Post/Author/DateTime	Post
E. Ravenwood 05-18-06, 07:59 PM	Sometimes it just feels good to go out on one of those short little missions that only take a few hours (in real time, anyway) I especially like the the list given in the DMG, and at the end of the " Races of " series of books, like "A statue in the middle of town turns out to be a paladin turned to stone long ago", or "Two Goliath Barbarian tribes go to war with a human settlement in between them". A long, epic campaign could come from one ofthese although, I would like to hear from those who have played one that wasn't from the books. 1) a mad wizard's newly constructed flesh golem is on the loose... 2) the party uncovers a conspiracy of a corrupt general plotting a coup... 3) the leader of the town's mage guild entrusts you to deliver a sealed letter to the leader of the mage's guild in a nearby town. Under no circumstances are you to look at the contents of the letter... 4) a long, lost artifact sword turns up at the crime scene of a murder... 5) adventurers must deliver a message to a nearby keep warning of a siege, enemy spies do not wish for the message to reach anyone else's ears...
Darkxarth 05-18-06, 10:27 PM	6) A crazed Ogre Mage is breeding a new type of Goblin, Half-Goblin, Half-Orc... 7) Yuan-Ti are planning a massive invasion of nearby Elven lands, can the Elves prepare their defenses in time... 8) Dwarves have discovered a pit leading deeper than any Dwarf has ever tunneled. At the bottom of this pit, there seems to be an entire civiliazation of Human slaves serving fiendish overlords... 9) The King suddenly disappears from his throne during an important meeting. In his place, a note appears: "Your king is our prisoner, find the Heart of Evil and bring it here. The Abyss thanks you..." 10) Without warning, armor begins transforming into crazed, deadly Golems. These Golems kill anything in their path as they make their way to a single location...
Darkxarth 05-23-06, 12:58 AM	11) A deranged Wizard has created a type of Golem that is immune to all magic, including magical weapons… 12) A Great Silver Wyrm has discovered a new breed of Dragon, the Violet Dragon. Half-Red, Half-Blue, all evil… 13) An Elven mage has created a spell that will supposedly return all Drow to their former Elven state. All she needs to complete her spell is skull of the first mortal Drow, which is a sacred relic of Lolth’s temple… 14) Gnomes declare all-out war on Kobolds. A Gnome war machine is on the move across the land, slaughtering Kobolds and recruiting soldiers. What caused this sudden lust for war? And how will the Kobolds strike back… 15) The Key to Eternity is found, and an evil cult threatens to unlock the Seal of the World…
Cthulhu-LQ 05-23-06, 11:27 AM	16) A small farming village has had huge crops lately, but those proved to be inedible. At the same time, the villagers seem to have been afflicted by some kind of insanity. The PCs discover that a meteorite has recently crashed in the fields, releasing some kind of strange color in the village's well, a color that doesnt exist
GimpyRogue15 06-18-06, 03:40 PM	17) The adventurers arrive in town only to see their faces on Wanted posters all over the city and are subject to abuse from the Ogre Mage Monk king and his people... 18) After being asked to search a 'haunted house' and fighting off several undead, the adventurers find an underground dwarven citadel who wish for revenge on the drow for assassinating their king... 19) The capital city has been invaded by armies of demons. Why have they come to the material plane and how can they be stopped?... 20) A friend of the adventurers (a PC who can't be at session) has been abducted by a renowned bandit... 21) The elves are faced with the ultimate task when their dark cousins (drow) declare war. They require infiltrators... 22) A band of elite bugbears have been starved of their food and are attacking human settlements...
KingGolem 06-18-06, 07:33 PM	23) Kobolds discover an extremely explosive compound and use it to attempt genocide of the gnomish race. 24) Orc adepts have been breeding a race of super trolls, and use them to pillage the countryside. 25) An evil sorcerer attempts to transform himself into a red dragon. 26) A magical chalice that controls tides is being put to evil uses by sahaugin off the cost of a fishing village. 27) A covey of hags develops a strange and deadly new disease and demand tribute, lest they release it into a local kingdoms water supply. 28) Young wizards attending an arcane university are found dead in the library of no discernable cause other than a horribly swolen cut on their index fingers. 29) A skilled craftsman is kidnapped by goblins and forced to make weapons for them 30) An underground (not litteraly) pit fighting arena has kidnapped the Kings best knights and is forcing them to fight. 31) A pair of shady halfling merchants are selling magical items that violently backfire in towns they travel to. 32) An impossibly large iron golem is found buried in a mine and is accidentally awakened. 33) Kobold sorcerers form a secret society in a city, and begin experimenting with alchemical procedures on city residents, most resulting in horrible deaths. 34) A small band of dwarves discover a massive vein of crystals that radiate a magical radiation that causes magical cancer, but makes the crystals glow pleasantly, and starts selling them in jewelry to aristocrats. 35) A goggle-wearing medusa strikes a deal with a local lord, agreeing to be his bodyguard and personal hit-man. 36) Necromancers experiment with enchanting the bones of skeletons like magic items.
