Saturday, May 30, 2020

33 ideas for a Sword & Sorcery or Decadent City-State adventure (GB)


01. Escape from a city while it’s being sacked.
02. Steal sacred gems from a valley inhabited by the deranged ape-like descendants of an evil cult.
03. Return a newly awakened ancient horror to its confinement.
04. Survive a grueling dangerous trek across a blistering desert, possibly while attempting to elude an angry foe.
05. Kill the thing in the pool
06. Raid an ancient king's tomb, fight a giant snake
07. Raid the thieves’ guild chapter house
08. Escape from the haunted sewer the angry arch-priest has thrown into for banging his mistress.
09. Break into the wizard’s tower and steal something that’s supposedly impossible to steal.
10. Kill the thing from beyond that’s feasting on the degenerate residents of the lost city
11.  A crimson meteorite lands on the outskirts of the city, the common folk see it as an ill omen
12.  Hunt down the lair of the strange foreign necromancer in the old tunnels beneath the city.
13. A beautiful woman is captured by a secret cult for a blood sacrifice / cannibal feast
14. The party is lured into a wizard's mansion of magical mirrors
15. Evil shapeshifting snake men have infiltrated the party's stronghold in the guise of servants and guards
16. Re-establish contact with a forgotten race and free them from their otherworldly slave-lord
17. Locate and desecrate the cursed temple of the foul god which has caused too many plagues
18. Infiltrate the labyrinthine harem of the Twin Priests of the Twin Monstrosities and rob 'em blind
19. Escape the city with the Baron's daughter, whom the local vampire crime boss seeks for his bride
20. Cross into the realm of the lich-lord of Tarn and foil his invasion plot
21. Steal the treasure of the Temple of the Gargoyle. 
22. An undead asshole is about to rise in a castle in the mountains; you don't have any real reason to care except you want to bang his pure twin sister and he's sapping her vitality to bring himself back to life, also you have nothing better to do this week. 
23. Help fight off the siege of a city you just arrived in. 
24. Spy on the decadent city state for the barbarian horde marching on it to sack it (optional: flip because you see a sacred goose or something, warn the populace and GOTO the previous item). 
25. Thwart a clever thief that robbed a fat merchant before you could rob the fat merchant, both for revenge and because the thief has the loot now. 
26. Defeat an evil creature/gang of bravos/malevolent mist sent at you by a cult consisting entirely of people you've previously fucked over; this would normally be trivial but you are extremely drunk. 
27. Steal someone's entire house because you like the look of it, without getting caught. 
28. Figure out a way to sneak into the Overlord's palace so you can nail his young nieces without getting caught and flayed alive. 
29. Figure out why there's a terrible shortage of beef and wine, then kill everyone responsible. 
30. Take a large sum of money to abduct a young princess from the remote monastery where she's being kept, then hand her over to your employer even though he's clearly her evil uncle who wants to force her into marriage for reasons both prurient and political. 
31. Sneak into the foreign fortress where some hostages are kept, then cut their throats so they can't be used as bargaining chips; it's much less risky than trying to spring them, and also gives the city-state a pretext to invade.
32. Capture the pirate queen that's been raiding coast; optionally, fall in love with her and join in her plot to rob a major coastal city.
33. Destroy the undead cultist you accidentally resurrected before he gets his revenge on the mama-san of your favorite brothel.

~ZOZ


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