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<div class='cover-header'>Spelljammer Adventure <br/> Building Toolkit</div>

<div class='cover-footer'>An Adventure Building and Crafting Aide</div>

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# Table of Contents

- [<span class="bold">Introduction</span><hr><span>3</span>](#p3)
- [<span>Step 1: Review Players and Plots</span><hr><span>4</span>](#p4)
- [<span>Step 2: Obligation (Optional)</span><hr><span>4</span>](#p4)
- [<span>Step 3: The Big Picture</span><hr><span>5</span>](#p5)
- [<span>Step 4: Choose Your Job</span><hr><span>6</span>](#p6)
- [<span>Step 5: Filling In the Details</span><hr><span>7</span>](#p7)
  - [<span>Heist/Theft</span><hr><span>8</span>](#p8)  
  - [<span>Espionage/Infiltration</span><hr><span>10</span>](#p10)
  - [<span>Escort</span><hr><span>11</span>](#p11)
  - [<span>Rescue</span><hr><span>12</span>](#p12)
  - [<span>Protecting</span><hr><span>13</span>](#p13)
  - [<span>Collect</span><hr><span>14</span>](#p14)
  - [<span>Bounty</span><hr><span>15</span>](#p15)
  - [<span>Transport/Smuggle</span><hr><span>16</span>](#p16)
  - [<span>Negotiate/Trade</span><hr><span>17</span>](#p17)
  - [<span>Explore/Discover</span><hr><span>18</span>](#p18)
  - [<span>Sabotage/Thwart</span><hr><span>19</span>](#p19)
  - [<span>Invitation</span><hr><span>20</span>](#p20)

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- [<span>Step 6: Complications</span><hr><span>21</span>](#p21)
- [<span>Step 7: Keep the Crew Hungry</span><hr><span>23</span>](#p23)
- [<span>XP Rewards</span><hr><span>24</span>](#p24)
- [<span>Extra Tables</span><hr><span>25</span>](#p25)
- [<span>Blank Tables and Worksheets</span><hr><span>26</span>](#p26)
  - [<span>Job Crafting Worksheet (Example)</span><hr><span>26</span>](#p26)
  - [<span>Job Crafting Worksheet (Blank)</span><hr><span>27</span>](#p27)
  - [<span>Blank D20 Sheet</span><hr><span>28</span>](#p28)
  - [<span>Blank D12 Sheet</span><hr><span>29</span>](#p29)
  - [<span>Blank D6 Sheet</span><hr><span>30</span>](#p30)

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> ##### Credits
> The Spelljammer Adventure Building Toolkit is based on the [Adventure Stimpack](https://www.rpgsessions.com/resources.html) made by [RPGSessions](https://www.rpgsessions.com/). It was converted to Spelljammer by Tim Smith.
> <br/><br/>
> The Spelljammer setting is owned and published by [Wizards of the Coast](https://company.wizards.com/en).
> <br/><br/>
> ##### Artwork
> - Front Cover Art: Wizards of the Coast
> - Art on page 8: Wizards of the Coast
> - Art on page 13: Wizards of the Coast
> - Art on page 17: Wizards of the Coast
> - Art on page 24: Wizards of the Coast
> - Back Cover Art: Wizards of the Coast
> <br/><br/>
> ##### Additional Resources
> - [Spelljammer - Adventures in Space](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/sais)
> - [Spelljammer.org](https://www.spelljammer.org)
> - [r/Spelljammer](https://www.reddit.com/r/spelljammer/)
> - [Forgotten Realms Wiki](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki)

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# Introduction

Running a role-playing game in the Spelljammer setting is filled with adventure, excitement, fast-paced action, and quick moving scenes. Players will discover the tougher and grittier aspects about living and working together in a variety of environments and crystal spheres. Sometimes, it can be challenging to come up with ideas and plotlines for the players, and we must quickly come up with a session idea. Wouldn’t it be nice it there were a tool we could use to help us out, and give that creative boost from time to time?

This book is designed to be that tool! It will help dungeon masters create plotlines and opportunities for your players to immerse themselves into the many cultures found throughout the spheres, and create memorable stories together. As Spelljammer is often focused on the more illicit aspects of living in wildspace, these ideas focus heavily in that direction.

This book supports the ideology that the DM is not the story teller, but the creator of conflict. The DM offers challenges for the PCs to overcome, but not in an adversarial way, rather as partners in the narrative process. The PCs then get to decide how to approach those conflicts, and the dice help determine the results. This gives the responsibility of the plot to the DM, and the responsibility of the story to the PCs.

The ideas expressed in this book are also grounded in the direction that Spelljammer is more fantasy than science fiction. A space opera that doesn’t need to have logical explanations for how technology or magic works. Keep these concepts in mind, and your players will feel like they’re a part of a living wildspace system with adventurous stories to tell.

