Ideas Are Easy

[ericthered]

Caravan to Hades

Even if the natural resources of Hell are unpleasant, Hell's resources are quite abundant: raw sulfur, natural caustic acids just lying around, and spare and discarded souls. An ambitious prince has bartered who knows what for the rights to a plot of land in Hell, and hopes to set up a city there, doing a roaring trade in all sorts of supernatural substances.

To do that, he needs to set up a gate. And that involves transporting an insanely powerful magical Gem across 600 miles of Hell, only some of which is ruled by the relevant demon lord. Besides the demons would love to get their hands on the gem to further their own power, the caravan must worry about hostile wildlife, bored demons, and formidable natural obstacles.

And there may be some fine print and foul play with the demon prince you're supposedly working with.

This is basically an excuse to pull out the DF Monsters 5: Demons book and give it a real work out in a high-magic setting.