The Orc and the Pie

"Adventure Background: An orc has a pie.

Adventure Synopsis: The PCs kill the orc and take his pie.

Adventure Hook: The PCs are hungry for pie."

The Orc and the Pie is a very brief adventure module by Monte Cook, playable in just about any role-playing game system imaginable. It's an example of the simplest possible, yet technically complete adventure.

Seems to be gone from montecook.com, but still available at Instant Dungeon, among other places.


 * MacGuffin: The pie
 * Minimalism: A one-page, one encounter adventure that still has everything you need: a monster, a 10x10 room, treasure, and a future adventure hook ("Somewhere, there is a bakery making these good pies. Perhaps it's guarded by more orcs.")
 * Mook: By implication, the orc.
 * Our Orcs Are Different: This one happens to have a pie
 * Pastiche: Of every adventure module ever written, but especially of Dungeons and Dragons.