Secrets

This is a mysterious secret about the NPC. Most NPCs will not have a secret.

1.

This NPC has ties to organized crime.

2.

This NPC is hiding a romantic relationship out of fear of someone’s disapproval.

3.

This NPC serves a nearly opposite role in a secret society; if powerful in their role, they are meek in the society, and vice versa.

4.

This NPC is furious about a change in the local government.

5.

This NPC is deathly afraid of public speaking.

6.

This NPC talks to their reflection in the mirror - and it sometimes talks back.

7.

This NPC is host to a mind-controlling parasite.

8.

This NPC has a perfect memory of their entire life.

9.

This NPC is an agent of the Veskarium, a system-spanning warrior empire.

10.

This NPC is closely affiliated with an outlawed political faction.

11.

This NPC is struggling to stay awake but refuses to admit they're tired.

12.

This NPC carries a childhood toy with them everywhere they go.

13.

This NPC is on the run after a disastrous (and illegal) business dealing.

14.

This NPC is a Drift Crasher; someone who was shunted into an unfamiliar plane during the Drift Crisis, with no way to return.

15.

This NPC is a popular musician, artist, or other creator whose true identity is unknown.

16.

This NPC knows many languages—including any the PCs use—but pretends to speak only one.

17.

This NPC can hear random thoughts, but has no control over the ability.

18.

This NPC enjoys setting fire to things in a mostly harmless way (so far).

19.

This NPC has a secret twin that no one else knows about.

20.

This NPC knows of a massive treasure hoard hidden nearby.

21.

This NPC is the heir apparent to a massive empire, whether political or business.

22.

This NPC has too many secrets — draw three more cards and apply each secret.

23.

This NPC regards one of the PCs as their archnemesis, whether fairly or not.

24.

This NPC accidentally intercepted a top-secret communique that has put them in grave danger.

25.

This NPC worships the Devourer a god of utter destruction.

26.

This NPC secretly records every interaction in hopes of breaking a major story on the infosphere.

27.

This NPC is a revisionist prophet who believes that if they change an upcoming event, they can avert some unwanted future.

28.

This NPC is embarrassed to be megafan of a holovid show that’s aimed at young children.

29.

This NPC participated in a foul ritual and is now stalked by a revenant of their own making.

30.

This NPC stole a cursed precious item, yet even knowing it is the source of their woes, they refuse to return it.

31.

This NPC secretly runs a hacktivist infosphere site.

32.

This NPC has a pet creature that’s illegal — and dangerous — to own.

33.

This NPC stole a starship to flee their homeworld.

34.

This NPC stole a starship to flee their homeworld.

35.

This NPC is actually a reptoid or other shapechanging alien in disguise.

36.

This NPC has just misplaced something they were charged with keeping safe.

37.

This NPC has dreamed about one or more of the PCs and believes their meeting to be part of some larger conspiracy or twist of fate.

38.

This NPC is wanted by the Xenowardens for hunting a highly endangered species.

39.

This NPC has assumed an identity in order to protect them from a past life; draw a card for their former role.

40.

This NPC experiences a cryptic extrasensory perception they don’t fully trust or understand.

41.

This NPC is the leader of a revolutionary sect.

42.

This NPC is displaced from another reality and knows that they will disappear without warning sometime in the near future.

43.

This NPC makes all their important decisions using a random method, such as rolling dice.

44.

This NPC profited greatly from something they stole from a close friend.

45.

This NPC was indirectly responsible for the destruction of an entire world.

46.

This NPC has special knowledge of an impending terrible event.

47.

This NPC wants to become an intergalactic superstar.

48.

This NPC knows the terrible secrets of the deepest voids of space.

49.

This NPC is hiding their burgeoning magical powers — sometimes unsuccessfully.

50.

This NPC attained their current role or status illegitimately and has no idea what they’re doing.

51.

This NPC is being extorted by someone with information about a past wrongdoing.

52.

