Complication Table
Roll 1d8 after the form is filled in via the form-variable tables and read, before writing footnotes. The complication is the destabilizing fact your footnotes must reckon with.
| 1d8 | Complication |
|---|---|
| 1 | The acknowledgment date is missing from the record. |
| 2 | A previous filing on this subject was lost in the Overdue Cabinet. |
| 3 | The signature is the wrong specialization code. |
| 4 | The form is in your handwriting. |
| 5 | The senior auditor has annotated this form once before, with a single line: “Procedure followed.” |
| 6 | The subject has filed a Form 14-E that has been pending for nine years. |
| 7 | The captor is a member of the auditor’s cohort. |
| 8 | No complication. The form is exactly what it says it is. |
Notes on the eighth roll
The most unsettling result is the empty one. A form with nothing wrong invites the question of whether the auditor — or the apprentice — has stopped looking. Name-voice footnotes on a roll-of-8 are notoriously hard to write. Cite-voice footnotes are notoriously easy.
How the complication enters footnotes
You are not required to address the complication in any specific footnote. You are required to know it before you write. The complication is the room you are writing inside.