conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Have you heard of the adventurers, noble and powerful heroes from throughout the Four Kingdoms, who gathered at an inn in the Borderlands, met a Mysterious Figure, and then journeyed off to fame, fortune, and destiny en route to saving the world?
  
  This is not their story.
  
  Rather, it’s the story of that inn, and the people who work there. Who have smaller but no less daunting (to them, anyway) challenges everyday in the running of the place and dealing with the elves, dwarves, orcs, warriors, wizards, and thieves that that arrive and depart daily. They want ale, they want meat, they want to hassle the serving staff and be directed to the nearest cloaked figures lurking in the dark corners. 
  
  It’s not a legendary job, but it pays decent. And someone has to do it.
  ***
  This is intended to be a non-epic, plot-light fantasy story driven mainly by character interactions. I expect some comedy, some drama, maybe even some romance as the staff of the Inn of the Red Roof work to manage the patrons (and their bosses) and avoid cleaning the outhouse after the dwarves all-night bender, while trying to keep employed. 
  
  The setting is a Generic Fantasy Realm. Assume all your favorite Tolkien-esque species and tropes. I’m hoping for some collaborative world-building, but the setting that really matters is the Inn and its immediate environs. There will be no wide-ranging questing nor dungeons delving. Though you may be sent into the cellars retrieve a rare brandy, just watch out since there were some Slime Eggs spotted the last time anyone went down there.
  
  Please feel free to create additional cards, keeping the character guidelines below in mind. Also please feel free to add images to the starting cards! 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: ...and that's why you aren't an adventurer anymore. Whether an injury, a curse, or some other trauma, your days of swords and sorcery are over. 
conversations.prefix: Took An Arrow to the Knee:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In your younger days you had a few adventures. Lived by your blade and your wits and whatnot. Both of them are a bit dull with age now. 
conversations.prefix: Too Old for this Stuff:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are too young (which, depending on your species, could still be old by human standards) to be out in the Wilds. This is your first job, and it is plenty of an adventure by itself. 
conversations.prefix: Young and Inexperienced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You could have taken up a traveler's life, sought excitement and riches, but there was plenty to do in town. It has its own problems and needs, and you've become a bit of a homebody. Why leave? 
conversations.prefix: Homebody:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you know what the average lifespan of the common adventurer is? How much risk they blunder blindly into on a daily basis? No. Thank. You. 
conversations.prefix: Pragmatist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Really, you just are trying to keep this job. Times have been tough recently and you need this right now.
conversations.prefix: Don’t Get Fired:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are going someplace, baby! Management, here you come! Your hard work, brains, and skills will get you noticed.
conversations.prefix: Get Promoted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need cash, and adventures are notoriously loaded. Maybe instead of spending a third of of the kingdom’s GDP on that sword, they could be made to tip you a little better.
conversations.prefix: Make Some Coin:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ve done some traveling and are hoping to finally settle down, find a place and a people to call your own. Could this be it?
conversations.prefix: Find Your Place:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There’s someone special missing from your life. You’re tired of feeling a little hollow inside. 
conversations.prefix: Find Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In many ways the heart of the Inn, the large common room is where guests of all kinds come to eat, drink, and be entertained. The bar is here, the kitchen is adjacent, there’s a small stage, and stairs that lead up to the overnight rooms. 
conversations.prefix: The Common Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: At some point in the past year or so, your journey lead you to the Inn of the Red Roof and its current proprietor, Bozrack the orc. How did that first interaction go?
conversations.prefix: Flashback: How Did You Get Here?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Largest inn and tavern in the Borderlands town of Tharon's Folly. The main building has kitchens, common room, and rooms to spend the night. There's also stables, a bath house, storage sheds, and a small garden. 
conversations.prefix: The Inn of the Red Roof:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a lot of customers here, and someone has to make them happy. Or at least, collect money from them. 
conversations.prefix: Service Job:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hey, you only make this look easy. It took a lot of training and practice! Of course, this means the boss's expectations are that much higher...
conversations.prefix: Skilled Position:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone's gotta keep this place clean, stocked, standing, and organized. It's often backbreaking or mind-numbing, but at least you don't have to deal with customers. 
  
