d100: Side Quest Hooks
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A farmer approaches the party and needs help. One
of his chickens turns a strange neon green when
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placed in moonlight, and he needs help figuring out
why.
Your party finds a list of 10 names including
2 someone they are close to. The first 4 names are
crossed out.
A courier catches up to the party. They have been left
a run down mansion in the will of someone they have
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never met. The only condition? It be lived in for 5
days. It is of course... Haunted!
A well known constellation disappears from sight. The
village is divided between people who remember it,
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and those who don't. The debates begin to spark an
escalating series of feuds and fights.
A large river begins inexplicably stops for 1 hour
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before sunset.
You enter a clearing where 2 duelists lash out at one
6 another. The clearing is in a time loop, repeating the
duel over and over again.
Rumor reaches your ears of a traveling merchant
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peddling sets of cursed sewing needles.
Old Jeb the farmer claims his sheepdog had puppies,
8 but they all have split tails and he doesn't know their
sire.
The sawmill catches fire. The bucket brigade keeps it
9 them. In truth, this bandit killed Foezek and is dealing
contained, but it refuses to extinguish after 2 days.
For exactly 1 round a day, everyone in town falls sway
under the HOLD PERSON spell. Life continues, but
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everyone is on edge. "Protection" totems begin
surfacing in every market shop.
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Strange, mud-coated animate skeletons have risen in a
nearby swamp. They won’t attack unless attacked first
and try to speak with anyone nearby, but the coating
of mud makes their speech indecipherable.
Snowberry bushes only bloom before a blizzard.
12 Collect five snowberry blooms for an alchemist before
the storm hits.
A suit of enchanted armor with dozens of arms has
been razing nearby villages. Watch out, each arm
holds a hand crossbow, and each one can attack every
turn.
A goblin comes running towards you and yells "he's
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coming!" and dies.
A small pack of wererats have taken up residence in
15 the city sewers, and keep causing trouble for the
locals.
A farmer says he's heard strange singing in the night
in his corn field, but whenever he goes out to look, he
16 doesn't find anyone. If that wasn't strange enough,
one morning he found his scarecrows had been
moved into a circle.
The party is told of a local merchant who specializes
in Magical items. The merchant's name is Foezek and
is described as an intelligent, compassionate Shedu.
But, when the PCs seek out the shop, they find
another being claiming to be Foezek and is more
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interested in them leaving the shop than dealing with
his magical items to an adversary of the DM's
choosing. Foezek's body can be found in the shop
(basement, or behind the counter, etc.).
The party is walking through a town when they meet
an blind old man who is crawling on the ground
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looking for his ring. A guard watched him drop it and
took it for himself.
The party finds a dagger on the body of an enemy that
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is much heavier than a dagger should be.
The party wakes up mixed up in each other's bodies
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after night of drinking at an inn.
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A small chest from the spell Leomund's Secret Chest
falls from the sky. When the party finds a wizard to
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open the chest is filled with their own equipment,
along with a note book keeping track of their actions.
The party continues to wake up in the same inn, but
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different rooms each morning.
One of the party members is suddenly extremely
allergic to cats, the rest of the party members clothes
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are suddenly made of cat fur. The change in clothing
isn't immediately noticable.
The party is summoned by a king to be his friends for
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a day.
25 There is a bounty out on the dish breaking bandit.
One of the party members suddenly starts to
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sleepwalk, and breaks dishes in his sleep.
An angry gnome tinkers with the sleeping party's
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equipment. Everything now has combination locks.
Weird noises have been heard at night coming from
an older resident's home in town. When investigated,
you discover a worried old man attempting to disguise
his worry at your interest in the noise and his
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business. If convinced that your aid is genuine, or if
more discreet measures of observations are taken, you
discover his wife is afflicted with lycanthropy despite
having no bite marks.
The local towns people are complaining about a
goblin tribe that has set up camp near by. They are
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acting strange and have begun constructing statues of
a goblin with a pointy hat all over the area.
As the party is walking through a road they come
across a beggar. He is crippled and asks for some
money to help him buy food. As the party continues
to walk down the road they find another beggar who
looks exactly like the one they just met! When asked
he says that he doesn’t have a twin brother or
30 anything of the sort. He doesn’t know what the party
is taking about and just wants some coin to buy food.
As the party continues to walk they find the same man
yet again. He to knows nothing. Upon further
investigation they discoverer that the man was once
an assistant to a local wizard. And the wizard is an
expert in human cloning.
