Adventure Prompts

An elderly lady in the elven court hires the party to retrieve a magic relic from an split tree in the forbidden dark forest in their realm. It is attracting evil and she informs you the elven counsel wants it destroyed, as they are tired of the constant annoyance.

Weeks later when you bring the relic to the elderly lady, instead of destroying it,...

As your party roams into town, you run into a distant cousin you vaguely remember but are so glad to see again. Instantly the party can see the resemblance as you look alike and have similar names and family trades. He offers to buy a round of drinks for your whole party so you can for drinks with your party members so he can hear your tails of adventures together. You end of having a great time telling stories and playing music all night. The next morning...

your friends don't know who you are and they walk out of town with your relative as their long-time friend and party companion.

As the evening falls while traveling through the forest on your journey, the noise in the forest starts to grow. Your party comes across the warm light of an inn in the middle of the darkness of the forest. Being exhausted you enter to the glowing welcome of the innkeep and a few older travelers. You decide to stay the night. The next

"I sometimes dream of being able to use my magic to heal people. But when I try, they just start to cry. I don't know what to do."

The people of the land were terrified, never seeing such weather before. Strange things started happening all at once. Farm animals started attacking people, crops began to wither and die, and random diseases started spreading like wildfire.

Desperation overcame the people as they seeked to find the cause for all this mayhem. Some said it was the wrath of the gods, others said it was a curse. But the truth was far more sinister.  The people of the land were on their own as their king had left for a distant war.. It was up to them to find and stop the evil magic from taking over the land.

The search began. People looked high and low, but they couldn't find what they were looking for. And as the sun began to set, the sense of dread only grew, as they realized everyone seemed to have lost something extremely important but could not remember all at once.

The sun was setting in the kingdom of the elves, and the light was beginning to fade from the forest. As the elves were getting ready for their nightly patrol, a noise was heard in the distance, but not a speck seemed out of place. They each took their places, and the patrol began. Suddenly, they heard the noise again, and this time it was closer. They all looked at each other, and swiftly drew their swords and prepared for battle. As they waited, the noise got louder and closer, until it was right in front of them, but still nothing could be seen.

Out from the shadows with a bright purple flash came a horde of goblins, brandishing their weapons and snarling as they charged. The elves braced themselves for the attack, but before the goblins could reach them, a group of arrows flew through the air and took the elves by surprise. Within no time, the magic could be seen and soon they were all defeated but one, a young elven boy who managed to escape.

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