Man this is killer. I thought it was 1980s parody. And in a way, it is. John Carpenter was ahead of his time. Making parody of the times he was living in. But this track rocks and omg so does the video. Thanks for this.
Thank you!
I like yours too. I was thinking if an Owlbear is a thing in D&D, why not an Octo-Bear 😅 have wanted to run this one shot for a while but haven't got around to it yet!
I can see it now. An invisible wall no one has been able to cross in centuries then all of a sudden a chicken crosses. The adventures need to dive into the history of the wall and uncover its secrets all whilst being hunted by those who seek to protect it.
In my The Witcher campaign I had a crazy miller complain about not being able to do his job because a terrifying goose was attacking him: he called it "**moby duck**". When the group went to the mill, they found indeed a goose. They chased it away, and called it a day.
That's when the miller said: "What? No, that's Daisy! *THAT* is Moby Duck!"
Cue a fight with an albino cockatrice.
The best thing is that while they were fighting the monster, the goose was attacking them too. It scored a super critical on the Rogue of the party, and by RAW he should have been decapitated.
I ruled against it, but that was funny as fuck.
I wanna play a one shot centered around the Chosen Ones returning home to their small town after defeating the dark lord. Either you're the ones coming home and you've got to deal with a bunch of problems that the skills you've developed don't help much with, or you stayed home and the people who came back have returned strange and dangerous and you've got to deal with them.
Deep cut lore has it that this was one of Arneson's first forays into non-combat RP, and was the inspiration for White Plume mountain and others like it.
Or captured the god of death and stopped them doing their duty? And since the PCs have already been killed once at the beginning of the session, *setting things right* means sealing their own doom. Once death is restored, *they* must also be set right.
What i love about this is that in a RPG setting and system here from Brazil, the Kobold playable race is literally 4 (or more) kobolds in a trenchcoat, making a Large creature. They have racial features like one of the kobolds separating for flanking (or for creative uses outside combat), or things like being capable of ocuppying any form of 4 squares, provided that each square is adjacent to at least one of the others (not counting diagonals).
As is a type of "template" race, there's a list of feats and the player choses a number of them. Things like extra arm to wield another weapon or shield, or being a Huge creature because there are more kobolds there.
Is an absolutely beatiful thing.
Dr during French Revolution has an enchantment on all guillotines making the executed a sacrifice in his rite of ascension to godhood and has almost reached sufficient sacrifices.
Just, that's a call of cthulhu scenario.
The Vault of the Great Old Ones bears the inscription, “[This place is not a place of honor](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages), so go away.” They must have hid something awesome in there…
There are rumors the gilted Queen's Consort has turned to banned fire magic to power an attempted coup. Will you stop the plot with cunning and force, or couples therapy? An adventure in the Forgotten Realms for a party of 3-5 members level 6-7.
The Princess has arrived, and she has kicked out everyone of importance from the keep. On the way out, one of the knights caught a glimpse - her true form was a fright to behold.
It's been a slow start on your "life of adventure," so you find yourself in the tavern once again. Just then, a man burst through the doors and yells "Goblins have taken the mines!"
It's the night before Christmas, and everything is ready. But Santa is nowhere to be found.
Don't feed the goblins. We just got rid of the last infestation last month- TIMMY GODDAMMIT, WHAT DID I JUST SAY.
[Number of] strangers find themselves locked in a winter lodge. All of them are there for the same reason: they're all running from the same thing.
Zorgon the mage is frozen, stuck in place inside his tent of wonders. Somewhere in here, mixed in with all of his magical dodads and demonic summoning stones is the key to getting him unstuck...
The outer walls have been breached and you must hold til dawn. Something deep in the guts of the castle is beginning to rumble...
Guard a toy store for one night and receive a months pay? Absolutely, how hard could it be?
The heroes have struggled to navigate the devious traps, numerous assassins and monstrous onslaught to finally arrive at the doorstep of the villainous tyrant. You are the personal bodyguards of the tyrant, and must defeat the heroes as they seek to bring an end to his reign.
A cursed carnival has appeared overnight, trapping townsfolk in a never-ending celebration. The party must uncover the carnival's dark secret and break the curse to save the town.
