NPC Secrets

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024) p. 86

NPC Secrets

dice: 1d10Secret
1The NPC is in disguise, concealing their identity or some aspect of their appearance.
2The NPC is currently planning, executing, or covering up a crime.
3The NPC (or their family) has been threatened with harm unless the NPC does something.
4The NPC is under a magical compulsion (perhaps a Geas spell or some kind of curse) to behave in a certain way.
5The NPC is seriously ill or in terrible pain.
6The NPC feels responsible for someone’s death or ill fortune.
7The NPC is on the brink of financial ruin.
8The NPC is desperately lonely or harboring an unrequited passion.
9The NPC nurses a powerful ambition.
10The NPC is deeply dissatisfied or unhappy.
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