Lord of Inconvenience

Ok so I have an idea for a campaign/plot hook and wanted to know what /tg/ thought of it: the adventurers are given a quest by a hobbit to defeat an evil mastermind in a dungeon far out of town. the adventurers go on and, apart from the standard random encounters they also frequently meet up with MORDRED THE INCONVENIENT, a hobbit who practices his brand of evil by inconveniencing the adventurers. he never kills them or does any lasting harm, just inconveniences. eg: he trades all the parties gold for the equivalent value in copper coins (HAHA NOW YOU ARE INCONVENIENCED WITH EXTRA WEIGHT!) or he slips one member of the party a sleeping potion which knocks them out for 8 hours when the party is supposed to leave in... SEVEN! mordred goes through and randomly harrasses the party until they get to the bbeg and I reveal it is actually Mordred. He reveals he disguised himself as the hobbit from the beginning and gave them that mission to inconvenience them and lead them to the mystical chamber of minor annoyances.
I also imagine him as having a cape with a tall neck, a monocle, a saturday morning cartoon villain voice and every time the inconvenience is revealed he drops a smoke bomb and runs away (never disappears)

examples:
the adventurers awake to find all their shoelaces have been stolen.
mordred is standing there rubbing his hands and saying "this increases the chances of your footwear falling off!!! I AM DIABOLICAL" *pomf*

the adventurers detour into a small dungeon
all trap checks work, even critical failures
they reach the end and cue mordred
party is confused
he reveals he disarmed all the traps.
"I not only inconvenience you, I inconvenience other evil beings too. MY EVIL KNOWS NO BOUNDS" *pomf*

the adventurers enter a town
somebody has been spreading rumors about them
not damning, just snide and nasty
they have to explain away the rumors, which is inconvenient
MORDRED

a party member goes to drink from his water flask,
its all brackish water
he is near a river but he has to backtrack to get to it which is really inconvenient
MORDRED!!!

all the labels on the herbalism kit have been switched
MORDRED

rope has been tied into itself, forcing the adventurers to untie it before use
MORDRED

the party is supposed to be gone for a month
they get rations to last them that long
one of the party members ends up exactly one day short
MORDRED

he stops them on the road but says nothing
they ask what the hell is he doing
he said he already did it
they ask what?
he says they have to figure it out
"ITS DIABOLICAL" *pomf*
he actually just inconvenienced them by making them figure out the inconvienence he supposedly did

they try to eat some bread in the morning
it all has bite marks in it
MORDRED!

bard asks for coffee
no coffee in entire village
the fuck?
somebody bought it all last night, only tea left in town
MORDRED THAT MONSTER!!!

>somebody buys the party food, wishes to remain anonymous
>check for poison
>its clean
>they eat it
>Mordred reveals himself
>"that was made with week old shellfish!!!"
>"ENJOY YOUR STOMACH CRAMPS!"
>laughter *pomf*
>they all get the shits for 24 hours if they fail heal checks
MORDRED THAT ASSHOLE

party comes upon a road sign
the signs have been switched or the distances changed
MORDRED

party finds only decent campsite in scary woods
lay out bedrolls
lay down
its bumpy as shit
they look closer
hundreds of medium sized stones buried inches into the ground all over the campsite
UNCOMFORTABLE IS IT NOT?! MUHWAHAHAHAHAHAH *pomf*

>party nearing town
> lone booth on road
>man inside says its a toll road, everybody has to pay 2 silver to pass
>since when was this a toll road?
>since last week, man answers
>city council decided on it unanimously, something about profit streams for some city park project
>suddenly a wild mordred appears from behind a boulder
>AND CAN YOU FATHOM A GUESS AS TO WHO PROPOSED THE IDEA TO THE COUNCIL?
>YOU HAVE TO OBEY IT AS IT IS THE LAW OF THIS LAND OR ELSE FACE.... A FINE AND POSSIBLE COMMUNITY SERVICE!!!!
MUHWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

fucking Mordred

also, and I am iffy on this (even if it is a silly level zero quest), the final defeat of Mordred yields no rewards of actual value. just some trinkets and other cheap or mildly but not supremely useful stuff.
inconvenient isnt it?

No, it should be gear enchanted to be slightly heavier than normal.
YOU LOST MY SWORD? TRY ACCIDENTALLY SWINGING TOO MUCH FOR FIVE MINUTES!
MUAHAHAHA