Looking for specific product: "Easily insertable encounters/scenarios"

[Mercurius]

I'm running 5E, but it could be of any edition. The title says it all, but to expand a bit. I want something that I can just pull up on my computer, or in a book form, and grab an encounter or short scenario and just plop it into my game as a detour, diversion, flavor, etc. Obviously something more than just a wandering monster - but perhaps an encounter involving that monster and their lair, or a ruined cottage with a scary inhabitant, or an old well with something lurking in it, or something a bit more.

I'm reminded of the Wilderlands of High Fantasy and how each hex has something going on. That sort of thing, but with the details spelled out a bit so I don't have to do the leg-work. To put all of this another way, I'm looking for something to spruce up the "in-between" parts of the game and travel time - something more than wandering monsters, but a bit less than a full adventure module.

I'm guessing that there are plenty of such products on RPG Now and such, but can anyone recommend anything in particular? Thanks.

 

[SirAntoine]

There was a set of encounters released for 2nd Edition you might like, but converting to 5th Edition will make it much less useful. I would suggest you make your own. Just brainstorm and make encounters and whatever else you like, starting with terrain types, or adventure scenarios. At first, you'll have just a few ideas, but if you keep doing this you will have your own library.

 

[Zaukrie]

I think older wotc game store encounters are online. The 4e book of encounters is hit and miss. I know I have a pdf from someone at home. .....pm me and remind me to check.

 

[amerigoV]

Not sure where you can find them, but I still use the old AD&D Book of Lairs (I think there were two made at that time)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Lairs

The take a critter and give them a good short adventure/lair. Usually good for one session

 

[diaglo]

1edADnD DMG (1979 revised). random tables.
they sold products for this too. like the dungeon geomorphs or wilderness geomorphs.

 

[Voadam]

Atlas Games has En Route I, II, and III.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The 3E era had a "Book of Challenges" product that was a collection of set piece encounters.

There have been similar roducts over the years but that's the first one that comes to mind.

 

[Fuseboy]

Simon Forster is creating lairs: https://www.patreon.com/theskyfullofdust

Tim Shorts is creating micro-adventures: https://www.patreon.com/gothridge

I'm creating short adventures: http://patreon.com/adventures

 

[pemerton]

I've used Eden Odyssey Studio's "Wonders Out of Time" - a d20 product that might still be kicking around in someone's used or clearance gameshop.

If you have D1-2 and/or D3, both have some nice underdark vignettes.

From the Ashes (a GH boxed set) is available from D&D classics. I don't know if the PDF version has all the content, but in the physical version there are two-sided encounter cards (the City of Greyhawk boxed set had these too, but it's not available yet), and also a few scenarios in one of the books. (These are statted for AD&D.)

 

[GMMichael]

Good options. If you exhaust them, check out The One Ring. It has cool traveling rules.
[MENTION=2885]diaglo[/MENTION]: Those signature quotes are great, if authentic!