d12 Mountain Exploration

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http://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2013/08/d100-forbidden-mountain-monster-kingdoms.html
http://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2017/11/d100-wilderness-landmarks.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2018/03/d100-bandits.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2020/07/d100-petty-wilderness-spirits.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2021/07/d100-magic-hills.html
https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2020/11/frontier-trail-hexcrawl.html

Also, See my Exile Island Rural & Wilderness Adventure section on my dnd fantasy links page

So a couple of things here and slanted a bit to my current campaign but hopefully good for other epochs of my setting. Some of my cave folk tundra tables might be good too.

d12 Rural Mountain Hex Features
1 Windmill or water wheel millhouse

2 Hermits sanctuary d4 1=grove 2=cave 3=huts 4=exposed to elements

3 Monastary in an isolated area

4 Shrine on a pilgrim trail with a minor holy relic

5 Cultivated forest or seasonal orchard

6 Hunting reserve for nobility with a lodge

7 Luscious farmlands with famous produce

8 Spring or creek or pool with some shacks

9 Noble estate with manor and lands

10 A wizard tower

11 A small village

12 Stone monument like monolith or circle

d12 Rural Mountain Hex Encounters
1 Wandering hermit on ramble

2 Well off fashionable youths on nature ramble

3 Hunters after game or pest

4 Naked wild person who flees

5 Nobles hunting with servants

6 Woodcutter collecting branches

7 Pauper gathering food in wild

8 Animal hunting d4 1=wolf 2= bear 3=wild dogs 4=lion

9 Shy grazing animals d4 1=deer 2=boar 3=rabbits 4=birds 

10 Herder with animals d4 1=goats 2=sheep 3=cattle 4=geese

11 Bandits d4 1=desperate poor outlaws 2=bully thugs 3=cruel sadists or cannibals  4=kidnappers for ransom or slavery

12 Local Bailiffs or Militia d41=looking for bandits 2=hunting fugitive 3=seeking isolated tax evaders 

d12 Frontier Mountain Hex Features
1 Signal fire

2 Watchtower

3 Small keep or castle

4 Ancient carved stone monuments

5 Frontier shrine or funeral place

6 Ancient barrow mound tombs

7 Cavern complex or cave lair

8 Grazing area for herders

9 Barbarian or nomad village or camp

10 Humanoid, demihuman or abhuman secret village

11 Camp of d4 1=prospectors 2=adventurers 3=bandits 4=robber knights

12 Ruined stone building

d12 Frontier Mountain Hex Encounters
1 Barbarian or nomad herders

2 Barbarian or nomad hunters

3 Barbarian or nomad warband

4 Frontier patrol with mounted leader

5 Lone trapper or prospector

6 Outcaste family struggling to survive 

7 Bandits d4 1=desperate poor outlaws 2=bully thugs 3=cruel sadists or cannibals  4=kidnappers for ransom or slavery  

8 Animal hunting d4 1=wolf 2= bear 3=wild dogs 4=lion

9 Shy grazing animals d4 1=deer 2=boar 3=rabbits 4=birds  

10 Humanoid, demihuman or abhuman secret village

11 Minor spirit takes an interest in travellers

12 Monsters! d4 1=troll 2=ogres d4 3=wyvern 4=giant 

d12 Weird Mountain Hex Features
1 Home of a famous witch or outlaw magician

2 Lair of a famous monster

3 Tribal enclave of famous angry humanoids

4 Volcanic vent d4 1=heated pool 2=boiling mud 3=lava crater 4=strange coloured mineral deposits

5 Rumoured place of lost treasure in song and story and some struggle here

6 A terrible being is imprisoned in the mountain, locals prey to keep it trapped or asleep

7 Ancient pre-human ruin explored by cultists and adventurers

8 Ancient subterranean dwarf cross-continental transit tunnels

9 Cavern entrance to the Sunderland trading places and kingdoms

10 A dungeon complex entrance

11 Enterance to another plane d4 1=elemental 2=faerieland 3=giantland 4=hell

12 Dragons lair

d12 Weird Mountain Hex Encounters
1 Outlaw hostile magician 

2 Nature spirits or faerie d4 1=prank 2=talk 3=offer addictive treats 4=seek slaves with charm spells or drugged darts

3 Lycanthropes possibly try to join travels as humans

4 Spirit d4 1=dryad or tree spirit 2=water spirit 3=land spirit 4=beast spirit  

5 Cultist on a pilgrimage to an unholy place 

6 Explorer nobles sent by crown or mountain climbing dandies 

7 Humanoid hero with warband and pets

8 Spirits in human form wary of intruders

9 Monster d4 1=Sphynx 2=chimera 3=griffons 4=perytons 5=lamia 6=harpies

10 Elemental being wandering and curious about mortality and mundane world 

11 Giants d4 1=drunk 2=cooking 3=hunting 4=camping

12 Dragons flies over looking for food or loot

a d100 Magic Mountains like my magic hill table on the way
and a bit about petty spirit objects in progress