  Usually. 
conversations.prefix: Inn Staff:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some may claim you're just trying to avoid honest labor. And they may be right. But you are the one getting up in front of a group of heavily armed drunks who don't want to be bored or unhappy. 
conversations.prefix: Entertainment!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bozrack usually takes care of the kitchen, but last night was quite the event. He didn't have time, and now things have congealed, set, stained, and perhaps mated...
conversations.prefix: Clean the Kitchen:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some of the guests didn't quite make it out before closing time last night. They're still here, in various states of unpleasantness. Look, someone has to get the hung-over half-giant to leave. That's you. 
conversations.prefix: Clear the Common Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oh gods, the stench! The filth! This is the worst job at the Inn! Using the pumps to clear out the privy septic pit. No one wants it. 
conversations.prefix: Clear the Privy Lines:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: According to the books, someone is staying in Room 203. Has been for two weeks. No one has been seen, no coin has been collected. The second is the bigger problem. 
conversations.prefix: Room 203:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bozrack returned from Glona City a while back with this contraption. It's been modified by a gnomish tinker since then (part of a deal to pay off his tab). It's a monster of pipes and boilers and distillers and gods know what else. 
conversations.prefix: The Coffee Engine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Last night was a long one. A party hosted by an adventuring company that hit a big score. How'd it go for you? How are you doing now dawn has arrived all too quickly, and you’re supposed to be working again...
conversations.prefix: Urg... Morning?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The nominal leader of the Brotherhood of Shadows, Osric is a fairly experienced enchanter and illusionist. He uses his magics to charm and beguile creatures in the Borderlands... or “uninportant” townies.
conversations.prefix: Osric the Soulbinder:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anne is the Common Room Master at the Inn. (To call her the Mistress costs you extra). She’s ample in many ways: busom, belly, thighs, hair, laugh, personality. Her other nickname is “The Anvil” due to how often she’s hit on. 
conversations.prefix: “Ample” Anne Riversdaughter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Man, there’s no escaping them. And they’re so *demanding*! Food, drink, someone to talk to, someone to listen to, someone to smile at them or accept being smiled at. And more! So needy...
conversations.prefix: Customers!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anton has the most complex and skilled palette in town. He’ll tell anyone so. He frequently appears at the Inn to rile up Bozrack with his droll attitude and sharp tongue, which just causes trouble for the staff.
conversations.prefix: Anton, the Critic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Inn’s cellars are quite extensive, apparently there was a keep on this site before? Anyway, they are dark, twisty, and creepy as hell.
conversations.prefix: Enter the Cellars:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Titus and his toady, Marius, are members of the Department of the Exchequer for the Four Kingdoms. They’re also the only Royal servants found outside the Emperor’s Wall. They aren’t liked at all, but in theory they have the entire might of the monarchy behind them. And they know it.
conversations.prefix: Titus, the Tax Collector:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone has your fancy!
conversations.prefix: Crushing on Someone:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone awakens your fury.
  
  Or at least annoyance. 
conversations.prefix: Crush Someone!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone at the Inn has caught your fancy! Maybe they’re just super nice. Maybe you want to hang out more. Maybe you want to wreck a bed with them. 
conversations.prefix: Crushing on XXXX:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone at the Inn has caught your fancy! Maybe you want to hang out more. Maybe you want to make music with them. Maybe you want to wreck a bed together. 
conversations.prefix: Crushing on XXXX:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone at the Inn has got your goat. Jeez they can be annoying. You all have to work together but that doesn’t mean you have to like it!
conversations.prefix: Want to Crush XXXX:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You grew up listening to bard's tales of great adventurers. You're their biggest fan. You came to the big city to meet them, and you'd do anything for one of your idols.
conversations.prefix: Starstruck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People notice you. For good or ill.
conversations.prefix: High Visibility:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're so over the top about everything, no one actually believes anything you say. Sometimes, this is not a bad thing.
conversations.prefix: Disa-believe-ability:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventuring is a shitty business. A family business, but a shitty business, nonetheless. You know exactly how people who live by the sword die, and you want none of it. 
conversations.prefix: Nothing Adventured, Everything Gained:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are young, fresh-faced, innocent and enthusiastic. People tend to trust you with things.
conversations.prefix: Puppydog:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't really know how you acquire these souvenirs. Adventurers are so careless! They just leave things behind! In your possession! It's a good thing they end up with someone who will treasure them.
conversations.prefix: Bowerbird:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've heard countless tales of famous adventurers. You're fascinated by the stories. Meeting then in the flesh would be a dream come true.
conversations.prefix: Meet all the famous people!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're good at sniffing out what lurks beneath the surface, figuratively and literally. And you're often drawn to change it when you don't agree with how things stand.
conversations.prefix: A Nose For It:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're frequently unable to fully control yourself due to exposure to various compounds and chemicals that make you feel *weird*.
  
