Know of any good 1-player adventures?

[Franco]

Hi

I'm thinking of starting a one player campaign with my room-mate and I wondered if any of you knew of any good (downloadable) adventures. We are going to play 3E and start at 1. level but adventures of higher levels would also be of interest as I'm not an experienced DM.

Thanks

 

[kengar]

1-PC campaigns can be a lot of fun, but it's tough to publish an adventure module for them. A lot depends upon the individual PC. If they play a fighter, for instance, you need to be sure (especially at 1st level) that they won't need much -if any- magic to succeed. Not a Rogue? Better not be many traps, etc.

I run a solo game for my wife and it is a lot of fun. We play as part of a group as well, but once in a while she pulls out her solo character and we play a short session. I use Basic D&D rules for the game, but there's no reason not to use 3.Xe if you prefer.

I tend to de-emphasize combat and crawls and use more quests and mysteries/puzzles. In her current adventure, her dwarf is trying to rescue a boy who was kidnapped by goblins. She had a combat with a giant spider (about 2' across) as well as killing 2 of the 3 goblins and finding out where the boy was from the 3rd. They sold him to an ogre in the swamp.

She still has to find a way get the boy from the ogre, but I've planted a few clues as to non-combat solutions. Also, there's a friendly blind cleric in the village who gave her a healing potion to help.

Just a thought, but you also might check out some of the MANY solo adventures written back in the 80's & 90's for the Tunnels & Trolls RPG. I think some are online, too. It shouldn't be too hard to convert some of them or just lift the basic ideas.

 

[Voadam]

go to www.rpgnow.com Wyvern games has two single player level 1 thief rogue adventures and 01 Games has The Minotaur an adventure for a single low level paladin. I don't have either of these but it is a start. Check out reviews for them on the review page.

I think another company was planning on doing single person games but I can't remember who.

 

[Larcen]

A few ideas:

1) If plot isn't an issue, there are plenty of random dungeon generators out there, complete with traps, monsters and treasure. I am sure the challenge level in these can be geared down to a single PC.

2) Why not try one of those random programs to get rid of the DM completely and play a PC with your roomate? That way there will be two PCs in the party! You both can take turns rolling for the NPCs. Heck some programs will even do that for you.

3) If what you really want is a DM moderated game, I suggest a home-brewed one. Why? To tailor it to the PC. First thing I would do is grab the PCs character sheet then find strengths and weaknesses and start from there. In other words, gear the entire adventure around what s/he can or cannot do. Movies and books do it all the time. For inspiration, read any of the Robert E. Howard's Conan books. Great solo adventures were had by Conan.

4) Also, if things get too tough on the lonely PC, remember to throw in a revolving cast of NPCs that step in and out of the solo PCs life to help and/or hinder progress.