## How To Use This Book

This book goes through a few simple steps to craft a fun adventure. There will be options to roll for random creation, or select the best ideas that fit your current group and game. GMs will need a d6, d12, and d20 to use with these random tables. Each section will go into further detail, but here are the steps:

- First, review player motivations, goals, and obligations or allegiances. Also review any existing plotlines and NPCs that could still be important or unresolved.
- Form your larger plotline, using a simple sentence formula, if you want a more epic, sprawling campaign.
- Roll or choose from a table to determine what job the crew is being hired for, and how they come across this opportunity.
- Next, use the provided formulas and tables to create important initial details for the job.
- Use the tables to determine what kind of complications might arise as the players take on this job.
- Lastly, what ways are you going to keep the crew hungry during this job? See EotE page 151 for more info.

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 > ##### Using Obligation
 > Some of the ideas in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire could be useful in a Spelljammer campaign. Specifically, the Obligation could be helpful when tracking allegiances and planning new plotlines. You can learn more about that at [yawningportal.org](https://yawningportal.org/why-obligation-rocks/).

At anytime during this process, you are free to interpret the results, or use your own imagination, to f inish the details in your adventure, or embellish the outcomes. These aides are not meant to limit ideas into a ridged formula, but to open possibilities and generate options. Plus, the more you can inject PC backstories, motivations, and goals, the more personal your adventure will be to those players. 
 
 The end of this book also contains worksheets and pages of blank tables for the various formulas to create your own custom list of options to randomize. Maybe you have a specific gang you want to include as an adversary, or a location with great importance to the players that should be included. Whatever the case may be, the blank tables can be printed, filled and used to better personalize your adventure crafting.

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# Step 1: Review Players and Plots

Any good GM will know basic details about the player characters. What are their backstories, motivations, obligations, goals, aspirations, and desires? Who has wronged them in the past, and who has been there to aide them when they find themselves in trouble? Are the characters more heroic with a great sense of moral direction, or more self preservation oriented, willing to do whatever it takes to keep their ship sailing? These details can lead to some adventure ideas that practically write themselves.

Understanding group goals and motivations can help seed adventure hooks and plotlines too. Are they looking to create the fastest vessel in the sphere, and pool all their resources into their ship? Or maybe everyone would like to set up their own cargo delivery service, with a base of operations?

If players and groups don’t have goals or motivations, encourage them to create some, and share with their fellow players. They don’t have to be long or detailed. Some basic ideas are enough to start, and more details can be filled out as you play.

## Plotlines

When a new group of characters start their adventures in the Spelljammer setting, their backstories and history are sometimes the only things available to DMs to use as direct adventure prompts. But as time goes on, and the PCs engage in all sorts of quests, jobs, and trouble, DMs will begin to compile other plots that still need an ending. Write down the title of this Plotline, and keep it in your back pocket for inspiration and possible resolution at a later time.

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Maybe it was a task that was only partially done? Or maybe a new discovery was made while on a different quest that still needs explored?

Review the list of plotlines before crafting a new session, and determine if it makes sense to return to it for further adventure.

## Other Characters

Along with tracking player character details, and past unresolved plotlines, a DM can also be creating a list of characters the PCs meet in their journeys. Maybe they were favored by a small village for bringing them much needed supplies. Or a black market merchant has befriended them, and is always willing to give them a discount.

Look over the list of NPCs that have gained enough importance to be recorded, and think of ways they might reappear in the future. A broken down ship requires that contact you made last time you were on planet. The pirate captain you heard about might be the perfect person to hire the unemployed passenger you are helping escort.

# Step 2: Obligation (Optional)

This step is optional depending on whether or not you decide to implement a system into your game like [Obligation](https://yawningportal.org/why-obligation-rocks/). In short, Obligation (from Star Wars: Edge of the Empire) is a system which gives PCs a minimal back story with a simple way to integrate it into the story on a session-by-session basis. In an episodic campaign structure, this system can be very useful to keep storylines focused on the characters and make it seem like they're interacting with a reactive setting.

For more details on what Obligation is, and how to use it in your game, check out [this page on Fandom](https://swfanon.fandom.com/fr/wiki/Obligation). There you will find great ideas in how to use Obligation in your campaigns and adventures. Before play begins the DM should roll a D100 to see if Obligation is triggered for the session. It’s recommended to roll at the beginning of the session, but DMs can also consider rolling it at the end of a session, to give proper time to work it into the session. DMs could also make the roll privately to increase the tension of the game. Ultimately, it’s up to the DM on how he would like to trigger the mechanic.

Obligation can be another great resource for generating ideas for an encounters for the PCs. It can also be a way to track notoriety and fame for the group. With a high group Obligation, the party may find it difficult to go anywhere with local law or elven imperial guards instantly arresting them. On the other hand, they may receive exuberant welcomes in the seediest parts of the underworld, only to be attacked by other pirate captains jealous of their success. DMs will keep an eye on the party’s Obligation, not only for more adventure opportunities, but also as a gauge in their standing in wildspace.

