With this card, I thee bond

Establish dramatic and thematic relationships between player characters in any tabletop role-playing game. Unlike many relationship mechanics that only happen during character generation, these cards continue deepening your character's relationships over time. Each card reflects a personality archetype, not a character class or role, so they're compatible with almost any genre of game.

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How to use these cards

During character generation, play the front of the card: ask one question to the player on your left, and the other to the player on your right. Each question reflects the core personality of your PC.

During gameplay, use any of the questions on the back of the card whenever appropriate:

• Downtime: Add depth to something that just happened in conversation with another player.
• Flashback: Pause the action and reveal a hidden history that provides drama or irony to the current predicament.
• "Talking is a Free Action:" Sure, the Big Bad is hurling a meteor at your face, but that's no reason not to castigate your teammates for getting you into this situation, or imparting an important life lesson to your acolyte.

What would you like to see?

This is a work in progress. I created the first archetype, The Cynic, for the Tiny Library Mosaic game jam. I plan to make at least eight more to represent other personality archetypes. Tell me what personalities you'd like to see (and play) in the comments!

Epilogue

This accessory is MOSAIC Strict

In other words, it should slot right in to most TTRPGs. Learn more about MOSAIC.

Credits

• "The Cynic" background image by Josep Martins under the Unsplash license