Roll a d6 to give your familiar a seemingly easy task:You task your familiar with a simple job, which it completes diligently despite nightmarish complications. Roll dice to create foundational story details and answer prompts to see where they take you.
Roll a d6 to give your familiar a seemingly easy task:
1 To collect a crucial ingredient
2 To watch something vulnerable
3 To find information
4 To keep a situation orderly
5 To tidy a mess
6 To stay out of the way and not cause problems
This is important because: (choose two)
It involves something you both care for.
Lives are on the line.
You are both trying to impress someone.
Time is of the essence.
The familiar recently failed a task and wants to make up for it.
THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS . . .
Roll a d6 twice to find a limitation your familiar has to deal with and an external threat that makes its work all but impossible.
External Threats |
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1 It is not physically strong enough to do something simple. 2 The task unexpectedly involves speech. 3 It will have to trespass somewhere it is not supposed to be. 4 You did not supply it with all the right tools. 5 Its presence makes a person or animal nervous. 6 It has not been given all the necessary information. |
1 A predatory animal starts stalking your familiar. 2 A celebration or event turns a peaceful area chaotic. 3 An unreliable party member has decided to “help.” 4 One of your enemies has chosen this time to strike. 5 Your familiar encounters a trap. 6 Someone is competing for the same resource. |
What gets destroyed in the process of completing this task?
What indignity does your familiar suffer?
How does your familiar set things right before you return?
What small problem do you notice when your familiar miraculously presents you with the fruits of its labor?