Starting Obligations

About Starting Obligation

Each Player Character starts with at least one Obligation. This Obligation may be a tangible one such as a debt owed or a bounty on one's head, or an intangible Obligation such as an unpaid favor or familial duty. Obligation does not have an equivalent value in credits; its value is solely dependent on the circumstances, what is being acquired, the person or people being negotiated with, and so on.

Unlike Backgrounds, Obligations are absolutely required.

Starting Obligation Value

p. 40

Each character starts with an Obligation value based on the size of the player group.

Number of PCs in the Party	Recommended Default Starting Obligation per player
2	20
3	15
4	10
5	10
6 +	5

Additional Starting Obligation Value

p. 40

Each Player Character has the option to gain additional starting Obligation in exchange for additional mechanical benefits, as laid out in this Table. There are two limitations to this: each player can only choose each option once, and Player Characters cannot gain more additional Obligation than their original starting value.

Additional Bonus	Cost
+ 5 starting XP	+ 5 Obligation
+ 10 starting XP	+ 10 Obligation
+ 1,000 starting credits	+ 5 Obligation
+ 2,500 starting credits	+ 10 Obligation

Obligation Choice

A player may select their character's Obligation in one of several ways. They may roll randomly from the list found on the Obligations Table. Alternatively, if a particular Obligation fits their character's backstory, they may choose one of the Obligations on the table instead of rolling.

At Character Creation, players can have either one or two Obligations (splitting value between the two).

Players may use a Career Specific table below in place of the Core Obligations table.

Core Obligations

p. 39

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Addiction: The character has a strong addiction they must keep feeding. Whether it's a physical addiction to stims. dust, or alcohol, or a mental addiction such as gambling, law-breaking, or priceless antiques, the character devotes a lot of time, energy, and resources to pursuing or obtaining the object of their addiction. Avoiding this Obligation has an almost immediate result — withdrawal. The exact nature depends on the addiction, but the character finds it increasingly difficult to concentrate on even mundane tasks, often reflected in the GM adding anywhere from to to skill checks.
09-16	Betrayal: This Obligation can work in one of two ways: either the character is the target of a deep and personal betrayal, or the character is the one who betrayed others. Whether it's as simple as a betrayed confidence or broken promise or as serious as treason or mutiny, the betrayal eats away at the character and affects their everyday life. The target of the betrayal may seek answers, compensation, or simply revenge.
17-24	Blackmail: Someone has discovered one of the PC's dirty secrets and is using that knowledge for some sort of gain. To make matters worse, the blackmailer possesses evidence that could possibly leak out—a holovid, bank records, a weapon used during a crime, and so on. In order to keep the secret safe, the character must do what they are told, although the blackmailer is savvy enough to keep the demand simple enough to maintain the blackmail for as long as possible, generally demanding money or favors.
25-32	Bounty: For some reason, the character has a price on their head. This may be in the form of a legal warrant or a contract by criminals, collection agencies, or even someone who felt their honor violated in some way. What they did to earn this mark is up to their background, and the severity of their actions can be based on the size of their Obligation.
33-40	Criminal: The character has a criminal record, or was accused of a crime (perhaps one they didn't even commit), and is somehow embroiled in the legal system. Obligation may be settled by paying ongoing legal costs, making attempts to bury evidence, or efforts to prove their innocence.
41-48	Debt: The character owes someone a great deal, whether that debt consists of money or something else. Perhaps the PC has a huge gambling debt to a Hutt, is indebted to the Czerka Corporation for their starship, owes a wealthy family for patronage, or has some other serious financial obligation. To make matters worse, depending on who owns the debt, even fully paying it off might not get the character completely off the hook—if the character can get that money, they can surely get more.
49-56	Dutybound: The PC has a deep sense of duty that they feel compelled to fulfill, such as military service, making good on a contract, or following some sort of thieves' code. Unlike the Oath Obligation (see below), a Dutybound character has some legal or ritualistic bind to an organization or cause making it extremely difficult or detrimental if they fail to live up to that commitment.
57-64	Family: The character has deep ties with their family that require a great deal of time and attention. This could include providing care for or assistance to siblings or parents, the management of an inheritance, trust, or family business, or simply mediating between squabbling family members.
65-72	Favor: The PC owes a big favor. Perhaps officials looked the other way when they smuggled in goods, or a friend got them out of prison. Regardless, the favors are stacking up, and soon they're going to be asked to pay them back or return the favor. This favor may be called in a little at a time, prolonging the Obligation.
73-80	Oath: The character has sworn some sort of oath that dictates their thoughts and actions, shaping their moral view of the world. This could be an oath to a deity, a way of living (such as the Jedi Code), or a willingness to sacrifice for the betterment of some group or cause. Whatever the case, the Oath should be both serious and make life difficult in some ways for the character. It is a personal and deep undertaking, possibly without a truly obtainable end goal in sight. Characters who do not live up to this oath face an internal and moral struggle.
81-88	Obsession: The PC has some unhealthy obsession that tends to interfere in their life, whether with a celebrity, a region, a political movement, a cultural icon, or some other facet of society or life. They must pursue this, possibly to the detriment of their health, finances, or well-being. A character with this Obligation tends to get along well with others that share their interest, but is looked at with pity, amusement, or even a bit of fear from others who don't understand.
89-96	Responsibility: A character with the Responsibility Obligation feels a strong sense of accountability or relationship to a person, place, or thing (a responsibility to kin falls under the Family Obligation described above). This could include a strong connection to a mentor, a strong desire to care for orphans in a given location, or taking on the needs of an under-represented minority.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).

