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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Dec 11, 2022 20:10:57 GMT -5
30. The PCs have been hired to escort a caravan with several sealed boxes and locked chests. Upon arrival at their destination, their contact does an inventory to discover that the contents of all the containers have been removed and they are now filled with rocks, sand, and hay. His guards have closed in and he is demanding answers from the PCs.
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Post by hengest on Dec 12, 2022 0:12:07 GMT -5
30. The PCs have been hired to escort a caravan with several sealed boxes and locked chests. Upon arrival at their destination, their contact does an inventory to discover that the contents of all the containers have been removed and they are now filled with rocks, sand, and hay. His guards have closed in and he is demanding answers from the PCs. The hookiest!
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Post by Morose on Feb 23, 2023 0:33:35 GMT -5
Taking inspiration from the original mini-hooks thread by hengest , I decided to start my own thread for mini hooks here. 1. Strange lights have appeared in the nearby hills outside the city for one hour on the last 3 nights. 2. The cat population on the city streets has been noticeably higher in the last week. 3. The local crypt has been violated but all evidence points to something breaking out instead of in. 1. The lights seem to flash in a pattern like a message is being sent. 2. Cats are all over the place, but rats and birds are not to be seen. 3. Tracks lead away from the crypt and little fragments of decayed cloth are seen at the edges of the tracks.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Feb 23, 2023 3:58:39 GMT -5
Taking inspiration from the original mini-hooks thread by hengest , I decided to start my own thread for mini hooks here. 1. Strange lights have appeared in the nearby hills outside the city for one hour on the last 3 nights. 2. The cat population on the city streets has been noticeably higher in the last week. 3. The local crypt has been violated but all evidence points to something breaking out instead of in. 1. The lights seem to flash in a pattern like a message is being sent. 2. Cats are all over the place, but rats and birds are not to be seen. 3. Tracks lead away from the crypt and little fragments of decayed cloth are seen at the edges of the tracks. Nice additions!!!!
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Post by Morose on Feb 23, 2023 22:38:55 GMT -5
1. The lights seem to flash in a pattern like a message is being sent. 2. Cats are all over the place, but rats and birds are not to be seen. 3. Tracks lead away from the crypt and little fragments of decayed cloth are seen at the edges of the tracks. Nice additions!!!! Thanks!
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Post by Morose on Feb 24, 2023 12:10:21 GMT -5
4. A local group of youths have returned from a hunt with an abnormally large egg. 5. Graffiti from a long dead cult has appeared overnight on a local temple or church. 6. A local youth known for exaggeration has returned to town frightened and babbling on about an army of monsters passing in the woods. 4. Overnight the egg hatches and a very thin foot long snake crawls out. It bites a small lizard, which immediately dies as smoke curls up from the bite and then snake then swallows the lizard. 5. Over the next few days graffiti appears in a new spot each night and dead rats are left in front of the local temple. 6. The next day the town is attacked by an army of monsters. After a fierce battle the town militia are able to close the main gate and defend the walls.
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Post by Morose on Feb 28, 2023 1:55:24 GMT -5
7. A small group of Orcs has surrendered themselves at the gate seeking asylum. 8. A caravan has entered the town rambling about a magical flying disc of silver that sat down nearby in the woods. 9. Mounds left behind by a large burrowing creature have started popping up close to town. 7. The orcs are survivors that escaped a massive hoard of undead. 8. Then a ranger comes in telling of strange creatures see around the disc. 9. Hunters come back telling of a badger 20' long and they need a Hero to face it.
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Post by Morose on Feb 28, 2023 1:58:29 GMT -5
10. A local Priest has started acting strangely and appearing unkept after studying a newly reclaimed lost tome of knowledge. 11. A young child has returned to town with a few small gems he found in a hollow tree trunk in the woods outside of town. 12. The local witch that lives close to town has appeared in the town square warning of bad omens for the times ahead. 10. Then he is caught trying to sacrifice a child. 11. A few shadier townspeople slip away from the crowd to go check it out. 12. Warning or is she bringing them?
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 30, 2023 17:16:36 GMT -5
10. A local Priest has started acting strangely and appearing unkept after studying a newly reclaimed lost tome of knowledge. 10. Then he is caught trying to sacrifice a child. Oh, I like that one a lot!!! What dark secrets is the priest after? What dark forces does he now serve? Possibilities....
