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Reblogging because these are really good ideas for campaign events omg

Ideas for non-combat encounters/events

For when you want some variety for your tabletop RPG.  These events will also give your players a chance to use character skills they don’t often have opportunities for.

Natural Disaster - Have the town the PCs are in catch on fire and see what they do!  Do they cut their losses and run?  Do they heroically try to save trapped townspeople?  What do they do about the aftermath?  Natural disasters are an interesting challenge because there can be lots of danger and drama without necessarily having a villain.  It may also get your PCs to use skills they don’t commonly have a chance to.  You could also try floods, earthquakes, raging storms while at sea, etc.

Powerful Fortress - Put one of your party’s goals in a location where they won’t be able to prevail through combat alone (Example: a fortress where they are vastly outnumbered).  Your players will have to rely on either stealth or guile (or both) to accomplish their goal.  The pacing of such events can be frustrating to some players, but few sessions are as rewarding as a creatively executed heist or infiltration.

Dangerous Crossing - Give them a dangerous physical obstacle to overcome.  A canyon, or a raging river, or quicksand or an old battleground littered with traps and mines.

Festival - Have the PCs encounter a festival or tournament!  With lots of contests! This could be a good opportunity for them to build their fame and fortune (especially if you allow gambling).  Some of my favorite sessions have involved festivals.

Entertainment - Put the PCs in a situation where they have to entertain someone.  What do they come up with?

Letter - Have one of the PCs receive a letter, either from an NPC they’ve dealt with before or from someone involved with their backstory.  This is a good way to make the consequences of their actions seem more real.  You can also use it to introduce new plotlines/sidequests.

Crafting Challenge - Put the PCs in a situation where they need to craft something in order to accomplish their goal.  Maybe they need to make something in order to fix a mechanism?  Or in order to satisfy some local gift-giving custom?  Or they need a forgery?  Maybe as part of an exchange for something else they need?

Lost and Found - Have your PCs discover someone or something that is clearly lost.  Maybe they find an infant in the wilderness.  Or a key with a strange inscription, or some kind of talisman.  Throw in a clue or two to present your players with a tantalizing mystery.  

Inhospitable Wilderness - Have the PCs go somewhere it’s an effort just to survive.  A barren desert, a treacherous swamp with poison gasses, a forest so dense the ground never sees the sun, or even the bottom of the ocean.  Test their endurance and survival skills!

Dinner Party - Have the PCs be summoned to a formal event!  Test them on the battlegrounds of social grace and etiquette!  Even better if it’s in a dangerous environment or an alien culture.

Thief - Have something important stolen from the PCs.  See how they handle it.

Needle in a Haystack - Give the PCs something very difficult to find.  Like a single specific housecat in a sprawling metropolis, or a legendary weapon of which there are many fakes/copies.  

Really, if you need any more inspiration, look at your player’s character sheets and see if they’ve invested any points in a skill they haven’t gotten to use much.  Then invent a challenge they could feasibly use that skill for.  If you can’t think of a situation that could be helped by an Appraise, Craft: Calligraphy or Handle Animal check, you need to practice your own creative problem solving skills!

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Aaaaaand it already starts. 😂

Me: Roll Charisma.

Her: *Rolls a 1*

Me: *decides to be nice and let her roll again*

Her: *rolls another 1*

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My first D&D character

Lunamae

1/2 Drow, 1/2 Moon Elf

Druid

#gaming #d&d #drow #moon elf #half moon elf half drow #druid #elf #underdark

[dovahkiin-dice-goblin]

𝔖𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔪𝔶 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔤𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔵𝔶 𝔇20 ℑ 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔩𝔬𝔩

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ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬 𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔞 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔬 𝔇𝔐, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ'𝔪 𝔤𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔇𝔐𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔇&𝔇 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔴𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴. 𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ'𝔪 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔲𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨. ℑ'𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶 𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ'𝔪 𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔞 '𝔇&𝔇 𝔳𝔦𝔯𝔤𝔦𝔫', 𝔰𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔞 𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔬 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱...𝔬𝔯 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔴𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔨 𝔩𝔬𝔩

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