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So post-Christmas I find myself owning a copy of the Tome of Adventure Design. It's pretty much a big book of random tables to spike the imagination when coming up with new adventures.
and after a couple of goes at it, it's actually quite fun
So far I've got myself a side-quest where the PCs help a smuggler rescue a freind from his former employers, in exchange for access to a Teleport Circle that will get them caught up to some enemies of theirs.
The 2nd is about a Tiefling planning revenge on a city. After murdering his mother and driving his grandfather mad he used their wealth and connections to fence stolen goods that his bandit gang have been stealing from other merchants. He is using that money to get slaves en-mass, that he tosses into a toxic pit he found in the ruins of an alchemical factory. The poluted slime of the pit takes over the bodies creating Slime Zombies, allowing him to build an undead army.
Like any helpful random chart system it works by dumping a bunch of different things at your feet and then leaves it up to you to make sense of it all. It's a great help if you find yourself in a rutt or pressed for ideas.
As an example.
See what you might come up with from the following
Memory Traps
Villain seeks to increase personal power by researching how to activate item that will bring him minions
Special Monster - Ooze, Sphere, immune to non-magical weapons, Attack with direct contact (Acid Damage + Condition), Name = Silver Clot
Time Element - Weather will seal off location after a certain time
Backstory of dungeon
Inhabitants change their beliefs
Site was place of conflict between two different races
Cleric or Religious leader
Prison
Last important event was completion of a promise or obligation
Outcome created a dangerous item
1000 years ago