D&D General Ideas for a three-hour low-level Thanksgiving adventure?

[EzekielRaiden]

Perhaps something inspired by Tomie dePaola's The Vanishing Pumpkin? Getting a quest from the 800-year-old woman and the 900-year-old man seems very fitting, and possible opponents/allies like the cutesy Ghoul ("Dunno," growled the ghoul) and the Rapscallion could be a good way to keep the mood light.

 

[Shadowdweller00]

Going back to the pilgrim theme, travelers or shipwreck survivors trying to build new lives in a foreign, hostile land. Possibly with non-combatants to defend. Will they clear territory of dangers or make alliances with local, sentient monsters?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Perhaps something inspired by Tomie dePaola's The Vanishing Pumpkin? Getting a quest from the 800-year-old woman and the 900-year-old man seems very fitting, and possible opponents/allies like the cutesy Ghoul ("Dunno," growled the ghoul) and the Rapscallion could be a good way to keep the mood light.

Since you mentioned pumpkins, twig and vine blights with pumpkin reskins would work as well, although that might seem more Halloween-ish than Thanksgiving, although it could still work. Maybe mixed in with sweet potato and green bean blights?

And thinking more on it, the cranberry gelatinous cube should really be a cranberry gelatinous cylinder, can ring molding and all...

 

[TheSword]

https://cubicle7games.com/wfrp-the-spirit-of-mondstille-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoo10d98mVnNASYi1qCTX8YkWtEdppKsk9lAjf4SO_lsiKH-LnD0

This would be my suggestion. A neat little investigation. Some conversion needed to D&D.

 

[aco175]

3 hours with family whom may only have limited exposure to role-playing games might only need a 5-room dungeon, maybe expandable to 8 rooms. I would not get too deep with plot and I would hand out several cool things like potions and scrolls to use and make it fun.

 

[sevenbastard]

Players sit down with there family and make a series of increasingly difficult charisma checks to try and hold their tounge as there family members try to bait them with outlandish statements and needless drama.

 

[Guest 7037866]

A flock of vengeful awakened turkeys plan to take over a nearby village unless the PCs stop them?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

3 hours with family whom may only have limited exposure to role-playing games might only need a 5-room dungeon, maybe expandable to 8 rooms. I would not get too deep with plot and I would hand out several cool things like potions and scrolls to use and make it fun.

That's been my strategy in the past. My youngest, who's wanted to do solo games in the past, has potions and a periapt of wound closure already to make sure there are guard rails.

 

[Piperken]

I'm likely to run a short (three-hour or so) low-level adventure this Thanksgiving either for my youngest and some of their D&D-loving friends, or for my youngest and other members of my immediate family.

And I want to make it a holiday adventure, because why not?

Any suggestions? So far, all I've got is a rampaging abyssal turkey that the heroes have to follow back to its lair, which they discover is a ruined site (wizard tower, tomb, other) that provides a short dungeon crawl to pillage.

But I'm very interested in hearing other ideas. Puns and ridiculous holiday theming very welcome.

Grammy's Country Apple Pie by Jennifer Adcock is a good one for inspo; it perfectly fits an autumn/Thanksgiving vibe, falls in requested time frame, and there's enough creatures/npcs in it who could easily be made to stand out or be memorable as you like.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

The player characters are orcs who have to brave monster infested wilderness in order to bring desperately needed food to a starving human colony.