Party Connections
| 1. Relationship of Service | |
|---|---|
| d8 Service | |
| 1 Trained in the same academy | |
| 2 Apprentices under the same master | |
| 3 Followers of the same faith or creed | |
| 4 Former members of the same adventuring party | |
| 5 Met on a pilgrimage, caravan, or journey | |
| 6 Business associates | |
| 7 Trained together | |
| 8 Servants of the same government |
| 2. Relationship of Friendship | |
|---|---|
| d8 Friendship | |
| 1 Childhood friends | |
| 2 Friendly rivals | |
| 3 Best friends | |
| 4 From the same town or region | |
| 5 Former friend | |
| 6 Raised in an orphanage together | |
| 7 Work friends | |
| 8 Grudging friendship |
| 3. Relationship of Intrigue | |
|---|---|
| d8 Intrigue | |
| 1 The only survivors of a brutal police raid | |
| 2 Former inmates, or inmate and captor | |
| 3 Criminal connections | |
| 4 The only ones that know a secret | |
| 5 Victims of the same crime | |
| 6 Unwilling criminals | |
| 7 On the run | |
| 8 Partners in crime |
| 4. Relationship of Necessity | |
|---|---|
| d8 Necessity | |
| 1 Each has information or skills the other needs | |
| 2 Forced to fight together by a mutual patron | |
| 3 Named in the same will, with a condition | |
| 4 Members of the same order/gang/secret society | |
| 5 Trying to rescue a mutual friend | |
| 6 Seekers of the same lost knowledge | |
| 7 (Innocent?) Criminals forced to atone for their sins | |
| 8 Former heroes trying to cleanse their dishonour |
| 5. Relationship of Planar Travel | |
|---|---|
| d8 Planar Travel | |
| 1 Came through the same portal | |
| 2 Lost the same friend or family member to a portal | |
| 3 Planar traveling companions | |
| 4 Guide and client | |
| 5 No memory from before the portal | |
| 6 First person they met on the other side | |
| 7 Portal victim and helping hand | |
| 8 Saved by the same person or group |
| 6. Relationship of War | |
|---|---|
| d8 War | |
| 1 Fought in the same war | |
| 2 Veterans of a skirmish or war | |
| 3 Friendly competitors | |
| 4 A blood debt that needs to be repaid | |
| 5 Former enemies | |
| 6 Fought together to protect their land from raiders | |
| 7 Survivors of the same lost battle | |
| 8 Participants in a successful heroic last stand |
| 7. Relationship of Fate | |
|---|---|
| d8 Fate | |
| 1 Bound together by an ancient prophecy | |
| 2 Seem to keep winding up in the same place together | |
| 3 Have the exact same strange birthmark | |
| 4 Share identical dreams of a mist-shrouded figure | |
| 5 Feel the other's emotions | |
| 6 Working to find a prophesied saviour | |
| 7 Have identical copies of the same important trinket | |
| 8 Pawns of the same higher power |
| 8. Relationship of Mysticism | |
|---|---|
| d8 Mysticism | |
| 1 Victims of the same ritual | |
| 2 Resurrected together, with nobody nearby | |
| 3 Servants of a powerful mage | |
| 4 Fighting against the same dark order | |
| 5 Bound together at birth by magical tattoos | |
| 6 Attuned to the same magic item, calling them to it | |
| 7 Kidnapped at a young age by an ancient power | |
| 8 No memories of anything but each other |