100 Horror Character Goals
On Quisicosas since 2 January 2025
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2 January 2025 (on Substack)
What it is about
What drives your character? Is it a drive for some kind of wealth, achievement, love, revenge, status or just survival? By understanding their key motivations you can explain how they act, who they associate with, what they want, and why they do the things they do.
This list is intended for any Horror / Darkness adventure setting (like Call of Cthulhu, Chill, Mothership, World of Darkness, Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk Red, Cy_Borg, Carbon 2185, Altered Carbon, Axon Punk, Android, Shadowrun, Rifts, etc.) where a wide range of secret societies, deranged cults, criminal gangs, demon worshippers, and scheming corporations creep among the shadows.
NOTE: We recommend rolling twice and choosing the goal that best fits the situation or blending the two results together. For player characters we recommend they roll three times, and choose the most best one (or two results and blend those together).
This Roll Percentile list has one hundred possible results in this format:
Roll result: A brief description of a character goal for a horror game.
Example 101: You want to grow and develop your religion, cult or order to grow in power, influence and membership.
