I’ve made a quick relationship chart which maps the motivation of why the two characters are connected. I suggest to use the character when you need to connect the party in a fashion other than the “we meet in the tavern” cliché.
The primary motivation for creating the chart was a desire to connect non-established heirs. When introducing a new character when your old one has be killed or retired, just roll on the chart.
1d30
Add +1 if one of the characters is a different race
- Family: The two characters are related by blood
- Debt: The character owns a debt to the second character
- Friendship: The characters are simply friends
- Desire: The character desires the person of the other character
- Nostalgia: The character reminds the person of another person in the past
- War: The two characters fought in the same war
- Community: The characters are from the same community
- Former Henchmen: The characters worked for the same adventurer
- Marriage: The characters work together because of a marriage, be they spouses or in-laws
- Love-Hate Relationship: The two characters love to hate each other
- Responsibility: The character feels responsible for the other in some way
- Kinship: The character is considered family but is not related by blood or marriage
- Organization: The two characters are from the same organization
- Intimate: The two characters are intimate with each in some way, expressing emotions or body
- Common Enemy: The two characters have a common enemy they want to take down
- Household: The two characters used to live, or still lives, under the same roof
- Gang: The two characters used to come from the same small tight knit group
- Peer: The two characters are professional peers
- School: The two character trained under the same master
- Rival: The two characters are rivals to each other
- Prophecy: The character has a fortune, prophecy or vision of the second character
- Mentor: The two characters had a mentor and student relationship
- Hobbyist: The characters enjoy the same hobby
- Intimidated: One of the characters is intimidated by the other
- Soulmate: The two characters share the same soul but in different bodies
- Professional: The two characters meet each other working in the field
- Foreigners: The characters meet each other while travelling abroad
- Prisoners: The two characters were imprisoned
- Childhood: The two characters knew each other during childhood
- Survival: The two characters survived a great ordeal together
- Inhuman Curiosity. The two characters want to learn about each other’s unique characteristics