Bounty Hunter Obligations

BH-ND p. 19

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Thrill Seeker: Some people are addicted to alcohol or chems, others to gambling or other seedy vices. This character, however, is a confirmed adrenaline junkie, and chooses bounties not by their challenge or price, but by how exciting or dangerous they are. Avoiding the Obligation — perhaps by being a responsible business operator and considering every job's cost benefit analysis — results in an almost immediate case of excitement withdrawal. When inactive, the character is edgy, moody, easily distracted, and generally unpleasant to be around.
09-16	Vigilante: The character has seen the wheels of justice grind up the innocent and let the guilty walk free. The character has sworn to take the law — or a version of it, at any rate — and bring justice to those who deserve it. When taking on contracts, this character tends to pursue the most hardened criminals.
17-24	Blackmail: Some group or individual has dirt on the character, and is using it to the greatest advantage possible. Perhaps they killed another hunter and claimed the bounty, or maybe they are operating in the Core Worlds without the required Imperial Peace-Keeping Certificate. Whatever the case may be, the blackmailer wields an inordinate amount of power over the character. However this power is leveraged — money, favors, services rendered — the character is subject to the blackmailer's moods and whims, lest the dirty secret become common knowledge.
25-32	Contract: A powerful and strict contract binds the character to a specific employer. This could be a crime boss, an Imperial courtier, or a wealthy corporate CEO. Whoever holds the character's contract has nearly total control over the character's future career. All bounties are furnished by the contract holder, and deviating from the terms of the contract can lead to a number of potentially harsh fines and punishments.
33-40	Rule Breaker: Either the character very publicly and flagrantly broke one of the rules laid down in the bounty hunter's code, or everyone wrongly believes they did. Whatever the case, this breach of the rules of the code affects the character's personal and professional life in a very real way. Contracts dry up, colleagues refuse to speak to or help the character, or the character is treated in a condescending or irritatingly sympathetic manner.
41-48	Debt: The character owes quite a bit of money to one or more individuals. This could be money owed to a shipyard for some expensive modifications done to the character's ship on credit, or funds put forth by a patron who backed the character's entry into the bounty hunters' guild and expects to be repaid or services rendered.
49-56	Betrayal: In the course of the job, the character has either suffered some kind of deep personal betrayal at the hands of another bounty hunter, or is the perpetrator of such a betrayal. The betrayal affects the character's day to day life, whether through physical reminders, emotional scars, or some combination of the two. If the character was the betrayer, the victim may come looking for answers, compensation, or revenge at any moment.
57-64	Family: This hunter's family holds an incredible influence over the character. Perhaps the PC comes from a long line of bounty hunters, whose honor must be upheld. Alternately, the bounty hunter could also be supporting a struggling family, and is always eager to pick up contracts to send money home.
65-72	Favor: The character owes a favor to someone in a position of power. However this favor came about, whether personally or professionally, repayment of that favor is coming due with interest. This favor may be called in all at once, or a little at a time, prolonging the character's Obligation.
73-80	Criminal: The character has been accused of committing a crime during the collection of a legal bounty. This could be anything from stealing a speeder in order to chase a fleeing fugitive, or interference with bonded law enforcement to killing innocents during a shootout. Whatever the case, the constant threat of discovery and incarceration hovers over the character. Whether the accusations are true is irrelevant; the character has been accused and there is an outstanding warrant that makes the PC an appealing target to other bounty hunters.
81-88	Keeper of the Faith: Much to many other freelancers' amusement, this character has sworn to faithfully uphold both the spirit and the letter of some code of honor. The PC believes very strongly in these edicts and adheres to them with an almost religious fervor. The character never knowingly breaks any of the rules laid down in the code, and may turn on colleagues who do so.
89-96	Fame: The character's reputation casts a long shadow Perhaps the PC took a famous and difficult bounty, or owns a recognizable and deadly ship, or has beaten another well-known hunter to the punch in the past. Whatever the case, it is hard for the character to move unnoticed throughout the galaxy. This makes covert operations more difficult, but also means that informants are more likely to spill what they know when the PC arrives.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).

