Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Seeking some ideas for a solo campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 339265" data-attributes="member: 83"><p><strong>Coming Late to the Party...</strong></p><p></p><p>Rel -</p><p></p><p>Before I read most of the responses, my first thought was...<strong><em>Murder Mystery</em></strong>, ala <em>"The Name of the Rose"</em>.</p><p></p><p>She is traveling to a remote magic school with her mentor and the half-orc lackey. Her mentor is tight-lipped about the reason for the journey, but let's slip that something is killing the wizard-monks that live in the school. Any magic items (I like the staff, BTW, but definitely think you should give it a major personality...have it sulk if offended, refuse to manifest powers if it is mad at her, loudly complain at inopportune times, etc) should belong to her mentor.</p><p></p><p>During the course of the investigation, her mentor is murdered, leaving it to her to unravel the mystery and unmask the killer. This provides:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> A tightly controlled initally playing area (isolated magic school/monastary)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Plausible reason for getting a major magic item so early</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> An excellent long-term nemesis (the killer is a cambion or tiefling and is forced to flee by the wizard-monks when exposed. He/she could leave clues behind about some ancient mystery...lots of plot hooks for further exploration)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Limited number of NPCs to create and manage</li> </ul><p>My 2 coppers...</p><p></p><p>~ Old One</p><p></p><p>PS - When do we get to see the finale of your SH<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old One, post: 339265, member: 83"] [b]Coming Late to the Party...[/b] Rel - Before I read most of the responses, my first thought was...[b][i]Murder Mystery[/i][/b][i][/i], ala [i]"The Name of the Rose"[/i]. She is traveling to a remote magic school with her mentor and the half-orc lackey. Her mentor is tight-lipped about the reason for the journey, but let's slip that something is killing the wizard-monks that live in the school. Any magic items (I like the staff, BTW, but definitely think you should give it a major personality...have it sulk if offended, refuse to manifest powers if it is mad at her, loudly complain at inopportune times, etc) should belong to her mentor. During the course of the investigation, her mentor is murdered, leaving it to her to unravel the mystery and unmask the killer. This provides: [list] [*] A tightly controlled initally playing area (isolated magic school/monastary) [*] Plausible reason for getting a major magic item so early [*] An excellent long-term nemesis (the killer is a cambion or tiefling and is forced to flee by the wizard-monks when exposed. He/she could leave clues behind about some ancient mystery...lots of plot hooks for further exploration) [*] Limited number of NPCs to create and manage [/list] My 2 coppers... ~ Old One PS - When do we get to see the finale of your SH;)? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Seeking some ideas for a solo campaign
Top