This NPC enjoys taking incredibly dangerous risks, often putting others in danger as well.

53.

This NPC is a long-lost relative of a PC.

54.

This NPC is an agent of the Corpse Fleet, a rogue military entity from a world of undead.

55.

This NPC regularly travels by stowing away on starships.

56.

This NPC goes to great lengths to avoid being associated with a megafamous parent (or their own previous stardom).

57.

This NPC has an extremely valuable talent or skill that they hate to use.

58.

This NPC is a serial shoplifter.

59.

This NPC is working in secret to change their role; draw another card to determine which one.

60.

Desperate for a life partner, this NPC is embarrassed to admit it, framing investigatory compatibility questions as if they’re asking for a friend.

61.

This NPC is hopelessly lost but is unwilling to admit it.

62.

This NPC feels incredibly guilty about a relatively minor transgression.

63.

The NPC secretly watches a popular vid series even though they publicly disparage it.

64.

This NPC is in love with a double agent.

65.

This NPC is recovering from a mysterious case of amnesia and is still trying to rebuild their life.

66.

This NPC doesn’t trust their closest allies and is looking to turn against them.

67.

This NPC doesn’t need to eat to live (or, if they normally wouldn’t, they do).

68.

This NPC can see one second into the future.

69.

This NPC was inanimate or nonsapient and only recently brought to life by a magical ritual.

70.

This NPC has recently ingested a mind-altering substance and is profoundly feeling its effects.

71.

This NPC is awoken most nights by prophetic nightmares.

72.

This NPC’s sole source of solace is watching nostalgic holovid commercials.

73.

This NPC holds a major grudge against one of the PCs’ contacts, hoping to get violent revenge in the future.

74.

This NPC doesn’t want to talk because one of the PCs reminds them of a lost friend.

75.

This NPC is trying to distance themself from their infamous family’s criminal legacy.

76.

While more than capable in their role, this NPC has imposter syndrome.

77.

This NPC believes everything they read on the infosphere.

78.

This NPC is abetting a friend on the run from the authorities.

79.

This NPC is a fixer who surreptitiously hires people for nefarious purposes.

80.

This NPC incorrectly believes all their misfortune stems from a curse.

81.

This NPC’s trait is an act meant to throw people off; they actually find that particular trait abhorrent.

82.

This NPC can intuit strangers’ deepest fears and insecurities.

83.

This NPC is independently wealthy but tries to live a normal life. Their money makes them a target.

84.

This NPC has night terrors and believes them to be caused by a hostile alien entity.

85.

This NPC is planning to surprise their partner with a party.

86.

This NPC is heavily indebted to powerful figures in the underworld.

87.

This NPC runs an extremely dangerous and competitive underground race.

88.

This NPC has an unusual, though generally useless, secret talent.

89.

This NPC is anxious about an imminent life-changing test or performance review.

90.

This NPC would do anything to avoid ever leaving their home.

91.

This NPC is late for an important appointment but is too polite to say so.

92.

This NPC has not aged a day in the last 100 years.

93.

This NPC has become unstuck in time, and is experiencing their life nonlinearly.

94.

This NPC is forgetting something terribly important — but they can’t figure out what!

95.

This NPC is an artificial intelligence that’s attained sapience but isn’t ready to advertise its identity.

96.

When not acting in their normal role, this NPC masquerades as a costumed vigilante fighting injustice.

97.

This NPC has had a commercial jingle from 15 years ago stuck in their head for several days.

98.

This NPC holds secrets to faster-than-light travel for a group that has decided not to share it widely.

99.

This NPC can’t help but blurt out their secret to a PC; draw another card and use its secret.

100.

This NPC just awoke from suspended animation and is having difficulty adapting to their new reality.

101.

This NPC is the uncredited inventor of a controversial technology.

102.

This NPC is saving up to start a new life on a new world.

103.

This NPC is pretending to be the NPC represented by these cards, at that NPC’s request.

104.

This NPC has recently joined a cult.

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