Colonist Obligations

C-FH p. 17

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Disgraced: The Colonist did something shameful, often some social taboo that isn't quite illegal. The shame and sideways glances from peers have forced the Colonist to seek a new life where they can start over free of embarrassment. The isolation of some colonies and cultures makes for some strange taboos not observed by the rest of the galaxy. Thus the taboo can be something terrible, or something as benign as drinking from a public fountain or showing a bare but innocuous body part.
09-16	Philanderer: Colonies tend to be small places, and if a being gets around, word about it has a tendency to follow close behind. This Colonist has no shortage of scorned lovers still furious over their never committing. Former flames have a habit of showing up a t the worst moment, or causing delays when the chrono is ticking. The worst is when two or more flings team up to make life miserable for a serial seducer, or when spouses find out and decide the Colonist is deserving of punishment. Nothing is off limits, as all is fair in love and war.
17-24	Exiled: Going up against politically connected members of the Galactic Empire is a good way to become exiled from the most civilized of the Core Worlds. The Colonist is not allowed to set foot in the Core, or on any Imperialcontrolled worlds, but is desperate to remove the stain on their reputation. While possible, the smallest misstep can be disastrous, setting progress back months or even years. There is also the trouble of bureaucracy and last minute filing deadlines that can draw the character away.
25-32	Contracted: The Colonist has entered into a long-term contract with a corporation or government related to their work at a colony. In many cases, these contracts are how colonists pay their passage to the new world — a form of indentured servitude. Colonists might be contracted to provide bookkeeping, labor, or any other number of services. Failure to live up to a contract can result in financial penalties, imprisonment, deportation, or earning a bounty.
33-40	Bounty: This is a variant on the standard Bounty Obligation. The bounty may only be issued locally, without the weight of the Empire behind it. These bounties are technically illegal, and attract ruthlessly competent hunters independent of any guild or government. By changing their identity and hiding out in some obscure backwater colony world, Colonists with this Obligation can avoid detection for years. However, the level of violence these individuals can bring upon their town when the truly skilled bounty hunters finally track them down can endanger the whole colony.
41-48	Debt: Aside from the running debt most Colonists have at the local cantina, unforeseen financial setbacks are a regular part of life on a newly colonized world. All the expensive lessons for dealing with restless natives, flora, fauna, or environmental conditions on that particular planet have yet to be learned. Most times, the only way to stay afloat is by going to the deepest pockets in town and begging for a loan.
49-56	Favor: A colony often begins life as a small community of a few thousand or even just a few hundred individuals. When the only sentient life on an entire planet is that sparse, everyone depends on each other and favors are as valuable as credits. Thirty fellow Colonists might have helped to build a school in town for a Scholar for nothing more than a hot meal, some warm caf, and a favor. This might mean helping get the herd in the pen before a storm, loaning credits, or any number of other odd jobs.
57-64	Family: Colonists often book passage to a colony world to start life anew for themselves and their families. For these individuals, making certain their family is safe, healthy, and provided for trumps all other concerns. A comm from home is just as likely to inspire as it is to devastate a Colonist riding herd away from the homestead. Some Colonists have already lost members of their family, and instead are beholden to a final promise, be it to keep the ranch going or take on the role of family protector.
65-72	Responsibility: Colonists, especially those founding a new colony, each have a responsibility to the rest of their fellow settlers. A character who is the only doctor on an entire planet cannot simply leave. Even going away for a month could result in dozens of preventable deaths. A moisture farmer's nephew might have a responsibility to keep condensers in the South Range operating, and runaway droids or not, if the units aren't working by midday, there will be hell to pay. The colony only has a chance of survival if everyone does their part.
73-80	Witness Protection: Some Colonists never would have chosen life on a distant backwater, but authorities have deemed it necessary to hide them in the witness protection program. The Colonist is being hunted by the Hutt Cartels, Black Sun, the Tenloss Syndicate, or some other galactic-scale criminal organization as a material witness. The Colonist was given a new identity and sent to an obscure planet to safely await trial, but the syndicate won't stop looking for them.
81-88	Pacifist: This Colonist abhors violence, either out of a sense of morality or cowardice. Witnessing a violent act can incense or fluster a character so much that they are unable to think straight or control their shaking hands, or simply disgust them to the point that they can't interact with their fellows. If this obligation triggers and the PC participates in a violent act, the GM may add to any skill checks they make for the remainder of the session. (This may be avoided through good roleplaying on the player's part, such as having their character always try to talk their way out of a fight, and if they're forced to do battle, only use weapons that stun or incapacitate their opponents).
89-96	Frontier Justice: Life on the frontier is harsh, cruel, and unfair. Bandits and outlaws can get away with murder and more if the local sheriff is too weak to stop them. Some people are able to let that go and move past it. When the dead are loved ones, however, some can't just move on. The need to get even is so strong it dominates the Colonist's thoughts and dreams, causing them to obsess about the moment of exacted vengeance. The Colonist gladly betrays, abandons, or hurts anyone if it brings them closer to settling the score.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).

