Ale, Steel & Sin at The Broken Keg

Level: 2–4
Tone: Tavern Chaos, Humor, Light Combat
Environment: Fantasy Tavern

Adventure Summary

The town’s busiest tavern is famous for its brawls — but tonight’s chaos is different. A cursed keg has been tapped, filling drinkers with wild magic surges. The PCs must calm the crowd, break the curse, and survive magical drunken nonsense.

Opening Scene

The PCs walk into:

• Floating chairs
• Singing mugs
• A dwarf reciting poetry in 12 voices at once
• One patron who has turned into a sheep

Core Events

1. Drunken Wild-Magic Surges

Every 1–2 rounds, roll effects:

• Fireworks from fingertips
• Temporary invisibility
• Sudden gravity reversal
• Uncontrolled levitation

2. The Envious Ale-Sprite

A mischievous fey bound inside the cursed keg.
Wants attention. Loves chaos.
Hates being ignored.

3. Breaking the Curse

Options:

• Out-drink the sprite
• Cast dispel magic on the keg
• Repair the tavern’s ancient “brew stone” beneath the floor

Rewards

• Mug of Infinite Froth (produces harmless but endless foam)
• Tavern becomes a friendly safehouse for the party