SWN - Starvation Cheap - Quick Commander Generation (d6)

d6 Quick Commander

1

Current Career Goal - Avoiding death on the front lines by any means.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"

2

Current Career Goal - Win a glorious engagement to gain promotion.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"

3

Current Career Goal - Serve their superior officer's best interests.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"

4

Current Career Goal - Make up for a recent disaster they're blamed for.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"

5

Current Career Goal - Get a Resolve: {blackmailer|problematic officer} killed.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"

6

Current Career Goal - Stay with this united and their beloved troops.

In an Engagement They - Roll on "Strategic Style"

Their Worst Current Problem is - Roll on "Worst Current Problem"

They've been in command for - Roll on "Length of Command"

Their Personal Headquarters is - Roll on "Personal Headquarters"

Personal Quirks - Roll on "Personal Quirks"


Subcharts

Strategic Style (d8)

d8 Result

1

Charge Head-On, relying on brute force to win.

2

Dig in, always suspecting ambush or tricks.

3

Send out scouts first before springing their plan.

4

Hate to call for help or admit they're in trouble.

5

Instinctively fall back to prepared defensive points.

6

Favor tricks and feints to lure enemies into peril.

7

React semi-randomly, with poor coordination.

8

Are utterly perfidious, scorning the laws of war.

Worst Current Problem (d10)

d10 Result

1

An underling is gunning to discredit them.

2

Their superior officer thinks they're incapable.

3

Their unit is severely understrength or ill-armed.

4

Their troops are Resolve: {green|mutinous|diseased}.

5

Their suffering from psychological trauma.

6

They've totally lost faith in their own leadership.

7

Their Resolve: {allies|comrades|allies and comrades} detest them.

8

They're convinced of a dangerous falsehood.

9

Their XO is incompetent but untouchable.

10

Their troops recently committed a serious atrocity.

Length of Command (d4)

d4 Result

1

Brand-New, with few ties developed to the unit.

2

A while, with moderate degrees of trust built.

3

A long time, intimately familiar with the force.

4

Too long, frustrated at the stalling of their career.

Personal Headquarters (d12)

d12 Result

1

Skeletal, with very guards or aids to help.

2

Dug in, with as much fortification as possible.

3

A commandeered villa taken from a local.

4

Mobile, run out of a set of command vehicles.

5

Far back from the lines, in peaceful surroundings.

6

Disorderly with confusion and incompetence.

7

Right on the front lines, an active fighting position.

8

Concealed close to the front, relying on stealth.

9

In a former enemy position, seized and held.

10

In Resolve: {rubble|ruins}, dug in deep.

11

Behind enemy lines after a recent sudden surge.

12

Burning, after a lucky shot by the enemy.

Personal Quirks (d20)

d20 Result

1

Pathological hatred of lies and liars.

2

Rigid observance of laws and customs of wars.

3

Hates a Resolve: {religion|ethnicity} of the PCs

4

Absolute sycophant to their superiors.

5

Superb trainer who's a fumbling mess in a fight.

6

Resolve: {Noble Lineage|Close Government Family Ties}

7

Enjoys issuing experimental weapons and gear.

8

Total indifference to the lives of their sobordinates.

9

Brutal martinet obsessed with regulations.

10

Always keeps their word, no matter the cost.

11

Loves and wants to protect a particular place.

12

Is a Resolve: {Procognitive|Telepathic} psychic

13

Lost one or more body parts in combat.

14

Addict to problematic Resolve: {substance|behavior}

15

Corrupt and taking bribes for favors to locals.

16

Is deeply depressed and lacking motivation.

17

Runs a ruthlessly clean and incorrupt command.

18

Hates explaining anything about an operation.

19

Is a tremendously capable personal combatant.

20

Actually a Resolve: {traitor|deep-cover agent}