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# Step 3: The Big Picture

Episodic adventures can be one way to run a Spelljammer game. This keeps the story lines shorter, and they don’t need to flow into each other. But you may find having a greater plot happening outside the smaller plotlines an enjoyable option for longer campaigns. If you are constructing a larger campaign, the following should help you craft a bigger picture, while still crafting smaller adventures and sessions.

## Your Sentence

To create a greater plot, there are many methods and  techniques that can aide in the process. For this book, we will using the [“Your Sentence” technique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPDove54mw) taught by Guy Sclanders from the [How To Be A Great GM YouTube series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsHhMRkG9uA40g9hoNXmjtvtEhJ-16TKZ). You start with this formula...

##### `<Somebody>` wants `<something>` badly.

If you want more details in your sentence, use the following example...

##### `<Somebody>` wants `<something>` badly by `<a specific time>`, and is having difficulty getting it using `<something>` because of `<something>`.

Both of these sentence give two important aspects to create a larger plot for our campaign. First, who will be the main antagonist to the PCs. This character should be a Nemesis level adversary, and will be who the PCs will be trying to thwart once they discover their plan.

Secondly, what is this adversary trying to do? What do they want so badly? Whatever it is, they are so set on getting it that they will do anything to accomplish their desires. Nothing will stand in their way, and they will use their power and skills to accomplish it.

The wonderful thing about this method is that the GM is coming up with the actions of the main adversary, and the means in which he will accomplish his goal, but not directing the specifics of how the PCs will stop it. This allows the GM to not worry about railroading the PCs into a path, but naturally letting the story flow, and introduce key pieces of information about the adversary to the PCs during the game.

### How Will They Do It?

To continue with this method, think of ways that the adversary will accomplish their desires. What steps do they need to do to prepare the path to completion? What materials or supplies do they need to acquire? Maybe they need to build an army, find a powerful relic, or create a massive weapon. Each of those examples can become ways that the PCs can thwart the adversary’s plans, and provide greater side quests or jobs. Consider what happens if the PCs do stop one plan, and what the adversary would still do to move forward with their nefarious ideas.

Once the nemesis has acquired their needed supplies, building and creating it would be their next objective. Where is it being built? What manpower is being used? What transports are needed? After it’s constructed or gathered, the nemesis might even test their plans, or execute a smaller version of their end desire, just to make sure it works.

Finally, the nemesis will unleash their plans, and the final confrontation with the PCs should be dramatic and epic, regardless of whether or not they’re successful in stopping the original plan. How does this climax affect the system, sector, or galaxy? By this point, the PCs should have a clear goal to stop the event from happening, and are ready for the showdown.

### Important NPCs

Once you have your sentence, and ideas how the adversary’s plan will transpire, be sure to take time to prepare important NPCs, including the main adversary. Henchmen and captains will be important to help carry out work need to accomplish the task. Crime syndicates or Imperials looking to benefit from such actions can be prepared as well.

All NPCs don’t need to be mapped out and crafted, but make sure key figures are ready in case you discover a perfect opportunity during a side job for the Hutts that would be perfect time to inject one of these figures. After a while, as the PCs keep hearing about certain NPCs over and over again, they might wonder what they are up to. Or better yet, if the adversaries hit the PCs close to home, they are sure to take notice.

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# Step 4: Choose Your Job

Once you have reviewed your player characters, past plotlines, and decided if you want a bigger plot to your adventure, you can generate hundreds of scenarios using the tables in the next few sections. First, you want to decide what type of job the PCs will be given.

Using the **Table 1: You Are Being Hired To...** below, roll a d12 and select the type associated with the number result. You may also look through the list and pick one that fits the current narrative for your group and story. This will give you the starting point for your next game or session, and a specific direction you can take. You can also roll a d6 and use **Table 2: How Do PCs Come To Know About This Job** to give further insight into how your players learned about their new task to help add more flavor to the initial hire.

After a job type has been selected, go to the page number associated with that row to find a simple formula for that type to add more details to the job. Follow the format similar to the Your Sentence method, and fill out important details using tables created for that specific type. At anytime, create your own tables with the blank worksheets in the back of this book.

##### Table 2: How Do PCs Come To Know About This Job

| d6  | Type |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | Someone contacts them directly |
|  2  | Witnessed/Overheard |
|  3  | Saw posting on a job board |
|  4  | Captured and forced to do it |
|  5  | Message for someone else was intercepted |
|  6  | Roll again or choose some other way |

