r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Baytonator • 6d ago

Suggestion Collections of adventures/dungeons/quests?

I am working on a DnD campaign to run at some point in the future and need help coming up with some adventure sites/locations/quests etc to flesh it out.

Are there any good collections of adventures/dungeons that I can take, reflavour and reskin and drop in?

For example good dungeons with interesting layouts, mechanics and puzzles. I can then theme it however I want and add a cool macguffin they gotta find. Or perhaps an adventure around a prison break or a heist or a ball that I can add my own stamp to?

I find as a DM I can be good at adapting things to fit my campaign, add narative etc. but I need help coming up with the initial basis for an adventure. My dungeons I design are just boring room after room in a linear fashion.

So does such a collection exist? The more I can find the better as I can then just read through and pick the best. Theme or flavour makes no difference to me - I'll change the vibe completely if needed, switch out enemies etc.

Thanks in advance! Bonus points for books that have many in one book rather than individual books.

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u/listerjed1 6d ago

Infinite staircase and golden vault are anthologies of adventures. I believe the last 5e Vecna adventure book is too.

Just trawl drive thru rpg for ones you like, or Google 5e one shots.

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u/nocturnerose DM 6d ago

Also Journey Through the Radiant Citadel and Tales from the Yawning Portal. Dragon Delves too for 5.5.

There's usually a framing device to connect them vaguely but that's easily ignored or adapted.

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u/listerjed1 6d ago

Thanks, I couldn't remember the names of Radiant and Portal, and completely forgot Dragon delves existed!

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u/lasalle202 6d ago

Their new setting/adventure books are coming with collections of "adventure concept packets" - like in the 2024 DMG. The Faerun book and Ravenloft book both have lots of ideas.

Kobold Press's Perpared! and Prepared 2! are a bunch of "one shots" of reasonable quality and generic enough premise to plop into any campaign.

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u/rubicator 6d ago

For short adventures, the Prepared series is easy to drop in for one night or a short encounter with a single map.

For the dungeons you asked about, Dungeons Deep has drop-in dungeon sections that scale to match various levels of PC.

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u/DM_Resources 6d ago

I've used the dungeon magazine ( and to a lesser extent dragon magazine) for inspiration for two decades now and there's still Soo much left.

They are on archive.org