Adventurers put their lives on the line every day, but that behavior had to start somewhere. This exercise will help you outline how you learned to do this.
Choose or use a d6 to randomly roll elements of the first time you risked your life for something and describe what you created once the scene was clear.
IT HAPPENED . . .
1 When I was only a child
2 When I was still learning to read
3 Before I could call myself an adult
4 When I first left home
5 Before I mastered my craft
6 Only very recently
I DID IT TO . . .
1 Get something valuable
2 Impress someone
3 Prove I was not a coward
4 Test my abilities
5 Save someone important
6 Get out of a worse situation
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE . . .
1 I broke a few bones
2 I got a nasty scar
3 I lost something small
4 I lost a limb
5 I occasionally have flashbacks
6 I got away unscathed
1 About what a fool I was
2 How lucky I am
3 If only I had been stronger then
4 I did everything I could
5 I wouldn’t have it any other way
6 I should have tried it sooner
Think of the closest call during this situation and describe the scene.