##### Table 1: You Are Being Hired To...

| d12  | Type | Page |
|:---:|:-----------:|:-----:|
| 1 | **Heist/Theft** - Something of high value or great importance is desired by someone, but they don’t want to pay for it. | [8](#p8) |
| 2 | **Espionage/Infiltration** - Spying, learning secrets, clandestine activities, and gaining access to a secure area is needed. | [10](#p10) |
| 3 | **Escort** - Safely taking someone of prestige or stature from point A to point B. | [11](#p11) |
| 4 | **Rescue** - Someone or something has been captured and needs to be saved, broken out, or freed before something dangerous happens. | [12](#p12) |
| 5 | **Protect** - Someone with fame or something of great significance needs to be safeguarded or defended. | [13](#p13) |
| 6 | **Collect** - An item of value is out there, and the PCs need to get it for someone. | [14](#p14) |
| 7 | **Bounty** - Someone has a price on their head, and PC are going to track them down. (A bounty job does not need to roll on Tables 3 and 4.) | [15](#p15) |
| 8 | **Transport/Smuggle** - Legal cargo needs delivered somewhere, but illegal cargo will need to be smuggled. | [16](#p16) |
| 9 | **Negotiate/Trade** - Some type of deal, negotiation or agreement needs to be made by the PCs. | [17](#p17) |
| 10 | **Exploration/Investigation** - Someplace needs discovered, charted, or mapped out for better understanding by their employer. | [18](#p18) |
| 11 | **Sabotage/Thwart** - Someone or something needs to be removed from the equation, deleted, or stopped. | [19](#p19) |
| 12 | **Not hired!... Invitation to join** - A person or group has invited the PCs someplace to watch or participate in some momentous event. | [20](#p20) |

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# Step 5: Fill in the Details

Now that you know what job your party is about to do, it’s time to fill in more of the details. The next few pages contain descriptive sentence formulas for the chosen job, and random tables to help fill in specifics. Roll to discover the who, what, where, how and why of the job, or fill in the blanks with your own ideas.

As you record the results, you may find ideas that are better than the random results, and more appropriate for your players. Use the tables as a starting point to create a memorable adventure. You may also find that some results don’t make complete sense together. In those cases, come up with the solution that does make sense, or find creative ways for the results to work together.

## Employer and Payment

Just about all the adventure types have someone that is needing the services of the PCs. Use **Table 3: Who’s Hiring You?** for any of the jobs that need an entity funding the job, or requesting the aide of the PCs. Roll on the first column to give you who the employer is, roll again to add another descriptor to the character. This could range from a power-hungry crime lord, an untrusting Imperial Governor, a corrupt Senator, or just being self-employment. This will help you consider if the descriptor has any influence related to the job, and what kind of client the players will be dealing with.

Next, use **Table 4: Payment for the Job** to find out what your client will offering the group upon successful completion of the job. This might be a fixed amount of gold pieces, a percentage, or some other form of compensation, like tickets to the grand opening of a theme park worth hundreds of gold pieces, or crates of illegal weapons you might be able to sell later. You can create a reason why they employer would pay so much, or so little, for their important job. PCs can always negotiate the terms, but GMs should be careful not to award the players to much, as we will discuss ways to keep the players hungry, as well as deal with unforeseen difficulties.

##### Table 4: Payment for the Job

| d12  | Amount |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | 1d6 x 100gp |
|  2  | A favor |
|  3  | Exclusive contact information |
|  4  | Free promotion, notoriety, or fame |
|  5  | Coordinates to a treasure |
|  6  | Pass or tickets to exclusive event (50gp) |
|  7  | 2d6 x 20 gp |
|  8  | Legal Cargo to sell (Food, supplies, etc.) |
|  9  | Illegal Cargo to sell (Drugs, weapons, etc.) |
|  10 | Magic items (Potions, scrolls, etc.) |
|  11 | Cover costs or expenses in this sphere |
|  12 | 3d6 x 50gp |

\* To roll for a random faction, go to [Extra Tables](#p25)

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# Heist/Theft

Heist and theft jobs revolve around someone wanting the PCs to steal something important It’s important to keep in mind additional factors and scenarios that might be connected with such jobs. What is the security like? Why is the item so valuable? Why does your employer want you to do it? Will the group need to additional plans and encounters to help set up success? Is someone positioned to double cross the PCs? **Table 5: Heist/Theft Options** and the following sentence will help get you started. Roll 3 d20s to learn more details about the heist!

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to steal [<Item (Table 5a)>](#p9) from [<Target (Table 5b)>](#p9) before [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p9).

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\* To roll for a random faction, go to [Extra Tables](#p25)

¹ A list of known drugs in D&D can be found on the [Forgotten Realms Wiki](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drug) and in [Ebberon: Rising from the Last War](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/erftlw/building-eberron-adventures-sharn#CrimeinSharn).

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# Espionage/Infiltration
Some jobs require more stealth and sneaking instead of cannons and blunderbusts, and clients are willing to pay handsomely to anyone that can infiltrate facilities and succeed at covert espionage missions. These jobs require a heightened awareness to silent dangers. What security measures are being used at the target location? Will there be others that are looking for the same information? And most importantly, what happens if the PCs are discovered? **Table 6: Espionage/Infiltration Options** and 3 d20s will give you the details to craft a memorable experience.

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to [<Task (Table 6a)>](#p10) [<Target (Table 6b)>](#p10) because [<Reason (Table 6c)>](#p10).

