Monday, March 11, 2019

D20x6 Dwarven Exiles

Being given a dumb name is one of the greatest humiliations of becoming a dwarven exile.



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D20This dwarven exile is called
1Stone
2Rock
3Gold
4Silver
5Iron
6Steel
7Coal
8Beer
9Tin
10Copper
11Bronze
12Lead
13Chrome
14Boulder
15Bone
16Brass
17Billon
18Solder
19Stout
20Staunch
D20Name2
1craft
2beard
3pick
4axe
5coin
6forge
7hammer
8horn
9helm
10ring
11hall
12dome
13arch
14smith
15fist
16smite
17block
18mug
19spade
20maul
D20the
1Malingerer
2Yellow-Bellied
3Wasteful
4Teetotaller
5Ingrate
6Indolent
7Decadent
8Scourge
9Gadfly
10Effete
11Workshy
12Gobphile
13Negligent
14Deviant
15Fantasist
16Flippant
17Blabberer
18Erratic
19Deceiver
20Oathbreaker
D20They are marked as an exile by
1their shorn beard.
2the pariah-rune branded into their forehead.
3their swollen, blackened nose, stuffed with foul-smelling fungal resin that fuses to the flesh and becomes nigh-impossible to remove.
4their split, serpentine tongue.
5their scarred and gnarled hands, rendered useless for skilled labour.
6the asymmetric tattoos inked on every square inch of their skin.
7their permanently dilated pupils, made so by a tincture so that they could never adapt to the blinding-bright sun.
8their limping gait, caused by a weight fastened around one ankle by an ingenious lock.
9their crooked, elongated limbs, broken and stretched to make their stature closer to a surface-dweller’s.
10the list of their offenses scarred into their chest.
11their false teeth, carved from stipewood to replace the ones knocked out by their judge.
12their high and reedy voice, changed by the corrosive liquor they were forced to chug.
13their gaunt frame and the long, cauterized scar up their belly, from the length of guts removed to force their fast.
14the patches of tar and cave-bear hair they’ve yet to scrape off their body.
15the metal studs embedded in their skull, which cause them constant pain.
16the heavy piercings through every loose part of their flesh.
17the grotesque vizard affixed about their face by thick bands and hooks.
18the keloid mosaic depicting their judgement in their flesh.
19their one scooped-out eye, replaced by a cracked glass orb.
20their severed hands and feet, replaced by clumsy prosthetics.
D20They have carried from their home-hold
1a blunderbuss loaded with nails and caltrops.
2a pouch of crumb-sized nuggets of precious metals.
3a clockwork automatic crossbow, and a jug of the refined oil needed to lubricate it.
4a death-mask carved from a geode.
5the disownment letter from their family.
6a spring-loaded spear that can be extended into a ten-foot pole.
7a trench-knife and a bottle of chloroform.
8a grenade that has a 2-in-6 chance of being a dud.
9a bag of dried mushrooms that induce a berserker rage in those who eat them.
10three vials of acid.
11a lantern on a chain sturdy enough to serve as a flail.
12a sap and a package of naked mole-rat jerky.
13a pocketwatch smashed at the moment of their sentencing.
14their pet tunneldog, stocky and vicious.
15a lighter and a case of charcloth.
16a war-rocket, primed and ready to fire.
17some flint knives and a spear they’ve knapped themself.
18a tome of dwarf-law with their violations underlined.
19a shovel and a bad attitude.
20a crowbar and a stomach stuffed with haggis.
D20They now seek
1an honourable death.
2to found a new hold with other exiles.
3acceptance in a human community.
4to run a gang with other criminals.
5legal precedent for their return.
6a way to forsake their old self and gain a new one.
7a place where they can contemplate their mistakes in solitude.
8to experiment with all the things forbidden to them in their former hold.
9to drink their sorrows away.
10to work for any who will hire them.
11a glorious tomb to spite their once-companions.
12to sour the allies of their former hold against it.
13to make a monument to their shame so that no others repeat it.
14to sell their former hold out to its enemies at a prodigious price.
15to find a workshop and manufacture dwarven inventions for human buyers.
16to settle a grudge with the one who set them up for their fall.
17redemption through fanatical faith in a human god.
18an audience with the spirits of the mountain.
19a way to the utter depths where they can prove their superiority to their old hold.
20any meaning in their life, flitting from pursuit to pursuit like a hummingbird.

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