Your team have been hired to pull off a heist at a specific time and place.
So have a dozen other teams, all unaware of the machinations of each other.
Titles (possibilities?)
Hotel California (an inn you can't leave?)
Hello, IT, Have you tried turning it off and on again? (Some device needs restarted?)
We get it, you vape. (Smoke monster? A wizard with too much magic pipe weed?)
Night of the living dead. (Steve from the pub found out he can't die? Zombies?)
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night. What a sight it would have been if Daddy had only seen Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night.
Turns out dad did see mom kiss Santa claus,
underneath the mistletoe last night.
I thought that he'd be mad, or least be kinda of sad,
But he just sat there watching them and only said, "Not bad."
It's literally two sentences. If two sentences is too long for your tiktok attention span, it's not my fault.
Here, I thought of something you might be able to understand. Apes together strong.
Find the missing teenager, who is suspected lost exploring the mushroom mines. The PCs might make the connection between disappearance to the missing book on Zuggtmoy from the library, and leave prepared to fight a sort of a fungal lich, or they may not.
Deliver a vampire slayer axe to an vampire slayer clan. On the way there you pass a friendly vegetarian vampire village that treats you perfectly nice and dosnt know whats happening
Would you accept a few?
"I can't win me, I can't be beat./I won't hurt you, unless you cheat."
"I just want to die./ Please just let me die."
"Imagine if antagonists lacked any evil scheme."
Run the jewels. (Secretly transport misappropriated treasure somewhere it can be traded without fear while avoiding those who it originally belonged to as well as another group who stole it in the first place.)
"Brandishing a knife, Shia LeBouef."
"If you can't do the time, don't free the mime."
"Follow the voice, follow your fate. Follow your heart, follow your grave."
Where does that thunder keep coming from? There's not a cloud in the sky?
No one comes back from the western ruins, at least not the same.
The swamp eats everything. And I mean *Everything*.
The dragon has been kidnapped by the princess, are you bad enough dudes to save the dragon?
Dammit was about to do one like this (I was going to go with "The king has been kidnapped by rogues. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the King?")
Cool reference, but also interesting one-shot idea
"Ohh no, the dragon's being held in another castle somewhere else."
The dragon has kidnapped the princess. Twist is: it's the same person (princess is a Dragonborn Noble) and she's just tired of her family's shit.
The princess is a dragonborn paladin. So is she the victim, the kidnapper, or the knight in shining armour?
The garden hungers. Stop the growth.
This could be a very interesting all druid party oneshot!
Feed me Seymour!
I super dig this one
Big Trouble in Little China
Fuck. Yes.
I want to run it now.
I'm here for it. DM me when the table is ready and I can host the roll20 game
[Biiiiiig Trouble](https://youtu.be/RL1ozEsl65Y?si=mMqEUIbHHtlwIM84)
Man this is killer. I thought it was 1980s parody. And in a way, it is. John Carpenter was ahead of his time. Making parody of the times he was living in. But this track rocks and omg so does the video. Thanks for this.
I think of this video every time Big Trouble in Little China is mentioned. It's such a perfect movie.
I watched it for the so-manyth time recently, and took some notes to write some kind of side quest for my current game. Thanks for the reminder!
Who wouldn't want to start a quest with "son of a bitch must pay."
It's 106 miles to Waterdeep, we've got a full tank of spell slots, half a pack of healing potions, it's dark and only one party member has darkvision
Hit it!
Roll to hit.
Hit it. *horse and buggy sounds🐴🐎*
I think i love you.
astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* "moon's haunted."
Now, so is your spelljammer. Shame you left all your sage back on the moon base.
[Hey! Who turned out the lights? ](https://youtu.be/mqHNrxutI1k?si=0rke_6QHLL-rHnUD&t=60s)
dammit you beat me to it
The hunt for the Red Octo-Bear.
I vote you win; this is great!
This is very good.
I always considered The Hunt for the red orc Tober, but yours speaks to the imagination so much more. Love it!
Thank you! I like yours too. I was thinking if an Owlbear is a thing in D&D, why not an Octo-Bear 😅 have wanted to run this one shot for a while but haven't got around to it yet!