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\* To roll for a random faction, go to [Extra Tables](#p25)

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# Escort
Escort type jobs are common adventures in Spelljammer games, and passengers and employers are looking for crews they can count on to make the trip. There are always citizens that are looking for ways to get from here to there for all sorts of reasons, and usually not willing to share them. What secrets do they hide? What backstory would be important to know? Is there someone trying to stop this trip? Will anyone be waiting at their destination? Use **Table 7: Person Options** to discover who you are escorting, and roll twice on **Table 8a & c: Location Options** to know where you are going.

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) needs to get [<Person (Table 7)>](#p11) to [<Location (Table 8a)>](#p12) from [<Location (Table 6c)>](#p10) before [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p9) and will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7).

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\* To roll for a random faction or species, go to [Extra Tables](#p25)

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# Rescue
A good rescue mission involves someone that has been captured, incarcerated, or trapped behind enemy lines. The PCs will have to figure a way in and get their target out without being captured themselves! Why was this person captured in the first place? Will it involved brute force or more stealth tactics? Will the PCs need to prepare or plan anything additional to the breakout? Use **Table 7: Person Options** to discover who you are rescuing, and roll on Table **8b: Location Options**

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to rescue [<Person (Table 7)>](#p11) from [<Location (Table 8b)>](#p12) controlled by [<Opposition (Table 9)>](#p12) *before [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p9).

##### Table 8: Locations

##### Table 9: Opposition

| d20  | Opposition |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | The Tenth Pit |
|  2  | Pirates |
|  3  | The Xenos |
|  4  | Elven Imperials |
|  5  | Slavers |
|  6  | Bounty Hunter |
|  7  | Loan Sharks |
|  8  | POTs¹ |
|  9  | The Trading Company |
| 10  | Scro |
| 11  | Local Authorities |
| 12  | Gaspar Reclamations |
| 13  | Crime Syndicate |
| 14  | Nomads |
| 15  | Evil Wizard |
| 16  | Undead |
| 17  | Large monsters |
| 18  | Raiders |
| 19  | Giant Hamster Gang² |
| 20  | Local residents |

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\* Optional Detail

¹ POTs is an acronym for the Pragmatic Order of Thought

² Similar to a biker gang, but they ride giant hamsters

³ Primary World refers to the primary location in a sphere (Toril, Krynn, Oerth, etc)

⁴ Information about casinos and gambling mechanics can be found in [Keys from the Golden Vault](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/kftgv/the-stygian-gambit)
    
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# Protect
The heroic nature of some PCs can’t let the defenseless or weak to become subject to the powerful or vengeful. Those that choose to take on jobs to protect do it at their own peril, usually become the bodyguard or soldier between the opposition and their target. Why do they want to target the person or group? What supplies will the PCs need to make their stand, or defend from the shadows? Is this an assassination

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attempts, or brutal charge into battle? **Table 10: Protecting Options** will give you the details you need.

##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to protect [<Target (Table 10a)>](#13) from [<Opposition (Table 9)>](#p12) that are coming [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p10).

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\* To roll for a random faction or species, go to [Extra Tables](#p25)

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# Collect

Most DMs and players know what a MacGuffin is. That is the heart of a collecting job. Retrieve something from a location for a reason before something happens or someone else beats you to it. A collecting job can be different than a heist, and usually involves less criminal activity, and more questing. What makes this item so sought after? Who else might be interested in it? What dangers or hardships will the PCs

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face in order to get their item? Use **Table 11: Collecting Options** to learn more about what they must retrieve.

##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) wants [<Item (Table 11a)>](#p14) because [<Reason (Table 11b)>](#p14) and must get it from [<Location (Table 11c)>](#p14) before [<Event (Table 11d)>](#p14) and will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7).

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# Bounty
In Spelljammer, there’s no shortage of those that have bounties on their heads for one reason or another. PCs can go after these bounties, with hopes of a decent payout and little collateral damage. What has the bounty done to earn such a mark? Are the players prepared to honor the hunters code in the chase? What will it take to track the target down, and how much of a fight will they put up? **Table 12: Bounty Options** will give you details to who this person is, and where they were last seen. The other **Tables 13 and 14** will help the

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players know what kind of target you are after with relationship to the bounty amount and contract type.

##### [<Target (Table 12a)>](#p15) has a bounty last seen [<Location (Table 12b)>](#p15) for [<Amount (Table 13)>](#p15) [<Contract Type (Table 14)>](#p15) and is posted by [<Party (Table 17)>](#p17).

##### Table 12: Bounty Options

##### Table 13: Amount
| d12  | Amount |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | 1d6 x 20gp |
|  2  | 2d6 x 10gp |
|  3  | 2d6 x 40gp |
|  4  | 3d6 x 20gp |
|  5  | 3d6 x 30gp |
|  6  | 3d6 x 40gp |
|  7  | 3d6 x 50gp |
|  8  | 4d6 x 40gp |
|  9  | 4d6 x 60gp |
| 10  | 4d6 x 80gp |
| 11  | 5d6 x 50gp |
| 12  | 5d6 x 100gp|

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| d6  | Type |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | Alive |
|  2  | Dead or Alive |
|  3  | No Preference |
|  4  | Capture/Restrained |
|  5  | Dead with Proof |
|  6  | Not Specific |

¹ Information about casinos and gambling mechanics can be found in [Keys from the Golden Vault](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/kftgv/the-stygian-gambit)

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# Transport/Smuggle

Delivery jobs are everywhere in Edge of the Empire games. Goods are needed all over the galaxy, whether they are legal or illegal, and crime lords, black marketeers, and businessmen are looking for people they can count on to make the trip. Transportation and smuggling jobs also features complications en route that make the journey a challenging one. Is there more to this cargo than face value? Why does it need to get

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to its destination? Who else is waiting to take it from the players? Use Table 15: Transport/ Smuggle Options to work out the needed details, and keep off those Imperial scanners.

