26 Rival

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.

images 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

images We first fought . . . (choose one)

images After I corrected him, her, or them

images Over the same prize

images For the attention of the same person

images In a situation that nearly got us killed

images Because of pride

images Over something unbelievably petty, but I secretly . . . (choose one)

images Admire his, her, or their strength

images Envy his or her privilege

images Want his or her approval

images Crave his, her, or their attention

images Trust him or her with my life

images Find him or her attractive

MY RIVAL . . .

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