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The daughter of a local politician/Noble person keeps
31 getting kidnapped by local goblins. The party is hired
to solve it once and for all.
A horse with no rider, but fully equipped is walking in
32 the opposite direction of the party. There is a note
pinned to it's saddlebags, "send help!"
The party takes a shortcut through a friendly looking
forest not shown on their map. It seems oddly silent,
and soon notice all the wildlife is deep asleep -
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including insects and even flowers. As their eyes get
heavier and heavier a wild man bursts out of the
bushes, eyes propped open.
Traveling through the forest the party is stopped by
the sound of a booming voice nearby "Your Wish has
been granted!". Shortly after they come apon a
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clearing filled red mist and a goblin holding a brass
lamp laughing maniacally. The party now has to deal
with what stuipd thing he has wished for.
You are confronted by a party of identical adventurers,
who seem more surprised than you. They have been
tracking you down for a long time, following rumours
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of a party of adventurers giving them a bad name.
Worst of all they seem to have been adventuring
longer than you...
Construction of a new museum has been halted when
36 its found that all the workers continue to forget what
they're building, could the new exhibit be to blame?
You've gotten word about a logging village up north
that has put up a massive reward for any adventurers
37 willing to travel to the village, investigate the rash of
disappearances and locate any of the missing persons:
dead or alive.
A cranky old man in town complains that his pocket
watchers stolen, and he has his suspicions on who the
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thief is. The townsfolk say that he’s a senile old man
who probably lost it.
As your party steps through town, you suddenly start
to feel the ground shake as a group of Monsterous
39 Centipede's erupt from the dirt, attacking the party.
As they are defeated, it becomes apparent that they
were summoned creatures.
One of the party's magical or valued items has been
stolen and is now held in a high security bank in a
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bustling city. The party must now break into the bank
to retrieve their items.
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A farmer asks for help. His crops are constantly
getting trashed. He wants the group/player to keep
watch over the night. It ends up being that the poor
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farmers’ trusty scarecrow has been brought to life by
dark magic. It is optional to buy or make a new
scarecrow.
A PC gets bit by a werewolf. There is a cure for it,
42 however they must convince the mad wizard to give it
to you.
A passing man swears to you that he is a genie who
43 will most definitely grant you three wishes if you
return his stolen lamp to him.
Every town or settlement the party goes to has an
outline of a fish stenciled on a main building. The first
one is really big and noticeable; the rest are subtle
44 enough that the party won't see them unless they
announce that they're examining the place. The town
where the quest will happen has the WORD "fish"
stenciled on a building.
You come across a trail of blood (unicorn) leading to a
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spooky forest.
The party is followed by an owl, hooting softly, eyes
glowing the gentle yellow that might be magic or
might be simple reflection. Over the next several days
more owls join, until when the group sets down to
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sleep at night all they can see are hundreds of owl
eyes staring down at them. Then, one of the owls
scratches a message into the dirt, before flying off
into the night- FOLLOW.
An unknown NPC mage has dimension doored into
the middle of a fight, after all healing spells have been
47 used by the team. He/She is on death's door and
carrying a note with his/hers killers name. He says a
few words before dying.
Graffiti is scrawled on the walls of two buildings in
town. It appears to be some sort of code. The
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messages are marked “1” and “3”. Message “2” is
nowhere to be found.
A scrap of paper floats on the wind. It glides on the
breeze. Eventually in a gust the paper catches on one
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of the adventures faces. Tearing it off their face, and
looking at the parchment they see it is...
Gold! Adventure! Fame! Cries an elf on a soap box,
50 "the faint of heart need not apply!" (For adventures
who need more than obvious plot hooks.)
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Looking off to the distance, they can see a flashing
light (similar to a signal mirror). Someone is trying to
51 signal far off. Whether it is aide, is indiscernible to the
group as the light stops almost as soon as it starts.
There is only one way to find out...
While passing by a pond, you hear a deep bellowing
52 noise, only to see a fisherman trapped by a giant frog.
He calls for help.
A paladin with the insignia of a lion's head on her
53 shield asks you to solve the local pest problem. Turns
out the "pests" are full sized orcs.
A house outside of town is being circled by hundreds
of birds. Upon approaching, the party sees that their
beaks are lined with teeth, and the birds are twitching
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as though trying to escape possession. From the
sounds inside, someone is clambering to hide within
the building.