Darkxarth 06-18-06, 07:33 PM	37) An Aasimar Paladin is wandering the streets of the city, armed with only a sword, shield, and armor. He is looking for a group of adventurers to go with him on a quest into the Abyss. He is doing this out of vengance, for the murder of his family by Demons, and is close to losing his Paladinhood because of it.
angryman 06-19-06, 08:33 AM	A mysterious stranger approaches you in a tavern... hehe kidding!
spoogemonkey 06-20-06, 05:59 PM	local workman spontaneously combusts bartender refutes claim that he is a retired 7th level fighter missing heiress found at Bard's house mysterious disappearance of livestock due to aggressive local butcher Mayor decides he can handle city's problems without a party of adventurers
E. Ravenwood 06-21-06, 02:57 PM	44. In a well-developed city, something is causing rats from the sewers up to the surface by the droves... 45. A Goblin warparty is on its way to raid a peaceful Gnome community for their gizmos and gadgets... 46. A band of Gnolls has captured an Elven stronghold in the forest. Now that they have a foothold, the forest may never be safe again... 47. Historians believe they have found a long, lost dungeon. However, word has gotten out, and dozens of adventuring parties are rearing to stake their claim, and not all of them are fair, or good for that matter... 48. It is found that an army's supply line runs close to the town you currently reside in. the opposing army wishes to cut their supply line, but offer no protection if the other army retaliates... 49. A priestess did not make it through the mountain pass before last winter's snow, and cound not make it back to her subterreanean sacred temple. When she finally returned, the melted winter snow flooded her temple, along with an array of strange creatures who've made themselves at home... 50. A dread necromancer was seen entering a necropolis and has not been seen since. Lately, strange undead have been wandering through the surrounding forests and settlements... 51. An absent-minded gnome tinkersmith is creating large machines of war (ie: battle golems and constructs) and is not keeping good security over his lab, for his machines keep wandering out... 52. It is believed that a crazed tyrant has finally met his maker, alone in his big castle. Local authorities want the corpse to confirm this, but who knows what lies beyond the castle gates...
Quantrill 06-23-06, 01:48 PM	53) A community of TN gnomes have created a doomsday machine. You must convice them to destroy it, or destroy it yourself before it falls into the wrong hands. 54) An ancient war between fire elementals and dwarves abruptly ends when fire elementals enter a chamber full of natural gas, blowing the mountain up. Now, Dwarven artifacts and magic items litter the land.
Dench 06-23-06, 02:00 PM	A strange meteor falls nearby the adventurers tent. When they go and investigate, they discover a huge metal ship, with strange technology inside of it. The passengers are dead, but one of the adventurers pushes accidentaly a red button and a huge, metal golem raises saying "comencing operation: country raid".
Quantrill 06-23-06, 03:00 PM	56) A group of religious pacifists plan a pilgramage to a so-called promised land. They must travel through uncharted, hostile territory, and refuse to arm themselves. 57) An Evil society is piecing a broken relic back together that was destroyed ages ago. It just so happens that one of the PC's acquired a piece of the relic in their last adventure. 58) The King's daughter has been kidnapped, and he is hiring any abled bodied person to join the search party 59) After a big adventure that has really put the hurt on the P.C.'s, they find a small settlement and seek refuge. The settlers take them in, and tell that a Barbarian raid will commence on their small village at daybreak. 60) While traveling through the forests, the PC's come across the tail end of a battle between two army patrols. One of the survivors begs for assistance, he is heading for the main colomn with a message, but he is now alone, and in unfriendly territory.
