Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

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triggered by players who travel to particular
locations or speak to particular people. This
creates the illusion that you are prepared for
any contingency, and will keep your players
more reasonable in their pursuits. It will
also discourage them from splitting up on
more than a local scale, which is desirable to
prevent lag in more complex sessions.
Once your feet are wet, you can start
interconnecting planned events, making
them happen in sequence instead of
haphazardly. Not only does this unlock the
possibility of investigation, it increases the
potential complexity a story may have.
Finally, after improvisation has
become second nature, you may start
planning events that the players can miss.
Events that have repercussions, events that
you can use to torture inattentive players.
This is the ideal.
Sample Sample Sample Stories
Stories
Provided here are some sample plots
that you can use to get started. Each is
capable of standing alone but can be
combined to craft an even more engrossing
tale. Most are vague enough to fit in any
setting.
• A Gift of Karma?: A peculiar bit
of antiquity comes up at auction and
evidence suggests it is an Attra. No matter
how hard any of the players try, the thing
goes home with some hapless mogul.
What does this guy know about this object?
Is he a threat? And damn, I want it. The
characters, plagued by their own
superstitions, feel an inescapable drive to
liberate this artifact from the buyer. But
even if they get it, how will they decide
who gets to keep it?
• Here Comes the Leper: A new
Oroboroi has arrived in the city, but she’s
a Scholar of the Five Evils. This Dragon
has set up shop in one of the most forsaken
corners of town and is really starting to
turn the place around. Her charity is
infectious, but… what if she turns? Or
rather, when she turns, what’s going to
happen, and who’ll feel the repercussions?
The characters must decide whether to
judge the Five Evils Scholar prematurely
as an act of damage control, or sit back
and hope to put out the fires when she
explodes.
• Pilot Light for Sale: Several
missing persons have turned up dead
within the past couple months. They each
suffered similar knife-like stabs and
slashes, and each had their heart removed
post-mortem. Though the organ theft
implies a hapless mortal trying to get his
hands on an Oroboroi Heart, cursory study
shows that these people were not actually
Oroboroi. Also, the injuries imply that a
Dragon was the murderer. What connects
these victims? Why would a Dragon
(even a depraved one) mutilate their
bodies after murdering them? What
unfolds before the characters eyes is a
story of hope exacted through bloody
murder. When the Den learns the truth,
which side will they take?
• Faustian Whisper: One of the
Den’s Oroboroi is approached by a Deep
One, demanding payment for a favor her
Antecedent had requested. It gives her
twenty-four hours to say goodbye to her
liver, after which it will come to collect.
What do the characters do when they find
out about this demand? Will they submit
to the desires of this mysterious beast, or
try to fight it off? Do any of the other Den
members have secret requests to posit to
the Deep One?
• Castle under Fire: There’s a new
Dragon in town, and he wants the
Province of one of the Den’s Oroboroi.
His attacks are subtle at first, manipulating
the constituents into harming the Province
or its caretaker. If he does not get his way
quickly, though, he will resort to all-out
violence. How will the characters react to
open warfare? Will the other Oroboroi