Page 13 - Adventure Ideas

tier 4 (17-20): masters

of the World

balor’s Gate

Premise. A powerful lich, Kel’Albarez, was shown the path
to lich-hood by a balor and is now indebted to it. In fact, the
balor wears the lich’s phylactery as a ring. The balor wishes
to establish a kingdom on the Material Plane, and it is using
the lich to plane shift in demonic minions to help it do so.

Villains. Lich, Balor, Marilith
Minions. Death Knights, Nightmares
Plot Hook. The balor’s minions have begun probing a
settlement, looking for weaknesses in preparation for their
upcoming attack. The settlement, alarmed at the appearance
of demons, has put out the word that they are looking for a
band of powerful heroes to save them.

meteor meltdoWN

Premise. A meteor crashed and has released a deadly plague
with a demonic origin.
Villain. The Demon Queen of Fungi

Minions. Slimes, Oozes and Myconids; Fungal Bears (use
bear stats)
Plot Hook. Local priests hire the party to help quarantine
the plague and kill the monsters the infected turn into.

the librarY of alexsaNdria

Villains. Mummy Lord, Mummies, Androsphinx, Lamia,
Jackalman, Gargoyles, Rakshasha
Premise. A section of the city has become intolerably hot
and covered in sandy winds. This began shortly after the
unveiling of a new mummy exhibit in the local museum
and library which seemed to trigger this strange curse.
Many visitors to the museum and city guards who have
investigated the museum have not been seen again. And
now, sand has begun to pile up around the museum,
threating to perhaps swallow the entire city with sand.

Plot Hook. Hello, our city is being swallowed by sand. Please
come save us.

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