61 Five Times Your Name Was Cursed

Adventurers tend to upset people. Not being bound by conventional laws and disrupting the status quo everywhere you travel will do that. The best adventurers have heard many people shout angry expletives at their backs.

images Answer the prompts and select details to create dramatic scenes from your adventuring past.

A Bystander

During one of your escapades, you damaged a piece of private property. You were too busy to care at the time, but the owner either saw it happen or was shocked to find it. Describe what you broke and how it happened:



images How did you respond to the event? (choose one)

images I didn’t even think about it.

images I apologized in the moment, and that’s enough.

images I eventually sent compensation to the owner.

images I repaired the damage myself.

A Rival

In the course of a contentious professional relationship, you dazzled a rival with a moment of brilliant competence and ingenuity. Her knowledge of you and the field in which you compete was enough to let her know how impressive you are. Describe your moment of victory:



images How did your rival respond? (choose one)

images By learning from you

images By working to match you

images By creating an underhanded advantage

images By giving up in frustration

An Authority

Your action severely disrupted an orderly tradition, ceremony, or event to the point it has permanently changed. Years later, a new status quo exists despite the reservations of the powers that be. What moment of boldness inspired a change?



images What did that moment spark? (choose one)

images Wonder

images Self-expression

images Revolution

images Dissolution

An Enemy

You disrupted the plans of a superior foe. Without your interference he stood to reap a substantial gain since he had accounted for everything but you. Describe the moment your enemy discovered his plan had failed:



images What does he feel when he thinks of it now? (choose one)

images Rage

images Annoyance

images Humiliation

images Reluctant respect

Yourself

You have made many mistakes over the course of your life. One is central to your sense of self. It is something that created or underscored a truth about you that you find unpleasant. What happened as a result of this mistake?



images How did you grow from this? (choose one)

images I accepted a limit.

images I committed to change.

images I looked for help.

images I became disillusioned.