Questions tagged [one-shot]
For questions about one-shots. A "one-shot" refers to a game that is planned to only run for a single session, as opposed to a longer-term campaign run over several sessions.
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How do I run a longer minimal-prep one-shot?
Problem This is the opposite time issue of the normal one-shot problem where someone struggles with a strict time limit. I've run a lot of 1-2hr zero-prep one-shots in Roll For Shoes. Wrapping up on ...
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Does the start of an adventure count as having had a long rest?
In the near future I'm going to play in a one-shot (DND 5e) and I might want to play a level 4 divination wizard. When I read Portent I saw the following line: When you finish a long rest, roll two ...
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First time Pathfinder GM and I want to make an animal companion one shot [closed]
This is an odd question, but I figured y'all could help me. I have been playing Pathfinder and DnD for years, but I have never created my own one shot. I am creating a high-level one shot for my ...
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How would three level tens fare against a CR 14 False Hydra [closed]
I'm currently writing a one-shot adventure to run with my friends that has a false hydra as the final boss. I found the stat sheet for it here. I'm planning on using the adult form with only three ...
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How can I handle attunement for timebounded adventures that might not have short rests?
I will be running Strahd Must Die Tonight!, a timed, one-shot adventure for D&D 5e. In previous games of it, due to the real and in-game time constraints and lack of short rests, I have handwaved ...
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Is there a name for simple, self-contained, shorter games?
Essentially I'm thinking of games which have an amount of difficulty/complexity (on every axis) that might be manageable for more casual players, but which still have some of the elements of bigger ...
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Looking for a late 80's (or possibly early 90's) D&D one-shot adventure based around a bar room brawl
About 20-25 or so years ago, our group played a D&D one-shot adventure that was entirely based around a bar room brawl. It started out with us in the inn post-adventure, and then developed over ...
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One of the PCs is too much powerful, how can I handle it? [4th tier one-shot session] [closed]
I'm going to run a 4th Tier One-Shot very soon, I have told all my players to build a 20th level character. One player built a powerful artificer (armorer subclass) that outshines every other PC, I ...
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How hard is a Deva boss fight for two level 10 characters?
I'm planning a one shot for two level 10 characters and I'd like a challenging boss fight for the end of it. The plan at the moment is that they will fight a corrupted Deva in the tomb of a Beholder ...
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What can you do without a deck in the Matrix to help the Decker?
I'm trying to run a quick one-shot for some friends, and upon realizing that we need to figure out how to get some files, we've stopped to read the Matrix section of the book. I'm a little confused; ...
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I am completely new to Tales from the Floating Vagabond, how do I get started?
One of my tables has decided that it is time for a one-shot. We wrote a list of systems that look interesting, but we haven't played, and I got to roll. The dice decided that it is going to be Tales ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of running one shots compared to campaigns?
I know one shots are shorter and only last one session (hence the name) compared to a campaign where you play through an ongoing story. But besides that, what are the advantages and disadvantages of ...
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Is a DM supposed to be against the party? [closed]
I'm a really really new player. Is it good etiquette for a DM to get upset that you're killing or beating their encounter? A guy said he would DM for us in a one-shot. Before we ever started he ...
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Planning a one shot for my group for one of my player's birthday [closed]
So one of my player's birthday is coming up soon and it so happens to fall on the day we usually do our sessions. I was planning on doing a one shot based around her Druid character and all my other ...
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How do you transition from a one-shot to a campaign?
In previous games that I have both DMed and played, both homebrewed and published adventures, the games seemed to go nowhere. We went into the dungeon, slayed the things, looted the things, and left. ...
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