# Solo Hexcrawl Meta Thread!

**URL:** <https://forums.hexed.press/t/solo-hexcrawl-meta-thread/499>\
**Category:** Solo Play\
**Tags:** osr, community\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/solo-hexcrawl-meta-thread/499 "2023-05-25T13:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/user_avatar/forums.hexed.press/todd/32/8_2.png) [@Todd](https://forums.hexed.press/u/Todd)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.hexed.press/t/solo-hexcrawl-meta-thread/499/3 "2023-05-31T18:33:46Z")

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Here’s what we gathered from [this week’s stream](https://forums.hexed.press/t/lone-wolf-wednesday-the-prep-continues/503):

# Generating Adventures

## Adventure Locations

1. ruin
2. lair
3. stronghold
4. religious location (shrine, church/temple, etc.)
5. settlement
6. faerie

## Religious Locations

1. Shrine
2. Graveyard/burial site/necropolis
3. Church/Temple/Cathedral
4. Oracle

## Settlement Adventures

1. Market/Trade
2. Deliver something
3. Steal something

## Stronghold Adventures

1. Deliver something
2. Attend a feast
3. Attend a tournament
4. Attend a war council
5. Steal something
6. Learn a Secret
7. Rescue/free someone

## Faerie Adventures

1. deliver something
2. visit a faerie lord
3. attend a faerie festival
4. steal something
5. rescue/free someone
6. learn a Secret

## Wilderness Adventures

1. Escort a caravan
2. Hijack a caravan
3. Find a location
4. Map an expanse

## War Adventures

1. Joining a military expedition
2. Rescue someone from a war zone
3. Retrieve something from a war zone

## Whom?

1. a commoner
2. a criminal
3. a merchant/tradesperson
4. a noble
5. a cultist/cleric
6. faerie

## What?

1. an heirloom
2. a document
3. a magic item
4. symbol of office
5. livestock

## Secret

1. an element of an ongoing Plot
2. identity of an enemy
3. identity of an ally
4. a hidden location
5. a hidden event

# Politics

## War Zones

A hex is considered a war zone:

- when a hex is occupied by two or more opposing factions with military forces

## Occupied Zone

A hex is considered occupied:

- when a single faction with military forces occupies a hex that they don’t control.

## Controlled Zone

A hex is considered controlled:

- when a faction occupies a hex with the explicit or implicit support of the local population.

## Claimed Lands

Claimed lands are any lands that have been claimed by a kingdom politically, regardless of whether there are any populations loyal to the kingdom in residence.

## Settled Lands

Settled lands are any Claimed lands that contain active settlements loyal to the kingdom who claims said lands.

# (N)PC Backgrounds

## Born into…

1. indentured servitude
2. commoners
3. trade
4. petty nobility

## Inciting incident

1. change of fortunes
2. war
3. natural disaster

## Friend/Patron/Ally/Mentor

1. a petty noble
2. a noble retainer
3. a tradesperson
4. a commoner
5. a criminal
6. an indentured servant
7. a cleric/cultist

## Enemy/Rival

1. a petty noble
2. a noble retainer
3. a tradesperson
4. a commoner
5. a criminal
6. an indentured servant
7. a cleric/cultist

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