101 (or more) Reasons to be an Adventurer!


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In the vein of some of these other fun threads... Let's come up with some reasons to be an adventurer! Serious is just as welcome as off-the-cuff silliness!

1: My wife kicked me out.

2: I'm not qualified for unskilled manual labor.

3: As an apprentice, I slept with the Arch Mage's daughter one too many times.

4: As an acolyte, I seduced the church's choir one too many times.


5) The arrow hit your thigh...


6. I can't stand city life, i need to hit the road.


7. I didn't choose the adventuring life, the adventuring life chose me!
8. Mom said: "If you quit school you have to get a job".
9. I was press ganged by a group of adventurers.


10. A band of barbarian orcs slaughtered your family
11. You got drunk and wound up with a group of adventurers
12. Your girlfriend's aunt is a witch and put a gaes on you to get you away from her niece.
13. You want to marry a girl (or guy) but they won't have you until you go make your fortune
14. It's easier than Gold panning.


15. Exiled from your home nation but still trying to support your husband and child back home.


16. Your pet rock said you should.
17. Some invisible goblins kidnapped your invisible friend and you need to get him/her back
18. An adventurer once "stole" your nose when you were young and you need it back
19. You're following the green fairy's advice.


20. That guy took my stuff, and I'm going to get it back.
21. That six-fingered man killed my father.
22. Bored
23. Still bored.
24. Selling cantrip wands door to door wasn't very lucrative.


25. You'd rather just travel, but don't have the finances to do that. Adventuring is the next best thing.
26. Fleeing an arranged marriage.


27. I have to find a use for this sword (armor, magic staff, etc.)

Liberty's Edge

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28. Fortune and glory kid, fortune and glory.


29. Too many fairy tales growing up.


30. You're being paid.

31. An evil force has devastated your homeland, devastating everything in its path. You've lost everything: family, friends, home, precious keepsakes....

...and now you're pissed.


32. You're an apprentice. Your master just died leaving you his possessions including his spell book. You accidentally blew it up, and the house burned down destroying everything you own.
33. Someone gave you a cursed sword.


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34. Someone cursed you, gave you a sword, and then said “Come and get me!” before teleporting away.

Liberty's Edge

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35. You have been sentenced to community service for your crimes. Your first task is to take care of the local rat infestation...


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Randarak wrote:

30. You're being paid.

31. An evil force has devastated your homeland, devastating everything in its path. You've lost everything: family, friends, home, precious keepsakes....

...and now you're pissed.

*BOOM* They killed his family. *SMASH* They destroyed his home. *KABOOM* They broke the only toy he ever loved. *EXPLOSION* Now Llewellyn Silverleaf is an elf on a mission. He’s out to destroy those who took everything from him in this summer's blockbuster hit: Elfpocalypse.


36. You dirty rat, you killed my brother!


37. Kobolds ate your baby.


You swore you could "take that guy blindfolded" in front of everybody and it now appears he is a bigshot adventurer. Good news is he accepted your challenge and will return in a year.

You drank a potion that turned you into a bugbear.

Your parents were Desna clerics and... well, sort of were not very big on making homes or staying in one place for more than a week.

The princess is so pretty but won't look at you. She is not, apparently, into girls. Fortunately, there are solutions for that. Unfortunately they are quite expensive.


42. A Mimic ate your homework


43. I have an addiction to ale, whores, and stimulating the local economy.

Liberty's Edge

44. You're looking for a six fingered man, but there's not a lot of money in the revenge game.

45. Greenland is horrible.

46. You said "Please."


47. You're following your significant other, who wanted to be an adventurer

Liberty's Edge

48. We seek him here, we seek him there
Those Galties seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?


Krensky wrote:

48. We seek him here, we seek him there

Those Galties seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?

Is it purple?

Liberty's Edge

Liranys wrote:
Krensky wrote:

48. We seek him here, we seek him there

Those Galties seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?
Is it purple?

No, good sir. Purple. My gods man, what an atrocious thought. It would clash.


Krensky wrote:
Liranys wrote:
Krensky wrote:

48. We seek him here, we seek him there

Those Galties seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?
Is it purple?
No, good sir. Purple. My gods man, what an atrocious thought. It would clash.

Darn, I was hoping for a Purple Pimpernel. On the royal behind of a royal infant.


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49. "Hello, [Your Name]. Wake up. The [major NPC] wants to talk to you! [Your Name], get up! Hey, c'mon! Can [Nation's] destiny really depend on such a lazy [boy/girl]?!" You sit up, yawn, and sit on your bed. "You finally woke up! I'm [Companion Name] the [companion title / lantern archon]. The [major NPC] asked me to be your partner from now on. Nice to meet you!"


