Revelation Seeds

 Seeds for revelation scenes

Knowing a scene will provide a revelation already provides some direction for a scene.

It is often helpful however to have more specific seeds to work with.

Here are a few ideas that can be used to seed an Revelation scene. These are examples. For the best results, create a custom list (for the campaign as a whole, or even to suit the current situation within a scene)

There are 6 seed ideas, so you can either choose one that fits the situation or pick one randomly by rolling a. D6.

As always, if a seed doesn't fit them either ignore it (leaning on other seeds instead) or reroll it.

1) discover an advantage

The characters discover something that will help them.

It might be knowledge, leverage, equipment, weaponry, or anything else that makes narrative sense.

2) betrayal

The characters discover that somebody close to them had betrayed them. The betrayal might explain a challenge they have already faced, or it might be in the form of a challenge they are about to face.

3) clues

The characters discover a clue about what is going on. Provide the whole picture, but should be enough to drive the story forwards and give a peice of the puzzle.

Either getting the clues or making sense of them will probably require a challenge of some kind.

4) warnings

The characters are warned about upcoming threats or events.

Depending on the narrative situation and the needs of the story (and how much you know yourself about what to expect), this might be specific information or vague hints at dangers to come.

If you are unsure it is easy enough to roll up a random seed as a warning and then put it to one side to use as a seed in a future scene.

5) withdrawal

The opposition withdraw it retreat for some reason. This may be a complete retreat or simply a chance to reassess and gain some breathing room.

6) Unexpected meeting

The characters meet with an unexpected NPC.

It might be someone they used to know who turns out to be involved somehow

Or someone they know but didn't think was connected with the current events.

Or someone they thought was out of the picture comes back into it.

This meeting might be a social challenge.