##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) needs cargo of [<Legal (Table 15a)](#p16) or [Illegal (Table 15b)>](#p16) delivered to [<Location (Table 12b)>](#p15) *before [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p9) and [<Contact (Table 15c)>](#p16) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) upon delivery.

##### Table 15: Transport/Smuggle Options

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¹ Examples of illegal helms are [Lifejammers](https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Spelljammer_Helms#Lifejammer) and [Death Helms](https://spelljammer.fandom.com/wiki/Spelljammer_Helms#Death_Helm).<br/>
² Hellfire weapons can be found in [Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/bgdia/magic-items#HellfireWeapon)<br/>
³ A list of known drugs in D&D can be found on the [Forgotten Realms Wiki](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drug) and in [Ebberon: Rising from the Last War](https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/erftlw/building-eberron-adventures-sharn#CrimeinSharn).

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# Negotiate/Trade

Negotiation and trade jobs involve the PCs brokering deals, securing trade agreements, wheeling and dealing, promoting scams, and mediating trade disputes. Players with a knack for social encounters or the gift for gab will find negotiation jobs right up their alley. But maybe their employer doesn't want them to succeed, instead becoming a scapegoat. What information about the deal is the client not sharing? **Table 16: Negotiate/Trade Options** and **Table 17: Parties Involved** will help start your next social encounter.

##### Table 16: Negotiate/Trade Options

| d12  | Type |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | Mediate a dispute |
|  2  | Strike a deal |
|  3  | Negotiate a contract or agreement |
|  4  | Incite amnesty |
|  5  | Be an envoy with grave news |
|  6  | Negotiate treaties |
|  7  | Forge alliances |
|  8  | Sow distrust |
|  9  | Convince aid is needed for someone |
|  10 | Avert war |
|  11 | Negotiate the sale/trade of an item (Use Table 12a or 12b for the item) |
|  12 | Negotiate a Trade Route

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to [<Negotiate/Trade type (Table 16)>](#p17) between [<Party (Table 17)>](#p17) and [<Party (Table 17)>](#p17) *before [<Event (Table 5c)>](#p9).

##### Table 17: Parties Involved
| d20 | Parties |
|:---:|:-------:|
| 1 | Black Marketeer |
| 2 | Pirates/Raiders |
| 3 | The Tenth Pit |
| 4 | The Elven Imperial Fleet |
| 5 | Slavers |
| 6 | Gaspar's Reclamations |
| 7 | The Trading Company |
| 8 | Pragmatic Order of Thought |
| 9 | The Company of the Chalice |
| 10 | Crime Syndicate |
| 11 | Scavver-rider Gang |
| 12 | Local government |
| 13 | Local business |
| 14 | Government official |
| 15 | Scholars |
| 16 | Mining Operation |
| 17 | A friend of the PCs |
| 18 | Archeological crew |
| 19 | Remote settlement |
| 20 | Farmers |

\* Optional Detail

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# Exploration/Investigation

Locations need discovering or explored, or has just been discovered, or someplace lost has been found again, and the PCs must explore this new land, planet, plane, or temple. Exploration jobs can also involve investigation-themed adventures. These revolve around being presented with a mystery and getting to the bottom of it through detective work, magic, research, poking around crime scenes, questioning witnesses and suspects, cracking codes, and similar activities. Choose between **Table 18: Exploration Options** for more specifics about exploration jobs, and **Table 19: Investigation** Options for more investigatory jobs.

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to [<Type (Table 18a)>](#p18) [<Target (Table 18b)>](#p18) because [<Reason (Table 18c)>](#p18).<br/><br/>Use same formula for investigation jobs and [Table 19: Investigation Options](#p18).

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# Sabotage/Thwart

Stopping, or thwarting, jobs can pit the players against an object or person that needs to be defeated, overcome, destroyed, or sabotaged. Someone wants the players to end the evil reign of the target, or make sure something never sees the light of day. Why is the target such a threat? Have others tried to stop it? Is this part of a much bigger plan that involve the PCs? Once defeated, what will the repercussions be? Use **Table 20: Sabotage/Thwart Options** to help fill out the details.

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) will pay you [<Amount (Table 4)>](#p7) to stop [<Target (Table 20a)>](#p19) before [<Event (Table 20b)>](#p19) or else [<Happening (Table 20c)>](#p19).

