Take a look at these one-offs, guys and gals, and tell me what suits your fancy. Four to five hours to complete these. If you're new to D&D, bring a backup character because none of them are easy. I'm flexible as to Saturday, but would like to shoot for a, say, 2 pm Eastern start and finish early evening so I can chow. Who knows? With enough rum, maybe I'll run a double feature! __________________________________________________________________________ THE DELVE: SMELLS LIKE TEAN'S SPIRIT D&D 4e, 2nd-level, Delve Style, One Session The shadow orcs of Driagor crush the goblin horde, even as they celebrate their conquest of the kobolds of the Scattered Scale. The Undercity of Kaun - known by brave and foolhardy men who plumb its depths as The Delve - is a war zone as monstrous warriors vie for dominance. All the realms of men can do is get out of the way, ceding ever more territory to the forces of evil. It is an Age of Darkness. That the shadow orcs will be successful in their crusade is certain. All that remains before the civilized races abandon the Valley of the True is to recover the spirit-fragments of the Archmage Gulliver Tean. The alacrity of the orcish invasion of The Delve has complicated matters and now these vital relics are deep inside hostile territory. With these spirit-fragments, Tean can be revived and may help turn the tide of destiny. Without them, humanity may very well face - no doubt after many decades of misery and genocide - total annihilation. Enter the heroes. __________________________________________________________________________ DRAJ, CITY OF THE MOON D&D 4e (Dark Sun), 4th-level, Mesoamerican Theme, One Session During the Flower War in which only the strongest of the warriors of Draj may become Jasuan Knights, the moons Ral and Guthay - mother and father to Tectuktitlay, Bringer of Life - must be appeased in the bloody, ritualistic game of Ollamalitzli. Go then, slave, and take your place in the celestial ball court: Win and be honored by the Moon Priests, the templars of Draj. Lose and offer up your heart and head in the calli of the ziggurat to slake Ral and Guthay's thirst for mortal sacrifice. __________________________________________________________________________ VANGUARD OF DIS D&D 4e, 6th-level, Heroic Fantasy Theme, One Session The Scions of Dispater - Titivullis Rex, Hex Arcana, and Gall - have desecrated a once-great temple in the Red Canyon and are using it as the site of a tragic ritual sacrifice that will unleash the forces of Hell upon the world... ...Princess Lilac, a mortal with innocent blood, will be among these sacrifices. To pierce the barrier between the Prime Material and the Cruel Misery of the Nine Hells, the dastardly tieflings are focusing the energy of the ritual through the legendary Jewel of Fate whose unfathomable value would make any adventurer among the richest men or women in the world. Can you stop the villains, save the princess, and steal the treasure? __________________________________________________________________________ FIMBULVETR D&D 4e, 8th-level, Viking Theme, One Session Grimfjord. As far north as north goes. It is the third year with no summer and the snow comes from all directions. The skalds and runepriests tell us that in this age, "There will be innumerable wars. Ties of blood will no longer be respected. Next-of-kin will lie together. And brother will kill brother." It is the eve of Ragnarok, when it is said the white wyrm, Fimbulvetr, will devour the last people in the world and usher in endless darkness and terror. Here in the meadhall of Jarl Osvald, we sup on the last of our meager provisions, sure that there will be no tomorrow. We raise our horns to the honored dead, lucky to have died in the wars long before this night. The jarl's son, Tor, has brought to us the first elk anyone has seen in two years and claims the meat for himself and those that swear allegiance to him. Helga, daughter of Osvald, sister of Tor - and lover to both - waits for the inevitable conflict as lines are drawn and axe handles gripped. Brother will kill brother this night. And Fimbulvetr is coming.
