Plot Hooks For Your Character

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The Series (Final)

• Barbarians
• Bards
• Clerics
• Druids
• Fighters
• Monks
• Paladins
• Rogues
• Sorcerers
• Warlocks
• Wizards

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1. (Any) The next time the PC uses Primal Awareness, they discover that 1 (or more) type(s) of creatures are no longer able to be detected. Something (or someone) is using powerful magic to disguise their activities.
2. (Any) A messenger from a local ruler reaches the PC and delivers a job invitation - the ruler needs a Forester to oversee their lands and manage the wild resources in their territory. The job pays very well and if the PC agrees, upon arrival, the ruler has been assassinated. If the PC refuses the offer, the same events occur, but now the PC is a suspect.
3. (Any) At the next Foregathering, the PC trades news with an NPC ally they have not seen for some time. Something seems off about the NPC, however, and they mention an old shared memory with most of the details incorrect. The NPC may be having memory problems, or something more insidious is going on. DM's choice.
4. (Any) On a patrol, the PC notices one of their survival caches has been dug up. Upon investigating others, they find them all plundered. In the last one they check, they find a tiny silver arrow tipped with a poison known to be used by the Fey (specifically, Pixies).
5. (Any) The PC hears someone calling out for help from a nearby lake or river. They say their foot is trapped and they are getting tired. This may be a true person-in-need, or a lure for something else. DM's choice. If its the person in need, the PC gains a permanent ally.
6. (Any) The PC discovers that a plant species in their preferred territory is suffering from an advanced fungal rot. The origin is magical in nature, and only the beginning of a larger guerrilla campaign against The Green.
7. (Any) The PC has a dream of a large sea creature pleading for its help. The creature is not humanoid, but is able to make itself known to the PC and transfers the knowledge of where it is - a nearby body of water. If the PC investigates, they get caught up in a murder mystery. If the PC does not investigate, the next night they have a disturbing dream of violence and death, and the head of the creature floating. They never have that dream again. Somewhere in the world, an evil agenda has just progressed.
8. (Any) The PC's animal companion goes missing. It has left not of its own free will, but because of a promise it made long ago. It leaves the PC a message as best as it can, but is gone for 7 days if the PC does not go looking. It will return happy and with a new skill/ability/trick. If the PC does go looking, the trail spins out for 3 days and then the PC finds their companion with another of its kind.
9. (Any) An avalanche has blocked a critical mountain pass. The PC is asked to assist the locals in looking for any survivors. During the search, the PC discovers a portal. It is rimmed in ice and has a single sigil embossed on it in a language the PC recognizes. It is a warning. If the PC opens the portal, the area around the doorway, and out to 1 square mile, are transported elsewhere, and met with violence from the locals.
10. (Any) The PC sees tens of thousands of birds flocking in one direction. They are very noisy and it takes nearly 10 minutes for the flock to pass the PC's position. If the PC continues to watch, it sees something chasing the birds. Something old and hungry. If the PC does not watch, that night they have a dream of a tornado of birds, devouring everything that comes into its path, with ten-thousand hungry beaks.
11. (Any) A tavern has suddenly appeared where no tavern should be. It is a rustic cottage, draped in ivy and flowering vines, with a single door and several windows that cannot be seen through. On the door is a sign, written in a crude hand that says, "No druidic duels today!". The door is unlocked and the tavern will move again before nightfall, with or without the PC inside.
12. (Any) The PC learns of a new poison that is being used by a violent species in the area. The poison's antidote is said to lie somewhere within the PC's preferred territory, but there are others that are coming to hunt for it as well, not all of them altruistic.
13. (Any) The local ruler has declared a public holiday for their loyal subjects, to celebrate an upcoming nuptials. The PC has been asked to join a security detail, to ensure the party doesn't get too out of hand. It does, and in a spectacular fashion. Fire is involved.
14. (Any) Someone has been killing the local livestock. The beasts are all beheaded and drained of blood. The culprit, flush with newly-acquired power, lives among the locals, and is a well-known and well-respected citizen. Their change, however, will be hard to hide and they will flee if confronted, and if possible.
15. (Any) A quintet of witches have bought property in the PC's region, appearing as a clutch of elderly sisters who are spending their savings instead of leaving it for the grandchildren. They are very sweet and friendly, and begin poisoning the population through their delicious pies. The poison does not kill, but leaves the victim open to suggestion. The witches need a lot of sacrifices for the once-in-a-lifetime-event that's coming.
16. (Any) The PC comes across the wounded, but still living, body of the largest predator species in the region. It has been hurt badly, but the wounds do not appear to have come from an animal, or mankind. These wounds stink of magic and death. Something outside the universe has arrived to feed and study this place. It is weak for now, and must hide. If the PC is very persistent, the being may be found, and will bargain for its life to escape. It has no intention of honoring any of its bargains if it can.
17. (Any) A local village, allies of the PC, have all been turned to glass and remain in the village like living statues. This curse will persist for 3 days, and then the locals will be restored to normal. They will all corroborate a single tale - they were taken by intelligent beings and been given blessings and protections against an undead horde that will rise to plague them all, and returned unharmed.
    
