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Everyone Has Regrets. Player characters
Z¦ÙãÝ d½ are remarkable people, but that doesn’t mean
1d10 ZĞŐƌĞƚ they’re perfect. 5E already encourages you to
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War, you were forced to abandon PMTX[ LMÅVM aW]Z UW\Q^I\QWV[ *]\ QN aW] _IV\ \W
an injured comrade. You don’t know ILL I TQ\\TM PIZL JWQTML ÆI^WZ \W aW]Z KPIZIK\MZ
if they survived. you might consider a few additional aspects: Do
2 You placed your faith and your you have a debt you need to repay and, if so, do
fortune in the hands of a lover who you need to resolve this in a week or in a year?
betrayed you. You don’t know if you Did you make a tragic mistake, and if so, is it
can ever trust anyone again. something you can ever undo? The Regrets table
provides a few examples of missteps that might
3 zŽƵ ŵƵƌĚĞƌĞĚ Ă ƌŝǀĂů͘ zŽƵƌ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ
haunt you.
ŵĂLJ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ LJŽƵƌ
ƌŝǀĂů͛Ɛ ĨĂĐĞ ƐƟůů ŚĂƵŶƚƐ LJŽƵ͘ The Balance of Pulp and Noir. As a
setting, Eberron works with both pulp and noir
4 Someone put their trust in you and
themes. This is a spectrum: on one end you have
you betrayed them for personal
over-the-top swashbuckling adventure—battling
gain. You may regret it now, but
incarnations of evil on the deck of a burning
you can never repair the damage
airship! On the other end you have gritty hard-
you’ve done.
boiled action in the alleys of Sharn, a brutally
5 You squandered your family’s human scenario where there’s no easy choices.
fortune and brought shame and The most interesting path often lies between the
ruin to your household. two extremes, but don’t be afraid to focus on one
6 zŽƵ ĞŶŐĂŐĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽǀĞƌƚ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ end of the spectrum if that’s what suits your story.
ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶ ;ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ƐƉLJ Žƌ
soldier). While you were serving
your country, you did unforgivable
things.
7 You abandoned your family to
pursue a life of adventure. Your
village was destroyed in the war and
you don’t know if they survived.
8 You made a bargain with an
ĞdžƚƌĂƉůĂŶĂƌ ĞŶƟƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŶŽǁ
regret.
9 You made a promise to a child or a
lover that you failed to keep.
10 zŽƵ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵLJƐƟĐĂů
ĞdžƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞ
ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ
;ƐŽƌĐĞƌĞƌ ƐƉĞůůĐĂƐƟŶŐ͕ ďĂƌďĂƌŝĂŶ
rage), but you don’t know if there
ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŝĚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ͘
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