Fire Plot Hooks for D&D 5e
Ready-to-run fire hooks for D&D 5e, each paired with a free statblock and a one-shot in Questweaver.
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Cinderwing Revenant
CR 9 undead- A caravan found scorched to its axles on the high road, every body reduced to white ash but the cargo left untouched.
- A village well has gone warm overnight, and the water tastes of sulfur and old bone.
- A hunter's blind on the ridge overlooks a crater where nothing grows, and at night a shape with burning wings circles above it.
Cinderclaw Harrower
CR 8 fiend- Scorched claw marks appear on the city gates each new moon.
- A fire cult claims their patron walks the alleys at dusk.
- A smith's forge burns cold until a debt is paid.
Ashmaw Hound
CR 3 fiend- Charred pawprints circle campsites that were never raided.
- Miners report a barking echo that rolls through the tunnels like heat.
- A patrol found a trail of ash leading into a cave that was cold to the touch.
Fire monsters and NPCs
Fire one-shots
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Ashes Walk Again
A cinderwing revenant has risen from a battlefield cremation pit and is burning its way toward the town that ordered the mass burning. The party must track it through scorched terrain, survive its flame-choked lair, and destroy or banish it before it reaches the town walls.
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Ember Debt
A pact-brokered devil enforces a forgotten debt, burning the livelihoods of those who refuse to pay. The party must uncover the original contract, protect the victims, and face the Harrower in a forge-lit alley.
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Ash on the Wind
A string of disappearances points to an abandoned smelter where an Ashmaw Hound prowls. The party must track it to the furnace hall, secure missing townsfolk, and choose whether to banish it, bind it, or follow its trail to a handler.
