Dark Secrets (100 Entries)

 

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I've published various versions of the table below on this blog before, but each time the table expands horrifically. It began as a twenty-entry table, then fifty...and now it's a full hundred options.

Dark Secrets

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, have each player either pick or roll for a dark secret from the following table.  

d100	Secret
01	Abandonment. You abandoned your family, leaving them to fend for themselves.
02	Abducted. You were kidnapped by bandits or pirates as a child.
03	Abusive. You were physically or emotionally violent to someone vulnerable.
04	Accomplice. You covered up the heinous crimes committed by some else.
05	Accursed. You are the unfortunate inheritor of a familial curse.
06	Addict. Perhaps you favor the sweet oblivion of opium or cannot resist drinking yourself into a stupor.
07	Assaulted at night. You are visited by a hag who sits on your chest at night, rendering you unable to move.
08	Bedlam. During a time of crisis you had a complete mental breakdown and were institutionalized.
09	Black mark. One of your family members is an infamous criminal.
10	Blackmailer. You extorted a prominent member of society because you knew their secret.
11	Bleak outlook. You find no pleasure or value in life.
12	Bloodsport. You participated in or were part of the audience for a game that was fatal to a participant.
13	Born under a bad sign. The night you were born the stars turned blood red in the night sky.
14	Brawler. You entertained yourself by getting into needless, brutal fights.
15	Bully. You tormented someone else, pushing them to the very brink.
16	Burdened by family tradition. You were born into a family of monster hunters and feel compelled to follow that path despite your aversion to it.
17	Buried treasure. A map to a trove of pirate treasure has come into your possession, but you do not know how to read it.
18	Caliban. You have a physical malformation due to a hag using black magic in the vicinity of your birth.
19	Cannibal. During an expedition you were forced to commit cannibalism to survive.
20	Charmed. You were once under the control of an arcanist who used enchantments to break your will.
21	Compelled to sail the seas. You were press-ganged into the crew of a ship.
22	Compelled. You have always heard voices in your head urging you to do cruel, inhuman things.
23	Coward. You once witnessed a grave crime, but did not intervene.
24	Cultist. You were raised in an unwholesome cult.
25	Dancing with the green fairy. You are visited by an archfey when you drink absinthe.
26	Debasement. You supported yourself by engaging in activities you believe are beneath you.
27	Deserter. You were a soldier, but you abandoned your duties to save your own skin.
28	Double. Someone else in the world looks exactly like you and sometimes commits crimes in your name.
29	Double. You have adopted someone else’s name and identity to escape from your old life.
30	Duelist. You killed someone in a duel of honor.
31	End of days. You only ever dream of bloody war and world-ending confrontations.
32	Enslaved. You were once kept in bondage as a slave.
33	Entrusted. You were given a letter to deliver by a dying traveler.
34	Escapee. You managed to escape from a prison before finishing your sentence.
35	Expelled. You were forced to leave a school or apprenticeship due to an indiscretion.
36	Extortionist. You demanded money and used the threat of violence to get it.
37	Failed execution. You were believed to have been executed for a crime, but you miraculously survived.
38	False witness. You turned in a rival who you knew was innocent to the authorities.
39	Feytouched. As a child you frolicked with the wicked Hollow fey under the cover of a deep, secret forest.
40	Fixated. You have an unhealthy obsession with another person.
41	Flagellant. You abuse your body in the name of your religion.
42	Forbidden love. You are in love with someone unsanctioned and disallowed.
43	Foundling. You were raised in an orphanage or foundling hospital.
44	Framed. You were imprisoned for a crime you did not commit.
45	Fraud. You pretended to be someone or something you are not in order to enrich yourself.
46	Friend turned enemy. A childhood friend is now your bitter enemy.
47	Gambler. You are addicted to gambling and have racked up an impressive debt.
48	Gossip. You spread malicious rumors, ruining someone’s reputation and good name.
49	Graverobber. You violated the sanctity of the grave for your own gain.
50	Harangued. A saint regularly chastises you for your moral failings.
51	Haunted. You perceive the ghost of someone you have wronged at inopportune moments.
52	Hedonist. You are addicted to sensual pleasure and have led others down the path of the hedonist.
53	Heretic. Some of your religious sentiments run contrary to accepted church dogma.
54	Hideous parasite. A monstrous parasite lives within your body.
55	Hunted. You were born the heir to a bloodline that someone with power is invested in destroying.
56	Hypocrisy. You publicly crusade against a sin you freely indulge in private.
57	Illness. You suffer from an incurable fatal disease.
58	Imaginary friend. You never outgrew your childhood imaginary friend; they urge you to commit misdeeds.
59	Imp of the perverse. You face a constant urge to do things that you know to be wrong.
60	Jealousy. You are consumed by jealousy over something that another person has that is absent from your life.
61	Lovelorn. You are in love with someone who does not return your affections.
62	Mad scientist’s assistant. You assisted an insane artificer with their horrid experiments.
63	Marked for sacrifice. You were very nearly sacrificed by a cult or doomsday sect of the Church.
64	Masochist. You find pleasure in accepting pain.
65	Massacre. You were a soldier who participated in war crimes against civilians.
66	Meddler. Your meddlesome ways have ruined someone’s life.
67	Missing relation. One of your family members vanished suddenly; you want to track them down.
68	Murderer. You have taken a human life in cold blood.
69	Mysterious key. You were entrusted with a key to a vault—but the vault’s location is unknown to you.
70	Mysterious scars. Your body is defaced by scars, but you have no memory how you earned these wounds.
71	Nightmares from the Far Realm. An Elder Evil speaks to you in your dreams.
72	Parricide. You killed one or both of your parents.
73	Past life. You have vivid memories of your previous life before being reincarnated.
74	Plague survivor. Your village or neighborhood was decimated by disease; you were the only survivor.
75	Predatory. Your financially predatory ways have ruined someone else’s economic prospects.
76	Pretender. You claim an accomplishment or title that you have no real right to.
77	Promised in marriage. An arranged marriage you do not want awaits you.
78	Publish and perish. A book or tract you have written has earned the ire of the authorities.
79	Punished by the gods. You were struck by lightning and survived.
80	Raised by a monster. You were raised by the monster who slew your parents.
81	Raised by wolves. Your parents abandoned you to nature in a place of desolation.
82	Red of tooth and claw. In your dreams you roam the night as a predatory animal.
83	Repression. You are nagged by the certainty that you have repressed a traumatic memory.
84	Resurrectionist. You exhumed and sold fresh corpses to medical schools for their anatomical lessons.
85	Robber. You stole an item of great worth.
86	Sadist. You find pleasure in delivering pain.
87	Secret royalty. You are distantly related to Krevborna’s executed royal family
88	Sold to a hag. You parents sold you to a vile hag who raised you in a hut deep within the woods.
89	Spendthrift. You squandered your inheritance shamefully.
90	Stolen valor. You pass yourself off as a hero.
91	Survivor’s guilt. You are the sole survivor of a terrible shipwreck.
92	Sworn. You have made an unholy pact with an otherworldly creature.
93	Target of temptation. A fiend regularly attempts to coax you into a pact.
94	Uncanny home. The house you grew up in was haunted.
95	Unholy. When you enter a church, you can feel your skin crawl.
96	Unnatural jailers. Your family guards a prison that confines a monster.
97	Unwilling warrior. You were drafted into a mercenary company by force.
98	Vampire’s thrall. You willing gave your blood and service to a vampire.
99	Voyeur. You take pleasure in watching and spying on others surreptitiously.
100	Roll twice on this table; yours has been an eventful life.