Monday, September 14, 2020

Expanded Dark Secrets Table

In some games set in Krevborna, the characters may not be pure-hearted heroes in the traditional sense. If you want a cast of characters burdened by their past misdeeds, havw each player either pick or roll a dark secret from the following table.


Dark Secret

d100

Secret

01-02

Abandonment. You abandoned your family, leaving them to fend for themselves.

03-04

Abusive. You were physically or emotionally violent to someone vulnerable.

05-06

Accomplice. You covered up the heinous crimes committed by some else.

07-08

Accursed. You are the unfortunate inheritor of a familial curse.

09-10

Addict. Perhaps you favor the sweet oblivion of opium or cannot resist drinking yourself into a stupor.

11-12

Bedlam. During a time of crisis you had a complete mental breakdown and were institutionalized.

13-14

Blackmailer. You once blackmailed a prominent member of society.

15-16

Bleak outlook. You find no pleasure or value in life.

17-18

Bloodsport. You participated in or were part of the audience for a game that was fatal to a participant.

19-20

Brawler. You entertained yourself by getting into needless, brutal fights.

21-22

Bully. You tormented someone else, pushing them to the very brink.

23-24

Cannibal. During an expedition you were forced to indulge in cannibalism to survive.

25-26

Compelled. You have always heard voices in your head urging you to do cruel, inhuman things.

27-28

Coward. You once witnessed a grave crime, but did not intervene.

29-30

Cultist. You were raised in an unwholesome cult.

31-32

Debasement. You supported yourself by engaging in activities you believe are beneath you.

33-34

Deserter. You were a soldier, but you abandoned your duties to save your own skin.

35-36

Double. You have adopted someone else’s name and identity to escape from your old life.

37-38

Duelist. You killed someone in a frivolous duel.

39-40

Extortionist. You demanded money and used the threat of violence to get it.

41-42

False witness. You turned in a rival who you knew was innocent to the authorities.

43-44

Feytouched. As a child you frolicked with the wicked fey under the cover of a deep, secret forest.

45-46

Flagellant. You abuse your body in the name of your religion.

47-48

Forbidden Love. You are in love with someone unsanctioned and disallowed.

49-50

Fraud. You pretended to be someone or something you are not in order to enrich yourself.

51-52

Gambler. You are addicted to gambling and have racked up an impressive debt.

53-54

Gossip. You spread malicious rumors, ruining someone’s reputation and good name.

55-56

Graverobber. You violated the sanctity of the grave for your own gain.

57-58

Haunted. You perceive the ghost of someone you have wronged at inopportune moments.

59-60

Hedonist. You are addicted to sensual pleasure and have led others down the path of the hedonist.

61-62

Heretic. Some of your religious sentiments run contrary to accepted church dogma.

63-64

Hypocrisy. You publicly crusade against a sin you freely indulge in private.

65-66

Illness. You suffer from an incurable fatal disease.

67-68

Lovelorn. You are in love with someone who does not return your affections.

69-70

Mad scientist’s assistant. You assisted an insane artificer with their horrid experiments.

71-72

Masochist. You find pleasure in accepting pain.

73-74

Massacre. You were a soldier who participated in war crimes against civilians.

75-76

Meddler. Your meddlesome ways have ruined someone’s life.

77-78

Murderer. You have taken a human life in cold blood.

79-80

Parricide. You killed one or both of your parents.

81-82

Predatory. Your financially predatory ways have ruined someone else’s economic prospects.

83-84

Raised by Wolves. Your parents abandoned you to nature in a place of desolation.

85-86

Resurrectionist. You exhumed and sold fresh corpses to medical schools for their anatomical lessons.

87-88

Robber. You stole an item of great worth.

89-90

Sadist. You find pleasure in delivering pain.

91-92

Sold to a Hag. You parents sold you to a vile hag you raised you in a hut deep within the woods.

93-94

Spendthrift. You squandered your inheritance shamefully.

95-96

Sworn. You have made an unholy pact with an otherworldly creature.

97-98

Vampire’s thrall. You willing gave your blood to the vampire who seduced you.

99-100

Voyeur. You take pleasure in watching and spying on others surreptitiously.