Party escorts a much needed caravan of supplies to a beleaguered town Beligus.
Enemies- Bandits, Goblin worg riders.
This is a classic adventure lead in for newbie adventurers that can be a beginning set up for a much larger campaign.
Who is benefiting from these supplies?
The small town of Beligus (population of 250 souls) has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations. From a poor harvest last year, followed by a suspicious number of occult like murders and then a plague that ravaged the once thriving town of 1000 to its current number. The new local lord Kalistan has reached out to help the town regain its former glory. Unfortunately, the first two shipments have ended up being taken or destroyed. This is the last remains of the lord’s gracious gifts and he seeks to prevent what has befallen the first two shipments with the help of the PCs.
What becomes of the town if the supplies are stolen or destroyed?
Should the enemies succeed in destroying or stealing the supplies the town will perish within the month.
When do the supplies need to arrive to the town?
The supplies need to arrive within 3 days. Any longer and the town will begin to enter starvation territory.
Where will the enemies attempt to waylay the caravan?
The bandits will attempt to waylay the caravan in the later half of the first day. The goblin riders of worgs will attempt to attack the caravan on the early part of day 3.
Why are the enemies attempting to grab the supplies from the PCs?
The bandits have been hearing about an easy score of supplies on the road for the past month but missed the first two shipments. They were tipped off that a third attempt was happening and have decided to get a piece of the pie as it were.
The goblin worgs were directly hired by a sinister third party to assault and destroy this caravan. It is the hope of the third party that if the supplies are destroyed they will be able to gain control of this town for themselves.
How can the PCs save this caravan?
The PCs will need to defeat the bandits and outlast the goblin worg riders in order to usher the caravan safely to the town.
Maps
For this one you really only need two maps.
Map #1
Road map
Town map
Enemies & Treasure
Bandit Captain and two bandits per PC
https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounters/7f772d48-0a53-442a-843a-06dae72ae3a3
Goblin Worg Riders (two per PC)
https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounters/ccb7b1d3-6131-4d55-afa9-9ca560fb54b7
Epilogue
With the safe arrival of the caravan to the town of Beligus the townsfolk will finally have the food and supplies needed to start rebuilding from their dark turn of luck. From there the DM can start a campaign with the PCs trying to keep find out more about what has befallen the town. The sinister mastermind behind the town misfortune could become a mid tier boss necromancer attempting to carve out their undead kingdom starting with this town.