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 30, 2023 17:20:09 GMT -5
31. There is a town nearby (a day or two away?) that trades with the town the PCs are currently residing in and then shipments/communications suddenly stop. A team is sent to check out the small town and when they arrive it's found that the town is completely empty. Where did everyone go? What sinister forces could have pushed an entire population away?
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 30, 2023 20:27:33 GMT -5
7. A small group of Orcs has surrendered themselves at the gate seeking asylum. 7. The orcs are survivors that escaped a massive hoard of undead. Where did the horde of undead come from? What dark priest is controlling them? Morose I have to give you an Exalt for all these follow up posts on my mini hooks. Overtime was crazy around this time and I didn't get a chance to properly respond at that time.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 30, 2023 20:29:59 GMT -5
8. A caravan has entered the town rambling about a magical flying disc of silver that sat down nearby in the woods. 8. Then a ranger comes in telling of strange creatures see around the disc. Would these strange creatures be small in stature with a bulbous head and a green color to their skin?
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Post by Morose on Mar 30, 2023 23:53:43 GMT -5
7. The orcs are survivors that escaped a massive hoard of undead. Where did the horde of undead come from? What dark priest is controlling them? Morose I have to give you an Exalt for all these follow up posts on my mini hooks. Overtime was crazy around this time and I didn't get a chance to properly respond at that time. Thank you!
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Post by Morose on Mar 30, 2023 23:58:35 GMT -5
13. Since the caravan of entertainers put up camp outside town, a wolf's howling can be heard at night. 14. During a lull in the town's holiday celebration, a woman comes through the crowd with the local constable and points toward the PC's while proclaiming loudly "That's them!". 15. Small bands of soldiers have been turning up in town with no explanation for their arrival. 13. Then a young woman is found torn to shreds and huge wolf tracks lead away but shortly turn into human footprints leading toward the camp.
14. Her face is bruised and her clothes are torn.
15. Then comes the news that your country is at war and you are on the wrong side of the battle lines. (Your enemy is wearing your battle dress)
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Post by Morose on Mar 31, 2023 0:00:59 GMT -5
16. One of the Priests runs from the local temple screaming "We must renounce this faith!". 17. A bump has risen from the ground in the town square and has slowly gotten bigger over the last week. 18. A very large feather from what must be a gigantic bird has floated down and landed right on the entrance to the city. 16. A huge hand comes out of the ground and drags him down screaming.
17. Now it is oozing what looks like blood.
18. The next morning the country folk from the villages and farms are pouring into the city.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on May 10, 2023 10:52:23 GMT -5
9. Mounds left behind by a large burrowing creature have started popping up close to town. 9. Hunters come back telling of a badger 20' long and they need a Hero to face it. 9. Consulting a local scholar in an attempt to gather information, it is suggested that giant creatures such as this may come from "another world" deep in the ground.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on May 14, 2023 9:37:32 GMT -5
13. Since the caravan of entertainers put up camp outside town, a wolf's howling can be heard at night. 13. Then a young woman is found torn to shreds and huge wolf tracks lead away but shortly turn into human footprints leading toward the camp.
13. Some townsfolk were eavesdropping during the discovering of the woman's body and have gone into town stirring up the local population into a rage to inflict some vigilante justice on the people of the caravan. Morose Your responses to these mini hooks are brilliant! Have an Exalt!!
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jun 26, 2023 7:24:35 GMT -5
32. As the town the PC's call home is about to launch the first night of holiday celebrations, loud bells ring three times as a large group approaches the bonfire in the middle of town. They have a local woman, a friend/relative of the player group, bound and being led toward the fire with screams of "Burn the witch!" coming from the crowd.
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Post by hengest on Jun 27, 2023 10:05:37 GMT -5
32. As the town the PC's call home is about to launch the first night of holiday celebrations, loud bells ring three times as a large group approaches the bonfire in the middle of town. They have a local woman, a friend/relative of the player group, bound and being led toward the fire with screams of "Burn the witch!" coming from the crowd. I like the bells! Eye-catching idea here!
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