Sidekicks & Sidequests

Building a world, one character at a time.

Jack

  1. This is a character that Brian Rose randomly generated with my tables.
  2. What is this character’s name? - Jack
  3. What is their ancestry (i.e. human, elf, dwarf, halfling, etc)? - Sky Elf
  4. What is your job or role (i.e. farmer, hierling/mercenary, shopowner, bandit, etc)? - Farmer
  5. How old are you? - Elder
  6. Describe your physical appearance. - Cantankerous, whizened, slumpy, has done hard work for a long time on his farm, doesn't smile or frown - something inbetween. His wings are past their prime.
  7. Describe yourself with 3 adjectives. - Wise, Knowledgable, Loyal
  8. What is a valuable item/piece of lore/secret that this character possesses? Or do they value an ideal/concept or particular person (i.e. family member, guild member, honor, justice, love etc.) - Jack is an expert about manticores.
  9. What is a particular quest you would be willing to recruit or hire the player characters to go do? - Jack needs the players to go an hunt some local game, which means going on a manticore-hunt!
  10. What would be their reward for succeeding? - Jack has some money he might be able to give them. He also knows how to grow and cultivate certain plants/ingredients for potions, etc. Jack might have some knowledge about the nearby BBEG. Also being an expert on manticores, he could pass on his knowledge about how to properly use all the parts of the manticore for food, leather, spell components, potion ingredients, etc.
  11. What would be the consequence of failure or refusing the call? - If Jack has information on their main story questline, it makes it complicated for their failure or refusal (town/farmer destruction, NPC deaths, etc.). The players reputation with the sky elf community is drastically affected with local law enforcement following you around. Grandchildren of Jack shame you for not helping. More manticores appear in random encounter attacks on the road.

Optional Questions - not required

  • What are the goals and motivations of your character? - To take care of his farm, get a good crop, and provide for a living for his family.
  • How do these affect your general personality? - He's stone-faced, but he's happy with his living and the work he does.
  • How do you normally interact with your family/friends/peers? With your enemies/rivals? With people who work for you/report to you? With player characters? - Jack is warmer with family and friends. He opens up to players if they get to know him. Jack is guarded and silent against people he doesn't know. Once he gets talking, he won't stop.
  • Do you have a particular accent or language? Any idiosyncrasies in how you act and speak? - Jack speaks Elvish for sure. English or American accent, upper-crust in the Common tongue.
  • What impact have you made on the world? How have you shaped the local area? - If he's a solid farmer and knows about the manticores, Jack is teaching the next generation about these things. He is a bedrock in the community.
  • Do you have any current problems that prevent you from being a bigger player on the stage? - Jack is just older and can't swing his sword like he used to. He's fearful that he can't do it. He second guesses himself. Old age, he is a grandfather figure, working to teach his children and grandchildren on how to take care of the land once he's gone.