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# Invitation to Join

Sometimes players aren’t asked to do a job, but instead invited to some great event or opportunity! An invitation can come from all varieties of influence, such as a prince's birthday party, or to compete in a ship race. Adventure can still follow the PCs, regardless if they are being paid or not. Is there another motive why the PCs were invited? Can everyone be trusted in this new setting? Are the PCs able to leave after the invitation? **Table 21: Invitation to Join Options** will shed some more light on those details.

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##### [<Employer (Table 3)>](#p7) has invited you to [<Event (Table 21a)>](#p20) and [<Description (Table 21b)>](#p20).

##### Table 21: Invitation to Join Options

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# Step 6: Complications

Seldom will a job ever go as planned! In an Edge of the Empire game, there are many ways add a level of extra danger to even the most mundane tasks. Adding excitement through conflict or complications will make the end result more fulfilling and adventurous for the players. These complications could be related to the main plot,

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or completely unrelated. The following table has a variety of scenes, encounters, and triggers that can be infused in the job the PCs have accepted to do. Use your imagination and creativity to find ways to incorporate these added difficulties to your game. Who is behind this added complication? How does it fit into the timeline of the job? Explore these questions and use Table 22: Complications as your inspiration.

##### Table 22: Complications

| d20 | Complication |
|:---:|:---------:|
| 1 | **Ambush/Trap.** Someone is setting up for the PCs to take the bait. Double-crossed allies, blame pointing to the ambushed, and capture can all become a part of this complication. |
| 2 | **Captured.** The PCs might become prisoners, and escaping may be their only option. They are sure to experience elaborate plans, diversions, stealth, and crackerjack timing to get out of this one. |
| 3 | **Disaster.** Planet-wide earthquakes, killer plagues, deadly meteor showers, and rampaging rancors are unavoidable, and the PCs will have to deal with it the best they can. |
| 4 | **Environment Difficulty.** Unending rain storms, toxic atmosphere, frigid mountain ranges, and bug-infested swamps can make completing the PCs job a constant hardship.|
| 5 | **Mistaken Identity** One of the PCs, or the whole group, have an uncanny resemblance to someone else that may be wanted for criminal activity, or owe a huge debt that won't be forgiven.|
| 6 | **Pirates/Raiders.** Pirates, thugs, or raiders abound throughout the sphere, and the PCs just happen to be their next target. |
| 7 | **Chase.** The PCs are being chased by someone, or the PCs are in pursuit of someone else. This could mean foot races, narrow escapes, and/or thrilling vehicle speeds. |
| 8 | **Contest/gambling.** Competitions, gladiatorial rings, and a big-stakes sabacc game all are examples of this type of complication. The group may come away with fame, or less gold, or both! |
| 9 | **Assault/Skirmish.** Some hostile group is ready to fight the PCs one way or another. This could also mean that the PCs have an opportunity to take the fight to a long-time adversary. |
| 10 | **Diplomacy/Political intrigue.** The PCs might inadvertently find themselves in the middle of rival politicians, visiting diplomats, or in courts that are not welcoming to their line of work. |
| 11 | **Debt to a syndicate.** A powerful crime syndicate will be in a position to offer relief, aide, or task completion, but will in turn make sure that the PCs know they own them. Big time. |
| 12 | **Difficult Journey.** Getting there will not be easy. Blockades, arduous desert treks, perilous ocean voyages, traversing creature infested swamps, and space anomalies might all be in their path. |
| 13 | **Imperial Patrols.** No matter if you are traveling a main trade route, or in a city trying to find a cantina, Imperial Stormtroopers are everywhere, sticking their nose in everyone's business! |
| 14 | **Resistance.** Some underdog faction is fighting against those in power! PCs might become involved with surprise raids, guerrilla tactics, and underground operations before they complete their task. |
| 15 | **Additional regulation or fees.** A person can't go anywhere these days without some border checkpoint, customs agent, or docking fee that was previously unknown. Hope they can pay it. |

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| d20 | Complication |
|:---:|:---------:|
| 16 | **Survival.** The PCs find themselves without basic resources to sustain life, and they need to survive, or help others survive, whether in their own ship or on a barren planet. |
| 17 | **War/Battles.** Great battles and conflict are raging, and the PCs will have to take into consideration the factions vying for power and conquest as they try to finish their job. |
| 18 | **Unsettling Rumors.** Rumors are spread about a location, person, or event that might require more fear checks, keen eyes, and cool dispositions to make it through. |
| 19 | **Another group is interfering.** Another crew, jealous of the PCs or just desirous of their assign-ment, keeps getting in their way, and causes more problems than desired. |
| 20 | **Proper Credentials Needed.** Whether forged or official, "Credentials at the ready" is something the PCs are sure to hear a lot of. |

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# Step 7: Keep the Crew Hungry

Life in the Outer Rim, or being wrapped up with the scum and villainy of the galaxy, can be a dangerous way to live. Although it comes with a certain amount of freedom, there’s a greater deal of uncertainty when you pursue this line of work. On page 151 of the Edge of the Empire Core rulebook, there’s a sidebar titled “Keep the Crew Hungry.” Take a look, and glean ways you can use those suggestions in your game. Not only is this a great way to manage the economy of the game and its players, but it also introduces various ways to inject more drama and adventure into a game.

