Mausritter: Adventure hooks
July 16, 2019
I've started working on a game and setting called Mausritter. The player characters are cute mice, who are also classic D&D adventurers. It's a collection of a lot of the D&D ideas I've been collecting for a long time. It'll be packaged into a nice, compact little book, with plenty of random tables to help GMs run mouse-scale adventures.
This is part of the tables from Mausritter — d66 one-line adventure seeds, or 3d66 sometimes-nonsensical adventure seeds.
d66 | Creature | Problem | Complication |
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11 | Fishermouse | have been accused of a crime | a player's hireling is responsible |
12 | Unruly family | looking for a new home | need to cross a river |
13 | Wizard | is being followed | antagonist is their own shadow |
14 | Roach wrangler | discovered a strange artefact | they have amnesia |
15 | Farmer | experienced an unsettling omen | the antagonist is in disguise |
16 | Burghermaster | want to assassinate a rival | player mouse's home is involved |
21 | Forager | want to retrieve lost treasure | it is protected by strange beasts |
22 | Shopkeeper | home has been destroyed | antagonist is their closest friend |
23 | Travelling merchant | most valued possession was stolen | they are the true antagonist |
24 | Pigeon rider | has been kidnapped | player mouse's friend is involved |
25 | Ale brewer | has been exiled from settlement | they've been framed |
26 | Herbalist | searching for a rare cure | it's very urgent |
31 | Message runner | have lost their way | they have vital information |
32 | Vagrant | have had all their food stolen | the antagonist had a good reason |
33 | Test subject | are on the run from humans | they're being tracked by a chip |
34 | Tin miner | have been waylaid by bandits | the antagonist is very drunk |
35 | Baker | have eaten a poisonous berry | antagonist is a family member |
36 | Hedge knight | family member is missing | they're dying |
41 | Tax collector | have lost of a lot of pips | they're very drunk |
42 | Matriarch | has been accused of murder | antagonist is a shape-shifter |
43 | Prospector | pack tortoise is stuck | they're much richer than they look |
44 | Tunneler's Guild boss | has been murdered | player mouse's rival is involved |
45 | Noblemouse | their home is under attack | antagonist wants retribution |
46 | Rat bandit | want to steal from a rival | a ghost is haunting the location |
51 | Queen bee | traveling to a new home | their followers disagree |
52 | Ant army officer | are hunted by enemies | they are badly injured |
53 | Owl sorcerer | want to retrieve a rare spell | it is deep in a cave |
54 | Cat lord | want to be entertained | they've trapped the player mice |
55 | Duckling | has lost their mother | need to get to an island |
56 | Giant millipede | want somewhere warm to sleep | need item carried by a player mouse |
61 | Lilliputian ambassador | want to reach the mouse king | they don't understand local customs |
62 | Trapped ghost | want to find their true love | they can't leave their current location |
63 | Faerie envoy | want to kidnap a mouse | a player mouse is their target |
64 | Swarm of midges | want to steal from a player mouse | antagonist is unusually skilled |
65 | Grandmother spider | has lost an ancient treasure | they've eaten it |
66 | Baby bird | cannot get home | need to climb a tree |