RPG mechanics idea: "Roll for kill, fuck, eat"

[mc776]

Prompted in part by Don't Prep Plots.

A quick way to come up with NPC motivations and set up unsustainable scenarios that are doomed to result in drama around the PCs that they must either respond to or make a special poignant statement trying not to respond to.

1. Make up an NPC on the spot.
   
2. Take 3 dice of the same kind, assign one to each of Kill, Fuck, and Eat.
   
3. Roll the dice. The higher the number, the more important it is for this character.
   
4. Assign each of these dice to one other character that the PCs have already encountered ingame. It is encouraged that at least one be a PC. It is not necessary that they be 3 different characters.
   
5. Fill in the actual content. Treat the verbs broadly and figuratively.
   
   
   1. If you can't think of anything original for Kill, congrats on your party's new circumstantial tentative ally who hates whatever the party is out to destroy at the moment!
      
   2. If you can't think of anything for a high Fuck, write a second character who is this character's loving significant other and assume they have a fulfilling sex life (or other bonding thing) together.
      
   3. If you're having trouble with Eat, go higher or lower on the Maslow scale, to taste.
   
   
6. Try to tie it to the party.

d6 Example:
K5, F2, E4

The chief palace eunuch whom the party briefly met when they appeared before the king respecting the mcguffin and the party wizard's ancestral claim to it.
Hates the dragon that took it and is slowly getting deranged with a cold genocidal rage at all dragonkind, which he hopes to effect through his power in the kingdom.
In love with the princess who may or may not have feelings for him but is in any event never going to do anything. She is betrothed to the as-yet-unseen dragon lord who, unbeknownst to the party, feels the same about her. He has it together enough to want the best for her regardless, though it may be tainted by his hatred for dragons.
Believes he can rule the kingdom better than the king himself, but cannot be king. Needs someone who shows some promise, but who shares similar ethics and goals but is more willing to listen to his reasonable, human-centric advice. Someone like our fighter who was orphaned by dragons as a youth...

(note: don't follow this guide too diligently or the campaign can spiral into an unmanageable web of political intrigue quickly.)

Comments

[steorra]

Kentucky Fried Escargot


... yes, pointless, I know.

[mc776]

I would eat that!

[steorra]

It does seem like the kind of thing you'd eat.

Found someone's boost of my original toot!

[mc776]

https://x0r.be/@carcinopithecus/103013612970682328

While shorter, this is much more involved as it presupposes one is in a proactive downtime planning process rather than making something up on the fly.


roll 6d6 for 6 stats:
faith, hope, love
kill, fuck, eat
these are their motivations

write npc's name on chart with the other characters' names
draw 3 arbitrary lines to (usually) 3 other characters
make up a connection for each line

fill in the following: "this npc has 1 in 2 and wants to 3 4"
1 one of the first 3 motivations
2 one pc
3 one of the last 3 motivations
4 any pc, or any npc the players have a stake in