Navi the fairy wrote:

49. "Hello, [Your Name]. Wake up. The [major NPC] wants to talk to you! [Your Name], get up! Hey, c'mon! Can [Nation's] destiny really depend on such a lazy [boy/girl]?!" You sit up, yawn, and sit on your bed. "You finally woke up! I'm [Companion Name] the [companion title / lantern archon]. The [major NPC] asked me to be your partner from now on. Nice to meet you!"

Once had a player in my game who accidentally wound up summoning a Lantern Archon and managed to do a big favor for it. In return it would come back now and then to give them advice.

50. You were kicked out of your house for being lazy and have nowhere to go. You decided to prove you aren't lazy by going Adventuring, surely one of the hardest professions ever.


51. The gods have not been kind to you. You're in it for revenge.


Liranys wrote:
19. You're following the green fairy's advice.

Hey! My advice is solid and logical! Have you not seent he average wage of basic labor worker? For 1 dungeon you can easily earn as much as you would in your whole life doing menial work...


PIXIE DUST wrote:
Liranys wrote:
19. You're following the green fairy's advice.
Hey! My advice is solid and logical! Have you not seent he average wage of basic labor worker? For 1 dungeon you can easily earn as much as you would in your whole life doing menial work...

Wrong green fairy ;)

It's a euphemism for drinking Absinthe.


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Simon Legrande wrote:
Randarak wrote:

30. You're being paid.

31. An evil force has devastated your homeland, devastating everything in its path. You've lost everything: family, friends, home, precious keepsakes....

...and now you're pissed.

*BOOM* They killed his family. *SMASH* They destroyed his home. *KABOOM* They broke the only toy he ever loved. *EXPLOSION* Now Llewellyn Silverleaf is an elf on a mission. He’s out to destroy those who took everything from him in this summer's blockbuster hit: Elfpocalypse.

Best. Summer. Blockbuster. Ever.


Liranys wrote:
PIXIE DUST wrote:
Liranys wrote:
19. You're following the green fairy's advice.
Hey! My advice is solid and logical! Have you not seent he average wage of basic labor worker? For 1 dungeon you can easily earn as much as you would in your whole life doing menial work...

Wrong green fairy ;)

It's a euphemism for drinking Absinthe.

I know :P Remember, I grew up in Germany xD


PIXIE DUST wrote:
Liranys wrote:
PIXIE DUST wrote:
Liranys wrote:
19. You're following the green fairy's advice.
Hey! My advice is solid and logical! Have you not seent he average wage of basic labor worker? For 1 dungeon you can easily earn as much as you would in your whole life doing menial work...

Wrong green fairy ;)

It's a euphemism for drinking Absinthe.

I know :P Remember, I grew up in Germany xD

Oh yeah. Forgot that. I've never been out of the country. (I do not count Ensenada mexico as out of the country, not far enough from our boarder)


Anyhow, back to the topic!

52. Your train got derailed and now you have to walk home. Might as well stop by a cave or three on the way home.


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53. Hey, I hear that there are steam tunnels running under the city. Anybody up for exploring?!


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54. Hmmmm. I wonder where this (path, tunnel, road, etc.) goes?


55. Following the white rabbit down the rabbit hole because he left his pocket watch behind.


56. What do you wanna do tonight?
I dunno, what do you wanna do tonight?


57. Having a real bad case of the munchies and just wanting some White Castle...


58. Because you'd always heard Pixies taste good in stew...


I heard that was a myth... its kinda like them Flying Fish in Fairy Tail... We give really bad indigestion. All the dust and stuff :P


59. Because some jack wagon came running in like it was the end of the world, stole your bike, then destroyed it with his electric mouse...


60. Because you have the Eye of a Tiger and a VERY LARGE stairway to heaven to run up...


61. Because after filling in one too many tax forms, something in you just... snapped. Your eyes fell to the actually sharpened katana on your wall... Two hours later, you have what you need (except a kevlar armour), including but not limited to helmet, shield, backpack, cooking pot, trail rations, sturdy shoes, 50 feet of standard dungeon rope, and even a 10' pole.


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62. Because you got shot in the head by your former lover and left for dead. Now, you plan to take revenge on him, and the four other girls he keeps on hand.

63. Because, damn it! It's your turn to shine! So you older brother is the Archmage, so your little sister is a Heirophant of the over-god, and your mother rose to godhood while your father took the throne of Hell's 9th layer. Where's your awesome outcome!? (lifted from an old character of mine in 2nd, said 'family' were my parent's old characters in their homebrew).

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64. Because (insert deity here) that you happened to seduce while they were talking a stroll on the material realm back when you were a rash youth, decided it was time for you to pay your child support... All 10 years of it.


65. There was this bet, i lost it and am now on the run from my debt collectors.


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66. There's a camera crew following you.

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