Tacklebox of the Damned

Ready to go plot hooks and problems to torment your players with.

1. Don’t stop the music – A local musician has been found murdered and their instrument stolen. The instrument has been passed down through generations and if it is not played each full moon, a terrible monster is released from its prison.

2. Rats, why did it have to be rats – The proprietor from an award winning brewery enlists the aid of the party in clearing the rat infestation from his cellars before the big festival where their title is on the line. The party discovers that the award winning brew has made the rats semi-sentient and they have built a sprawling society under the city, and believe the brewer to be their god.

3. Timmy fell down the well – Not really, the well is actually the remnants of a Wizard’s tower that was enchanted to grant wishes proportionate to the sacrifice made by the wisher. And the now suddenly wealthy farmer has been feeding locals to the well. For extra fun, have the farmer’s goons abduct a PC.

4. Redshirts’ revenge – The party is hired to quell an uprising from a mercenary company. Turns out that the Mercenary have a legitimate complaint as the local noble sent them on a suicide mission on a bet.

5. Do you like “Dags”? – The party is hired to eradicate a large pack of feral dogs. The dogs aren’t actually feral, they are the successful experiment of a local Alchemist hired to make better fighting dogs that got out of hand when the Alchemist wasn’t paid. The alchemist is leading the pack using potions to communicate with the intelligent canines.

6. Medusa for Mayor – The party comes across a fairly idyllic town that is led by a benevolent Medusa. And a neighboring township is preparing to wipe out the abomination.

7. Hot item – One of the players has been targeted by a previous foe, and is framed for stealing a local relic/artifact.

8. Mystery Meat – A plague has struck the livestock of the region where the players are passing through. But the butcher shop is chock full of “meat”. Start with one of the players’ horses, and then get steadily darker. Mwahaha……

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