Help me choose a Motivation that fits my Character.

By RodianClone, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

My upcomming character is a Herglic Big Game Hunter/Trader. I would be glad if any of you could give me some feedback or thoughts on him....

His Background is that he grew up on a fishing and trading ship called the Herglese Harpoon. On a trading trip, the ship was swallowed by a legendary beast. My character killed it from the inside.

When the crew tried to sell the dead beast on the same planet, local authorities got angry, the mythical beast was holy, and the crew split up as they escaped the planet.

Obligation 1) Obsession: Monster Madness --> An urge to Hunt and Kill big, legendary, beasts (the more mythical, legendary or holy they are, the better).

Obligation 2) Addiction: Gambling on galactic gladiator games and other fights

Party members: Droid pro wrestler and his wookiee mechanic trainer.

Motivation 1) Discovery - The Lost: Find Lost Crew.

Sooo.. I am trying to find a second motivation that fits

Which one of these three should I choose?

Option A --> Discovery - Secret: Mythical Beasts. Are they real?... This one underlines my first Obligation and may have been triggered by my Backstory.

Option B --> Ambiton - Friendship: Beast Friend. Get a big pet or animal hunting companion... This is in contrast to my first Obligation and GM can set them up against eachother.

Option C --> Ambition - Freedom: Set free Big Beasts in captivity... So I can follow my first Obligation and hunt and kill them in the free. This also gives my character a sympathetic side, he doesn`t like animals living in captivity.

Could I just make them part of my Obligation instead? Should I change it up and make my first Obligation a Motivation?

Edited by RodianClone

This guy:

acae0829101225.55e462ad7550a.jpg

Yeah it sounds to me like your first Obligation is a bit more of a Motivation. I mean it can work, but judging your character, you actually want to find these beasts, and that smacks of Motivation. (instead of, "you feel compelled to hunt these beasts, and hate yourself for it")

You could re-align the first Obligation to show how your obsession has caused others to ostracize you, made you a target for scorn and ridicule. "Can't get a decent meal in this town, because nobody will serve you."

Or perhaps others have caught wind of the obsession, others who do not like what you're trying to do (for any number of reasons), and they are now trying to hunt you.

Edited by awayputurwpn

Yeah it sounds to me like your first Obligation is a bit more of a Motivation. I mean it can work, but judging your character, you actually want to find these beasts, and that smacks of Motivation. (instead of, "you feel compelled to hunt these beasts, and hate yourself for it")

You could re-align the first Obligation to show how your obsession has caused others to ostracize you, made you a target for scorn and ridicule. "Can't get a decent meal in this town, because nobody will serve you."

Or perhaps others have caught wind of the obsession, others who do not like what you're trying to do (for any number of reasons), and they are now trying to hunt you.

I am originally thinking that my character is obsessed with big, legendary and mythical monsters after his ship was swallowed by one. Maybe he even has an urge to kill them. Maybe it fits better if I take away the "make money" part...

Or it could be a Motivation and the Obligation would be the Bounty on him for killing the monster from his Backstory(including other monsters he might kill or capture later)....