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How will it fit the current job? When could it happen into the game? Is there a key NPC that will need to be prepared for this extra scene? Select from the following list of ideas found on Table 23: Ways to Keep the Crew Hungry, and determine how the crew will manage the unforeseen difficulties and expenses that will come there way during their current employment. Some of these suggestions could be an encounter all itself. Or if could be little amounts chipping away during the course of the job. Part of these ideas could only affect the PCs bank account, while others could hit their ship and equipment more, and demand some needed repairs.

##### Ways to Keep the Crew Hungry
| d12 | Type |
|:---:|:----:|
| 1 | **Drinks and food.** They gotta eat and drink. It’s just a bit pricey here. |
| 2 | **Information.** For a few more gold pieces, more knowledge will be shared. |
| 3 | **Gambling.** You just might come away richer. Or not. It’s always the gamble. |
| 4 | **Obligation.** Extra need is required, which means time and resources spent elsewhere. |
| 5 | **Ship repairs from battle.** You didn’t want to fight those raiders, but their was little choice. |
| 6 | **Ship repairs from asteroids or debris.** That’s the last time we let the pilot drive! |
| 7 | **Ship repairs from old parts wearing out.** Things need replaced from time to time. |
| 8 | **Ship docking/resuuplying.** The docking technicians know when they see fresh, gullible spacers. |
| 9 | **Favors and Debts.** Friends need some extra gold pieces, debtors need their funds. |
| 10 | **Imperial regulation/fees.** Everyone has to pay for the Empire’s expanding arsenal. |
| 11 | **Robbed.** Big payouts attract big criminals that would like to take a piece for themselves. |
| 12| **Medical bill.** Sickness, injury, and accidents may require a paid professional. |

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# XP Rewards

As the players find adventure in the various jobs they’re hired to do, the in-game rewards will range from gold, to new contacts that might promise greater financial security. It’s also a good idea to keep in mind the experience points that will be reward after sessions. In the Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook, page 301, you’ll find suggestions on how to award players with XP, and decide how much to give for milestones or job completions. Along with those suggestions, we highlight a few supporting ideas here.

### PLAYER MOTIVATION

To encourage role playing from your players, reward them with XP as they make their character’s motivation a part of the unfolding story. How do the jobs they take affect their motivations and outlook? Are they more motivated to take on certain types of jobs over others? Encourage these character moments to bring a level of depth to the stories, and brings their characters to life, as well as earn more experience for growth!

### GOALS OR DESIRES

Tied closely with motivations are goals and desires. There may be times where players will share their character’s desires out loud. As a GM, encourage to go after those goals, and be prepared to reward the PCs with extra XP or some other type of equipment or gear. If a player discovers a cantina run by a bunch of hot headed thugs, and they say “I’d sure love to clear out that cantina... but we have this job to do,” let them know that if they want to move forward with that idea, they are welcome to do so. A carrot, in the form of XP or a valued weapon, may need to be dangled in front of them to get them to take on an extra encounter.

### NEW OBLIGATION

Obligation is a valuable mechanic in an Edge of the Empire game. Some players forget that it can be acquired during a game session too, especially in times of great need. Entice your players with new obligation moments, and be sure to reward them with additional XP for taking it on. If they just accept that deal with that shop dealer, or promise the Hutt that they’ll assist when called, they have a few more XP this session. Not only does it give the PCs more XP to help their characters grow, but it also gives the story more hooks and potential plots.

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# Extra Tables

Although the previous sections should give you enough information to create fun and exciting encounters for your PCs, here are a couple extra tables in case you are needing a bit more help with a person the group is interacting with, or a location that isn’t listed on other tables in this supplement.

##### Table 24: Species

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##### Table 25: Planets and Locations

##### Table 26: Factions

| d12 | Faction |
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| 1 | The Elven Imperial Fleet |
| 2 | The Company of the Chalice |
| 3 | The Pragmatic Order of Thought |
| 4 | The Tenth Pit |
| 5 | The Trading Company |
| 6 | The Smith's Coster |
| 7 | Gaspar Reclamations |
| 8 | The Sindiath Line |
| 9 | The Chainmen |
| 10 | The Seekers |
| 11 | The Xenos |
| 12 | The Shapers |

More information about various Species can be found on [D&D Beyond](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races).

Additional information about [Planets and Locations](http://lost.spelljammer.org/AhzadJinsai/Spheres/Spheres.html) and [Factions](http://lost.spelljammer.org/AhzadJinsai/Organizations/Spacefaring_Orgs.html) can be found on [Spelljammer.org](http://www.spelljammer.org).

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# Job Worksheet (Example)

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# Job Worksheet

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# Blank d20 Tables

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