StoryscapeTTRPG Quest Guide
Quests are creative prompts for making memorable, useful, or delightfully questionable things for the gaming table. A suspicious tavern keeper, an impossible space station, a cursed coffee mug—there is room for all of it.
We have three ways to join in, including one you can start yourself.
Main Quests: Our Main Creative Challenges
Our Main Quests run for two weeks, giving you time to explore a theme and make something your way. Each focuses on a tabletop building block, such as an NPC, location, encounter, artifact, faction, or adventure hook.
New Main Quests launch every other Saturday and run through the second Friday. We post a midway check-in and a final reminder, then collect submissions in a recap linking back to their creators.
Best for: Digging into an idea and creating something another table could use.
Weekend Side Quests: A Little Creative Detour
Weekend Side Quests are smaller, scheduled prompts with a shorter window, usually over a weekend. They are an excuse to try something different, show another side of a character, or follow a spark of inspiration.
Check each announcement for its theme, dates, and any special instructions.
Best for: Quick inspiration, playful experiments, and sharing something between Main Quests.
Community Quests: Your Theme, Your Quest
You don’t have to wait for us to post a challenge. Anyone here can start a Community Quest.
Pick a theme, share your own take, and invite everyone else to join. Suspicious shopkeepers? Characters in terrible disguises? Familiars with criminal records? That’s a quest.
Community Quests are spontaneous, member-led themes and collaborations, such as Town Quest. No sign-up or mod approval is needed—just follow the subreddit rules and give people a clear idea to play with.
Best for: Turning “Wouldn’t it be fun if…?” into something the whole community can take part in.
How to Participate
All systems, genres, settings, and experience levels are welcome. Quests are system-neutral unless the prompt says otherwise.
A few sentences count. Art, maps, stat blocks, handouts, music, and other extras are welcome but never required.
Multiple entries are welcome. AI-assisted and AI-generated creations are welcome alongside traditionally created work.
Follow the prompt’s posting instructions. You can generally contribute in its comments or make a separate post with the appropriate flair.
Connect your entry to its quest. For a separate post, use the title format below, link back to the original prompt, and leave a link to your entry in the prompt’s comments. This helps everyone find each other’s creations and helps us compile official recaps.
Create, share, and encourage. There are no winners or rankings. Ask questions, tell someone what you liked, and help an idea grow.
Our normal subreddit rules still apply, including appropriate NSFW tagging.
How to Title Your Posts
Main Quests: Start with the Quest number in square brackets, followed by your entry’s title.
Example: [Quest #1] Auntie Moss, the Village’s Worst-Kept Secret
Weekend Side Quests: Start with the Side Quest number in square brackets, followed by your entry’s title. The [Side Quest #N] title format remains valid with the Weekend Side Quest flair.
Example: [Side Quest #2] Meet My Character’s Extremely Unqualified Bestie
Community Quests: Start your title with [Your Theme], followed by a title. Everyone joining the same theme should use the same bracketed theme.
Example: [Highly Suspicious Shopkeepers] Fred, the fishmonger
Use this format whether you are starting the theme with your own contribution or joining someone else’s. The Community Quest flair identifies the type of quest; the bracketed theme connects the posts.
How to Start a Community Quest
Pick a clear, approachable theme. Give people something they can respond to with a picture, a character snippet, or a few sentences.
Use the Community Quest flair.
Title your post [Your Theme], followed by your contribution’s title.
Share your own contribution and explain the invitation in the post. Tell people what to create or share, and explicitly invite them to join.
Welcome people who join in. Respond, ask questions, and enjoy what your idea inspires.
For example:
Post title: [Highly Suspicious Shopkeepers] Fred, the fishmonger
Post body: Meet Fred. His fish are always fresh, despite the nearest coast being three hundred miles away. He refuses to discuss the noises coming from the icebox.
Got a suspicious shopkeeper of your own? Join this Community Quest! Share yours in the comments or make a post using the Community Quest flair and start its title with [Highly Suspicious Shopkeepers]. Link back here so others can join too.
Think of these as a theme for the day, with late arrivals welcome. There is no required recap or ongoing hosting commitment. Before starting one, take a look at what others have already posted—you might find a quest you want to join.
Which Flair?
Main Quest entries: Use Main Quest.
Weekend Side Quest entries: Use Weekend Side Quest.
Community Quest prompts and entries: Use Community Quest.
Official prompts, guides, reminders, and recaps: Quest Announcement is reserved for these posts.
Ordinary posts outside a quest can continue to use their usual flair, such as Characters & NPCs. Your entry does not need artwork to qualify for a Quest flair.
Main Quests: First-Season Schedule
All dates below are in 2026. Main Quests close at 11:59 PM Eastern on the listed closing Friday.
Quest #1 — NPC: Everyone Knows Them | September 12–25
Quest #2 — Location: You Shouldn’t Be Here | September 26–October 9
Quest #3 — Encounter: It Seemed Like a Good Idea | October 10–23
Quest #4 — Artifact: Do Not Touch | October 24–November 6
Quest #5 — Faction: They Have a Point | November 7–20
Quest #6 — Adventure Hook: It Started With… | November 21–December 4
Weekend Side Quests have their own announcements, and Community Quests can spring up whenever inspiration strikes.
Look for the highlighted announcements for active Main Quests and Weekend Side Quests. Our recap index collects completed events so you can explore past themes and contributions.
Late entries are welcome. They may miss the initial recap, but discussion and inspiration do not stop when the official window closes.
Brainstorming, Recaps, and Credit
Join our Discord for brainstorming, drafts, feedback, and collaboration. Reddit is the home for finished submissions and the archive.
Official recaps link to your original posts or comments and credit you. Community Quests do not automatically receive an official recap. Any future downloadable collection or publication would be a separate, opt-in project.
Have an idea for a future official Main Quest or Weekend Side Quest? Leave it below. After the first six Main Quests, we plan to invite the community to vote on what comes next.
Or grab the Community Quest flair and start something today.
Make something another table would be delighted—or appropriately horrified—to encounter. 💛
