101 Unusual Adventure Hooks

[Hand of Evil]

That would be unusual if the puppy in question eventually actually truly turned out to be.. a puppy.

In the game it was, sort of a Lassie...just kept leading the party to Billy in the well, the man that was mugged, drug dealers, to the dog catcher that making coats from dog hides, etc.

 

[Electric Wizard]

64) The party discovers a deserted and ransacked logging village. Oddly, there are barely a handful of bodies. Their backs are filled with elvish arrows, and there are distinctly elvish boot prints leading into the forest. The discovery is unsettling because the humans and elves in this region enjoy a longstanding peace.

 

[Traveon Wyvernspur]

[FONT=&quot]65) The adventurers are in the middle of the forest and happen upon and old ruined tower, only the first floor is still accessible. Upon entering the room they find heavily enchanted jar with a severed finger wearing a ring on it…

66) [/FONT][FONT=&quot]While investigating an old warehouse building, a member of the party falls through the rotting floorboards and into an ancient tomb, inside the only sarcophagus within, the party finds a scroll that emanates a strong foreign magic…

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[Electric Wizard]

67) The party discovers a perturbed hill giant toddler crashing through a forest. No sign of her parents.

68) A family member on the half-orc's character orcish side invites him to a wedding. Refusing an orc's wedding invitation is a grave mistake.

 

[cavalier973]

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63) A family member on the half-orc's character orcish side invites him to a wedding. Refusing an orc's wedding invitation is a grave mistake.

Actually attending could be an even greater mistake. Be sure to bring extra napkins.

 

[cavalier973]

62) The party discovers a perturbed hill giant toddler crashing through a forest. No sign of her parents.

And it doesn't take a Hard DC Perception check to know she needs her diaper changed.

 

[cavalier973]

62) The party discovers a perturbed hill giant toddler crashing through a forest. No sign of her parents.

This has a lot of potential.

1. the toddler attaches herself to one of the party member, preferably the one party member that finds her most annoying.

2. the toddler's parents were killed in a "Hatfields and McCoys" style feud. The toddler is a Hatfield, but the only hill giants that the adventurers know personally are McCoys.

3. The toddler is part of a vanguard of hill giants that have decided to settle in the region, a situation with which the locals are definitely not happy.

4. And so on.

 

[Scott DeWar]

63) A family member on the half-orc's character orcish side invites him to a wedding. Refusing an orc's wedding invitation is a grave mistake.

A particularly sticky situation if the invited is a Paladin.

 

[Stormonu]

69) The party, having just saved the local town from bandits, is awarded the town's meager accumilated wealth. However, the treasure loudly and vehemently protests it is not the village's to be given away....

 

[Razjah]

Formerly 64-67, corrected to 70-73.
70) While walking back to town the party finds a dagger with a teardrop shaped hilt that is standing perfectly upright in the road. When the party approaches they notice that the tip is just on top of the dirt, not actually stuck in the ground. When they inspect the dagger the shadow is pointing towards the sun, not away from it.

71) The party wakes to screaming in the city. When the run outside, a great dragon falls from the sky taking a large section of the city walls and some businesses with in the crash. The dragon is dead, but has no injuries. Witnesses (including city watch members) say the dragon circled the city after coming from the south and then just dropped from the sky like a stone.

72) While wondering through a forest, the party steps into a pristine glade. The sun is warm, the birds chirp happily, everything appears peaceful and calm. Except the PCs weapons and armor are gone (clothes remain).

73) Every day the citizens of a foreign city leave the streets at three in the afternoon. If the party does not follow suit elderly couple opens a door and yells for them to get inside they have only a few seconds. Once inside the door is slammed shut and the couple trembles in fear as they cling to each other.