Looking for a one shot adventure for 1 player

[TriOpticon]

I am looking at trying to run a one shot adventure for just 1 friend. I would be GM and he'd be the PC. Are there any adventures made for FG for that situation or could any be run with just 1 PC?

If not, are there any published adventures you'd recommend trying? I could look at putting it into FG for us to try.

Thanks.

[damned]

Taliz Silver Paws has a few "location adventures" over on rpgnow. They come with maps and tokens.
They are probably not really intended as an adventure in themselves but would suit I imagine.
https://www.rpgnow.com/browse/pub/2143/WyldFurr/subcategory/3919_21301/Compass-Points
Set your PCs character up a level or two higher as he/she is going solo and see what happens.
Dying gloriously is not such a bad end...

[LordEntrails]

Solo adventures are tough to design. In part because it really depend upon what class the character is. I used to run a bunch using play-by-post back in the 3.0 days. Each one I had to setup with the character in mind. For instance, I could throw a few goblins or kobolds into melee with a fighter, but couldn't do the same with a wizard. You have to make sure that encounters allow characters to play to their strengths (at least most of the time) and when they don't, make sure the character has a way to win. (i.e. don't drop the ranged guy into a pit that is filled with a swarm of snakes unless he has burning hands or something).

Is their interest in solo adventures for 5E? I could see about putting a few together if their is.

[Zacchaeus]

There's nothing to stop your friend playing 2 or three characters. You could then run some of the smaller published adventures with slightly reduced NPC load.

[TriOpticon]

Thanks for the replies. I figured if there were none designed with just 1 PC in mind, he could run a couple characters if needed.

LordEntrails, thanks. Not exactly solo adventures. We thought it would be a good way for us to learn 5E and how FG works. I have played a couple of FG games (not 5E) and have been a little lost as to how some things work. I figured we could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by me running him through a 5E adventure. I hope it will also help me become more comfortable with FG and also being a GM. Eventually I would branch out to more players, add my own adventures, etc.

Thanks again for the suggestions!

[kylania]

You could always convert some One Page Dungeons which could be manageable enough for a DM and a single player.

Here's some previous winners: https://www.onepagedungeon.info/2015/

Any of the Prepared! series of articles from Kobold Press by Jon Sawatsky (https://koboldpress.com/author/page/2/?authorname=Jon%20Sawatsky) could be nice too. Here's a favorite of mine, Prepared!: The Impregnable Fortress of Dib!

https://koboldpress.com/prepared-the-impregnable-fortress-of-dib/

[midas]

You could also try converting the old 2e challenge series. There'd be some tweaking to be sure, but they're in general designed as solo adventures for each of the 4 base archetypes.

https://drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=HHQ&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=&x=0&y=0

[LordEntrails]

I don't know why I was thinking of solo. The discussion was always one-shot.

[midas]

It was both, actually--a one-shot adventure for the GM and one friend.

[TriOpticon]

Thanks again, everyone. Lots of things for me to try now. :) Hopefully I will learn how to create my own adventures in FG.