Little idea for Dungeon World one-shots I just had!
Take the first character who finishes everything but bonds, and use their alignment move as the basis for the quest. Like, if a neutral wizard finishes first, they’re investigating a magical mystery. Ask the PC what magical mystery they’re investigating (or the chaotic druid what symbol of civilization they’ve agreed to destroy, or something like that.)
Each PC that finishes after that, ask them why someone of their class is needed on the mission: like “Why do you guys think you’ll need a fighter when investigating those standing stones that mysteriously appeared overnight?”
And you’ve got, like, 3-5 data points on your mission right there. Throw in a twist or two of your own that seems interesting based on what you already know while they’re all doing bonds, and you’re pretty much solid, right?
Great idea! I think I’m going to use it.
I like it
Yeah, pretty solid.
I’m so going to steal that for when I run it with my group that does a lot of one shot game experiments
Ditto
that’s what I’ll do
RIGHT TOMORROWTHE UPCOMING TUESDAY!That totally beats my old standby of ripping off movie and video game plots.
Great idea. I’m going tol use it too. Although I’ve been burned in the past by building adventures around specific characters. Those characters undoubtedly decide to do something REALLY stupid. :-
It was forever ago that I read this but it has totally been in my head the entire time since then. I just searched for this post for probably half an hour just so I could add some more like to it. I’m totally using this.
Glad to hear it! Let me know how it goes.