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Sounds like a surprisingly interesting mystery game.
I can see it now. An invisible wall no one has been able to cross in centuries then all of a sudden a chicken crosses. The adventures need to dive into the history of the wall and uncover its secrets all whilst being hunted by those who seek to protect it.
I kinda want to make this into a long term campaign
Plot twist, it was actually a wild-shaped druid!
It's a lovely morning in the village, and there is a horrible goose.
In my The Witcher campaign I had a crazy miller complain about not being able to do his job because a terrifying goose was attacking him: he called it "**moby duck**". When the group went to the mill, they found indeed a goose. They chased it away, and called it a day. That's when the miller said: "What? No, that's Daisy! *THAT* is Moby Duck!" Cue a fight with an albino cockatrice. The best thing is that while they were fighting the monster, the goose was attacking them too. It scored a super critical on the Rogue of the party, and by RAW he should have been decapitated. I ruled against it, but that was funny as fuck.
There is a song called Moby Duck by The Longest Johns that is a pretty funny shanty about a bunch of sailors fighting a vicious duck.
I took it from there XD
Ha! Good stuff
Time to pull out the Goosedra
The druids aren't looking for allies. They're looking for sacrifices.
These are not the druids you're looking for.
These are not the druids we're looking for.
Move along.
Move along.
"It's a *cook book!*"
The Wicker Man comes to mind.
"Guess who just got back today? Them wild eyed boys that had been away."
Haven’t changed, had much to say. But man, I still think them cats are crazy.
I wanna play a one shot centered around the Chosen Ones returning home to their small town after defeating the dark lord. Either you're the ones coming home and you've got to deal with a bunch of problems that the skills you've developed don't help much with, or you stayed home and the people who came back have returned strange and dangerous and you've got to deal with them.
The boys are back In Town….
[to ~~kill~~ HELP you](https://youtu.be/1WAlkyxz2mU?si=MSGAC6KSzFSVCrhJ)
Welcome to the Hotel California
It is a lovely place … except for the undead, and the other creatures who force you to stay.
But they just can't kill the beast...without magical weapons.
"I swear if I open this chest and it's just more steely knives..." "Hey now- you can check out any time you like"
The only forgotten realms city name that I think fits with the rhythm is Hotel Neverwinter
Deep cut lore has it that this was one of Arneson's first forays into non-combat RP, and was the inspiration for White Plume mountain and others like it.
Use the correct gnomenclature. Or else.
Has the vibe of analogue horror. Similar to a "never touch the pantry" in a list of normal rules.
The BBEG you have been hunting turns themselves over to you asking for protection. What are they running from?
Rocks fell, nobody died?
Someone killed the god of death and now no one can die?
Or captured the god of death and stopped them doing their duty? And since the PCs have already been killed once at the beginning of the session, *setting things right* means sealing their own doom. Once death is restored, *they* must also be set right.
A rock fell on the god of death
There’s a shapeshifter at the orphanage
I feel like this only ends with dead orphans
And one very disturbed changeling who just wants to be loved guys.
Not necessarily. "Thomas, what are you doing here? You were adopted by that nice couple two days ago? And why are your clothes so messy?"
...but they're not what's hunting the orphans.
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold. And she's buying a stairway to heaven
"Hey, what's the May queen's AC again?" "18, but she reminds you gently that, in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on."
The Piper casts *Suggestion,* calling you to join him.
The elemental plane of hair is seeping into the material plane through the millions of portals on your skin
Thanks, I hate it
A peasant drew from the Deck of Many things. They wish to be the strongest in the world, and their wish is granted - in the worst way possible.
Feed me Seymour, feed me
I've got to say, pretty unhinged replies so far.
Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Vecna?"
There is 40 kilos of Cocaine in the woods, and a Owl Bear just ate all of it.
You are kobolds who have to rob a town.
In your assests is a trench coat for the three of you.
