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Howdy folks.

A friend of mine has been itching to play some DnD and I drew the short straw to run it. I don't think we have time for more than a one shot so I come for ideas.

Normally I'm good with coming up with stuff but she wants to do something where they get to play as evil instead of your typical heroes. My problem is everything I come up with just feels like typical hero quest but called evil. Like "kidnap the princess" just feels like a re-skin of "rescue the princess". Hoping y'all have something more to get me thinking.

I am aware of the Critical Role Mordor one shot that I'll take some inspiration from.

Thanks in advance y'all

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[โ€“] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

a town is planning a yuletide or similar celebration where they all pooled their resources to get an expensive icon. have them stake out the delivery and go into the town to steal the item, murdering anyone who resists

And they have to succeed a willpower save to keep the townspeople's singing from growing their hearts 3 sizes and making them bring back the gifts.