City adventure ideas?
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heimdall
Dwarven Guardian
Other ideas:
1) Noble's daughter is missing and assumed kidnapped. But that's not the real story. She's an adventurer and she's escaped from her overbearing father's household.
2) Murder of a noble. Somehow the players have gotten accused and they have to clear themselves.
3) A group of mongrelmen are being harrassed by a local "gang" and need defending.
4) Coup attempt to overthrow the leaders of the city. Players stumble into it and are caught in the middle.
5) A child from a freeman's family is a prodigy in some aspect (magic, perhaps) and could be the key to a prophecy. He needs protecting (or killing, depending on the players).
6) Underneath the city! Perfect for those dungeon crawlers.
1) Noble's daughter is missing and assumed kidnapped. But that's not the real story. She's an adventurer and she's escaped from her overbearing father's household.
2) Murder of a noble. Somehow the players have gotten accused and they have to clear themselves.
3) A group of mongrelmen are being harrassed by a local "gang" and need defending.
4) Coup attempt to overthrow the leaders of the city. Players stumble into it and are caught in the middle.
5) A child from a freeman's family is a prodigy in some aspect (magic, perhaps) and could be the key to a prophecy. He needs protecting (or killing, depending on the players).
6) Underneath the city! Perfect for those dungeon crawlers.
craigjohnson
First Post
One of my favorites was with a tavern advert by a sculptor looking for models to work from - absolutely no work involved. Nude sculptures of high charisma characters, pay's well. An alternate hook is a tavern post looking for missing persons.
When the character arrives for the job audition they meet the sculptor, and the work proceeds - very boring, and needs some privacy. Once the model is posing the sculptor summons "Notan" and a Beholder comes up from the basement and turns the character to stone. The new life sized statue is sold to a local temple and the party might happen upon it in their search for their missing comrade.
When the character arrives for the job audition they meet the sculptor, and the work proceeds - very boring, and needs some privacy. Once the model is posing the sculptor summons "Notan" and a Beholder comes up from the basement and turns the character to stone. The new life sized statue is sold to a local temple and the party might happen upon it in their search for their missing comrade.
payn
Glory to Marik
Spin off Paizo Adventure Path Carrion Crown adventure #5. The city is run essentially by two factions. Elite scholars and businessmen who collect esoteric knowledge in secret. On occasion they sniff mummy wrapping dust for...uh...a ritual, right... The other faction is an entirely underground society of vampires. The two came to agreement decades ago to keep each others secrets and peace in the city. However, recently vampires have been turning up dead and the peace has become ever so uneasy...
Moving Pictures
Villager
I created an account on this site for the sole purpose of telling you how delightfully twisted that is.
Consider it swiped.
aco175
Legend
@Moving Pictures welcome. Anything here is swipeable. I like how this thread was resurrected twice now.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Two editions later, I strongly recommend Cawood Publishing's Monsters of the City, which is full of monsters/NPCs that immediately suggest adventures and interest groups in your city, including a shadow war between fiends and celestials vying for the city's soul. I use it with Ptolus, to bring it back to the 2003 OP.
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