D&D Ideas

Here's one for you DM's that want an encounter that interrupts a long rest. The players have just fallen asleep for the night & have either forgot to put someone on watch or the person they put on watch has rolled really low. Pick one of your players (who isn't on watch & is also asleep) & tell them to describe what their dream is like. After they describe it, have them roll a perception check. If they pass tell them they see a nightmare. (If they fail they get attacked by the nightmare which will wake them up_ Once they asked what the nightmare is (assuming that they think it's a nightmare as in a bad dream) tell them that it's a large flaming horse that is inside their tent. If they figure out that it's a nightmare & it's their in real life an encounter begins. If they don't figure out that it's real life then comedy ensues.

Here's one for you DM's that want to give your players a clear goal of making as much gold as possible. Due to the bed governmental decision, recession in the world economy, heightening unemployment, & just general bad luck, the country's government has gone broke. But good news, their new 'shared burden' policy has allowed then to stay afloat by spreading the debt to all it's citizens. That being said many an average person is unable to even pay the interest on this debt & so drastic measures has pushed many in the direction of trying to make it big adventuring.