The characters gather at a casino on a large ship. It is home to several sinister cats.
Random tables for spooky one-shot locations.
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Spooky One-Shot Adventures
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 locations below are themed for spooky adventures and appropriate for one-shots. There is also a table of complications or extras to add variety.
There is a spooky one-shot adventure generator 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
The Spooky Location is...
| 1d20 | The Spooky Location is... |
|---|---|
| 1 | a derelict inn |
| 2 | a foreboding castle |
| 3 | an ancient arena |
| 4 | a grove of trees used to hang criminals |
| 5 | a walled graveyard |
| 6 | a library of forbidden knowledge |
| 7 | an asylum for the insane |
| 8 | a traveling circus |
| 9 | an isolated farm |
| 10 | a casino on a large ship |
| 11 | a temple on an island |
| 12 | a hilltop mansion |
| 13 | a night market |
| 14 | a cave complex |
| 15 | a museum of curios |
| 16 | a hunting lodge in the woods |
| 17 | an abandoned palace |
| 18 | a noble's estate |
| 19 | a ghost town |
| 20 | an underground tomb complex |
The Location...
| 1d20 | The Location... |
|---|---|
| 1 | has stone statues in every corner |
| 2 | has eyes that follow visitors everywhere |
| 3 | is the prison for a fiend |
| 4 | is home to many spiders |
| 5 | is full of mirrors that sometimes show strange scenes |
| 6 | has a garden of huge vegetables |
| 7 | has many strange lights |
| 8 | borders on the Shadowfell |
| 9 | is infested with bats |
| 10 | is visited by a storm each night |
| 11 | gives nightmares to any who try to sleep there |
| 12 | was the site of several murders |
| 13 | has a sinister pentagram that only appears on this night each year |
| 14 | is home to several sinister cats |
| 15 | is built on the site of an ancient graveyard |
| 16 | is used to hold a herd of goats |
| 17 | has a large network of passages underneath |
| 18 | has strong ties to the Feywild |
| 19 | is covered in mists |
| 20 | has an secret evil shrine |
More Random Tables
There is a spooky one-shot adventure generator 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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