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?

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