D&D 5E A good one-shot adventure?

Li Shenron said:

In case of a one-shot, I usually pick up one of the old 3ed free web adventures from WotC, and convert it on the fly. They are not so easy to find online anymore however...

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Yeah, if I’m going to convert an adventure I’ll probably go back to an AD&D adventure in Dungeon magazine since those tend to be easy to convert; been considering a shortened Hunt for the Hierophant (#63).

Would you like to try my custom character sheets? http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1415

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Great sheets! If they just had room for a picture on first two-pages, allowed space for one-line abbreviated spell descriptions, and were form fillable, I would use them. I’ve found those first 2 points go a long way toward hooking players and making it easier for those players running spellcasters. Form fillable just to make it easier on me to punch out a bunch of pregen PCs quickly.

Quickleaf said:

Tentatively, I've been considering The Ghost and the Peddler as one possibility.

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My only concern with using a 12 page adventure is that you could run out of time if you need to run it as a 2-4 hour one-shot. When I'm trying to keep a particular quest to a single session for a one-shot or otherwise, I try to err on the side of shorter. Those hours will fly by if it is fun - but it could make you feel like it fell short if you have to rush the finale. Some good advice I received from another DM is to have a very short core adventure planned and then have additional relevant but optional rooms/encounters/combats at the ready to use if you have the time.

For some 1-page adventures, check out the Prepared! series from Kobold Press. There's the book you can buy, but there's also a bunch of freebies on the site.

The Impregnable Fortress of Dib is a fun one that you can easily tweak to increase difficulty.

Have fun!

I'd recommend The Temple of Lies by Zzarchov Kowolski. It would require a little conversion for 5e, but that'd be easy. It's a fun, memorable adventure that would make a perfect one-shot. You can get it here:

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189628/The-Temple-of-Lies