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The Bitter Harvest - AI-generated fantasy Quest

The Bitter Harvest

The Bitter Harvest
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Investigation and Combat

The Bitter Harvest

Lvl 13 to 5 players3 hours· Easy

“Something is wrong in the pumpkin patch and it is not just the blight.”

— Hook · Investigation and Combat

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QuestgiverMiller Halloway
Investigation and Combat
D&D 5E
Easy
Lvl 1
3 to 5 players
3 hours
3 NPCs
2 encounters
The Opening

“Miller Halloway is desperate to save his crop before the festival starts at sundown. He offers ten gold pieces to anyone who can clear the infestation in his pumpkin patch. The strange thing is, the crows are staying far away from his land.”

— Hook · Investigation and Combat

Set the Scene

The party arrives at the edge of Oakhaven during the height of the autumn heat. The air is thick with the scent of overripe fruit and damp earth. Miller Halloway stands by the road, waving a frantic, dirt-stained handkerchief at any traveler with a sword.

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Questgiver

Miller Halloway

Halloway runs up to the party, smelling of cheap ale and panic. He assumes they are mercenaries and starts haggling before they even speak.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table
  1. 01
    The Miller's daughter saw a pumpkin grow a mouth and snap at a crow.
  2. 02
    Old Man Halloway has been buying large amounts of raw meat lately.
  3. 03
    The water in the local well has started to taste like rusted iron.
Stakes

If the blight is not cleared, the town will starve during the coming winter and the demonic corruption will spread to the local water table.

Ticking Clock·The Sun is Setting: The harvest festival begins at dusk, and if the corrupted pumpkins are not destroyed by then, they will be carved and brought into every home in the village.

Background Lore

The Halloway farm has provided the town's winter squash for generations. Recently, the Miller's youngest son found an old, mouldering book in the woods and tried to perform a ritual to make the crops grow faster to impress his father.

What the World Knows

A strange magical blight has caused the pumpkins to grow unnaturally large and aggressive, threatening the village's food supply.

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