During the spooky one-shot a spirit tries to communicate with a character and someone finds a mysterious note. As the adventure progresses creatures are possessed by a strange madness.
Random tables for spooky one-shot events and interruptions
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Spooky One-Shot Adventures - Events
Spooky and horror themes are great for one-shots. Halloween, Ravenloft or otherwise. If the characters go mad or meet a grisly doom then it's only for the one adventure!
The first table below has "during the game" events and interruptions to help move the adventure below. The second table gives continuing events to work towards a climax or add tension.
There is a spooky one-shot adventure generatore at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables at the DM's Guild as Spooky One-Shot Adventures.
Spooky One-Shots - characters | locations | creatures | during the game
Something Happens!
| 1d20 | Something Happens! |
|---|---|
| 1 | Someone triggers a trap |
| 2 | Something goes missing |
| 3 | Someone is murdered |
| 4 | A spirit tries to communicate with a character |
| 5 | There are muffled screams |
| 6 | Someone rises from the dead |
| 7 | Someone discovers a secret door |
| 8 | It begins raining |
| 9 | A drunk friend of a character arrives |
| 10 | A bell starts to toll |
| 11 | Someone arrives in a strange costume |
| 12 | There is a loud knocking on a door |
| 13 | A former friend of a character arrives seeking revenge |
| 14 | One or more of the characters has a vision |
| 15 | There is roll of thunder and flash of lightning |
| 16 | Someone is poisoned |
| 17 | A fire starts |
| 18 | Someone finds a mysterious note |
| 19 | Someone reveals their true feelings |
| 20 | Someone discovers a hidden coffin |
As the Adventure Progresses...
| 1d20 | As the Adventure Progresses... |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cowled strangers begin to arrive |
| 2 | The time of a bloody ritual approaches |
| 3 | There are hints leading to a great betrayal |
| 4 | The characters receive a series of visions |
| 5 | There are signs of a great evil approaching |
| 6 | A series of hidden tunnels are discovered |
| 7 | People start to break into a terrible chanting |
| 8 | Stars in the sky start to disappear |
| 9 | More and more zombies start to approach |
| 10 | A portal slowly starts to open |
| 11 | A thunder storm grows in intensity |
| 12 | People start dying in different ways |
| 13 | It gets colder and there is a snow storm |
| 14 | More and more things light on fire |
| 15 | Signs of an apocalypse manifest |
| 16 | People start to gather for a wedding |
| 17 | A great evil starts to escape its prison |
| 18 | Creatures are possessed by a strange madness |
| 19 | There is a series of murders |
| 20 | Creatures won't stay dead |
More Random Tables
There is a spooky one-shot adventure generatore at ChaosGen. And also a pdf of these and more tables at the DM's Guild as Spooky One-Shot Adventures.
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