How to Improvise? Inventory

Adventure Backpack

• Characters
• Who transports the backpack?
• Are there multiple ones?
• Is it shared?
• Who wants to transport it?
• Who should transport it?
• Who needs it the most?
• Who can protect it most efficiently?
• Does it have to be someone strong?
• Does it have to be someone agile?
• Does it have to be someone fast?
• Does it have to be someone with a special protection?
• How can this person Transport the Bag?

• With your Team
• Does the Whole Team need a Backpack?
• Or only a few members?
• Maybe one 1?
• Why would the rest of the team take care of this object?
• Do they take care of the Object?
• Would they want to protect it but cannot?
• Would they want to be able to repair it?
• Is the Backpack a hindrance for some members?
• Why?
• Would they want to get rid of it?

• The Backpack
• What’s the Use of the Backpack?
• What’s the size of the Backpack?
• What’s its form?
• What are its Characteristics?
• In which matter is it made?
• How was it made?
• Does it require a specific upkeep?
• Who can keep it in shape?
• Where should it be stored?
• Is it adapted for all environments?
• Where can it not be brought?
• Is it only an Object?
• Is it Sentient?
• Does it have needs?
• Which needs?
• What does the Backpack require?

In Settlements

• Shops
• In which shop is the Bag most needed?
• Does the team split often?
• Why do they need to split?
• To do the groceries more efficiently?
• Are certain members forbid to enter certain shops?
• Why does the rest still get in these shops which discriminate their companions?
• What do they require in these shops?
• Do they have multiple Bags?
• 1 for each shop?
• 1 for each type of Item?
• How are the bags adapted for each type of merchandise?

• Lodging
• Where do the Characters sleep?
• Why sleep there?
• Where do they store their bags when they are there?
• Can they leave them unattended?
• Does 1 of them need to guard the bags?
• Is this Location particularly unsafe?
• Is there a stash?
• Is there any form of protected storage?
• Is it lockable?
• Do they have the key?
• Do they keep their bags on themselves nonetheless?
• Is it viewed as suspicious?
• Does it attract much attention onto them?
• Does it hint to the fact that they are transporting some rare item?

• Entertainment
• Do the Characters have the time to amuse themselves?
• Where do they go?
• How do they amuse themselves?
• What activities do they participate to?
• What do they need to participate?
• Any particular Item?
• Which Items?
• What attraction do they get to?
• Are they located in safe places?
• Can they get there with their bags?
• Are backpacks forbidden?
• Is there a suspicion on the group?
• That they would hide forbidden items in these bags?
• Or dangerous items?
• Are they watched over?
• Are they forbidden to get into public places with their bags?

In the Wilds

• Food
• How does the bag help them preserve food?
• Are there special pockets use to store specif types of items?
• Does it contain spices?
• Does it contain other chemicals involved in preservation?
• How do they help to conserve food?
• How does the bag help them store food?
• How is the bag internal structure?
• Is it made of special material?
• What are the properties of these materials?
• Is the bag water proof?

• Shelter
• Is the backpack extensible?
• How large is it?
• Can it be turned into a tent?
• Does it hold a tent?
• How large is this tent?
• How resistant is it?
• Does the whole team fit in?
• Does everyone want to sleep in the Bag?
• Who doesn’t want to?
• Which Shelter building tools does the Bag contain?
• Are they adapted to the Environment?
• Do it contain all the necessary items?
• What is missing?
• What can be improvised?

• Defense
• Is the Bag a Shield?
• Can it be used as a Shield?
• Are the weapons stored in the bag?
• Which weapons are stored in the bag?
• Which weapons each member keep on themselves?
• Why not store them?
• Is the bag easily steal-able?
• Can it be snatched easily?
• Does it have any-stealing devices on it?
• Can it paralyze the thief?
• Does it have an alarm on it?
• Does it explode if stolen?
• Does it emit a signal?
• Which kind of signal?
• Can it run away?
• Does it return to its owner?

Relationships

• Favorite Item
• Where does the bag come from?
• Is it a Memento?
• Was it given away?
• By whom?
• Does it transport precious items?
• For whom?
• Why are they precious?
• Do they bring Comfort?
• Why are they comforting?
• Are they Souvenirs?
• Which Memories do they bear?
• Were they Gifts?
• Are they special items found by the team?
• Should they be transported?
• Why are they kept by the team?

• Role Specific
• Which Unique items does the team transport?
• Are they all in the Backpack?
• What makes them Unique?
• Does the Character make the Uniqueness of the object?
• Why are these items Character specific?
• Do they require a certain Degree of Skill?
• What are they used for?
• Which skills are required to use these items?
• Are they used for crafting?
• Which kind of crafting?
• How necessary are the goods?
• Are they for Advanced-lever users?

• Unity
• Which Items keep the Team together?
• Are there symbolic items?
• How do they define the Team?
• Where did they find them?
• Why did they choose to keep them?
• Did they acquire them after a crisis?
• Did they receive them from a departed member?
• Where is this person now?
• Can they reach her?

New Items

• Acquire
• How was the Item acquire?
• From a fight?
• From a conquest?
• From a sell?
• From a trade?
• From a hunt?
• From a game?
• Was it found?

• Sharing
• Who found the item?
• Do they need it?
• Would someone else need it more?
• Should the item given away?
• To this person?
• Should it be sold?
• Who wish to get the item?
• Why?
• What are they trading for it?
• Do they really need this Item?

• Do we Need this Item?
• Should we take it?
• Should we leave it?
• Is it dangerous?
• Is it difficult to obtain?
• Shouldn’t it be left its actual location?
• Is it needed there?
• By whom?
• Why take it away from the place it belongs to?
• Should it be more fitting somewhere else?