Adventure Title

Summary

What is the main “High Concept” idea for this adventure, exciting fictional “What if” premise for this story?

What problem will the players need to solve, what goal will they strive to achieve? What Evil Plan must they prevent? Why is it important, what's at stake? What makes it difficult to accomplish?

What challenges will they face? What steps will the heroes need to take to accomplish their goal? What problems/obstacles will they need to overcome? What complications will they encounter? How can they overcome them?

What will the climax be, the “final battle” that resolves the problem/goal?

Setting

Where does the story take place? What makes this place interesting, unusual, different from what we’ve seen before?

Starting Location
Where do our heroes begin the adventure?

Location Name
To what interesting or important areas might the adventure lead?

Climax Set Piece
Awesome set piece for the climax of our story.

Characters

Who is the main antagonist? What do they want, why? Who are some other characters our heroes will meet? (Quest Giver, Allies, Evil Minions, Neutral NPCs.)

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Main Antagonist

Character Description
Appearance, personality, occupation, motivations.

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Quest Giver

Character Description
Appearance, personality, occupation, motivations.

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Character Name

Character Description
Appearance, personality, occupation, motivations.

Intro

Exposition, setup. Introduce the heroes and the world around them. Where do the heroes begin the adventure?

Exciting Adventure Hook

The first scene that draws our heroes into action, gives them the first set of tasks to accomplish, leads to follow.

How do the heroes encounter the problem? Action scene? Drama? Mystery? Danger?

How can you make them care about solving the problem? What's at stake, what happens if they fail?

Escalating challenges

The milestones the heroes need to reach, a series of 3-5 obstacles they need to overcome as they strive towards their goal.

Surprising Midpoint

Important milestone. Unexpected complication/twist/reveal that changes the direction of the story, raises the stakes and the threat level, redefines the goal. Crisis, major setback, everything goes wrong? Villain makes a move?

More Challenges

How can the heroes deal with the problems that arise from the midpoint?

Awesome Climax

The final, epic, most important/dangerous challenge that resolves the main conflict. Epic scene at a cool location. Exciting ending.

Resolution

The aftermath. Outcomes/consequences of the adventure. How does the world (and heroes’ lives) change after the climax?

Scene Template

Where does the scene take place? Who will the heroes encounter there? What challenge will they need to overcome? What important information will the players learn about the story? How does it lead them to the next scene?