  Other times, you drink to forget.
conversations.prefix: Intoxicated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: 2
conversations.prefix: 1:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You wonder every so often if you should have carried on with your adventures. But your companion helps keep you grounded.
conversations.prefix: A Wisp of Doubt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You apear calm as pressure mounts and tensions rise. In truth you have a high threshold for panic. But it's when that threshold is reached that your true colors show.
conversations.prefix: Bottled Up:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have been trained by the best of them to cook, since your adventuring days. If it was alive at some point, you know how to make it taste good.
conversations.prefix: Professional:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't get along kindly with many. You've taken enough people's crap, you shouldn't have to anymore today, right?
conversations.prefix: Grump:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Honestly, management's not gonna fire you. What are they gonna do, hire an adventurer to cook? The only meal they cook is overcooked roast goblin. No, you just need to finish the day, and relax...
conversations.prefix: Make it through the day:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *What are you doing here?!?* This is your first time out on your own. You have no idea what you're doing.
conversations.prefix: Clueless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your cooking ability is something else. Only outshone by your ability to pour drinks and consume said drinks.
conversations.prefix: Great cook:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're ugly, rude and a bit of a twat in general.
conversations.prefix: Bad with customers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are too young to be out in the Wilds. This is your first job, and it is plenty of an adventure by itself.
conversations.prefix: Young and Inexperienced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Really, you just are trying to keep this job. Going home means admitting defeat. For once in your life, you want to do something and do it right.
conversations.prefix: Succeed!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When you face a problem, you go all in. You’re not about to let to let a little challenge stop you from getting things done.
conversations.prefix: Determined:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It may not be as exciting as the life of an adventurer, but it pays the bills. And unlike your last boss, this one doesn't throw underperforming employees into a scorpion pit.
conversations.prefix: Beats Starving:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can fix anything. Bar taps, stuck plumbing, that weird gizmo on the roof that might have been a weathervane before the magical storm hit it. This place would fall to pieces if you weren't constantly patching it up.
conversations.prefix: Tinker Tailor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People tend to react poorly to drow. And former minions of evil overlords. And especially to drow who are former minions of evil overlords. Haters.
conversations.prefix: Dark Past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were somebody once, but events put your life on a different course. Now you manage to get by, but dream about your glorious past and what could have been.
conversations.prefix: Could Have Been:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are very strong and can take a hit. Though you are rarely hit more than once. For you hit back. 
conversations.prefix: Strong and hardy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You lived a glorious life before fate intervened. You cannot help living in the past. Your mind often wanders off into dreams of the past. And you often start telling the patrons about your glorious adventures.
conversations.prefix: Lives in the Past:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Really, you just are trying to keep this job. Times have been tough recently and you need this right now. You need the money and no one else will pay you.
conversations.prefix: Don't Get Fired:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Let me see what your future holds. My readings are never wrong. Every penny you spend on my advice is as good as gold in what it will return. 
conversations.prefix: Fortune Teller:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are the real deal. You can see the future. 
conversations.prefix: Not a fake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: ... a wet match in a dark cave. 
  
  Just because you're the real deal doesn't mean you're all that handy to have around. 
conversations.prefix: As useful as...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: once you dreamed of it all, the glamour and riches. But when you tried to train for a life of adventure, you just didn't have what it took. Now you have to make do, knowing that you failed. 
conversations.prefix: Didn't have the right stuff:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Once you thought to be a wizard. You were clever enough, but you lacked in some way. But you studied, you know things. You get by mainly on your wits. You are educated and clever. You still have just a touch of magic too. 
conversations.prefix: Intelligent and Educated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know you almost made it, but you were weak, you lacked the courage and the discipline. A little too much win, a dalliance too many. Now you know you are not good enough. It haunts you and you doubt yourself often. This leads you to some very bad decisions. 
conversations.prefix: weakness:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even in the toughest or most dreadful situations, you persevere, always the one with the best outlook on the worst problem.
conversations.prefix: Optimist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even with good outlooks, the character still wants to become a brave explorer, but with that goal not being met there is no helping being a little sad.
conversations.prefix: Oppressive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Genuinely a nice sort of fellow. 
conversations.prefix: Nice guy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may not be the brightest tool in the shed, but your eyes are razor-sharp. 
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have neither social graces nor gift of the gab.
  
  More like *savoire unfaire*.
conversations.prefix: Awkward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have been raised to be courteous and polite. You may look like a brute, but you try to be as nice and well mannered  as you can be.
conversations.prefix: Well Mannered:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were an elf once. You might be a bugbear now, but a little bit of your elf magic lingers. You cannot use it actively, but are still resistant to charm and sleep spells. 
conversations.prefix: A bit of that Elven Magic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know some magic, but despite what should have been innate ability and a strong magical source, you just never got very far beyond the basics. 
  
conversations.prefix: failed mage:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're more concerned with keeping the peace and avoiding disagreements than you are with voicing your own opinion.
conversations.prefix: Conflict-Adverse:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's just the absence of light, people. And you know who's afraid of the dark? Prey, that's who. Not you. Anyway, you can see just fine. Nothing to worry about.
conversations.prefix: Dark-Adapted Eye:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You always do your duty, even if it's not particularly pleasant.
conversations.prefix: Dutiful: