I could use a little help with a one-shot of #BladesAgainstDarkness. Any have any good sample one-shot ideas? Here’s what I got so far, they need a lot of polish:
* The team is on a job to plant a relic in a tomb to unlock a rich find, but once they get there, they find a new cult worshiping the tomb as home of their god. What happens if they plant the relic?
* The team is sent to sabotage a new mining operation run by their patrons rival, but when they get there they discover that a patrons ally has already taken over the mine. The patron really needs that mine all to themselves. What now?
* Sneaking in with a shipment of supplies is a new arcane device highly prized by their patron. Half way back from picking up the shipment, they are attacked by a tribe of Ush’dvani. During the raid, the arcane device got swapped out with a fake. Who did this and why?
Since this is a once shot, I want a scenario that puts the players in the hot seat right at the very beginning. I also am trying to create a scenario where someone can’t just say “Let’s just go home.. let’s forget about this” And it sounds completely reasonable. My ideas aren’t great but they are all that I have so far. I need better ideas. Anyone else have anything?