Favorite Small Adventures?
Hi everyone, I’m currently running a more sandbox style game where the PCs explore about and each location they find may have some kind of simple quest or even self-contained adventure. It got me thinking about pulling in some of my favorite quests to use in campaigns but many of my players have already done these before. So do you all have some favorite quests or encounters that you love to use and even reuse with different parties?
Since it feels rude not to offer up some of my own:
The PCs come across a small town where slowly each NPC is getting replaced/mind controlled. The exact culprits can range from cultists to dopplegangers to deep scion depending on the environment of the world.
The “Rat King” - a local crime spree has started due to a cult living in the sewers collecting treasures and kidnapping people all worshipping something they call the “Rat King”. The twist ends up being that this Rat King is just some sort of very young dragon trying to increase its hoard or even a wyvern that the cultists believe to be a dragon and the cultists are trying to “appease” this wild animal.
Risky Business - The PCs are hired by a reputable business owner to take something from a competitor. This can branch off to be the owner wanting to retrieve something that was stolen or a crime of passion due to something not business related. I usually like to add a stipulation of the PCs must do this without shedding blood as otherwise the business owner may quit the industry or be arrested and the PCs face backlash from the public.