“ This +1 Plate Armour was created for a king who hated to go on field trips with his army. He said this made it al bareable. It keeps the wearer at an extremely comfortable temperature and you can sleep in it. Supposedly there is the same enchantment on a suit of chainmail”
“ The PCs are accosted in a major city containing at least one famous fortuneteller / prophet of the future. They are informed that their as-yet-unborn child will (insert terrible evil), and that, although they are very sorry, the PC must be executed to keep this from happening.”
“ Enraged by the violation of the Peace Pool and the Whalebone Forest, a dead leviathan has risen from the bottom of the ocean and now hounds ships around the port where the stolen jewels went to land. It capsizes ships and devours sailors whole, spears protuding from its dead and crab-eaten hide.”