Ok, so, my friends and I want to set up a campaign for players level 3-5, and I've been looking through my stuff, and need more options. Any free one-shots or campaigns you know that could be suitable for this?
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Comet - "I want to burn the saloon with a firework and this rifle!"
Lost Mines of Phandelver, it's still free on DnDBeyond I guess
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"Time, like hope, is an illusion" - Lumalee "Time is relative" - Albert Einstein "It's a joke. It's all a joke. Mother forgive me" - Edward 'The Comedian' Blake "Do I look like the kind of clown that can start a movement?" - Arthur Fleck
I'd suggest Dragon of Icespire Peak. It has a Quest Board type structure so you can effectively just pick and choose what quests the party have the chance of undertaking. It's got a fun mix of little quests and does quite well for a one shot or side adventuring.
Dragon of Stormwreck Isle is also very good. A bit shorter (to level 3), but gets the basics done.
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"Time, like hope, is an illusion" - Lumalee "Time is relative" - Albert Einstein "It's a joke. It's all a joke. Mother forgive me" - Edward 'The Comedian' Blake "Do I look like the kind of clown that can start a movement?" - Arthur Fleck
read some online reviews of the adventure compilations like candlekeep mysteries, keys from the golden vault, and lairs of etharis. chapters 3-5 will correlate closely to character levels 3, 4, and 5. but that doesn't actually matter all that much to you, because you're just going to take the setting, goal, hook, and twist for your own. run with the major themes, drop in monsters, stir in loot, and you're there. for free. you might even find 'recreated' maps. best part is that this doesn't stop you from buying the book later and running the actual adventures since those'll probably feel worlds apart from what you came up with before.
alternatively, if you're just looking for a few free adventures that go beyond first-steps... - @3rd level, Lightning Keep is not strictly for Minecraft settings only - @4th level, Prisoner 13 isn't strictly a golden vault only heist - @9th level, Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (part 1) is okay bones for a dungeon if you want to just reduce monster damage or something
...but, if you haven't dm'd before then you should give serious thought to just starting at level 1 with a premade first-steps campaign and then let the players shape the world as they see fit. levels 1 and 2 will be gone and past before you know it.
Ok, so, my friends and I want to set up a campaign for players level 3-5, and I've been looking through my stuff, and need more options. Any free one-shots or campaigns you know that could be suitable for this?
Player Quotes
Comet - "I want to burn the saloon with a firework and this rifle!"
Beans >:] - "BEANS."
Lost Mines of Phandelver, it's still free on DnDBeyond I guess
"Time, like hope, is an illusion" - Lumalee
"Time is relative" - Albert Einstein
"It's a joke. It's all a joke. Mother forgive me" - Edward 'The Comedian' Blake
"Do I look like the kind of clown that can start a movement?" - Arthur Fleck
I'd suggest Dragon of Icespire Peak. It has a Quest Board type structure so you can effectively just pick and choose what quests the party have the chance of undertaking. It's got a fun mix of little quests and does quite well for a one shot or side adventuring.
DM session planning template - My version of maps for 'Lost Mine of Phandelver' - Send your party to The Circus - Other DM Resources - Maps, Tokens, Quests - 'Better' Player Character Injury Tables?
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Dragon of Stormwreck Isle is also very good. A bit shorter (to level 3), but gets the basics done.
"Time, like hope, is an illusion" - Lumalee
"Time is relative" - Albert Einstein
"It's a joke. It's all a joke. Mother forgive me" - Edward 'The Comedian' Blake
"Do I look like the kind of clown that can start a movement?" - Arthur Fleck
read some online reviews of the adventure compilations like candlekeep mysteries, keys from the golden vault, and lairs of etharis. chapters 3-5 will correlate closely to character levels 3, 4, and 5. but that doesn't actually matter all that much to you, because you're just going to take the setting, goal, hook, and twist for your own. run with the major themes, drop in monsters, stir in loot, and you're there. for free. you might even find 'recreated' maps. best part is that this doesn't stop you from buying the book later and running the actual adventures since those'll probably feel worlds apart from what you came up with before.
alternatively, if you're just looking for a few free adventures that go beyond first-steps...
- @3rd level, Lightning Keep is not strictly for Minecraft settings only
- @4th level, Prisoner 13 isn't strictly a golden vault only heist
- @9th level, Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (part 1) is okay bones for a dungeon if you want to just reduce monster damage or something
...but, if you haven't dm'd before then you should give serious thought to just starting at level 1 with a premade first-steps campaign and then let the players shape the world as they see fit. levels 1 and 2 will be gone and past before you know it.
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