Anvil N Ink — D&D 5e One-Shots

Anvil N Ink makes zero-prep fifth edition one-shot adventures for small tables.

Who we are: a small indie TTRPG publisher. What we do: complete, ready-to-run 5e adventures built for two to three players at levels two to three — each one playable in a single evening with nothing to prep.

Horror, heists, fairy tales, holidays, dinosaurs. A brand-new one-shot every week, designed for the table you actually have instead of the six-player party the big books assume.

This is where we share the art, the behind-the-scenes, GM running tips, and cold opens you're welcome to steal for your own game.

Browse the full catalogue and grab your next session → anvilnink.com

The tide goes out too far, too fast. Then it comes back standing up like a wall — and there's a great white the size of a fishing ship inside it, wearing the storm like a second skin.

Sharkicane is a zero-prep 5e one-shot for 2-3 players, levels 2-3. You get one afternoon to move the town behind the seawall before the hurricane makes landfall with teeth. Hold the harbor, or run — your call.

When a fight feels too easy, don't add more monsters — a small party just gets focus-fired, and someone's on the floor by round two.

Do this instead: keep the monster count low and give your one big threat a second, weaker turn each round, on a lower initiative count. Same monster, twice the pressure, none of the pile-on.

One monster, two turns. That's how you challenge a small table without killing it.