ITT: ways to start a campaign that aren't involving meeting in a tavern

ITT: ways to start a campaign that aren't involving meeting in a tavern

>the party is a group of well-equipped minions of a beholder who break free of their mind control due to magical fuckery and must go on the run

I'll try.

>the party are all gods, having been just usurped from their thrones of power, and need to re-earn their godhood status.

This would be pretty funny if the party members quickly discovered that they hated each other and they were only working together so well because of the mind control.

sounds fun.

>all paladin game for 5e
>party of paladins consist of actually bad people who just swore the paladin oaths because they really wanted to not die/get arrested etc
>trying to find a way out of their oaths that doesnt involve being smote for breaking said oaths

>be a party of bards
>absolutely killing it at a concert
>mostly because you have magic lutes
>the Lords of Lyres steal your lutes
>must work together

although honestly I'm pretty sure most all-bard parties would never adventure

>party are hired onto the same job
>party are in the same jail cell
>party are unconnected travelers who get caught in the same ruined keep during a blizzard
>party are refugees of some country-shattering event (zombies or whatever) on the same boat
>party wake up in the same field; their watches/phones/sundials/whatever indicate 12 hours have passed since their last memory

I actually like this, you could probably tweak it that like, the party isn't paladins but they swore an oath to a god they'd do some retarded task on their deathbed just to live again and some god actually took a chance on them

>get shanked in street brawl as filthy thief
>dying
>"oh gods please dont let me die here...I'll...I'll complete the pilgrimage of a thousand tears if you let me live"
>"okay"
>wait what

You are all slaves. Unfortunately slavery was just abolished by the hero of the realm. You must go on a journey to find maeketable skills and secure a steady job with benefits

>meet up in KKK equivalent, but anti elves/goblins/whatever
>everyone hates you and you gotta survive and lynch gobbos and shit

nah this is too /pol/ for me

You're out shopping when suddenly air raid sirens.