Explorer Obligations

E-EtU p. 19

| d100 | Obligation Type | | :----: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 01-06 | Addiction: This is often thought of in terms of a substance of some kind or a compulsion to act in a destructive manner (as with gambling). For example, the Trader may have an addiction to "the Deal," always needing to make arrangements and work the numbers. A Big-Game Hunter may be addicted to "the Hunt," never happy unless they're on the ground, weapon in hand, on the trail of something. Drivers are often adrenaline junkies, addicted to speed and performance from their machines. Obsession is another way to portray some of these concepts. | | 07-14 | Betrayal: As an Obligation, Betrayal tends to work in the direction of the character having betrayed someone and having to either avoid the consequences for it or having to somehow pay for their sin (Motivation works better for a character who has been betrayed). An Explorer may have taken up the career to travel far away from those they betrayed. Alternatively, they may have double-crossed on a deal of some kind or tried to get away with selling important information to one too many sources. Fringers, Traders. Scouts, and Archaeologists are especially prone to the latter. | | 15-22 | Blackmail: An ancient custom that seems never to lose its power to make people act against their will. For an Explorer, there are many interesting and creative ways it may apply. A Trader may have a history of skimmed profits to hide. An Archaeologist may have once plagiarized someone's findings for a presentation to secure funding. A Big-Game Hunter may have once killed someone on a hunt, never knowing someone else recorded the incident. A Driver may have fudged the data on a particular machine they was hired to test, only to have a number of deaths result from their faulty information. Such incidents can weigh heavily on the mind and heart of a being. | | 23-30 | Bounty: A Bounty on one's head is a powerful agitator for driving action. Many of the infractions described under Blackmail could well result in a Bounty being offered for an Explorer. Other circumstances for which a Bounty might be placed on an Explorer include the following: a Fringer being in the wrong place at the wrong time; a Trader failing in just the wrong delivery to just the wrong official; an Archaeologist trespassing across the wrong lands; a Driver swiping the wrong hot swoop; and so on. | | 31-38 | Criminal: This usually means the character is in the employ of, or seriously indebted to, a crime lord or illicit organization of some kind. Explorers working in the Rim often discover their best — and sometimes only — opportunities to employ their skills are by working with one o r more criminal groups. Unfortunately, this usually places them in trouble with whatever law-enforcement officials there are in the area, their only protection being those same criminal contacts. Such relationships can become vicious circles that are impossible to break. Consider the Scout who is wanted for too many trips to interdicted planets or the Driver who only avoids incarceration for grand theft because of the influence their criminal employer has with local security forces. | | 39-48 | Debt: A Trader may well be up to their eyeballs in debt thanks to too many failed shipments, while an Archaeologist may have risked everything on a find they still can't track down. A Big-Game Hunter may have a great kit for the hunt, but they borrowed to the hilt to get it. and a Driver may have the hottest speeder