Kobolds have been attacking the town. All wearing
similar regalia and a matching symbol. a raving man
claims to have escaped from the kobolds' lair. He
describes a terrible dragon as the source of worship
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for the kobolds. The dragon is really a pseudodragon
with delusions of grandeur, trained in illusion magic
and has duped the kobolds into gathering a hoard for
him.
In a large city, urchins are a regular problem. This trio
of kidlets, however, has been luring travelers in to
56 abandoned alleyways, where the deranged
doppelganger among them eats the human and the
other two children keep what was it his/her pockets.
A dryad clad in wooden armor leans against a tree his
side torn wide open. He hands the party a pouch full
of tiny leaves. Taking a pinch and blowing them into
57 the air will lead the party to an ancient temple
entrance almost over grown with vines. When close
the pouch of leaves crumbles to dust along with the
vines covering then entrance of the temple.
You find a small silver coin in the middle of a street
and upon picking it up, in your mind you see a small
58 hut deep in the forest. When you come back to reality,
only you can see it but a small fae pixie glowing bright
blue will show you the way.
The party encounters a man running out from the
wood-line, coming towards then. He appears to be in
59 shock over what he has seen, and tells the party that
he was attacked while hunting. The man directs the
party to the spot were he encounter the creature.
A local temple has reported strange events in the
surrounding area: beasts attacking villagers, bandit
60 lords more closer to the village, and mysterious lights
and sounds that can only be observed from within the
village.
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A bounty hunter asks the party if they known any of
the names on a list of his. The list contains about 20
names, roll a d20 for the characters knowing any of
the names, 1-10 unknown and 11-20 known. The
61 names on the list can be from characters backstory or
names of NPCs the party has met throughout the
campaign. The bounty hunter will known what each
person on the list as done, and how much the reward
is for the capture.
A seemingly exorbitant amount of gold is offered on
the message board to get rid of a 'house spider'. It
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turns out that it's about a spider-like mimic in the
shape of a house.
The moon stops traveling across the sky, and
everyone's time pieces stop working. Word around
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the continent is a group of warlocks are attempting to
gain power from a new patron - the god of Time
More than three people in a given town have all their
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teeth fall out at the same time
A nearby civil war is raging, and one of the high
ranking officers of one side or the other holes up in a
cave. If approached, they will act incredibly defensive.
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A child is crying somewhere deeper in the cave, and
this person refuses to answer any questions about
said child.
An allegedly crooked officer of the law is found dead
66 in an alley way and only one person in the whole town
seems to care about it at all.
The party is on a faire where a magician is performing
tricks with a severed head that can talk. Throughout
67 the show the head blinks in weird patterns. The party
talks to the head to find out he is kidnapped and begs
for help in finding his body back.
The party comes across an Inn in the middle of
nowhere and they decide to stay. They wake up on the
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ground where the inn used to be and there's no sign
of any building ever being there.
Walking through town, the party suddenly gets
surrounded by the city guard. A respected captain was
murdered. Witnesses say they saw someone looking
similar to one of the party members. Upon looking
through their things, said member appears to have
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lost an item easily traced back to him (one half of a
pair of gloves/earrings/daggers, family insignia, one of
a kind necklace etc.). Sure enough, said item was
found at the scene of the crime. Someone is framing
them. Not necessarily a doppelganger.
The party stumbles across a dead old man. Amongst
his meagre belongings is a thick tome with extensive
70 records about everything they’ve done right up till
today, with even more detail than they themselves
knew.
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The party finds various dead animals with missing
pieces, almost torn and shred. As they approach the
heart of the forest the number of dead creatures
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increases. Upon investigation they find out it's the
guardian spirit of the forest who has been corrupted
and it's confused.
A flyer appears in the sacks of each party member. A
72 mid level demon has opened a store and invites all
those with ambitions to visit to make deals.
A rumor reaches the party's ears of a group of
brigands hiding out in the woods. They have a code
that is the reverse of Robin Hood and his Merry Men:
73 Steal from the poor, and give to the rich. None of the
local nobles seem interested in the pillaged goods of
their subjects, and are constantly giving back the loot
they keep finding on their doorsteps.
The local apothecary is desperate due to the sudden
absence of all the local medicinal plants in the area.
All the groves and clearings appear to have been
picked clean, and even the owner's secret garden is
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now empty. She had told no one of her hidden garden,
and so has no idea who or what could have taken all
of the plants in the brief period of time between her
most recent check and her previous one.
