From trash to interesting flora and fauna, there is a lot of stuff in the great outdoors. If you are not looking for a specific plant or animal, there could be 1-4 of these things.
1: 1-4 fake rocks. These things look like small to large boulders but are light as a feather. DC20 nature to tell it's not a real rock. If the wind is blowing them around it's pretty obvious. If soil is present there are a number of tiny ones still growing.
2: Real bolder. Solid rock.
3: Copper coins. 1D6. Just messes with treasure detection.
4: Cracked, empty, oil lamp.
5: Chipped Ceramic Cup.
6: Broken Wayfinder.
7: Roll on what's in the bottle table.
8. A lost or discarded doll.
9: Abandoned broken cart
10: Empty wicker basket
11: Wicker basket with someone's lunch in it
12: Wicker basket with baby in it.
13: Skeleton. It's harmless.
14: Shoe
15: Broken rusty sword
16: Torn cloak
17: Spectacles
18: The other shoe
19: Rabbit snare
20: Eggshell from something large like a roc or dinosaur
21: Saddle
22: Shovel
23: Pile of rocks
24: Pile of sand
25: Pile of logs
26. Small pile of feathers.
27. A good solid stick.
28. Signs of passage of a large animal, to put it politely.
29. Ashes of a campfire.
30. Discarded pamphlets.
31. An animal skull.
32. A broken wheel.
33. Empty crates.
34. An entire wrecked vehicle with no sign how it could possibly have got there.
(Yes, I've seen all of these while walking my dogs, more than once each.)
35.Heal all plants, growing wild.
36.Fever Few.
37. A destroyed undead creature (marred with scorch and bludgeoning marks)
38. A bottle with a note inside that reeks of women's perfume and begins with "oh my darling love, I yearn for the fruit of thine loins once again..." It gets pretty promiscuous and romantic after that. The note is not addressed to anyone.
39. A tree stump with the butt of a cigar that was put out no less than 5 minutes ago. Its still warm.
40. A small laundry sack full of socks, and not one of them match any of the others.
41. An abandoned wagon that looks like it has been used as "target practice" for bird droppings.
42. A well-crafted, in-tact abacus.
43. A water-logged calendar with several of the months missing.
44. A caterpillar chomping away at some leafy foliage.
45. A commoner's cooking pot (fabricated for function, not aesthetics)
46. A small, ivory carved figurine of a succubus grappling a female druid.
47. A sling bullet made of 5 silver pieces soldered together. Works as a silvered weapon.
51. A large wagon with a Political Banner that reads: "Patternick Thunderfoot for City Planner". Next to the wagon is an aspiring Hill Giant politician named Patternick Thunderfoot and 17 of his giant and non-giant followers who are handing out pamphlets that point out that over 73.8% of businesses in McRaciallyInsensitiveVille have Medium-sized Doorways, 82.1% of Taverns only have 5ft square stools, and 64.9% of Inns only have 6ft beds, and they are holding protest signs that read "Give Jebediah AntiGiant the Boot this Abadius!" and "Vote for Patternick!" and they're chanting "End Giant Discrimination!".
52. A broken Ranseur
53. A matchbox bearing the name of a local Tavern called the "The Flying Boar". There are 3 matches left, and they're all soaked.
54. A bundle of roses with a bright red bow tied around the stems.
55. A chunk of iron ore.
56. A necklace with a piece of gnarled and knotted wood for a pendant.
57. The carcasses of 23 dead animals ritualistically bled and purposefully posed to form a strange glyph- or rune-like shape on the ground. Detect Magic reveals some type of Witchcraft from the Necromancy school was cast here recently.
58. A frightened horse wearing a cart harness that is bridled to a tipped over wagon that is meant to be pulled by two horses. The other horse is missing, and so is the driver. There are various wares from around the continent that are strewn about the crash site, so it can be assumed this person was a merchant or trader of some kind. It looks like anything of any significant value has already been pilfered. Survival check DC: 10 reveals footprints of 5 bandits heading east, and in a hurry.
49. 1d4 real rocks, but they're small or tiny-sized animated rocks. They don't tend to move unless the wind is blowing or people aren't watching. A DC 5 Knowledge (Nature) check reveals that these are normal rocks (maybe a bit more rounded) if examined while not moving or without a detect magic or similar spell in effect. If someone sees them moving and the wind is blowing, smarty-pants characters with Knowledge (Nature) can make a DC 15 check to be reminded that fake rocks are now a thing thanks to Goth Guru and that they are pretty much light and harmless and will just bounce off people.