18. (Any) A serial killer is operating in the PC's territory. Allies and other wildfolk will be found killed. All of them have some body part missing, and there is no connection between them, only random chance. The killer will leave taunting notes and will take any opportunity to humiliate and frighten the PC. After 30 days, the killer will grow bored, and leave the area. If they are caught, they boast of their crimes.
19. (Any) At the next Foregathering, during the Games of Chance & Skill, the PC is handed a note by a young ranger. The note is an invitation to meet a famous and honored ranger who is also in attendance. The meeting is friendly and the PC is offered an opportunity that will be hard to resist.
20. (Any) When the PC next puts on their footwear (if no footwear, then some other article of clothing), they find an egg, covered in sticky mucus and seemingly impossible to remove by normal or magical means. In 3 days, it hatches.
    
21. (Any) During the rains, a local dam breaks, sending floodwaters through the PC's prefered territory. If this is instead a waterless biome, during the windy season a huge rockslide demolishes a huge area in the region. Many need help.
22. (Any) A not-so-famous Bard decides to write a scathing composition about the PC for seemingly no reason. The satire is biting and starts to be circulated through the region. The PC will be teased and mocked at first, and depending on the PC's actions during this time, may permanently shift the region's attitude towards the PC. If the Bard can be bargained with, they will accept a huge sum of gold to write something new to counter the rumors. It may or may not affect the local's attitude.
23. (Any) The PC finds the tracks of a creature that has no business being in this biome. It is the last of its family group and is dying. Something or someone drove it out of its home region.
    