E. Ravenwood 06-23-06, 03:58 PM	61. A strange rider enters town one night, and the next day, the local army has mobilized and enters the desrt to the west. Rumor has it they're looking for a cache of magic items last thousands of years ago... 62. A step pyramid has been discovered deep in yuan-ti infested jungle. Archeologists are desperate to mount an exploration, and will pay anything for good protection... 63. A long sunken ship has risen from the depths of the sea and has sailed into the local harbor covered in seaweed, its crew nothing more than coral encrusted bones. Local authorities hauled the ship into a private harbor and will not disclose the nature of the ships contents. The next morning, the skelatal crew was gone, and people have since been found dead in the streets... 64. Recently, Dwarven miners have broken through to a section of the Underdark and unleashed a horde of Drow. It will only be a matter of time before they scour the mountain tunnels, and discover the settlement at the base of the mountain. 65. The PCs are hired by the Cleric's guild to deliver an artifact to a major city to the east. However, the shortest route is to cut through the Wild Plains; a stretch of hostile territory rulled by nomads and barbarians... 66. A local king is concerned about the large number of dangerous creatures in the mountains in his kingdom. He is hiring adventure parties t oslear out the Goblins, Bugbears, and Giants, offering a bounty of 5gp, 15gp, and 200gp for each... 67. A long standing enemy of the kingdom has taken the city the PC's reside in through a military victory. The new order has doubled taxes to raise money for their army, who have since left, leaving a small contengent behind to maintain order. The Thieve's, Mage's, and other guilds have formed an alliance, and the citizens are on edge. Revolution is in the air, all the people need is a little push in the right direction... 68. The PCs find a map that suggest a cache of Elven magical weapons and armor lie somewhere near an old Elven court. The catch is the ancient court has since been overrun by the Drow a long time ago... 69. The PCs awake one day with blazing headaches and sea sickness. They soon find they are all chained together in the bowels of a prison ship heading for the Island of the Lost Sun, a prison island. Whether or not they deserved it, they are now incarcerated on the island. The prisoners stick to the coast, the interior of the island has never been explored, what lies in its depths is anybody's guess... 70. Here's a flip...The PCs are hired to watch over prisoners on a prison ship. However, the pirate band these prisoners run with want their pals back, and attack the ship. Under no sicumstances are the prisoners allowed to escape, for if they do, the authorities will blame you... 71. A titan has been exiled by the gods to spend life among the mortals. He is wrecking havoc all across the land, and local cities and towns are growing desperate before it destroys their crops and homes... 72. A band of pirates were careless on their last raid of the town. On one of their corpses, a map is found that shows the location of their hideout, an old castle on one of the hundreds of islands that litter the sea. The treasure is up for grabs, and taking down their castle will bring about their downfall... 73. In a case of mistaken Identity, you find that a high level bounty hunter is hell bent on capturing you and hauling your sorry sacks back to face "justice"... 74. A number of influential merchants have come up dead mysteriously in their own homes. Rumor has it that it is the work of Ghost-Faced killers, but at this point, there doesn't seem to be a reason for the killings... 75. The leader of a Paladin's organization is brutaly murdered one night. The next, the leader of the thieve's guild is killed. Both groups are blaming each other, and a war of the alignments threatens to spill out into the streets. Did the two societies finally get tired of each other, or is there a third party involved in this ??? 76. You enter a town that has never been touched by the hands of magic. In fact, magic is taboo here, and those who cast it or wield it are considered witches or warlocks, a title punishable by death... 77. A band of Ronins enter town and offer their survices to local lords and barrons in hopes as being reinstated as Samuri. But one has to ask, what caused them to become ronin's in the first place ??? 78. A bumbling Cleric swears a life debt to one of your PCs after he is saved from death. Having a cleric in the party could be a good thing, but when he forgets to pray for spells one day, or cast the wrong spells on accident, you have to wonder if you're getting a raw deal... 79. Homeless citizens of the city have come up missing ever since a new sect of clerics moved in. They remain very mysterious and secretive in their intentions, and their may be more than meets the eye... 80. A corrupt, power-hungry bureaucrat uses a rash of robberies on the public road as an excuse to start an inquisition against residents of the surrounding forest, focusing mainly on the Elven Druids...
Quantrill 06-24-06, 05:55 PM	81) Ships from various ports are found adrift and deserted in the nearby harbor, the crew simply gone, leaving cargo, gear, even half finished meals. No signs of struggle or foul play is apparent, leaving everyone asking how and why. 82) Strange lights have been seen on a nearby mountain for the last few nights. This puzzles even the Elven Druids who guard the mountain from the hands of civilization. however, they make and exception, and allow a few chose groups to trek the mountazin to investigate. 83) The P.C.'s enter a town and find that the annual games are about to begin. An arena has been erected, and tests of strength and skill are open to all who wish to try thier hands. Rewards are large, but in entering, the have just enrolled themselves in the final game, a bloody gladatorial match to see just who the ultimate champion is. 84) One day in town, the P.C.'s are met by soldiers from a far off kingdom. Thay are in need of help waging war on their opponents (be they good, or evil) and are enlisting skirmishers to start a guerilla war on their enemy. War spoils are free for the taking. 85) A war is starting between a good lich and an evil lich, with a town the P.C.'s are staying in smack dab in the middle. They must proctect the town during the frey from any "magical" fall out :devil: