## GIRAFFE NAMES

Give your giraffe a name!

A giraffe can have any kind of name really. But traditional giraffe names always adhere to a specific formula.

Choose or roll `adjective name adjective noun`:

d6 | adjective | adjective | adjective
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | little | black | spotted
2 | big | yellow | fast
3 | tall | brown | walking
4 | short | jumpy | thirsty
5 | long | hungry | smelly
6 | red | sleepy | sneaky

Table 1: Giraffe Adjectives

d6 | name | name | name
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | johnny | chandler | ingrid
2 | irwin | phoebe | ricky
3 | irving | rachael | lucy
4 | thelma | ross | eddie
5 | monica | martha | chloe
6 | joey | suzie | mikey

Table 2: Giraffe Names

d6 | noun | noun | noun
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | neck | spots | bones
2 | legs | hoof | tooth
3 | horn | kick | mouth
4 | tree | coat | face
5 | leaf | tree | legs
6 | tongue | tail | neck

Table 3: Giraffe Nouns

## GIRAFFE PLACES

Here are some places you can go!

Figure 1: Giraffe Places

### 1. Giraffe Home

- Maraffe (supportive)
- Paraffe (eager)

### 2. Great Tree

- Best Leaves (out of reach)
- Sassy Monkey (taunting, gossipy, also out of reach)

### 3. Watering Hole

- Safari Truck (lots of tools and rope, stuck in mud)
- Humans (x2, frustrated)
- Crocodile (hungry, snappish)
- Zebras, wildebeasts (sipping, cautious)

### 4. Elephants

- Mystical, dreamy, meditative
- obsessed with tradition and matrilineage
- pulling up tree trunks, wallowing in mud

### 5. Lions Den

- Lions (lazy, sleepy, unhelpful)

### 6. Hyenas

- proud, noble, hardworking
- actual king of the jungle

## GIRAFFE ENCOUNTERS

Here’s how to do giraffe encounters.

1. Roll 3d6. One for `creature`, one for `want/behavior`, one for `complication`.

2. Count down that many lines in each column, skipping over any crossed out items, and note what you got.

3. Cross those items off the table.

4. Use the combination of `creature` + `want/behavior` + `complicaton` to create an imaginative encounter.

5. Repeat as many times as you like.

Example: I roll 1, 3, 2: a crocodile on the hunt, but there are snakes! Roleplay out the scenario.
For my next roll, 4, 4, 3, I count down that many on the columns, skipping what I’ve already rolled previously. I get zebra, on a pilgrimage, wounded.

If any dice rolls “best leaves” then start to wrap up loose ends and towards a conclusion. Ideally one in which you finally get the best leaves!

creature | want/behavior | complication
--- | --- | ---
crocodile | hungry | toothache
mongoose | just wants to chill | snakes!
lion | hunting | lazy/bored
warthog | wallowing in mud | injured
zebra | on pilgrimage | fleeing
wildebeast | passing through | paranoid
humans | poaching | lost
wild dogs | care for the dead | it’s a trap!
cheetah | laying an ambush | blackmailed
giraffe | looking for a mate | way too ugly/awkward
elephant | digging for water | sick child at home
hyena | set up a lair | is a baby
best leaves | best leaves | best leaves

Table 4: Giraffe Encounters