in the quadrant yet owe thousands of credits to the local sharks for all the mods they've made. | | 49-57 | Family: Ties of kinship can exert an incredible pull on most beings, perhaps even serving as the main reason someone chooses the life of an Explorer — to get away from domineering parents or other powerful relatives. There are times, however, when an Explorer may be doing what they do for their family and not despite them. Perhaps a Fringer sees wandering the Rim as a way to return their family to some kind of prominence after a terrible fall. Maybe the lifelong search of an Archaeologist revolves around the ancient homelands of their people. Meanwhile, a Big-Game Hunter may follow in their father's footsteps, determined to exceed the old man's accomplishments. | | 58-66 | Favor: Some say that favors are what truly drives the galaxy; many will happily provide enormous assets and support, all for the simple price to be named later, often at the worst times. A Scout in the middle of a vital mission for some local rebels is suddenly called on to deliver the location of their base. An Archaeologist in the midst of celebrating their greatest discovery ever is informed that they now must bury that discovery and never speak of it again. A Driver, about to race against the best in the sector, is coerced into losing the race to "clear the books." | | 67-74 | Fervor: The character is possessed of a powerful drive to act based on religious or spiritual beliefs. As an Obligation, Fervor means that they cannot resist acting in accordance with their beliefs and teachings. The PC may even have those who support them in some way (thus explaining the resources they potentially attain due to the Obligation), further exhorting the character to follow "the Way" the group all revere. Consider the Archaeologist who seeks temples dedicated to a lost god or the Big-Game Hunter who truly believes that it is their divine destiny to eradicate "monsters" throughout the galaxy. | | 75-82 | Obsession: Similar to Addiction in some ways, at least at the psychological level — it's easy to see how many Explorers are driven by an Obsession of some kind to push far out into the Rim in pursuit of an all-consuming goal. Consider the Trader who can never acquire enough wealth or the Scout who must categorize every planet in a given sector. What of the Big-Game Hunter, determined to once and for all take out a creature believed long extinct or even mythical? A Driver obsessed with going ever faster may truly bring themself to untold ruin — even death — for their Obsession. | | 83-96 | Sponsorship: This represents a legitimate faction that has placed a great deal of resources in the hands of a character (or a team) for some established purpose. For many Explorers, it is the most common Obligation they will incur. It could be a mercantile consortium that sponsors a Trader in order to open up trade with a new planet or civilization or an Imperial agency sponsoring a Scout to investigate a newly discovered star and its planets. Archaeologists are frequently sponsored by academies or other scholastically minded organizations for their expeditions, and Big-Game Hunters may well be sponsored by a conservation group to thin a particular population of beasts...or sponsored by less savory firms to completely eradicate a particular life-form.97-100 | Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins (this does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type). | | 97-100 | Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type). |

