There are so many sources out there from which you can take parts of and form into new aspects for your latest D&D adventure or RPG world. As dungeon masters, find stories that make your heart tremble with excitement, and allow your players to find the same excitement in the game. Here are several great places to look to create the most incredible adventures yet.

 

1. Lord of the Rings

Classic. It is always a good idea to throw multiple LOTR quotes into game sessions, it gets players in the mood. The music from the movies will get them pumped up, and ready to save Merry and Pippin from the orcs!

2. The writings of H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos

Lovecraft was the person who reinvented the horror genre. His works are creepy and chilling, leaving you always wanting to know more and you never truly know the whole story. Game Masters can use this trait, to keep players begging for more information and attempting to extrapolate what each small clue means on the large scale.

3. Comic books

It may seem odd, but comic books occasionally have some pretty good villains and powers. If your players are getting cocky that they can destroy an army by themselves, call them out on it. Have them fight a sorcerer who can create 1d8 clones of his body every round (like Legion from Marvel Comics), who each can go on to attack. Killing the same guy 45 times will challenge even the most experienced high level players.

4. Your favorite things growing up

If you loved the Percy Jackson series, have the players tag team with a epic female fighter/cleric name Annabeth, or if you watched Lion King a thousand times then name the attractive shopkeep Nala. The party could hear legends of a dangerous monk who could shoot fire from his fists named Zuko, or simply meet a hellhound with the name “Clifford” on its collar.

Find what makes you inspired. Then roll with it. It is your world, make it what you want to see.

 

3 thoughts on “Where to look for inspiration for amazing RPG adventures”

    1. While it depends on the music video, I definitely agree. I personally wouldn’t create a campaign around Nikki Minaj’s music video for Anaconda. On the other hand, I am in the process of taking the music video for Take Me To Church by Hozier and turning it into a session for Call of Cthulhu D20. The video shows a bunch of hooded men ransacking a young gay couple’s home, searching for a box that the couple buried outside in the yard. The hooded men may be cultists or local vigilantes in my campaign and they will be searching for something that the players must hide.

      Not to mention I Am Colossus by Meshuggah.

      So yes, you are quite right, music videos can have some incredible stories that can be adapted to RPGs, that’s for sure.

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