#54 : The Cat, the Witch, and the Auction | A Whimsical D&D 5e Fairy-Tale One-Shot Adventure for 2-3 Players (Levels 2-3)

Pet the cat. Save the witch. Outbid the fae. A whimsical D&D 5e fairy-tale one-shot for 2–3 players.

A black cat slips through your tavern door at moonrise, carrying a silver locket in his teeth. He drops it at your feet and asks to be petted. Touch him — and the world tilts. You shrink to the size of a mouse. The locket shrinks with you. The cat lowers his shoulder, asking you to climb on, and the urgency in his gold eyes is unmistakable: his witch is in trouble, and the moon is rising.

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The Cat, the Witch, and the Auction is a whimsical D&D 5th Edition one-shot adventure designed for 2–3 players at levels 2–3, built to run in a single 2-to-3-hour session at your table. No rebalancing required. No prep needed. Drop in tonight.

The party rides Soot the cat across a fae-touched garden, gathering allies, currency, and curiosities along branching paths — a stag beetle merchant under siege, a frog noble in a reed cage, a mole bookkeeper's archive being eaten alive — and arrives at a flamboyant fae auction where the witch herself has become Lot Thirteen, sealed in a glass jar and being sold off piece by piece alongside her cottage.

The auction is the climax. Disrupt it through bidding, leverage, alliances, evidence, or the secret carried in the locket the party has held since Act One. The renegotiated-pact ending and the combat ending are both available. The choice is the players' to make.

What's Inside:

• Complete D&D 5th Edition one-shot adventure for 2–3 players, levels 2–3
• Designed to run in a single 2-to-3-hour session
• Four-act structure with branching path system — choices matter
• 8 detailed black-and-white battle maps with grid overlay
• 12 fully-statted creatures and NPCs (no flipping to other books required)
• 4 pre-generated characters on photocopiable two-page sheets
• 6 alternate opening hooks for slotting into any campaign
• 8 What If? scenarios for handling unexpected player decisions
• Epilogue with multiple endings and long-term consequences
• 6 campaign hooks for continuing the adventure into a longer arc
• No prep required — read it, run it, ready tonight

Perfect For:

• DMs running small groups of 2–3 players who need adventures balanced for that size, not scaled-down party-of-five modules
• Tables looking for whimsical fantasy without grimdark, body horror, or excessive moral weight
• Anyone who wants a one-shot that respects player agency at the climax
• Sessions where you want meaningful roleplay and combat in the same evening
• DMs who like fae-flavored fairy tales but don't want a Brothers Grimm body count
• Anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to ride a cat into adventure

About the Ready Adventure Series

The Ready Adventure Series from Anvil N Ink Publishing is a growing line of zero-prep one-shots designed specifically for 2–3 players. Every adventure runs in 2-to-3 hours, requires no rebalancing for small groups, and is built to drop straight into your campaign or run as a standalone session. Other titles span heists, mysteries, prison breaks, gothic horror, shipwreck survival, and more — a wide tonal range under one structural approach.

Pet the cat. Save the witch. Outbid the fae.

Add to your library and run it tonight.