Hired Gun Obligations

HG-DC p. 17

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Bounty: This is a twist on the standard bounty Obligation. Somewhere in the galaxy is a target that the Hired Gun failed to kill, and they are still out there, victimizing the innocent or bragging about their survival. The character must deal with this being, whether because the escaped target may be a danger to them, or that they feel obligated to bring in the one that got away.
09-16	Dutybound: The Hired Gun was once saved from certain death, or an unfulfilled contract, by someone they would never have expected to aid them. They know that debt is due someday and they're going to have to save someone in turn. This focuses the Dutybound Obligation on the Hired Gun's stock-in-trade: fighting and killing.
17-24	Responsibility: Some say (with good reason) that Hired Guns should not make friends. A personal relation of the character is another Hired Gun or similar career, and not a very good one. The character helped them once, and they are out there in the wider galaxy fumbling around, causing trouble for themself and others. Because of that one act of kindness, the responsibility might call upon the character to help them at any time.
25-32	Favor: Favors are often an obligation in a Hired Gun's past. Many start their careers with either a mentor or a sponsor, and owe that person for their support. In the case of the mentor, the Hired Gun might be more than willing to repay past support with a favor now that they've made it in the galaxy. Other sponsors, however, might have been less altruistic about supporting the Hired Gun's career. The favors they call in could be something the Hired Gun finds unsavory or even morally wrong.
33-40	Family: The character has struggled out of the slime pits at the very bottom of galactic society with an almost pathological frenzy to escape everything from their past. And yet, some residual family obligation still remains. Maybe it is a younger brother or sister, or maybe a parent or close friend, but someone still cares for the Hired Gun, and the PC still cares for that person, no matter how much they wish they did not. If some enemy or creditor were to discover these ties, they could easily be used against the character, and fear of this is a constant worry.
41-48	Adrenaline Rush: The character is addicted to the rush of adrenaline they get from battle. It was this character flaw that cost them their position at the upper levels of society. Now they must feed the addiction or the results turn ugly indeed. The character cannot back down from a fight of any kind, and often goes in search of conflict when things get too tame for their tastes. Should the character go an entire session without combat of some kind, the GM may add a penalty of to any skill checks in the next session (or until the character gets a chance to fight).
49-56	Debt: Maintaining equipment, staying current with technology, and keeping weapons charged or fully loaded is not easy. Without these things, the Hired Gun has no hope of employment. The character found themself grounded without sufficient funds to prepare for a job and had to borrow money from an underworld figure. That outstanding debt now chases them from job to job. As the PC is unable to pay in credits, the debtor demands services as payment, often at the most inopportune times. The Hired Gun can reduce this Obligation by performing services for their debtor, but at the GM's discretion can also increase their Obligation for money (never more than once per session, and for a few thousand credits per point of Obligation increase).
57-64	Collateral Accountability: In the pursuit of a past contract, the character was careless. They accidentally destroyed the prized possession of some major underground figure or killed someone important to that person. Now the figure holds it over the character's head. Ambiguous threats and demands for repayment have become near-constants in this character's life, as the underground figure refuses to let them forget their responsibility. They have a financial blood price or other compensation they could pay, but it is astronomical. Until it is paid off, however, the guilt and fear are ever-present. If this Obligation is triggered, the character can suffer to some or all skill checks during the session (at the GM's discretion) due to this burden on their nerves.
65-72	A Score to Settle: The character has always been rough-and-tumble, but somewhere along the way someone wronged them, and they never forget a debt, real or imagined. This could be as simple as someone promising them backup who then disappeared or someone bad-mouthing them in front of a prospective client. Now, the character is always looking for ways to even the score.
73-80	Betrayal: The character comes from a culture where military service is seen as a righteous calling, and is only pursued for noble ends. The people who trained them do not look fondly upon their mercenary career path. Efforts to correct this might range from representatives trying to convince them to stop to assassins sent to end their sullying their name once and for all. Here, the Hired Gun has committed the perceived betrayal, and since their career choice is what's at stake, squaring this Obligation can prove very tricky.
81-88	Oath: The oath a Hired Gun makes is likely something to do with a mission they must complete or their own code of honor. They might have sworn to finish some violent and incredibly risky undertaking, or they could have promised to uphold a set of rules of conduct in warfare that are hard to follow.
89-96	The Price of a Name: The character claimed to be someone else, taking credit for their accomplishments in a past negotiation in the hopes of a higher payday. The wronged party, either the person impersonated or the hiring party, is now angry. This enemy might respond by chasing down the character, spreading news of the duplicity, or demanding restitution to their reputation or their credit account.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).

