Brainstorming for a silly oneshot
Our main campaign has been reaching its climax, a lot of surprise reveals and a major death recently, so I wanted to give my players (and myself) a break with a silly fun oneshot. New separate characters from the main story, lvl 3 ish. Encouraged to build for fun and flavor over power.
The concept I had in mind is:
The characters see posters that a carnival is looking for new performers. They get the job, but realize too late that the posters were hidden messages for the thieves guild, and they’ve been mistaken for members.
I want It to be very character and socially focused as opposed to combat or exploration, something I need to work on in our main campaign.
Any ideas for NPCs, situations, settings would be greatly appreciated (bonus points if they encourage roleplay or potential funny moments).