Organization Template

Organization Name: [Organization Name]

Organization Description:

[Brief description of the organization's purpose and goals]

Introduction:

[Adjective] [Noun] organization, the [Adjective] [Noun], seeks to [Verb] the [Noun] of [Place]. Led by the [Adjective] [Noun], [Leader Name], the organization uses [Adjective] methods to achieve its [Adjective] goals. Players may find themselves entangled in the organization's schemes, forced to choose sides in a conflict that could [Verb] the fate of the [Noun].

Key Questions:

1. What does the organization value? [List of core values, such as honor, power, knowledge, or a specific ideal]

2. What is the organization’s primary goal or motivation? [The overarching objective of the organization]

3. What does the organization do to achieve its goals? [Tactics, strategies, and methods used to achieve the goal]

4. What kind of power or resources does the organization wield? [The organization's assets, such as wealth, military might, magical abilities, or political influence]

5. What are the organization’s internal conflicts or challenges? [Internal struggles, rival factions, or ideological differences within the organization]

6. How does the organization interact with other factions, including players? [The organization's stance towards other groups, whether they are allies, rivals, or indifferent]

7. What is their role in the world? [The organization's impact on the world, whether it's a major player or a hidden force]

8. How do they protect what they have?

9. What are the benefits of being associated with the organization? [This can be monetary, association related, equipment, access to knowledge etc.]

Organization Structure:

• Leadership:

  • [Leader Title]: [Leader Name]

  • [Second-in-Command Title]: [Second-in-Command Name]

• Hierarchy: [Outline of the organization's hierarchy, including ranks, titles, and reporting structures]

• Cells/Chapters: [Information about the organization's regional or thematic divisions]

Organizations Assets

Assets fall into three categories, physical, information and people. The three L’s, Loot, Lore and Lives.

• Intrinsic Value:  [Describe assets that they own that have intrinsic value.]

• Monetary value: [Describe the money they have, make it relevant to the organizaiton.]

• Economic value: [A productive mine, drug operations, trade related etc.]

• Operational value: [Guards need weapons, scribes need paper etc.]

• Regulatory value: [Tends to be tied to legal systems, important records, information, legal right to something etc.]

• Intangible value: [Sentimental value, describe anything that the organization has sentimental value for.]

Organization Tactics and Methods:

• [Tactics and methods used to achieve goals, such as espionage, infiltration, bribery, or open warfare]

Headquarters:

• [Describe their main headquarters, and the population]

Detection, Deterrence and Response:

• Detection is all about identifying the threats to your assets as soon as possible. Think of guards, alarms, scouts, or spies.

• Deterrence is about showing how well your lair is protected and how difficult and or dangerous it will be to try. High walls, locks and safes, traps and or concealment.

• Response is all about how you respond to intruders. This is where guards come in.

• [Describe how the organization approaches Detection, Deterrence and Response.]

Organization’s Relationship with the Players:

• Ally: The organization may offer aid, information, or resources to the players.

• Enemy: The organization may actively oppose the players' goals or seek to eliminate them.

• Neutral: The organization may be indifferent to the players, or they may have a more complex relationship that evolves over time.