Smuggler Obligations

S-FC p. 17

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Antagonist: Not all Smugglers are Charmers, and given the contacts a Smuggler makes in their line of work, it’s easy for them to insult the wrong person, group, or even species. This doesn’t always lead to Bounty, however, since not everyone can afford the credits required for an official bounty. In these cases, the Smuggler just lives with the knowledge that certain parties in the galaxy would make their life very difficult if given the chance.
09-16	Bad Reputation: Whether deserved or not, some Smugglers find themselves with a reputation for being untrustworthy or difficult to deal with. This can make finding jobs a struggle. Since the best way to reduce this Obligation is to successfully complete contracts, proving themself reliable again, the Smuggler might find themself having to take the least desirable jobs for a while. Once they've repaired their reputation, they will be able to pick and choose again.
17-24	Betrayal: Given the nature of their job, a Smuggler might find themself a victim of betrayal or a betrayer themself. If the victim, a Smuggler may seek vengeance on those who crossed them. If it was the Smuggler who let a fellow criminal down, then they must make amends somehow. In minor cases, a simple apology may be all that’s needed. In extreme cases, the betrayed party might need rescuing from the spice mines of Kessel or somewhere equally unpleasant.
25-32	Bounty: Many Smugglers earn a bounty on their heads at some point. The size of the bounty depends on the size of the Obligation, as does the nature of the bounty. A large bounty promised by a Hutt is likely to put the Smuggler in much greater peril than a similar price offered for bringing them in to face charges on some backwater planet.
33-40	Criminal: Smugglers are by nature criminal, but some manage to stay off authorities' radars better than others. It’s only a problem if a Smuggler gains a criminal record. This Obligation may involve avoiding a particular system where the character has a criminal record or hiding their involvement in a crime big enough to interest the authorities. In the event that the criminal record is undeserved, the Smuggler might work to expose the real perpetrator.
41-48	Debt: Being a Smuggler offers little security, but acquiring a ship and keeping it functioning costs a lot of credits. In order to stay in business, debts may be necessary. The Smuggler has to resolve them all eventually, and some lenders are less lenient than others. If ignored, this Obligation will only get more and more pressing.
49-56	Family: A family is a particular burden for a Smuggler. Perhaps they live on a planet that rarely receives the basic necessities through legitimate trade, and so they rely on the Smuggler to bring them important but inexpensive cargo. Or perhaps the Smuggler themself has brought them misfortune, and a local crime lord holds them ransom to ensure the Smuggler’s good behavior. The Smuggler could continue to follow the crime lord’s instructions or negate the Obligation by liberating their kin.
57-64	Favor: The Smuggler owes a favor to a person or organization. Favors are a much-used currency among Smugglers, and the character may well owe favors to more than one party, perhaps even parties in competition with each other. The nature of the favor determines how to resolve it, and this is up to the player and GM to decide. Depending on to whom the Smuggler owes the favor, the player may need to deal with this Obligation sooner rather than later
65-72	Notoriety: If a Smuggler has the Notoriety Obligation, then they will be unable to travel incognito, as their face or name may be recognized This makes any jobs they take on harder, if not impossible, to complete. This Obligation is only likely to apply in certain sectors, and the extent of its influence determines the size of the Obligation. The Smuggler's own behavior might have caused this, or another party may have maliciously spread information about them. If the latter, the Obligation could be reduced by tracking down the person responsible and stopping them. if the former, the Smuggler may have to avoid the affected area long enough that the locals forget them, or they might significantly change their appearance or name to avoid recognition.
73-80	High Risk: The Smuggler just can’t help it; they have to take the most dangerous jobs and play for the highest stakes. They are a victim of their own pride, and their ego often lands them in trouble. This Smuggler has something to prove and, when challenged, they cannot help but take the opportunity to display their bravery, even if this puts themself and their party in harm's way.
81-88	Servitude: Although the Smuggler might act like they are their own boss, they are actually the property of another and must either hand over any earnings or evade their owner entirely. The Smuggler could deal with this Obligation by earning enough credits to buy their freedom, or they could kill or otherwise remove their master.
89-96	Under Contract: The Smuggler is under contract to obtain rare goods, transport volatile cargo, or provide difficult services. They can only put this off for so long. This Obligation is similar to Debt, but it allows the player and the GM a wider range of possibilities when determining the nature of the contract.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).

