Spooky One-Shots for DnD. Events and Interruptions
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Spooky One-Shots for DnD. Events and Interruptions

Duncan Thomson
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-Shot Adventures Random Tables on DM's Guild Spooky Adventures Bundle on DM's Guild

Spooky One-Shots - characters | locations | creatures | during the game

Something Happens!

1d20Something 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...

1d20As 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.

Spooky One-Shot Adventures Random Tables on DM's Guild Spooky Adventures Bundle on DM's Guild

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