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The Island City of Jinx - Adventure Toolkit

Added 2020-08-02 12:29:53 +0000 UTC

The island city of Jinx holds a reputation for showing curious visitors two sides of the same coin. Those favored by fate have a chance to enjoy success and riches beyond measure, while the disfavored might well encounter disappointment and destitution.

The city itself is ruled by a masked High Lord or -Lady Jinx, who rules from Citadel Moirai for a seemingly random period of time before eventually being replaced again by another masked candidate.

The people of Jinx fearfully whisper of an ancient Spirit of Fate who roams the streets in search of the next worthy mortal whose fate can be mysteriously tied to the island city and can be transformed into the new masked High Lord or -Lady Jinx...

Heya, everyone!

Hope you all enjoyed investigating the secrets of Trusty Torold and using the Notice Board Adventure Hooks from last week!

This week's upload is inspired by the very interesting suggestion of Reclusive Knight Martijn Jansen: "serendipitous parallel occurrences". That was quite a doozy :)

However, it soon kicked the imagination into overdrive and out came quite an interesting supernatural city that revolves around luck, fate, and destiny, which eventually turned into a 17-page resource.

I decided to work on it as an adventure toolkit in the vein of Tales of Sakura, as I really like that concept. I think one of the nicest things about solo roleplaying is the ability to be surprised by your own results, which why I like that particular mechanic!

In short, it takes a central theme and adds a framework (plot, character, setting, conflict, resolution). These are randomized (but stay within each other's context) to come up with the main plot of your adventure.

By then picking one or more of these elements and randomizing a new subplot within the earlier established context, you can create quite an interesting expanding adventure.

I included three ready-to-go completed adventure frameworks: 'Child of the Night', 'The Hidden Community,' and 'Swashbuckler's Luck' as an example of the process.

Enjoy your luck! hehe

Cheerio,

John