Ravenous Role Playing

After the PC purchase a container of some sort (backpack, chest, saddle bags, sacks, whatever) they find a signet ring in the container.

A quick heraldry/history/knowledge check will lead them to discover the symbol on the ring is from a long-lost dynasty that vanished in a nearby jungle hundreds of years ago.

The location of the lost dynasty is well known, but only a few of the treasure seekers who have braved the jungle have never returned. None of them found anything other than large insects, poisonous snakes and heartache.

However, there is one person who entered the jungle and returned intact. He’s too old to adventure anymore, but has always wanted to fund an expedition into the jungle to find ruins he just knows are there.

When getting a room for the night, one of the players finds a folded piece of paper under his pillow.

The paper has a death warrant filled out, but not signed by anyone, for a local political official. It’s an order for assassination!

Who was the note intended for? The PC? Someone else? Will the intended party be missing the note? If the PCs turn over the information is there a reward, and who will be upset by this information?

Hmm….

The group stumbles across a dead messenger with several crossbow bolts in the back. His corpse has been thouroughly ransacked and left naked on the ground, but all of his equipment seems to be left lying by him.

If anyone casts detect magic, they will see a tattoo on the messenger’s chest which glows brightly under the spell. The tattoo is a message of peace from one king to another. The two kingdoms have been at war for ages, and it appears there are attempts to broker peace. If the message does not get to the recipient, then war will continue to rage on.

Something I plan on doing on this site to bring you crazy people back day in and day out are adventure hooks that I’ll post every weekday. The hooks will be game agnostic, but will still probably fall in the fantasy genre. There will be the occasional hook for sci-fi, cyberpunk, pulp horror, spies and other genres as well.

When you see the moniker “AHotD” followed by a date, you’ll know an adventure hook lies in wait for you to discover. Please let me know what you think of the AHs that I throw out there. Hopefully they help kick start some ideas for your own games.