A free, ready to run, D&D 5e Scenario

Fields of Auriel are ablaze is a short, cinematic prelude adventure for D&D 5e, set a few months before The Rite of the Rose. On a night choked with smoke and panic, raiders set the countryside of Auriel Gate ablaze and the characters are caught in the middle, fighting to save farmers, animals, and winter stores before everything turns to ash.

Why you’ll like it

• High-pressure, clear stakes: spreading fire, trapped civilians, hard choices.

• Instantly playable structure: scene-by-scene flow with strong pacing.

• Foreshadowing: starts hinting at future events and directly ties to the next one-shot adventure

What’s inside

• A complete 2-pages prelude scenario designed to be run on the fly.

• Environmental challenges and escalating hazards (fire, smoke, collapsing structures)

• Combat and objective-based moments you can tune to your party

• The Rose Pin reward (recognition from the Knights of the Rose)

• An epilogue hook that launches directly into The Rite of the Rose

Use it as: a prologue to start a campaign arc, a dramatic one-night session, or a “memory of the past” to give emotional weight to what comes next.