Having started out several Dungeon World games, one thing that I think may grow stale is the starting bonds. Again taking Zak S’s advice, instead of creating new bonds, why not create a bond generation platform.
Roll 1d20 for each of the four columns.
| d20 | Relation | Action | Modifier | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ________ has much to teach me about | the ridiculousness of | angered | heirloom |
| 2 | ________ insulted me by | always calling out | knightly | reputation |
| 3 | ________ misunderstands me about | always pushing for | golden | dreams |
| 4 | ________ owes me | always relying on | blood | brother |
| 5 | I am bound to ________ for | never accepting | arcane | wealth |
| 6 | I blame ________ for | never believing in | bitter | argument |
| 7 | I lied to ________ about | never forgetting | holy | sanctuary |
| 8 | I rescued ________ from | never learning from | illicit | gifts |
| 9 | I respect ________ for | running a con on | family | honor |
| 10 | ________ may not know it, but I stole from them for | running away with | eternal | secrets |
| 11 | I travel with ________ as we both seek knowledge about | speaking poorly of | king’s | authority |
| 12 | I implicitly trust ________ for | the ritual of | forbidden | knowledge |
| 13 | I will convince ________ about | being central to | noble | corruption |
| 14 | I will protect ________ from | avoiding tragic | primal | faith |
| 15 | I have much to teach ________ about | always believing in | guild | friendship |
| 16 | ________ must forget about | never yielding to | diabolic | violence |
| 17 | I will help ________, they are destined for | speaking highly of | prophetic | ramblings |
| 18 | I will learn ________’s secret about | the destruction of | nature’s | visions |
| 19 | ________ is untrustworthy because of their role in | the creation of | apostatic | magic |
| 20 | I will sooth ________’s concerns about my involvement in | the dangerous allure of | lecherous | advances |
Of course this is just a quick relationship builder, which means it should have a larger application than just Dungeon World.
Random Dungeon World Bond Generator by Jeremy Friesen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://takeonrules.com/2013/01/02/random-bonds-generator-for-dungeon-world/.
Great resource! I added it to a random generator wiki here: http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
Hope you don’t mind!
This particular generator: http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Dungeon_World_Bonds