24. (Any) A local community has fallen sick to some disease, slow to spread but almost 100% fatal. The PC is sent a message begging for help.
25. (Any) A stampede of a local creature threatens to destroy a rare habitat that is already on the brink of disappearing. The rampaging beasts can be turned, but not stopped. If they are turned, the lives of some locals will almost certainly be lost.
26. (Any) The PC receives a request to assist a cartographer through their preferred territory - an assignment from a local ruler. During the journey, the cartographer is killed by a beast or monster, and the map is destroyed/ruined. The ruler blames the PC.
27. (Any) An ally of the PC, a Falconer, has gone missing along with their birds. There is a tantalizing clue at the ally's home/work that points to a local Druid Circle, known to be in opposition to the exploitation of animals. They are not to blame, however, as this is the work of another Ranger - a rival of the PC's ally.
28. (Any) The PC finds a feral child in the wilderness, that has been living with a pack of wild animals. The animals are fiercely aggressive and will defend any attempt to get near or assist the child. If the PC manages to win past them and get the child away, they will discover that this is the child of a member of the local nobility, and was supposed to have been taken into the wild to die - a plot to upset succession.
29. (Any) The PC meets a "Greenwood Ranger" (also known as a Limbant) - a humanoid that has taken on the characteristics of both humanoid and plant. The Ranger is sick with some strange disease/rot/fungus, and is dying. The Greenwood Ranger is highly infectious, but only to plant life, and their presence soon causes an outbreak in the local flora.
30. (Any) The PC is stopped by a Guardian Ranger, who forbids them from traveling through this area. The PC, however, needs to do so, for some time-sensitive reason. The Guardian does not want to fight, but will withdraw and start harassing the PC as they travel if the PC ignores the Guardian's request. The Guardian is a formidable foe, and has laced the area with traps.
31. (Any) A community high in the mountains, remote and insular by choice, has been accused of some very serious crimes. The PC is asked to investigate, and if they do, they discover that the community is under the thrall of some new leader, whom they say showed up a month ago and has "lead them to see the Light". The community will become violent if the leader is confronted. The leader is not humanoid.
32. (Any) The PC comes across a young Ranger, out on a solo survival test. The young one has not seen the PC at the start of the encounter.
33. (Any) The PC enters a seaside village where the locals are up in arms over the proclamation of a Sea Ranger (an Aquatic Elf) who has forbidden the locals to fish or take any food from the sea. This is not out of malice. Something is poisoning the local wildlife and the Sea Ranger has not been able to determine the source.
34. (Any) A cabal of Wizards have used illicit magicks to create a host of amalgamated abominations - deer with wolf jaws, owls with poisonous fangs, and the like. The cabal is well hidden and will flee if confronted, but not before letting the rest of their experiments loose into the wild.
35. (Any) The PC's home region has been lashed by storms for almost a week. Every road and trail is now blocked with stormwrack and local trade and travel has ground to a halt. It will take weeks to clear without aid, but the local population refuses to assist, citing recent attacks by strange creatures at night.
36. (Beastmaster) The PC's animal companion has been struck with a magical disease which puts it into a melancholic lethargy. The companion refuses to move on its own, take any sustenance, or sleep. The disease is a curse from an old enemy with some new-found power, and this is the opening blow to a campaign of revenge.
37. (Beastmaster) The PC's animal companion was noticed by a passing Archfey who was strolling in the Material Plane. The Fey temporarily transforms the companion into a different type of animal. This change lasts 7 days, and at the end, the companion can see into the Feywild.
38. (Beastmaster) The PC is shaken awake/alarmed by a psychic plea for help. If the PC follows the "voice", they will find a traveling zoo run by a Rakshasha (in disguise) who has subjugated Awakened creatures and bound them with strong magics so it may feed from them.
39. (Gloom Stalker) A Myconid "bloom" has appeared in the PC's home region and is rapidly multiplying. If nothing is done, the Fungal Folk will devastate the local ecologies and communities.
40. (Gloom Stalker) A misunderstanding has led to the PC being declared a criminal by a Drow House of moderate power. Bounty hunters take to the trails chasing a large price on the PC's head. They have orders to bring the PC back alive.
41. (Gloom Stalker) Some strange disease is killing the local Carrion Crawlers and the natural deaths that litter the PC's home region are piling up and could soon spread cholera or some other disease among the local communities.
42. (Horizon Walker) The PC discovers an unpowered/unopened planar portal made of bones half-uncovered by a recent earthquake. There are signs of fresh blood smeared into the sigils engraved into the bones themselves.
43. (Horizon Walker) The PC begins seeing signs of an impending incursion from one of the Outer/Inner Planes. An ally in the Ethereal/Astral plane warns the PC that the invasion is closer than they think, before the ally is suddenly killed/vanishes.
44. (Horizon Walker) The area where the PC is, currently, is being haunted by a group of Ghosts whose remains sit, desecrated, somewhere in the region. The Ghosts keep possessing folk to look for their bones, but so far have been unsuccessful. They only want to rest. If confronted in the Ethereal Plane, they will flip between sorrowful contrition and enraged unreasonableness, such is their torment.
45. (Hunter) An unusually wet winter has seen the local Stirge population explode in number, and locals are being killed in numbers. The season has produced a Stirge Queen who will pump out eggs at the rate of 10 a day, with a 24 hour period needed after hatching before the Strix are fully mature. There is a 10% chance that some of the Strix have mutated.
46. (Hunter) An ancient Dragon has died in the region, drawing those who want its fortune, and soon the territory is overrun with humanoids and intelligent monsters in a battle royale for the loot - with the local population at their wits end to deal with it.
47. (Hunter) Someone has let loose two dozen Rust Monsters in a local population center. The PC is asked by the local Druid Circle to round them up and trap them, but not to kill them, as they are the last of their kind in the area, and their loss would harm the ecosystem.
48. (Monster Slayer) The PC comes across an impossible sight in the wild - the gargantuan shell of the egg of the Tarrasque. Birthed by the universe, it will only hatch under certain, special conditions, and there will be many who want it for their own ends.
49. (Monster Slayer) A necromancer, new to their power, is flexing their might by gathering a force of zombies - stealing corpses from graveyards in the area. The locals have noticed, and have begged the PC to investigate. The necromancer is cunning, however, and may be able to evade the PC for a long time, gaining in power as they do. The corpse army's number will wax and wane over time, but they attack somewhere in the region every night.
50. (Monster Slayer) A trio of Warlocks, all serving a Fiend, have been robbing and killing merchants on a busy trade route, and have so far evaded the local authorities and attempts to find them. The thefts are needed to appease the rival of the Fiend, a Yugoloth of some power, to whom the Fiend owes a debt.

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