D&D 5E Advent's Amazing Advice: Grammy's Country Apple Pie - A Perfect One-Shot for Kids and Adults Alike, Fully Prepped and Ready to Go! (V.I Update)

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Welcome back to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

*New: For 2025, I'm updating all my old work to be more accessible for the Visually Impaired! Check out the link below, which contains improved notes with larger font, better contrast, color-blind features, and more!

We're back at it again with another Level 1+ One-Shot, this time by the amazing Jennifer Adcock! Grammy's Country Apple Pie is the perfect One-Shot to run for a group of kids who are looking to just have some fun. They can go in the hard way and try to fight everything or they can try to practice those bard-like skills and converse their way through the challenges!

In Grammy's Country Apple Pie, a wizard named Tyndareus develops a craving for a special treat from his childhood, he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the best apple pie in the whole world. He hires your group to seek out the bakery that once produced the wonderful dessert – unfortunately for them, the bakery has long since been overrun by goblins. But all is not as it seems at Grammy's Bakery, and Tyndareus isn't the only one who'd do anything for those pies.

Parents and Teachers can oftentimes be even busier than the rest of us and with this Fully Prepped One-Shot I hope I can help get families together and bring new generations of players to the table!

Without further ado:

• Google Docs Notes for Grammy's Country Apple Pie: DM Notes (Preview)
• (New) Link to: DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Link to Adventure: Grammy's Country Apple Pie
• Link to: Grammy's Country Apple Pie Playlist
• Link to: The AAA Collection

Included in The AAA Collection is:

• Downloadable copy of DM Notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
• Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
• Custom Maps of Grammy's Bakery

Over 6 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here

As always, if you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc., please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early, feel free to check out my Patreon!

Cheers,
Advent

 

[evilbob]

Having recently run this (SEO placement seems to put this high on lists of quick one-shots), I agree it's a good module for some kids. I tried doing a one-shot for some experienced players and some inexperienced (but not new) players and they went HAM on the first goblin patrol, then aggro'd the entire place and murdered everything in like 6 rounds. The entire adventure was over quite quickly. The story is extremely straightforward and everything mentioned in every description is something you'd want to investigate. The one note I'd highlight: remember that DCs for things like lockpicking are not needed if there's no time pressure. People love rolling dice but if you can't complete the quest because the rogue is rolling poorly on several lockpick attempts in a row, that is a crappy experience. If there's no time pressure: ignore the DC.

 

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So glad you and your player had a fun session! Jennifer did a fantastic job with the story! I highly recommend checking out A Most Potent Brew by Winghorn Press; it's another great intro One-Shot!!!