These rocks, of course, are real rocks and will careen with actual force into anyone trying to look cool as they tumble down slopes at them, dealing slam damage.
I've been thinking of a new monster, spirit gremlins. They inhabit supposedly inanimate objects and make them jump out of pockets, untie shoelaces, and other pranks. I think they are hiding elsewhere when detect spells are cast. Yeah, they can throw rocks like 1st level peasants. I hope I'm making these things up.
59.Wild, hot, chili peppers. Eating them raw does 1D6 subdual to the inside of the mouth. Some adventurers dry them and wear them on a necklace to prevent being swallowed whole. Can be used to make pepper gum. Though they do not radiate evil, lower planes creatures love them. On a hotness scale of 1-10 chili peppers, gourmets have given them an 11.
60. Strange vehicle. It's mostly metal mesh with a pushing (or maybe pulling)bar at one end and 4 tiny wheels below. The pushing bar is labeled "Krusty's groceries". There is an area below where a sack of something could be stowed. Knowledge the planes 15 to identify it as a small cart of some kind.
The strange vehicle treats dirt and grass surfaces as broken terrain. To get it to move freely, you must get it to a paved surface.
70. Search results 20 or better. Buried treasure. 6 feet deep. Average padlock, Treasure type X=1D100 copper pieces, 1D10 silver pieces, 1D4 gold pieces(pieces of eight-Each wedge is worth 1/8th of a gold piece), antique cutlass, roll once on What's in the bottle chart, full bottle of rum(still good), GM's choice(something they will need or the GM thinks is funny), pirate disguise (fake purple beard, eyepatch, clip on golden earring, hook that fits over hand, strap on pegleg, and frills to sew onto collar and sleeves) and a random scroll.
71. Search results 20 or better. Unmarked grave. The worm eaten body has the key to 70 in their breast pocket. Has 1 gold tooth. Money belt has 1D20 copper pieces and 10 tokens.
The strange vehicle treats dirt and grass surfaces as broken terrain. To get it to move freely, you must get it to a paved surface.
64. Search results 20 or better. Buried treasure. 6 feet deep. Average padlock, Treasure type X=1D100 copper pieces, 1D10 silver pieces, 1D4 gold pieces(pieces of eight-Each wedge is worth 1/8th of a gold piece), antique cutlass, roll once on What's in the bottle chart, full bottle of rum(still good), GM's choice(something they will need or the GM thinks is funny), pirate disguise (fake purple beard, eyepatch, clip on golden earring, hook that fits over hand, strap on pegleg, and frills to sew onto collar and sleeves) and a random scroll.
65. Search results 20 or better. Unmarked grave. The worm eaten body has the key to 70 in their breast pocket. Has 1 gold tooth. Money belt has 1D20 copper pieces and 10 tokens.
Sorry. Late night posting or something. I fixed the numbering.
66. A red and black spear imbedded in a stone slab. A DC 25 strength check can remove the spear from the stone slab.
If the spear is removed from the stone slab, the stone immediately comes to life as a Mimic... the spear is the Bloodstone Impaler...
67:A Dead body. No valuables or ID.Heal check 16 to determine multiple stab wounds were the cause of death. The GM can create the backstory and possibly tie it into the campaign.
Things I found walking today...
68:Guitar pick.
69:Golf tee.
72:Quartz stone the size and shape of a small marble.
73. A lone potted plant, the pot has been thoroughly cleaned and cared for.
74. A used/soiled medical wrapping and clipped sutures. Heal check DC 15 reveals it's half-orc blood on the wrapping and sutures.
75. A large wooden shield that has been cracked in half. The leather armstraps have been removed.
76. A soaked/soggy business card for a local inn/tavern called "The Twin Parrots Lounge". On the back is written "meeting with Barnabas Glass @(today's date, and time = a couple hours from now)"
77. A blind child in a wheelchair petting a dead parakeet that has had its head taped back on. Someone off in the distance shouts "Harry... I took care of it!"
82. A paper bag full of potato peelings well on it's way to becoming compost.
91. Pile of Giant poop. If anyone has the nerve to reach in, roll on the appropriate topic/table.
92. A likenberry bush. These bright red berries have the effect of a philter of love, but obsessively passionate.
93. A blues berry bush. The dark blue berries end any emotional effect on the eater.
97. A dead unicorn with it's horn cut out. If speak with dead or other such informational ability is available, it was killed by humanoids who are planning a horrible ritual. The tip of a spear is imbedded in it's torso.
99.If nature 12 succeeds you recognise the tops of wild onions.
100.If nature 12 succeeds you recognise the tops of wild potatoes.
101.If nature 12 succeeds you recognise the tops of wild carrots.
