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Adventure Hook 008 – Pet Defective

Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

In my ever evolving quest to bring you an adventure hook per day, here is #008, Pet Defective: – ADVENTURE HOOK 008 Location: A town large enough that a rich noble/wizard/benefactor has a permanent home there, and is old enough to have a demanding, pre-teen-age daughter. – Situation: The daughter of said rich noble has [...]

Adventure Hook 007 – Shaken, Not Stirred

Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

At the twitter prodding of @illusivedreams (Thanks Dude! – credit where credit is due!) I have decided that Adventure Hook 007 should have a decidedly Bondish feel. – ADVENTURE HOOK 007 Location: Region of the continent where 5-7 towns are reachable within a day or two or each other. – Situation: The party’s main benefactor [...]

Adventure Hook 006 – A Heck of a Hangover!

Monday, 29 March, 2010

Welcome to day six of my personal Adventure Hook challenge.  Hopefully these are amusing and/or useful to you.  My goal is to provide inspiration or offer a quick side story for your game when something unexpected happens and you need a small plot with which to run… – ADVENTURE HOOK 006 Location: Small village with [...]

Adventure Hook 005 – A Goblin's Dilemma

Sunday, 28 March, 2010

I thought an adventure hook featuring a group of creatures would be a fun thing to write, so here it is: – ADVENTURE HOOK 005 Location: A campsite a few miles from the nearest town, where the party has bedded down for the night. – Situation: A small, young, emaciated goblin stumbles into the camp [...]

Adventure Hook 004 – The Convention

Saturday, 27 March, 2010

- In honor of PAX East, today’s hook features a convention! – ADVENTURE HOOK 004 Location: A large mercantile convention at which merchants display their wares to craftsmen and businesses.  This is not the type of place open to the public, but is where the “wholesale” prices of goods and supplies are set by the [...]

Adventure Hook 003 – Herbalist Healing

Friday, 26 March, 2010

In my young quest to post an adventure hook every day for one year, I bring you this lovely little ditty about an NPC in need… – ADVENTURE HOOK 003 Location: Begins in a town the PCs happen to be in, but goes into the wilderness surrounding the town. – Situation: The local herbalist, who [...]

Adventure Hook 002 – Temple Trouble

Thursday, 25 March, 2010

If you read my post yesterday, then you know that I have a goal of posting an adventure hook every day for one year.  Let’s see how I do.  Oh, and don’t worry, I will still be posting the once a week review, advice, or session recap. Alright, here we go: – ADVENTURE HOOK 002 [...]