Campfire Stories (d100)

Roleplaying prompts for inspiration

Adapted from the original post by u/nat1charisma:

This is a way to encourage roleplaying and/or pad for time while your players take a long rest. Anyone who volunteers, or a random selection of players, are asked to share a story about a given topic. Can be done at the beginning of every session to get everyone into the "roleplay" mindset, and award inspiration for good stories.

d100 Result

1

Love

2

Battle (before the events of the campaign)

3

Hardship

4

A personal triumph

5

Friendship

6

Family

7

Faith or religion

8

Survival

9

Good

10

Evil

11

Politics

12

A formative event in the your life

13

Your personal philosophy

14

Your culture

15

A culture you have experienced unlike your own

16

One of your hobbies

17

Your passion

18

Recent events (your opinion on it, how it affected you, etc.)

19

Something funny

20

Your greatest rival

21

Something you admire/dislike about another party member

22

Something you’ve stolen (or seen somebody steal)

23

A controversial opinion

24

What you would change about the world

25

Your education

26

Your childhood

27

The scariest moment of your life

28

Science and technology

29

A regret or mistake

30

A foolish childhood dream

31

Heartbreak

32

A painful memory

33

Something you like about yourself

34

Something you dislike about yourself

35

Revenge

36

A favorite tale of a hero of old

37

An encounter with nature

38

Your place in the world

39

Something you still can’t explain

40

A night you barely remember

41

An internal struggle

42

The best meal you’ve eaten

43

The weirdest meal you’ve eaten

44

Celebration

45

Music

46

Art

47

An item you own

48

Deception

49

Betrayal

50

Ingenuity

51

Losing something important

52

Doing the right thing

53

Doing the wrong thing

54

Being accused of something you didn’t do

55

Seeing something you shouldn’t have

56

Money

57

An interaction with a stranger

58

A monster

59

The worst person you’ve ever known

60

Someone you idolize

61

A pet peeve

62

A sexual encounter (or simply a romantic one, if the player is uncomfortable by this)

63

Drugs

64

Anger

65

Someone you miss

66

Something you will never do again

67

A hidden talent/skill

68

Beauty

69

A good conversation you once had

70

Justice

71

Failure

72

Magic

73

Being in over your head

74

Teamwork

75

Jealousy

76

Prejudice

77

A realization you had about yourself

78

Something you’ve realized since the start of this campaign

79

A long journey

80

Everything going wrong

81

The best day of your life

82

The worst day of your life

83

Trying too hard

84

A pet you once had (or someone else’s)

85

An irrational fear

86

A lie you’ve told

87

Rebellion

88

Trust

89

What you miss most from back home

90

Fashion/clothing

91

A game

92

Your hope for the future

93

If you could go back in time

94

Your thoughts on children

95

Feeling powerful

96

Feeling helpless

97

Abandonment

98

Finding something or someone you had lost

99

The greatest prank you ever pulled/witnessed

100

Feeling like the universe (i.e. the DM) is out to get you