u/FrequentAd8773

I'm not a new DM, have been doing that for a few years, but i'm very much new to DND, so I don't feel entirely confidente on my familiarity with the system to start homebrewing any time soon, but i need a very specific low-level enemy for an encounter.

Basically, the enemy is a sapient big salamander (the actual animal, not the fire guys) that lives in the forest and can hide in foliage close to the ground. Kind of a "attack, hide, attack, hide" situation.

It should be an easy encounter with a single enemy for a group of four lvl 3 characters, and idk how relevant this is but i'm expecting a non-violent (for the most part) resolution to it.

And just for clarification, when i say "big" i mean like 50-60 centimeters and the system is 5e.

Could any kind soul who's good at homebrewing make something like that real quick? or point me to any place where i might find something that could be adapted to that?

I'm not the best at looking stuff up and actually researching stuff, so I have a hard time finding background music for my more specific situations. For example, I have a session coming up with a scene of combat/chase with a wereowl, and I have no idea where I would find music for it that isn't bland action music from youtube or something. Can someone help me out? (Free resources prefered and no problem with copyright)