Skills Perception +6, Stealth +3Damage Resistances piercing and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t adamantineSenses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 16Languages TerranChallenge 5 (1,800 […]

Wraith

Medium undead, neutral evil Armor Class 13Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)Speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 6 (−2) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silveredDamage Immunities necrotic, poisonCondition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, […]