On your journey you will face many foes. Some will cause pain; others will make you groan in irritation. Only one spurs you forward at every pass, delicately walking the line between friend and foe. This exercise will help craft an outline for a rival your GM can bring to life.
Roll a d6 or choose the details you think suit you best.
WE MET . . . (CHOOSE ONE)
1 When I was a child
2 In training
3 On the road
4 In a dungeon
5 In a tavern
6 Running from the same threat
WE CANNOT STAND EACH OTHER DESPITE . . . (CHOOSE ONE)
1 Practicing the same craft
2 Being bound by blood
3 Once being great friends
4 Having the same master
5 Having similar taste
6 Saving each other’s lives
We first fought . . . (choose one)
After I corrected him, her, or them
Over the same prize
For the attention of the same person
In a situation that nearly got us killed
Because of pride
Over something unbelievably petty, but I secretly . . . (choose one)
Admire his, her, or their strength
Envy his or her privilege
Want his or her approval
Crave his, her, or their attention
Trust him or her with my life
Find him or her attractive
Looks |
Behaves |
1 Stylish 2 Oafish 3 Dangerous 4 Wealthy 5 Frail 6 Like me |
1 Impulsively 2 Thoughtfully 3 Cruelly 4 Haughtily 5 Nobly 6 Like me |
Dresses |
Fights |
1 With style 2 In unmistakable colors 3 In skulls and bones 4 In finery 5 Barely at all 6 Like me |
1 With a demon’s strength 2 Like a coward 3 With tactical thought 4 To his last breath 5 With dazzling grace 6 Like me |
Speaks |
Would never |
1 With infuriating decorum 2 Boorishly 3 In a cool growl 4 With unshakable confidence 5 Like a salesperson 6 Like me |
1 Harm an innocent 2 Forsake her homeland 3 Admit he is beaten 4 Break an oath 5 Tell more than a half-truth 6 Enter a fair fight |