Beyond the Tavern

Quest Summary

This episode covers five creative ways to bring D&D and OSR party members together: execution/escape hooks, festival encounters, random convergence, faction-based urban adventures, and psionic prison escapes.

Systems discussed: D&D (multiple editions), Rise of Rune Lords, Lankhmar, and Elder Scrolls Skyrim.

The Roll Log

1. 0:00

   Intro

2. 2:40

   Grey Wand’s Campaign Ideas

3. 5:30

   Execution Hook Players chained together, headed for execution

4. 9:00

   Festival Setup Rise of Rune Lords temple dedication

5. 11:30

   Session Zero Strategies

6. 13:30

   Cold Opening Techniques

7. 15:00

   Road Convergence Random meeting plus immediate threat

8. 16:30

   Mutual Objectives

9. 18:00

   Urban Adventure Approach

10. 24:00

    Wagon Train to City

11. 27:00

    Murder Hook and Factions

12. 31:00

    Living Cities System

13. 35:00

    Lankhmar Campaign Stories

14. 39:00

    Psionic Prison Concept

15. 45:00

    Mind Flayer Encounter

16. 48:00

    Level Scaling and Continuation

17. 56:00

    Outro

Scenarios & Topics

• Execution Wagon

  Players chained together, headed for execution

• Festival Hook

  Rise of Rune Lords temple dedication

• Road Convergence

  Random meeting plus immediate threat

• Wagon Train to City

  Murder hook forces faction cooperation

• Psionic Prison Escape

  Body-swap horror, mind flayer illusion, reverse dungeon crawl