Crawling hands are severed hands that have been brought back to life through necromantic magics. They are low level guardians for necromancers and are frequently found in numbers.

What Creature Did the Crawling Hand Come From?

1. Human.
2. Orc.
3. Goblin.
4. Kobold.
5. Bugbear.
6. Hobgoblin.

Where is the Crawling Hand Hiding?

1. Inside a sealed jar.
2. Underneath a wooden box.
3. Beneath a pile of fabric.
4. Clinging to the room’s ceiling.
5. Inside a cupboard.
6. In a backpack.

What’s Unusual About the Crawling Hand?

1. Painted fingernails.
2. Copper ring on one finger.
3. Wearing a rusty gauntlet.
4. Missing a finger.
5. Has a tattoo on the back of its hand.
6. Nearly skeletal.

This simple table has ten different notes and letters that could be found lying around on desks, hidden in drawers, blowing in the wind or in the pockets of the dead. None have any game relevance unless the GM decides that they do. They can be used to add miscellaneous flavour, be misdirection or potential adventure hooks.

1. Bantus says he’ll be able to get it for you. Be careful when dealing with him.
2. Drayank is up to something, I’m sure of it. There’s no way he can be doing that well unless there’s something underhand going on.
3. Hide the stuff in the usual place. M.
4. I need to do some research on the tunnels below the town.
5. It’s buried beneath the heart of the collapsed building in the village.
6. No choice left. I’m going to challenge that idiot to a duel.
7. Not a chance. There’s no way I’m going to help you do that Urich.
8. Speak to Betts. She can recommend a good guide.
9. Turns out that giant worms are very good eating. Who knew?
10. Why did that happen?

These are dreadful covers of Christmas songs that characters could hear in a modern setting, perhaps in stores, lifts or whilst on hold. They could be heard during a normal investigation, or in a retail establishment during the zombie apocalypse or similar event.

1. Rap version of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”
2. Drum and base version of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
3. Electronic dance version of Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”
4. Children’s gospel choir performing Wizzard’s “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”
5. Panpipe version of Slade’s “Merry Xmas Everybody”
6. Steel band version of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”
7. Bagpipes playing Gene Autry’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
8. Rock guitar version of Wham!’s “Last Christmas”
9. Tibetan throat singing version of The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s “Fairytale of New York”
10. Harmonica version of “Walking in the Air”
11. Hammond organ version of Cliff Richard’s “Mistletoe and Wine”
12. Electronic dance version of Chris Rea’s “Driving Home for Christmas”

Basilisks are feared eight-legged reptiles, not so much for their poisonous bite as for their gaze which turns those who meet it to stone. Basilisks can be found in most terrain, and statues may be the first sign there is one present.

What Does the Basilisk Look Like?

1. A narrow strip of bright red scales down each side.
2. Backward-pointing horns on its head.
3. Bony spurs on its leg joints.
4. Extra claw on each foot.
5. Ridge of dorsal plates down its spine.
6. Unusual red eyes.

What Statues Are Found in the Den?

1. Armoured figure wielding sword and shield but lacking a head.
2. Cleric brandishing a holy symbol.
3. Fleeing halfling, looking over one shoulder.
4. Robed figure holding a staff with the head of an owl poking out from the robes.
5. Snake poised to strike.
6. Snarling wolf.

What’s Found in the Den?

1. Basket of stone apples.
2. Broken basilisk eggs.
3. Shards of broken mirror.
4. Shattered stone sword.
5. Stone feminine hand holding a broken stone wand.
6. Stone torso lacking legs, arms or head.

This table can be rolled on to determine what humanoids went into making that flesh golem. The table can be rolled on five times, for each arm, each leg and the torso and head. It’s not really needed to roll for the brain. This might wind up with something very lopsided, but why not go for it? Alternatively, if one limb belongs to a giant race and the other doesn’t, roll twice for the second limb. Either the result will be a giant or the limb will be made from those two humanoids.

1. Bugbear
2. Cloud Giant
3. Cyclops
4. Dwarf
5. Elf
6. Ettin
7. Fire Giant
8. Frost Giant
9. Gnoll
10. Gnome
11. Goblin
12. Halfling
13. Hill Giant
14. Hobgoblin
15. Human
16. Kobold
17. Lizardfolk
18. Ogre
19. Orc
20. Stone Giant

Bears are large, omnivorous animals that can be aggressive if threatened. They will often lair within caves, especially over winter months when the bear is hibernating.

What Can be Found in the Den?

1. Antlers from a caribou.
2. Broken claw.
3. Gutted body of a recently killed wolf.
4. Nest made from branches.
5. Partially chewed human thighbone.
6. Torn and empty canvas backpack.

What Distinguishing Marks Does the Bear Have?

1. Limp from a slightly twisted leg.
2. Milky eye.
3. Old scar across its muzzle.
4. Single, unusually large canine tooth that protrudes over the lip.
5. Torn ear.
6. White streak through the fur on its back.

What Features Does the Cave Have?

1. Alcove carved into a wall.
2. Cave painting depicting stick figures worshipping a bear god.
3. Hollow in the rocky floor that has been worn smooth.
4. Pool of water fed by a small spring.
5. Rock chimney in the roof, only a foot wide, though daylight or stars can be seen at the top.
6. Small tunnel, too small for the bear to fit through, at the back.

Chuuls are strange, intelligent lobster-like creatures that lurk in temperate swamps, looking for the perfect ambush site to catch prey. They are notorious for taking souvenirs from their victims.

Where’s the Chuul’s Ambush Site?

1.  Campsite with evidence of former use on a dry hillock rising out of the surrounding water.
2. Flooded and camouflaged pit trap with an underwater tunnel leading to a nearby pool.
3.  Log over a stream that rolls when used.
4. Path this runs next to water that is quicksand.
5. Pool of shallow water that has been carefully covered with leaves to so that it looks like solid ground.
6. Wooden bridge over running water with weakened boards at the centre.

What’s the Chuul’s Lair Like?

1. Nest made from bones and moss.
2. Niches are carved into the walls to hold trophies.
3. Phosphorescent moss decorates the walls and ceiling in odd patterns.
4. Roots from trees have been trained to make peculiar shapes.
5. Underwater passage leads from a nearby stretch of water.
6. Water slides gently down one wall into a pool at the base before flowing away.

What Trophies are in the Chuul’s Lair?

1. Bent and broken swords that have been twisted together into a single mass.
2. Five skulls, upturned with eye and nasal sockets plugged with clay, each containing half a dozen coins; each skull contains different coins, platinum, gold, electrum, silver and copper.
3. Canvas backpack full of finger bones.
4. Lizardfolk skeleton that turns out to be completely made from lizardfolk skulls.
5. Six swords, each embedded point down and topped with a broken helmet.
6. Suit of plate armour posed upright by weapons inside it.