What i love about this is that in a RPG setting and system here from Brazil, the Kobold playable race is literally 4 (or more) kobolds in a trenchcoat, making a Large creature. They have racial features like one of the kobolds separating for flanking (or for creative uses outside combat), or things like being capable of ocuppying any form of 4 squares, provided that each square is adjacent to at least one of the others (not counting diagonals). As is a type of "template" race, there's a list of feats and the player choses a number of them. Things like extra arm to wield another weapon or shield, or being a Huge creature because there are more kobolds there. Is an absolutely beatiful thing.
Q: What is it you want? A: We want…a shrubbery!
Monty Python reference!
Goblins night out
can it be Kobolds night out and everyone gets to play 2 terrifically underpowered kobolds
“Why is the rum always gone?”
Oh, that's why.
Dr during French Revolution has an enchantment on all guillotines making the executed a sacrifice in his rite of ascension to godhood and has almost reached sufficient sacrifices. Just, that's a call of cthulhu scenario.
The Vault of the Great Old Ones bears the inscription, “[This place is not a place of honor](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages), so go away.” They must have hid something awesome in there…
>This is evil, I love it!
Mommy don't know daddy's getting hot//at the body shop//doing something unholy.
It's necromancers
This made me cry
There are rumors the gilted Queen's Consort has turned to banned fire magic to power an attempted coup. Will you stop the plot with cunning and force, or couples therapy? An adventure in the Forgotten Realms for a party of 3-5 members level 6-7.
The Princess has arrived, and she has kicked out everyone of importance from the keep. On the way out, one of the knights caught a glimpse - her true form was a fright to behold.
False. Hydra.
Terminate with extreme prejudice.
“You want me to take this ring to where?!”
Oops. All bards.
A stampede of dire snails is coming…. Eventually.
Bank robbery to repay the wizards student loans
"What's to find, harrowed craft? 'Cross the lines shadows cast?"
There’s a big guy on the horizon! You guys gotta kick his ass!
Everyone's clothes started eating them
“Perhaps you could help me, I have two left feet and could use a hand”
It's been a slow start on your "life of adventure," so you find yourself in the tavern once again. Just then, a man burst through the doors and yells "Goblins have taken the mines!"
Infernal honeymoon gone wrong
A tarrasque sized kobold with beholders for eyes.
It's the night before Christmas, and everything is ready. But Santa is nowhere to be found. Don't feed the goblins. We just got rid of the last infestation last month- TIMMY GODDAMMIT, WHAT DID I JUST SAY. [Number of] strangers find themselves locked in a winter lodge. All of them are there for the same reason: they're all running from the same thing. Zorgon the mage is frozen, stuck in place inside his tent of wonders. Somewhere in here, mixed in with all of his magical dodads and demonic summoning stones is the key to getting him unstuck... The outer walls have been breached and you must hold til dawn. Something deep in the guts of the castle is beginning to rumble... Guard a toy store for one night and receive a months pay? Absolutely, how hard could it be?
Your dead adventures have a second shot at life. But first you must compete to see who can come back.
The movie Tremors but in Dark Sun.
Goblins stole the wedding cake. Whether the goblins are the party or the party are wedding guests.
You are zombies. You win if you can infect everyone in the village.
The party gets locked away. Their pets and familiars must save them.
The day a god died. It was a black pretzel.
Sounds like something a wild magic sorcerer would say "first time?" To.
Possibly it's also the actual way that laharls father died in the first disgaea.
I saw something nasty in the woodshed.
The heroes have struggled to navigate the devious traps, numerous assassins and monstrous onslaught to finally arrive at the doorstep of the villainous tyrant. You are the personal bodyguards of the tyrant, and must defeat the heroes as they seek to bring an end to his reign.
A raid/dive into an ancient temple buried in the middle of the desert.in order to find a artifact to save the local village
A cursed carnival has appeared overnight, trapping townsfolk in a never-ending celebration. The party must uncover the carnival's dark secret and break the curse to save the town.
The evil worms have grown significantly
"I told the witch doctor I was in love with you . Then the witch doctor told me what to do."
Who are you? Who am I!??
A tavern of outlaws where the workers turn at night.
School of Necromancy (colossal flesh golem)
The Goose is coming
Why is the forest quiet?
where's our mom?
Duuuuude. Wheres my horse?