Technician Obligations

T-SM p. 18

d100	Obligation Type
01-08	Crew: The PC has an Obligation to keep a work crew or ship's complement safe. healthy, and in work. Whether or not the PC usually travels with the work crew, this character serves as a mediator between the crew and outside individuals. The PC might owe the debt due from a time the crew saved the PC's career or even life through hard work and sacrifice.
09-16	Contract: The PC has a pressing contract to fulfill, whether it is legally binding or an informal deal. The contract may be for providing, installing, or repairing technical items or on-call services. Fulfilling terms of the contract reduces the character's Obligation, while putting them off or incurring additional expenses for the sake of fulfilling the contract might increase it.
17-24	Blackmail: Someone has discovered one of the PC's dirty secrets through slicing or other technical means. The blackmailer has possession of evidence damaging to the PC's business, family, or organization. The evidence is most likely stolen technical data, such as electronic records, holovid recordings, sensor data, maintenance records, secret computer codes, or similar tech-related items. To keep the secret safe, the PC must keep the blackmailer happy, possibly through payments or granting favors. The blackmailer is cunning enough to maintain just enough of a threat to keep benefiting from the situation, but not so much that the PC decides to allow the release of the evidence or to hunt down the blackmailer to permanently put an end to the danger the information poses.
25-32	Bounty: The PC has an active bounty, earned during an attempt to expose the workings of a criminal or corrupt organization. The PC might have acquired evidence of the organization's misdeeds from data banks through slicing or other technical skulduggery and then attempted to take the information public, whether this meant presenting it to the authorities or broadcasting it via pirated HoloNet feed. The character's background and specialization can both provide additional ideas as to the reason for the bounty.
33-40	Criminal: The character has a criminal record or is accused of a crime (rightly or wrongly), most likely for using technology illegally or providing the means for another to do so. Though the PC is not currently in custody, there are outstanding warrants for the PC's arrest. The PC might seek to settle this Obligation by paying ongoing legal costs or fines, burying evidence, or convincingly demonstrating innocence in the matter.
41-48	Debt: The PC owes someone a great deal, whether in money, goods, or services. The character may owe this group or individual for loans used to pay for training, buy new equipment, or start a business. Paying off the debt may be difficult due to the sheer credits value in question, as a result of the constant accrual of interest that must be paid off, or because of both. The debt might even extend beyond financial obligation, especially if the PC also has a personal relationship with the lender.
49-56	Failed Installation/Repair: A botched modification, installation, or repair job has publicly damaged the character's reputation and rendered the device, droid, or vehicle inoperable. The PC must take action to restore the damaged item, and then find a way to socially engineer a return to good standing in the public eye.
57-64	Family: The character's family demands great deal or time and attention, not just emotionally but also in some technical capacity. The PC might be the only member of the family able to take care of vital machinery that sustains the family's livelihood, food, water, or even air supply, if they live on a space station or in a hostile planetary environment. Though performing routine maintenance can help keep this Obligation in check. the PC must seek to engineer a long-term solution — one that does not require constant personal intervention — to remove this Obligation completely.
65-72	Favor: The character owes someone a big favor. Perhaps a government agent looked the other way after catching the character slicing corporate computers. Perhaps a fellow Technician faked a malfunction or loss of data to cover for a failure on the PC's part. The magnitude of the favor is connected to the amount of Obligation. The Obligation could take an extended amount of time to clear, as it might be reduced by many small actions.
73-80	Unfinished Business: The PC is working on a long-term project such as a complex computer program or a light freighter refit. It may be personal or commissioned work. While long breaks may be acceptable, the Obligation cannot be totally fulfilled until the unfinished business is complete, and it weighs heavily on the PC's mind whenever the character chooses to postpone working on it for any reason.
81-88	Obsession: The PC has an unhealthy obsession with technology, droids, or computers that constantly interferes with efforts to live a normal life. Whether it is repairing a prized droid, designing the next great piece of cybernetic technology, or inventing a device that defines the era, the character has a continual need to pursue this interest. Accomplishing significant tasks to further this goal helps to reduce the character's Obligation.
89-96	Responsibility: The character feels a strong sense of accountability to or responsibility for a person, place, or thing. It might be to a business, social group, political movement, group of friends, or individual from the PC's past. The character might feel responsibility toward a mentor or an apprentice. Taking care of major tasks that help fulfill this responsibility reduces the character's Obligation.
97-100	Roll twice on this chart. Starting Obligation is split into two different origins. (This does not increase the Obligation's magnitude; divide the starting Obligation into two equal parts, each with a different type).