With heists, you’ve got to rely on your smarts as well.

Bastions in Dungeons & Dragons arent just great setpieces.

Theyre also great places to start an adventure!

Three different adventure modules for Dungeons & Dragons, featuring primary antagonists for all three.

Plus, jails make for great set pieces in campaigns.

Players will need to complete their heist throughout a single night.

The party has three options.

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One, they can scale the castle walls, navigating their way through the upper hallways.

Or three, they can barge in head-first, trying to sneak around castle guards and servants.

The choice is theirs.

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5Needle In The Haystack

Which One Is It?

Say the party is looking for a stolen relic that they need to return to its ancestral home.

These adventures are perfect for low-level D&D parties.

Three rogues infiltrate a vault and steal a gem while attacking a pair of guards in Dungeons & Dragons.

Sneak Attack by Evyn Fong

For each incorrect guess, however, they will trigger alarms, summoning monsters to defend the relic.

4Treasure Hoard

It’s A Race To The Finish

Who doesn’t lovea good chase?

Then, give the players a lead on the vault’s location.

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Greyhawk by Bruce Brenneise

However, for some added fun, create rivaling adventuring parties who are also looking for the vault.

Roll a d20 every session.

3Moving Target

It’s Right On Top Of Us!

The outer walls of the city of Greyhawk, surrounded by boats in a port in Dungeons & Dragons.

Greyhawk by Bruce Brenneise

Perhaps the party is seeking a rare Ioun Stone that can help them in a difficult encounter to come.

But, the stone rests in the Bag of Holding of a rival mage.

This can make for a great, highly elaborate chase sequence.

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Boreal Ball by Katerina Ladon

Craft an epic one-shot D&D adventure.

This adventure hook is perfect for anyone with a Sailor background.

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Wayfarer by Jonas De Ro

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Conflict Between Characters by Scott Murphy

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Infiltration by Craig J Spearing

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Exploration By William O’Connor

A dragon guards a Treasure Hoard in Dungeons & Dragons

Dragon Treasure Hoard by Ilse Gort

An adventuring party gives chase to a group of monstrous rats in Dungeons & Dragons.

An Exciting Chase by Simon Dominic

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Storm-Tossed Ship by Olivier Bernard

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Bastion Guildhall by Noor Rahman

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