101 Unusual Adventure Hooks

[Random Bystander]

74) Through incredible luck, the low-level party has just slain a dragon, gaining its vast treasure for themselves...

75) The party stumbles across a fierce fight between two groups, with no way to easily tell who's the good guys. Both sides call for the party to help them fight the villains.

76) The party comes to a town...Only to find that look-alikes had already come through and solved the problems. This pattern repeats often. Worse, people are beginning to believe they are the fakes.

 

[Razjah]

77) The party is comprised of various PCs who were being trained by an group of famous adventurers (wizard trains wizard, fighter trains fighter, etc). Two weeks ago the mentors got together and left on an adventure. The party was given no knowledge of the adventure- but each was told that if their mentor did not return in two weeks to come to the Biting Boar Inn. The group is waiting when a courier walks in.

 

[Electric Wizard]

78) An ominous emblem begins appearing in tapestries, paintings, engravings, etc. across the city. More and more manifest every day. Only a few people seem to notice them. Meanwhile, there has been an alarming increase in tragic accidents from the lowest to the highest citizens.

79) A pack of wild dogs is gnawing on some carrion. The dogs scatter, and the carrion turns out to be a skeletal arm with jeweled rings. A single dog remains. With a glimmer in its eyes, it says, "We have more bones with shinies. Come!" Then it makes a beeline into the hills.

 

[Razjah]

80) A clan of gnomes has opened a parcel delivery service. They ship anywhere in two days for 15 gold, in one day for 25 gold. They mean anywhere. The far side of a 4000 mile wide continent? Pay the fee give the place, in two days it is there. No one knows how they do it, and how they can charge so little to move the parcels so far and so quickly. What else can they ship?

81) During a solar eclipse, the moons stops moving. At first people think the eclipse is just moving slowly, but it never keeps moving. The moon stays perfectly over the sun, for hours, then days, then weeks. The moon is always directly in front of the sun as it moves across the sky. Now the monsters are enjoying the seemingly eternal darkness.

 

[Traveon Wyvernspur]

Somehow we got all messed up on the numbering. The last numbers from [MENTION=98806]Razjah[/MENTION] should've been 80 & 81, go back 1 page to page 7 and that's where the numbers got put off.

Anyhow number 82 should be next (after Razjah's post) as we continue forth in this thread. Hopefully everyone who's posted goes back and edits to correct. I'm actually copying all of these down on a Word document right now and plan on putting it up on the site when we hit 101+ as a PDF for reference for everyone to be able to print out if they like.

 

[Razjah]

I fixed mine, I see you found where we got turned around (I didn't notice, sorry).

82) The party comes across a dead body in the road. He is wearing wizard's robes and small book is hidden on his body. There is evidence of magical attacks on him. The book contains unorthodox magic (like the Binder and Shadowcaster in 3.5, tweak the specifics for your system).

 

[Traveon Wyvernspur]

I fixed mine, I see you found where we got turned around (I didn't notice, sorry).

82) The party comes across a dead body in the road. He is wearing wizard's robes and small book is hidden on his body. There is evidence of magical attacks on him. The book contains unorthodox magic (like the Binder and Shadowcaster in 3.5, tweak the specifics for your system).

No problem! Hah, I am a bit OCD so that's why I noticed it...

 

[Razjah]

83) The PCs are nearing a city, when they see a giant banging on the city gate demanding entry. The gate has been bared, and the giant doesn't appear to be interested in breaking into the city. From the distance the PCs cannot make out everything they hear, but they do hear the words "promise", "king", and "daughter" from the giant.

84) The party opens an ancient tomb and brave the traps and hazards to find the forgotten king's treasure. Inside they find a strange device. It has a curved wooden handle connected to a metal tube. The wooden handle continues along the sides and bottom of the tube to just before the end. There is a small hammer like device on the right side and a flat piece of metal where the hammer can hit it. There is a trigger on the underside, just beyond where the curve of the handle starts with a small metal guard. Every bit of metal is intricately engraved with flourishes and leaves. When the hammer is pulled back it clicks into place (similar to a crossbow catching) but when the trigger is pulled a great blast of flame as hot as a dragon's breath launches from the tube. [It is a flintlock pistol that shoots a dragon's breath, but that isn't as cool as the description.]

 

[Stormonu]

85) A warrior dressed in gleaming armor and bearing the heraldry of the local church strides up to a haggard looking woman. Holding forth a longsword that blazes with blue fire he commands her "begone!" Much to his surprise, the woman vanishes in a puff of black smoke and a cackle. The knight seems confused and unsure what to do next.

 

[Random Bystander]

86) Not Worth The Price: Much to everyone's shock and horror, the local vampires are starting to become sparkly and invulnerable, as well as attracting gawping teenage fangirls/boys. Everyone (including the vampires, but excepting the fangirls/boys) agrees This Must Stop.