Inns which are the adventure

[Saeviomagy]

I think in one of the Shackled City AP adventures one took place in an Inn. There is also the PDF adventure 11th hour which is a great inn based adventure but not a normal adventure by any means. It is much more challenging to run this one correctly and if the players are in the right frame of mind the payoff can be great.

The Shackled city one wasn't that great, and isn't (IIRC) a whole adventure, merely a location. Essentially it doesn't go much past take inn, fill inn with 2 types of monster.

 

[Nebten]

A Curse at the Old Inn a free module by Neuroglyph Games for characters level 1 to 3.

 

[Thanael]

There is also the World Serpent Inn, but iirc it is more of a gateway to adventure:
World Serpent Inn - Ghwiki
Web Enhancements - Manual of the Planes

 

[SiderisAnon]

While I cannot remember the name of either module, I remember two different setups that would work quite well for an inn as being a nexus of adventure.

In one, there were paintings in a hall that lead to other places. The paintings could be far regions the characters travel to and the outward to adventure from there or could be adventure spots themselves. As I remember, there was some way to charge the system either through a ritual or the application of magic spells/items to be drained to power the portals.

My addition would be that if you wanted to go further with it, the innkeepers son/daughter/whatever could be creating the paintings. Each painting leads to some trouble in the world that needs to be solved (i.e. an adventure). After a time, the painting stops working, which prevents them being used to create an intercontinental trade network. (Which is basically what my players were aiming for with the adventure with the hall full of paintings permanently going to locations.)



The second example I remember was an inn that had a well which lead down into a famous dungeon. I remember seeing information about the rates the innkeeper charged for adventurers to go down into the depths. I think this was an actual WoTC product, but right now I cannot remember what.

 

[Thanael]

The second example I remember was an inn that had a well which lead down into a famous dungeon. I remember seeing information about the rates the innkeeper charged for adventurers to go down into the depths. I think this was an actual WoTC product, but right now I cannot remember what.

That would probably be the The Yawning Portal Inn in Waterdeep which has an entrance to Undermountain.

 

[Crothian]

There is also the Book of Taverns by Necromancer games. It is a great book on many different taverns each with adventure ideas and ways to use them.

 

[jonesy]

Wow, that's a lot more than I was expecting. I'll have to check all of that to see what might work well.

But thank you all for so much already.