After a long winter, local ranchers have opened up the spring grazing grounds and moved their stock to the fresh grass. This year, however, something has gone terribly wrong; cattle have been disappearing. Two or three animals are missing each evening when the ranchers do their round-up count. Thinking the problem was bandits, the ranchers organized a watch to keep a closer eye on things out in the field. Their discovery was… unexpected.
In the year since they last grazed this land a massive insect-like creature, an ankheg, has made its home here. And apparently it has developed a taste for beef.
The ranchers now look to hire a band of adventurers to go down into the ankheg lair and get rid of the creature before it can decimate more of their stock.
To make the situation a bit more complicated, what the ranchers don’t know is that there is a small band of kobolds who view the ankheg as something of a tenuous ally. They hide in the hidden recesses of the ankheg lair and will do whatever it takes to assist the dangerous ankheg they view as their deadly protector.
This adventure is part of the Drop-In Delves series. They are designed to be fun, easy-to-run, one session quests that you can drop-in to your existing campaign. Alternatively, they can serve as a fun, evocative, minimal prep one-shot.
System: D&D 5E
Party Level: 1-3
Setting: Fantasy
Time: 2-3 hours
General Theme: Cavern Crawl, Investigation
Installation: Add-On
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