101 Unusual Adventure Hooks

[cavalier973]

54.) The adventurers find evidence that there is a plot to assassinate the king, however, the adventurers themselves are not on very good terms with said king, and would actually benefit from his death.

Edit: The adventurers are actually given the quest by the king in question, or perhaps his wife, with whom the adventurers are on good terms.

 

[cavalier973]

55.) An adventurer that is widely acknowledged to be a great hero approaches the adventuring party in secret and offers to pay them a lot of money (or give them a wondrous item) if they complete a quest but allow him to claim credit for it.

 

[Scott DeWar]

43.) After spending the night in the ruins of an old tower, the adventurers find that the landscape has changed dramatically from the time they entered the building. There was nothing but fields surrounding the tower when they entered; they exit the next morning onto a busy avenue in the middle of a city.

or conversely:

The land outside turn into primaeval [virgin]forest (Think of poland/chechnia)

 

[cavalier973]

55.) While questing in the endless dungeons, the adventurers are all slain, and are turned into ghosts. To escape, they must possess the bodies of a wandering band of goblins, return to town, and convince their fellow members at the adventurers' guild of their real identity, so that they can get help to retrieve their real bodies.

 

[cavalier973]

After stumbling across a ruined monastery in the wilderness, the characters enter the courtyard and find next to a sacred statue a neatly stacked pile of severed heads, each with a parchment in its mouth reading, "Please return to owner."

This was actually plot #12, on the first page, but it's always nice to re-read a classic.

 

[cavalier973]

or conversely:

The land outside turn into primaeval [virgin]forest (Think of poland/chechnia)

I like it. Now, did they time travel, or does the tower simply move about the world and appear in random places?

 

[Scott DeWar]

I was thinking it is under the influence of the fey. In our world, that is time and the chaotic nature of the fey could cause forward or backward time travel.

 

[Stormonu]

57) As the characters retire to a tavern, bar or other establishment, a being looking exactly like the grim reaper (cloth-draped skeleton with a scythe) makes his way to the bar and orders a drink. Upon receiving it, he toasts to the characters health and then laughs maniacally before gulping down the beverage and crumbling into dust, leaving behind a strange, glinting blue gem.

 

[RobShanti]

I was thinking it is under the influence of the fey. In our world, that is time and the chaotic nature of the fey could cause forward or backward time travel.

Ah! In that case, another alternative is that the primeval forest could be a faerie forest or other fae realm, putting the characters into direct contact with the fae and their world!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Ah! In that case, another alternative is that the primeval forest could be a faerie forest or other fae realm, putting the characters into direct contact with the fae and their world!

there you have it!