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Dining with Class: Almost Out (Part 5)

The final encounter in the dining with class series. The PCs have almost made their way out, now they just need to sneak past the final two guards and they will be out.

Skill, Combat, FantasyRyan IhleJuly 3, 2021Undead, Dining with Class, Skill Challenge, CombatComment

Dining with Class: Embarrassing the Host (Part 4)

In this encounter the PCs have decided not to go directly out of the manor, but instead to embarrass the host, by showing he can't keep an eye on his food.

Social, Skill, Fantasy, CombatRyan IhleJune 26, 2021Dining with Class, Undead, Dungeons and DragonsComment

Dining with Class: The Dance of the Near Dead (Part 3)

The party has moved past the guards and find a ballroom, full with those soon to the slaughter. They will need to find a way past this area without alerting the guard.

SkillRyan IhleMay 29, 2021Dining with Class, Undead, Skill Challenge, Skill, Music, CreepyComment

Dining with Class: The Guard Room (Part 2)

In this encounter your PCs have escaped from the butcher and are trying to get past the guards in the room. They will need to stay stealthy to get their possessions back.

Skill, Fantasy, CombatRyan IhleMay 22, 2021Dining, Undead, Ghouls, Dining with Class, GuardsComment

Dining with Class: The Butcher (Part 1)

This encounter is meant for a great way for player characters to meet each other for the first time, as they wait to be dined upon by the undead upper class of the city. Your PCs have been accused of crimes, rightly or wrongly and are waiting in the butcher’s room to be softened up for dinner.

Skill, Combat, FantasyRyan IhleMay 15, 2021Undead, Cage, Campaign StartComment

Going Down?

In this encounter your party takes the fast way down. They are riding some sort of gondola or elevator and the line snaps. They get to free fall for a time or they hit the ground.

Skill, Fantasy, Modern, Sci-FiRyan IhleMay 8, 2021Elevator, Encounter, Narrative, Falling, Death, Free FallComment

All Tied Up

This encounter is all about making your PCs stuck together to get out of being captured!

Combat, Skill, FantasyRyan IhleMarch 14, 2020Chain, Stuck, Captured, Escape, Goblins, RestrainedComment

The King is Dead!

The PCs arrive to return news to the king or queen and find the ruler dead, with a weapon that had been promised to the PCs as a reward.

Skill, FantasyRyan IhleMarch 7, 2020Mystery, Skill, Murder Mystery, Time Pressure Encounter, Finding CluesComment

It's Got Me! (Aboard the Mining Vessel 2)

In this encounter the PCs find their first enemies, creatures that have burrowed down into corpses and are using them as a host.

Sci-Fi, SkillRyan IhleDecember 22, 2018Starfinder, Space Station, Space, Ship, Horror, Zombies, Undead, Parasites, Hosts, Aboard the Mining VesselComment

What the Hell Happened Here? (Aboard the Mining Station Part 1)

In this encounter your players board the mining station through the ship dock. In the first area they find wreckage of the conflict.

Sci-Fi, SkillRyan IhleOctober 24, 2018Starfinder, Space Station, Horror, Space, Zombies, Enviornment, Atmosphere, Aboard the Mining Vessel, Tension, Build, Exploration, Alien, Host, Hosts, Parasites, ParasiteComment

Approaching (Aboard the Mining Vessel Part 0)

This is the beginning of our adventure Aboard the Mining Vessel. In this encounter the PCs receive their objectives and get a chance to take a look at the vessel.

Sci-Fi, SkillRyan IhleOctober 20, 2018Space Station, Ship, Space, Zombies, Undead, Aboard the Mining Vessel, Hosts, Parasites, Starfinder, HorrorComment

The Case of the Talking Bear

This is a whole adventure, not just a single encounter. It’s a mystery set in the old west!

Social, SkillRyan IhleOctober 17, 2018Mystery, Western, Social, Skill, Murder, Old West, MundaneComment

Something Strange About this Town

In our first purely social encounter we have the PCs trying to figure out what has happened to this town and the McGuffin they are looking for.

Skill, Social, FantasyRyan IhleOctober 6, 2018Vampire, Town, Mystery, Social, Saloon, Bar, DiscoveryComment

Sabotage!

In this encounter the PCs try and sabotage a group of ships sitting aboard the dock. Can they do it without getting caught?

Combat, Skill, FantasyRyan IhleSeptember 26, 2018Water, Ocean, Savage Worlds, Stealth, Destruction, Sailing, Ships, Floating City, PiratesComment

Maze of Destiny: Unfortunate Mutations

In this submitted encounter PCs explore a maze that constantly spawns new mutated monsters making them harder to kill, stronger, and more numerous.

Sci-Fi, Skill, CombatRyan IhleSeptember 16, 2018Maze, Mutation, Monsters, Tele-port, Spawn, Destiny of Fate, Fractal Maze Comments

Airship Down (Above the Clouds part 3)

Our last entry in the above the clouds series, the PCs have to figure out what to do as their airship hurtles towards the ground.

Combat, Skill, FantasyRyan IhleSeptember 12, 2018airship, encounter, air, clouds, sky, falling, Spawning, minions, series, Above the Clouds, RPG, D&DComment

From Bad to Worse (Above the Clouds part 2)

This is the second installment of a multi-part encounter series above the clouds. The PCs are guarding an airship that gets attacked by sky pirates.

Combat, Skill, FantasyRyan IhleSeptember 9, 2018airship, encounter, air, clouds, sky, falling, Spawning, minions, series, Above the Clouds, RPG, D&DComment

Voyage Interrupted (Above the Clouds part 1)

This is the first of a multi-part encounter series above the clouds. The PCs are guarding an airship that gets attacked by sky pirates.

Combat, Skill, FantasyRyan IhleSeptember 5, 2018airship, encounter, air, clouds, sky, falling, Spawning, minions, series, Above the Clouds, RPG, D&DComment

Get that Horse! Sponsored by L'gat's Tome of Amazing Creatures

Check out our encounter inspired by L’gat’s Tome of Amazing Creatures.

Fantasy, Combat, SkillRyan IhleAugust 22, 2018L'Gat's Tome of Amazing Creatures, Sky, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, CombatComment

The Hallway

In this encounter the PCs face an angry dark force attacking them as the attempt to interpret a mural which can help keep that force at bay.

Skill, CombatRyan IhleAugust 18, 2018Explosions, Spawning, Timer, Skill, Encounter, Skill Challenge, CombatComment

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