Free Adventure: The Statue Heist — plus a website with all the tools to run it at your table [5e, Lvl 3-5, 3-7hrs]
A flying island whodunit — suspects to question, a curator hiding something, and a boss encounter with hand-crafted magic items that reward the player paying attention over the one with the highest damage roll.
The Statue Heist is a free D&D 5e one-shot for levels 3–5, running 3–7 hours depending on your table's pace.
The statues are gone. The sculptor with them. A man everyone trusts is lying. And beneath the earth, something that hasn't moved in centuries is about to.
What's in the adventure
- Full text with NPCs, locations, and encounter breakdowns
- Investigation phase with multiple witnesses, clues, and a satisfying reveal
- A villain with genuinely sympathetic motives
- Boss fight with 4 enemies and a sealing mechanic — protect the scroll reader for 3 rounds
- d10 custom magic item loot table found before the finale
The website
Instead of a PDF, the adventure lives on a purpose-built site I originally made for myself — I use Obsidian for notes but wanted everything accessible on any device mid-session. It has:
- Stat blocks for all enemies
- Linked spell descriptions (click the name, description opens inline)
- Initiative tracker
- Notes system
- Everything in one tab — no switching mid-combat
Art & credits
Maps and location art are from Cze & Peku — I used the Sky Islands vista, Tailor, Bakery, Magic Popup Shop, Medusa battlemaps and Museum battlemap. The site links directly to each pack. Adventure was inspired by a hook from Dungeon Influence — full credits on the site.
This is my first adventure written for people outside my own table. I've run it once and it landed well, but I'd genuinely value feedback — encounter balance, pacing, anything you'd restructure.
https://max-mgv.github.io/Drifting-Crown-Adventures/index.html
TL;DR: Free 5e one-shot (Lvl 3–5, 3–7hrs). Flying island mystery, underground temple, boss fight with a sealing mechanic. Website has stat blocks, spell lookup, initiative tracker and notes all in one place. Feedback very welcome.