Hi everyone. Can you help me develop this low level one shot adventure idea and make it more complete?
A town on the river relies on trade and needs to guide merchants into port. The lighthouse lanterns are growing dim and the river traffic cannot navigate without them. The lighthouses are powered by fire elementals and they need food to be rekindled. They eat fire salamander hearts (or something else?). The mage who prepares the salamanders is offering to turn the leftover mash into essence of fire marbles, a grenade like device, if the party retrieves five salamanders.
Thanks in advance, Velstitzen
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Velstitzen
I am a 40 something year old physician who DMs for a group of 40 something year old doctors. We play a hybrid game, mostly based on 2nd edition rules with some homebrew and 5E components.
I would change the monster or the name of the monster as salamander are not low level creatures.
Personally I'd make it some sort of plant that grows near the fire critters. After the party clears them out, the town can harvest freely. Otherwise the town will constantly be in need of monster killers.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Salamanders are CR 5, so not likely a good monster for this one shot, but maybe vegepygmy, or some magma/steam mephits? Have these creatures be in a dungeon, probably a cave or small planar rift, with a few of the creature scattered through out the dungeon and a large amount of the creature at the end. Maybe add a monetary award along with the consumables the wizard is offering
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DM: He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones.
Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
Also, this is for Redwall nerds: Eeeeeuuuuulllllllaaaaaaaalllllllliiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys. I am pretty liberal with modifying stats and rarely use something straight out of a book. A slithery, small critter that likes toxic gas and hot places is what I am after. A salamander or lizard seems pretty innocuous to me and can easily be made to fit the scenario. ~V
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Velstitzen
I am a 40 something year old physician who DMs for a group of 40 something year old doctors. We play a hybrid game, mostly based on 2nd edition rules with some homebrew and 5E components.
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Hi everyone. Can you help me develop this low level one shot adventure idea and make it more complete?
A town on the river relies on trade and needs to guide merchants into port. The lighthouse lanterns are growing dim and the river traffic cannot navigate without them. The lighthouses are powered by fire elementals and they need food to be rekindled. They eat fire salamander hearts (or something else?). The mage who prepares the salamanders is offering to turn the leftover mash into essence of fire marbles, a grenade like device, if the party retrieves five salamanders.
Velstitzen
Velstitzen
I am a 40 something year old physician who DMs for a group of 40 something year old doctors. We play a hybrid game, mostly based on 2nd edition rules with some homebrew and 5E components.
Overall it sounds fine.
I would change the monster or the name of the monster as salamander are not low level creatures.
Personally I'd make it some sort of plant that grows near the fire critters. After the party clears them out, the town can harvest freely. Otherwise the town will constantly be in need of monster killers.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Salamanders are CR 5, so not likely a good monster for this one shot, but maybe vegepygmy, or some magma/steam mephits? Have these creatures be in a dungeon, probably a cave or small planar rift, with a few of the creature scattered through out the dungeon and a large amount of the creature at the end. Maybe add a monetary award along with the consumables the wizard is offering
DM: He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones.
Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
Also, this is for Redwall nerds: Eeeeeuuuuulllllllaaaaaaaalllllllliiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys. I am pretty liberal with modifying stats and rarely use something straight out of a book. A slithery, small critter that likes toxic gas and hot places is what I am after. A salamander or lizard seems pretty innocuous to me and can easily be made to fit the scenario.
~V
Velstitzen
I am a 40 something year old physician who DMs for a group of 40 something year old doctors. We play a hybrid game, mostly based on 2nd edition rules with some homebrew and 5E components.