A dead homeless halfling found in an alley had a small
bottle of very cheap whisky. The label has a brand
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mark you've not seen before - 4 vertical slashes and 2
short slashes across the bottom.
While at the market waiting for another adventurer to
arrive, you pass the time by idly counting the number
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of stone gargoyles mounted on the town hall. There
are fourteen, all with a silly grin.
While at the blacksmith to repair your armour, you
overhear the blacksmith explaining to his apprentice
77 to not stray off to the hills to see his new sweetheart
because he heard from the baker's cousin's
stepmother that there are kobolds about.
While waiting patiently for your turn to see the
Bishop, you get your ear bent by some local
shopkeeper about how the town council is a bunch of
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idiots, and how they simply wasted all that money on
getting 13 gargoyle statues erected on the town hall.
Thirteen! That's an unlucky number!
A street urchin attempts to filch your purse, he runs
off down an alley. The urchin escapes, but in the alley
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you found a homeless halfling bum. Clearly dead.
Looks like he fell from a great height.
The price of that foreign wine you like so much has
tripled in price. The barkeep mutters something about
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pirates. The barkeep explains it's just a euphemism for
the wagoneers guild and their extortionate ways.
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A human peasant and a member of the fey came
across each other in the woods and, over the course
of multiple moonlit encounters, fell deeply in love. The
peasant's family has a deep-rooted fear of the fey, and
is actively trying to put a stop to the pair's
relationship. The family is even more fearful that the
peasant will leave for the Feywild and never return, and
goes to the party to convince them to help break the
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two lovers up. The human is in love with the Fey's
otherworldly allure and sharp wit; talking to them
makes the peasant feel alive in a way that they've
never felt before. The Fey was originally only
interested in the concept of a secretive human lover,
but eventually came to love the peasant's dedication
to their relationship despite the risk of alienating
other loved ones.
The pommel of a sword you found on your last
adventure rattled loose. Inside you a scrap of
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parchment with lots of scratchmarks, almost looks like
writing.
A wanted poster has been nailed up - Wanted: Black
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Pete, for Brigandry.
The scribe you made inquiries with last week has got
84 back to you. She says the Tomb of Three Chieftains
can be found outside Millthorp.
While at market, you saw three wagons being carefully
85 guarded by scruffy and shifty looking mercenaries.
There are barrels of cheap rotgut in the wagon.
A pilgrim accosts you in the street. He asks if you'll be
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travelling east anytime soon.
The bakery has no cake. He explains it's because
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there's a shortage of milk.
A patrol of the Kings Guard rode fast down main
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street. They almost ran you over.
There's a parade of pilgrims on main street, heading
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for the commons. They appear somber and morose.
Southbridge, just outside town, has been closed to
90 traffic due to disrepair. Merchants complain about the
2 hour detour they now incur by first heading east.
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The town guard are seen practicing new drills on the
common. Apparently a local bandit has enlisted a
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wizard, and so training in avoiding fireballs is called
for.
The local priesthood is paying gold for water
92 collected from the Opal Caves to treat a spreading
fever
An apothecary will pay for certain herbs growing in
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the Frog Marches.
The local Stonecutters Guild are not petitioning for
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work contracts; labourers are grumbling.
A frost giant approaches the group. The giant politely
asks for help. He lost his pet owlbear and needs help
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finding it. He promises a very handsome amount of
gp as well as “a powerful ally” if you find the creature.
A goblin in noble clothes crashes through the
window and rolls over the ground. The symbol of the
king's guard is embroidered on his half-cape. As he
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gets up, he panics and looks around, fixing his eyes
upon the party. "The Goat-Riders are coming! Please,
hide me!"
A large burly man has started a daily ritual of throwing
a goat at the side of a local noble's house. He is not
damaging the house, so he is not doing anything that
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will make the local law enforcement arrest him, but
the noble wants him dealt with, and will pay you to
get rid of him, however.
A sword in the stone can be sensed by all creatures in
the land with "Detect Magic" but lately it seems that
the presence is becoming overbearing. Magic users
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are worried that unless the true king draws the sword,
proving his lineage, or the spell "Detect Magic" will
become obsolete.
As the group walks through the forest, one member
hears very quiet crying. The crying is coming from a
99 lost juvenile harpy. It is the job of the group to
protect this harpy. They can either keep and raise the
creature, or return it to its mother.
The party finds a smouldering crater containing a
100 metal wreck. Inside, they find an eccentric kobold
who insists she has returned from the moon.
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