Thursday, July 14, 2022

D20x5 Boisterous Bandits

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D20This bandit has
1a browned and rotting grin.
2a scarred, mottled face.
3an intense, unwavering stare.
4plump and rosy cheeks.
5protruding nose and ear hairs.
6elegantly coiffed hair.
7front teeth chipped down to their roots.
8chapped, scabby lips.
9long, well cared-for nails.
10a scraggly goatee.
11the dangling skin of someone who lost a lot of weight very quickly.
12terrible acne.
13a Glasgow smile carved into their face.
14nautically-themed sleeve tattoos.
15an eye gone milky from a cataract.
16a bad case of dandruff.
17a corner of their ear torn off.
18a protruding beer belly.
19a tongue that’s been split like a snake’s.
20the same finger missing on both hands.
D20This bandit wears
1a boiled leather cuirass.
2the tattered uniform of a tax collector.
3a hat made from fox tails.
4puffy silk trousers.
5a belt made of bent silver cutlery.
6signet rings from three different minor noble families.
7dog skulls as pauldrons.
8a bandolier stocked with liquor flasks.
9a helmet studded with nubby goat horns.
10a hangman’s noose around their neck.
11a garter made from dried guts.
12clothing stitched with leafy branches as camouflage.
13a buff coat with riding boots.
14a tapestry of hunting scenes as a shawl.
15a burlap scarf.
16a jacket with copper coins sewn onto it.
17a mendicant’s bowl strapped around their head as a cap.
18a stained velvet cape.
19a taxidermied sparrow on their shoulder.
20a jester’s patchy and colourful outfit.
D20This bandit wields
1a scab-crusted truncheon.
2a pair of rusty pistols. They’ll explode on the roll of a 1, and take 1d4 fingers with them when they do.
3a chipped dagger.
4a dented mace.
5a stolen sabre.
6a bent spear.
7a lumberjack’s axe.
8a fisherman’s harpoon.
9a war-scythe.
10a sledgehammer.
11one half of a pair of shears as a shank.
12a hefty, mossy log.
13a pitchfork.
14a stiletto rubbed with soot to dull its gleam.
15a rock on the end of a rope and a sickle.
16a bow and arrows.
17a mattock.
18a splintery crossbow.
19a notched machete.
20a miner’s pick.
D20This bandit turned to banditry
1because they were next-in-line to inherit an estate and the first heir wanted them eliminated.
2because they chafed under the limits of law.
3because their harvest failed one year and stealing seemed more appealing than starving.
4to escape an arranged marriage to a manipulative brute.
5because a lung infection prevents them from doing honest, arduous labour.
6because the commons they depended upon were enclosed.
7at a very young age, after being abandoned in the woods.
8after a friend showed off all the ill-gotten gains they’d acquired doing the same.
9because their village was crushed in quelling a peasant rebellion.
10after being framed for a crime that carried the death penalty.
11because they became addicted to a drug and became unable to pay for it any other way.
12because they romanticized the lifestyle after hearing too many stories about folkloric bandits.
13because even after they came back from war they were unable to turn away from the path of violence.
14because they grew old without any children to take care of them.
15because they’re paranoid that living in society will expose them to plague.
16to track down and kill the bandit chief who murdered their parents.
17because their family was hated and shunned for an ancestor’s sin.
18after getting shut out from legitimate practice of their profession by a protectionist guild.
19because their only real talents are in criminal pursuits.
20out of a sadistic impulse to prey on their fellow man.
D20This bandit specializes in
1protection rackets.
2smuggling illegal substances.
3horse theft.
4highway robbery.
5arson and insurance fraud.
6breaking and entering.
7bribery and graft.
8infiltrating the guards of merchant caravans.
9poaching.
10playing the bait for ambushes.
11losing pursuers.
12making deaths look like accidents.
13recruiting unscrupulous sorts.
14wrecking carts, wagons, and carriages.
15intimidation and corruption.
16grand larceny.
17inspiring panic and confusion.
18planning heists.
19creating distractions for others to commit dirty deeds.
20contract assassination.

1 comment:

  1. Usable & not just for laughs- I dig it when people commit to usable (world as the straight man here).

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