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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1806089" data-attributes="member: 99">I like the basic premise of the adventure.  If you want to beef it up a bit, make the "bees" into Spider Eaters (I assume these are in the 3.5 Monster Manual but I could be wrong).  For backstory, how about this:The trade route was threatened some time ago (maybe a year) by an enormous Giant Spider who made the canyon his home and strug his giant web across the chasm.  A wandering Druid was passing through the area and the mayor convinced him to deal with the Spider.  The Druid summoned some Spider Eaters to help out and they handily dispatched the nasty arachnid.Unfortunately, one of the Summoned Spider Eaters laid eggs in the giant Spider and once the larvae hatched they occupied the nearest bit of cover:  The Bridge.At first they weren't bothering anybody because humans are too small to lay their eggs in but the Vintner discovered them and, after doing some research into what these creatures really were, began to send out some of his workers to harvest the young Spider Eaters to use as aerial couriers to deliver his wine to market quickly and cheaply.  Then insert your Sheriff plot to taste.As a result, the PC's have a couple of situations to solve:  The murder of the Sheriff and the "Giant Bee" problem.  You could have one of the workers have been killed in the Bee-napping and the PC's could find his body while they deal with the Spider Eaters.  Give him some clue to lead them back to the Vintner.  Then you get a finale showdown between the PC's and the Vintner's henchmen mounted on Spider Eaters.</blockquote>

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