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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1965231" data-attributes="member: 99">I just had a chuckle when I realized that I started my last campaign "in a tavern".  It wasn't where the main plot hook really originated but it was the place where a couple of the PC's met each other for the first time.I have also used this old saw as the starting point for one of the best "one-off" games I've ever run.  The PC's gathered in a tavern to celebrate their exploits on the previous adventure.  Suddenly the door opened and a hooded figure stepped into the room.  The party turned to regard him as he drew back his hood and the snakes on his head began to wiggle around agitatedly...*fade to black*.The party was returned to flesh some dozen years later to find that the intervening years had seen this Medusa conquer the entire province.  The Mayor of the town (an old friend of theirs) had spent the last 12 years trying to raise the money to have them brought back to flesh but had only been able to afford a temporary solution.  They had one week of time before they reverted back to stone, unless they were able to mix the blood of the Medusa with the remainder of the potion the Mayor had brought them.The final kicker was that the Medusa had left their statues sitting at the table in the tavern as a sign of what would happen to those that opposed his will.  As soon as they went missing it would be noticed and word carried to the Medusa...</blockquote>