{"id":1425,"date":"2011-11-12T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T22:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2011-11-12T17:56:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T22:56:56","slug":"18-adventure-archetypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/12\/18-adventure-archetypes\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Adventure Archetypes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In The Adventure Creation Handbook<\/cite><\/a>, I talk about using adventure archetypes as a way to help you develop plot details. Below are 18 adventure archetypes, along with the plot elements each one generally needs to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Archetype<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Needs<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Babysitting<\/td>\nSomeone or something to watch over, someone trying to capture what’s being baby sat, a map of the “sitee’s” location<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escort<\/td>\nThing or person to escort, place to escort them from, place to escort them to, map of route, something or someone trying to prevent them from getting there.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raid<\/td>\nPlace to raid, item(s) to obtain in raid, guards, map of location, defensive measures\/traps.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kidnapping<\/td>\nSomeone to kidnap, guards, traps, and other defensive measures to prevent kidnapping, reason for kidnapping the victim, Location to bring victim to once kidnapped.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exploration<\/td>\nUnknown area to explore, random encounter tables, perhaps reason for exploring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rescue<\/td>\nSomeone to rescue, a place to rescue them from, defensive measures to prevent rescue, reason why rescuee was taken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robbery<\/td>\nPlace to rob, item to obtain (can be specific item or general type of item, such as “valuable”), defensive measures to prevent theft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bounty Hunt<\/td>\nPerson(s) to hunt, bounty reward, person or organization that wants huntee found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakout\/Escape<\/td>\nJail, defenses to prevent escape, person to break out (if not the PCs themselves), reason why prisonner(s) is\/are being held, locations of other prisoners, location of target in prison.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assassination<\/td>\nPerson to assassinate, location of victim, person who wants assassination done, reason for assassination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hijacking<\/td>\nVehicle(s) to be hijacked, driver(s) and passengers of vehicles, person who wants the hijacking done, reason for hijacking, hijacker’s demands, location to take vehicle(s) to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bug Hunt<\/td>\nCritter to hunt, reward for successful hunt, location of critter, any defenses critter may have built<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smuggling<\/td>\nItem or person to smuggle, authorities looking for same, authority checkpoints and personnel to carry out inspections, vehicle to smuggle with, location to take cargo to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salvage<\/td>\nWreck in hard-to-reach location, map where wreck is located, treasure to salvage, possibly rumors of treasure’s existence, possibly other group(s) also trying to salvage treasure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scam<\/td>\nMarks (people to scam), a plan, possibly assistants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spying<\/td>\nInformation to gain, plan to get same, people\/location to get it from, people who want the information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tournament<\/td>\nEvents to compete, other competitors, location of tournament, reward(s) for winners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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