For beginners or a quick adventure, one-shot campaigns can be the perfect way to go.

But, how do you successfully hook your players into a horror campaign?

Here are some adventure hooks to use for your next horror campaign.

Two students attend a ball at Strixhaven in Dungeons & Dragons.

10Eyes In The Sky

Do You Feel Like Someone’s Watching Us?

NPCs they meet seem to know them better than they know themselves.

This might lead the party to suspect that someone is watching them, perhaps even in their home.

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

8Masquerade

Got An Invite?

It’s time to go to the ball!

However, finding this noble in a macabre masquerade setting may prove more difficult than they first expected.

Two adventurers stumble across a trap in Dungeons & Dragons.

7Creepy Cargo

Did That Crate Just Move?

Players find themselves booking passage on a large vessel that’s traveling across a large body of water.

They’ll be at sea for at least a few days, with no suitable port in sight.

A woman being hunted by a Vampire in Dungeons & Dragons in a split image with a castle.

Are you putting a team together?

From there, the party will have to investigate who or what did this to their friend.

Upon further investigation, the party discovers these rumors to be true.

Dungeons & Dragons image showing an ancient green dragon.

Assassin by Viko Menezes

Could the mirror be used to trap the souls of these citizens within its glass?

And if so, what does the mayor want with these souls?

Players must investigate the town and its citizenry to find out.

An Assassin in Dungeons & Dragons lurks around a corner.

Assassin by Viko Menezes

2Graveyard Shift

Boiling The Midnight Oil?

Just on the outskirts of a small town, the party hears tell of a local gravedigger going missing.

Religious figures and common folk alike suspect that something profane has happened at their local cemetery.

An explorer combs through a library in a dungeon in Dungeons & Dragons.

Dungeon Room by Kent Davis

Looking to outsmart your players in your horror campaign?

Use these traps to keep them on their toes.

A few weeks ago, several people became ill, and are all at death’s door.

A player character dying at a masquerade ball in Dungeons & Dragons.

Duchess D’Honaure via Wizards of the Coast

The party will have to investigate to find the source of the plague.

Could she be responsible, or is there a more natural cause behind the plague?

A ship in a storm in Dungeons & Dragons.

Storm-Tossed Ship by Olivier Bernard

An urban city street complete with rats and wet cobblestones in Dungeons & Dragons.

Wayfarer by Jonas De Ro

Image of Dungeons and Dragons Candlekeep Mysteries cover art.

Candle Keep Mysteries via Wizards of the Coast

An adventurer looks into a magic mirror in Dungeons & Dragons.

Magic Mirror by Chris Seaman

A werewolf crashing through the window of a house in Dungeons & Dragons.

Werewolf by Cristi Balanescu

A horde of skeletons attacking adventurers in Dungeons & Dragons.

Skeletons by Andrey Kuzinskiy

An adventurer is afflicted with a magical demonic curse in Dungeons & Dragons.

Demonic Possession by Alexandre Honoré

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