GM TOOLS · PREP THREE, EXPECT FOUR

The Three Roads

Roll an obstacle, then prep three ways past it: the obvious road, the oblique road, and the wrong road. The fourth road is whatever the players invent. Prep the first three. Expect the fourth.

THE OBSTACLE

A band of raiders is camped in the hills and the locals expect protection.

The obvious road

Cost: Confront the leader face to face — honourable, but the leader chooses the ground.
Catch: The cost is front-loaded; the party must spend before they know if it works.

The oblique road

Cost: Arrange a distraction elsewhere so the pressure here loosens.
Catch: If discovered, it looks worse than the obvious road.

The wrong road

Cost: Use the enemy's own cruel method against them.
Catch: A third party is wronged and will not forget.

THE FOURTH ROAD

Leave this blank until the players speak. The moment someone proposes a path you did not prep, write it here. It may be brilliant, foolish, or both — that is the point.

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This result was generated using material from CHILDREN OF NEW ROME, a roleplaying game set in the Byzantine Empire.