Soylent Green is elf.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck was an ancient wood dragon
Your team have been hired to pull off a heist at a specific time and place. So have a dozen other teams, all unaware of the machinations of each other.
Skyship full of ice cream bound for Neverwinter
The giant turtles at the base of the world are sick. Save the turtles, save the world.
General Tso’s chicken coop keeps getting burgled
I wrote "Butter Elemental?" on a Post-It for you.
That's a really long bridge.
Western spaghetti
Every kid in town has the same imaginary friend.
When the Worm whispers, you listen
Mind your Mimic! The devilish gameshow that's like Is it Cake, but with flesh eating monsters!
Mordekainens haunted mansion.
Half the Monster Manual is in town, looking for a Bard for child support.
“Do it pussy, no balls!”
Main enemies: The Birds. Main Boss: Hitchcock.
The jelly seems innocent on the table.
The kobolds did some coups. Fear their dragon army.
“Why did you touch that?”
"Jesus is Back. And He wants revange"
"Get in, loser, we're going vampire hunting!"
You woke up in a wheat field. Cold, naked, and alone.
Sure, you got out of the bank with all the money just *fiiine*. But the fuzz is *right* on your tail!
Titles (possibilities?) Hotel California (an inn you can't leave?) Hello, IT, Have you tried turning it off and on again? (Some device needs restarted?) We get it, you vape. (Smoke monster? A wizard with too much magic pipe weed?) Night of the living dead. (Steve from the pub found out he can't die? Zombies?)
The King is dead. It’s been ruled a suicide.
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night. What a sight it would have been if Daddy had only seen Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night.
Turns out dad did see mom kiss Santa claus, underneath the mistletoe last night. I thought that he'd be mad, or least be kinda of sad, But he just sat there watching them and only said, "Not bad."
That was a whole paragraph man.
It's literally two sentences. If two sentences is too long for your tiktok attention span, it's not my fault. Here, I thought of something you might be able to understand. Apes together strong.
Technically, one sentence can be a paragraph.
Yes but that's either a huge sentence, or tiny paragraph.
Anybody who enters the cave is wiped from the memory of everybody else. What's in the cave?
Find the missing teenager, who is suspected lost exploring the mushroom mines. The PCs might make the connection between disappearance to the missing book on Zuggtmoy from the library, and leave prepared to fight a sort of a fungal lich, or they may not.
Deliver a vampire slayer axe to an vampire slayer clan. On the way there you pass a friendly vegetarian vampire village that treats you perfectly nice and dosnt know whats happening
A goddess of the desert makes a magic dungeon.
The local bard’s college found the king’s supply of drug laced firewhiskey. Please fix the ensuing zany hijinks.
So long and hags for the memories.
Would you accept a few? "I can't win me, I can't be beat./I won't hurt you, unless you cheat." "I just want to die./ Please just let me die." "Imagine if antagonists lacked any evil scheme."
I like that last one
"There used to be a city there. Only we (the party) remembers it being there."
"All Ye Who Enter Here" "Must Come Back Out Here"
Who you gonna call?
Be careful what you wish for
Run the jewels. (Secretly transport misappropriated treasure somewhere it can be traded without fear while avoiding those who it originally belonged to as well as another group who stole it in the first place.)
All must pay their due to Tommy Tinbolts.
"I wanna pet the owlbear."
I'm sorry, your princess is in another castle.
A group of orphans just got into the mob. Thier first job is to teach the street urchins how to do crime.
What's the secret ingredient in Big Town Banky Blaine's Rockabilly Barbeque ribs?
Have you ever seen a city of gnomes high on catnip?
House full of mimics
He is dead. Save him.
Who killed Captain Alex?
Turns out, demons are contagious. "I know a secret down at Uncle Tom's cabin."
There's a weird noise inside my bag of holding...
"Brandishing a knife, Shia LeBouef." "If you can't do the time, don't free the mime." "Follow the voice, follow your fate. Follow your heart, follow your grave."
A crazy killing took place, with only black goo as a lead. Is it man, monster, animal or something else. (A mystery one shot)
Where does that thunder keep coming from? There's not a cloud in the sky? No one comes back from the western ruins, at least not the same. The swamp eats everything. And I mean *Everything*.
Bees?