Best one-shots! - Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition

The best one shot I ran was called 'the bell must toll tonight' which was set in a mix between regular fantasy and steampunk with a halloween vibe. I wrote scene descriptions in poetry mimicking michael jackson's thriller

I love one shots. Always nice to drop in a campaign when creative well is running a bit dry.

I’ve been running one shots only for the last year and a half. Your videos have brought me to some amazing writers and great adventures! Attack on Hellmaw Island is by far my favorite. There isn’t a real “Baddie” but more the island itself. The group is always in constant peril. It’s a bummer you don’t like horror much because The Haunt trilogy is great (Happy Jacks is one of the best horror ones). It Fell From the Sky is a really fun adventure if you want a flash of Sci-Fi.

Thanks for the video. You’ve given me more fuel!

Shore of Dreams is alot of fun...and I will be checking out the fun house one. Love me a good horror adventure. As for my favorite dinosaur i suppose it would have to be a dead dinosaur

Awesome!

Stegosaurus

One of my absolute favorites is Murder at Sable Mansion from Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold closely followed by Hollow from Tales of the old Margreve.

I really need to get a copy of Prepared! Also I appreciate the Ogre and his Cake shout out. I run a club at my son's school, which right now is only for 6th (11/12 year olds) grade and up, but it would be fun to do something for the younger kids that may be interested in role playing.

Cool
I like the sound of the ogre one

T-Rex

The one that flies that I can't spell

Stegosaurous

Parasaurolophus. I love the KP one shots. The Lairs one shots are super dope too

Have you ever checked out modules by The Arcane Library? I really loved her module Secret of Skyhorne Lighthouse. She also does some great horror one shots like Masque of Worms. Check it out.

Also my fav dino is a triceratops!!

T-Rex Always :)

Triceratops!

I love the grey wagtail. OK maybe it is not a true dinosaur but it is descended from them as all birds are. The grey wagtail is a pretty delicate bird that is full of life and has come to symbolise for me my recovery from the hungry jaws of depression.

HHow about a list of best Pathfinder / Starrfinder one shots!?

Ankylosaurus

If you haven't already, you should really check out Wild Sheep Chase.

Pterodactyl... I'd love to get the group together for the happy jacks fun house Thanks for all the recommendations

Thanks so much for this. My DM wants to focus a bit more on his work, so in a few sessions our campaign will end. So I'm thinking of DMing for the group so he can just relax and play, but dreading a big campaign at first. These one shots / short adventures would be great to see whether I'd enjoy DMing our group!

Ow, and a Lickalottapuss, of course.

Spinosaurus <3 Lil spooky webbed guy

It took my DM 6... SIX! sessions to get us through Shadow of the Dusk Queen (we spent 2 hours of real time trying to become "un-lost" on some forest paths). We didn't even know how or where to put the mirror back together, we just knew we had shards and we knew where the Dusk Queen was. The DM left out the encounter with the shadow dragon but we still got TPK'd during the final battle. I'm guessing we were TPK'd because though there were 7 of us, we were 4th level and it's designed for a party of 8th level PCs. Just because an adventure sounds and looks cool doesn't mean you should run it with your party. Know your players. Don't keep your secrets.

How about a top ten one shots for cypher?

I see that you were mentioned by Monte Cook Games on Blue SKy today (and a few times in the past!

"An Ogre and His Cake" reminds me a lot of Monte Cook's "The Orc and The Pie" adventure, which is the world's shortest (yet technically complete) RPG adventure.

Crows are my favourite dinosaurs! Seeing as the birds are the dinosaurs that survived the apocalypse. They're clever, remember you, and are mimics.
Thank you for this, it was very helpful.

Ankylosaurus is the best dino

I just ran Shadow of the Dusk Queen for a group today on your recommendation. Thank you! We had a great time, though i do think it was a little long for a one-shot. I'm running it again for a different group in a few weeks, and I'm considering reducing the number of items that need to be collected by removing the location that took my players the longest. We'll be playing through Shore of Dreams next month, and I'm excited. Thanks for all of the great info!

Thanks for sharing! I'm new to GMing and One-shots seem a lot less scary that diving into full campaigns 😅

2-4 sessions are not oneshots 😂😂

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