As you know, there are many low level adventures/modules out there where the players are hired by an important, and seemingly good, NPC: wealthy merchant, local nobility, etc) to go on some sort of quest – rescue his kidnapped child, recover stolen goods, retrieve some mythical item, map a trail through the haunted forest, etc . I was looking for some of the better ones to get an idea to start a campaign. (And edition of D&D or Pathfinder is fine.)
Also, are there any with a twist – the players find out later on that the important NPC is really the Big Bad Evil Guy (or a main lieutenant of the BBEG), and whatever the players had been hired to do has greatly helped out said BBEG? I know the old adventure Apocalypse Stone has that twist in it, but that's more for high level PCs to end a campaign.
I was thinking of something along the lines of the players retrieving a lost item, only to find out it was a key to a powerful evil artifact. (The BBEG needed some good-aligned types to obtain the key, possibly due to the magical wards in place and/or maybe some prophecy?)
But, are there many published adventures that have this kind of betrayal from an NPC? If not, what are some good low level “NPC hires the PCs to find something” adventures?
Thanks
Also, are there any with a twist – the players find out later on that the important NPC is really the Big Bad Evil Guy (or a main lieutenant of the BBEG), and whatever the players had been hired to do has greatly helped out said BBEG? I know the old adventure Apocalypse Stone has that twist in it, but that's more for high level PCs to end a campaign.
I was thinking of something along the lines of the players retrieving a lost item, only to find out it was a key to a powerful evil artifact. (The BBEG needed some good-aligned types to obtain the key, possibly due to the magical wards in place and/or maybe some prophecy?)
But, are there many published adventures that have this kind of betrayal from an NPC? If not, what are some good low level “NPC hires the PCs to find something” adventures?
Thanks