102.Rare black truffles. 1D6 sticking up out of the ground. More still buried. Worth 10 platinum or 100 GP each. Some use them as currency.
103. 1D6 mandrake plants. The roots can be used to make homunculus. Also an ingredient in potions and ointments. Some do scream when uprooted. You can do the protective ritual to prevent that or fill your ears with beeswax. One mandrake root is worth 1,000 GPV, so, good luck?
105: Bee hive: usually up on a tree but can be on the eves of a house.
107: Entropic Conifers
5 trees in a circle. This tree is the source of Entropic resin. It can be identified by it's dark bark, often twisted and menacing appearance, and wounds caused by supernatural beasts such as hell hounds and undead animals.
Fresh resin is bitter, not sweet, and gives a creature that consumes it an extra damage die to it's main attack. If allowed to harden, it can be used as an additional material component for evocation and necromancy spells, adding a point or dice of damage as if the caster was of a higher level. In it's pure form, it is opaque and black. There is often Entropic amber in the surrounding area, which is usually translucent, and may contain inclusions.
Ecology. It grows best in ancient battlefields, but some druidic cults will sacrifice their enemies to these trees.
113. Miniature Pirate's Cache, Bootlegger's Den, or Smuggler's Storehouse
At first glance, one might mistake this for a child's dollhouse. This tiny-sized building is half-sticking out of the ground at a 30degree angle and partially covered by dirt, sand, or moss, whichever is appropriate for the terrain. It is seemingly out in the middle of nowhere and wildly-out-of-place, and the building itself is dilapidated slightly. This suggests this building might've been mistakenly teleported here, or fell from an airship or a caravan/transport long ago, but there are no wheel marks or footprints near the building's current site. Why or how it got here is a mystery. Although, it is quite apparent that this thing has been lost for good from whoever the previous owner(s) were. Upon examination, the PC's can see through the windows inside this building and see that it is full of treasures.
The storehouse can be entered by the PC's if they figure out a way to shrink themselves down to the size of ants. This place is a loot cache for smugglers, bootleggers, or pirates, and there is a veritable hoard of gold and silver, valuable trinkets, expensive cutlery, art, gems, magic scrolls, wands, and anything else the DM wants to put in here. All of this loot inside has had Shrink Item cast upon it permanently. The PC's can remove the item from the miniature storehouse and then dispel the Shrink Item if they want to "officially claim" any of this plunder, because these items are effectively worthless in their current shrunken state. The building itself is not magical at all, it is completely mundane, so the PC's cannot Dispel the building to return it to normal size. However, there ARE magical auras coming from within the building. The PC's will detect the auras of any magic items the DM puts inside, as well as the auras of Symbol of Scrying, Symbol of Death, Symbol of Striking, whatever Symbol spells are level appropriate for the party's current APL, as well as various Glyph of Warding spells that are also level appropriate.
Potential Story Hook: The PC's activate a Symbol of Scrying and now the previous owners know where it is. Le gasp!
117. An old cesspit with 3D4 timecups growing out of or near it.
Timecups are big(for flowers) six petaled blooms with a liquid in the middle. You can scry on any time or space as if it was a crystal ball. If you drink any of the liquid, you plane shift to where it was depicted. There are transparent seeds in the liquid that are not harmed by passing through the digestive system. On the material plane they are often found growing out of or near a cesspit. Animals sometimes use them to skip over winter and or hunting season.
Notes on scrying: The Core Rulebook doesn't say you cannot scry an empty space, and spring flowers don't get will saves, usually, but anything that enters the area will get a will save.
Before they fill with liquid, Timecups attract Timeflies. These big(for insects) black flies pollinate the Timecups and bite causing aging at the site(1D6 damage). White Timeflies are the same bugs traveling backwards through time. Bone white, there bite causes a small area to become younger(one point subdual). An entire swarm of white timeflies is necessary to make one mortal a year younger.
118.1D4 Barrels of ale. Nearby wagon wheel tracks optional.
119. Random Crate, seems to have fallen out of the sky.
119. Random Crate, seems to have fallen out of the sky.And how are we supposed to figure out what's in the crate?
120. A dilapidated carousel. Made of wood, it has 3 carved wooden horses with the central poles coming up from the base of the rotating platform they rest upon. Where a fourth horse would be is a gilded and decorated bench for two.
The platform is connected to a winch system meant to be turned by 2 to 4 persons nearby, with the gears turning the carousel. In its current state, it takes the strength of four normal humans to turn, but if refurbished it can be done with less (depending on the carousel's current load of riders).
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42hqm?Infinite-crates
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