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The Wild Sheep Chase - A Single-Session Adventure

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Do your players have the wool to survive?

Adventure, danger and a decent dose of downright weirdness erupt when the party’s attempt to grab a rare afternoon of downtime is interrupted by a frantic sheep equipped with a Scroll of Speak to Animals. Soon they are dragged into a magical grudge match that will test their strength, courage and willingness to endure extremely baa’d puns.

Will our heroes be able to overcome a band of transmuted assassins on the hunt for a mutton dinner and fend off an extremely bitter ex-apprentice packing a dangerously unstable magic item?

There’s only one way to find out…

A free single-session adventure

The Wild Sheep Chase is designed to be played from start to finish in just one 3-6 hour session with limited preparation from the DM.

All major characters have roleplaying notes included and the document comes complete with a full-size environmen.

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Kiki T September 09, 2024 8:27 pm UTC
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I ran this one shot for a group of six newbies and it was awesome! I added a small encounter at the beginning that introduced basic concepts of game play as well as some world building to help them get more into the RP of it all, and they took to this little one shot so well! It's a clever story that isn't easily derailed and is pretty straightforward. Having the bed wyrmling at the end was a perfect obstacle that really helped the party bond together and feel like they overcame awesome odds. Overall, I rate this a 10/10 for beginner friendliness.
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Joe G August 21, 2024 9:35 am UTC
Our DM ran this One-Shot during a filler between 2 arcs.
We incapacitated Guz and were able to convince him to join us in fighting his employer.
He is now a permanent character in our campaign and has become a Sgt. in the local guard.

I'm currently playing as him now while my Warlock has left the party for a short while.

Thanks for inspiring our fav NPC(temp PC)!
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Will R February 13, 2024 5:49 am UTC
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I really feel like this one-shot needs an update. It feels like some pieces of the story are left to interpretation and DM improvisation, while other things are needlessly detailed (like what the characters' speach mannerisms are).

1) The text says the sheep has a "Scroll of Speak with Animals (Modified)", but doesn't explain how its modified. Presumably it would affect the whole party and work for the duration of the adventure, but it should say that.

2) You have 'Speak with Animals' cast on you, but there's no information on how RP with the wolves/bear in the first encounter should go. Should the Scroll be "Speak with Sheep" instead?

3) It doesn't explain Guz's relationship to Noke (and why Noke cares about his death at all). The whirling axe thing is move is cool and all, but wouldn't it be more entertaining if the bear took Guz's role instead? Or if Guz were replaced with a talking ape, foreshadowing the others that come later?

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Henry W November 07, 2023 12:43 pm UTC
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Can't wait to run this next week!

Does anyone know what size the map should be printed at to ensure the grid squares are 1inch?
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Zhara G April 08, 2023 10:01 pm UTC
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My players loved it!it took them 10 minutes to figure out what to do with the scroll.
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Eve C March 17, 2023 5:23 pm UTC
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Would it be possible to include a printer-friendly version in the future? Otherwise - this module looks like a lot of fun to run for a one-off silly adventure!
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Alst S December 28, 2022 2:02 pm UTC
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Hi! I was just wondering... What is the expected level for this adventure?
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Abby H March 07, 2023 12:26 pm UTC
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From the preview it says it's for 4th/5th level adventurers.
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Jared B September 07, 2022 4:12 am UTC
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Does anyone know what size to print the map so the grid comes out to 1 inch?

Like would it work printing it out as two pieces of paper put together, or do I need to blow it up bigger?
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Marcus G August 19, 2022 1:23 am UTC
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How does Guz's whirling greatsword work? One attack roll can hit two characters in reach? Or do you roll twice to try to hit to different characters with one attack?
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Connor D May 18, 2022 5:07 am UTC
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Just finished DMing this 1-shot an hour ago.

My players, in the end, tried to kill the sheep and eat it like a gyro. Luckily for the sheep the first attacked missed, the sheep got the highest initiative roll, and he dashed away into the distance... Gotta love these players
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CLINTON S April 14, 2022 3:30 am UTC
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Hello! I have a group (total of 4 people) who is going to start out a youtube channel live play. We would like to play through this one-shot and potentially offer it as bonus material for those who support our channel through patreon. Is it okay (legal) to use this adventure?
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Richard K February 27, 2022 8:32 am UTC
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A well put together short adventure with plenty of fun in it. Very short (I ran it yesterday with 3 players and it lasted just over 2 and a half hours) with some good motivations for the main NPCs. With a single short rest and healing potion each things balanced very nicely.

My only criticism is that it is a little linear and a little short. Essentially the adventure is one meeting and two combat encounters.

This would fit seamlessly into pretty much any campaign and (depending on the ending) provide a home base or an ally.
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Juniper R May 12, 2021 2:48 pm UTC
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Hi Richard.
I was wondering how would you like to come my podcast as a guest. We can talk about your one shot adventure and your other adventures ? The website is called Smoreadventures, the website is http://smoreadventures.ca/
If this seems interesting and you would like to come on to the show, please let me know.
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Victor T December 08, 2020 4:01 pm UTC
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Hey I am starting a game dev course and I wanted to use this adventure as an inspiration for one of the game the course makes you do, as an CYOA (choose your own adventure). Don't want to plagiarize or anything, its not gonna be made into anything comertial. Also I just changed the goat with a goose to make it more comedic.
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Alec B November 25, 2020 4:30 am UTC
What level should the players be?
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Steve H November 25, 2020 4:56 am UTC
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4th or 5th is recommended.
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Duy M August 25, 2020 2:10 pm UTC
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I'm a little confused.

Noke is described as working in the central platform, but shortly thereafter the combat section describes him fleeing to the central platform and locking the door if the battle seems lost.

Is he supposed to meet the characters on the garden platform? Is combat supposed to break out on the garden platform or another place?
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