The Official Job Board of the Apocalypse

Unfortunate wasteland scum are expected to do the shit jobs that “civilized” society pretends to be above. Whether in Arkady City or Reaver's Row, unless you've got chips to spend, it won't be long before the PCs need to get back out there: check out the ol' cork board and try to pick a job that won't kill them, or they're given an offer they can't afford to refuse.

Use this generator to create work for the PCs. Go all random, or pick and choose as appropriate. Re-use NPCs, enemies, institutions, and locations as possible, and connect to PC backstories whenever possible.

Warp It!  Step 1: The Fixer A fellow survivor from a PC's past A PC's ex or a family member Mx. Maximus A disguised RAD rover A mysterious voice over CB radio The previous fixer Some person the PCs barely know A local busybody A Postal vicar on unofficial business A Federal supervisor A beer buddy A reliable tradesperson An untraceable text message or email A former rival A current rival The diner's owner or wait staff A sex worker A weird cultist A clan mutant shaman A Gas Hog paladin  Step 2: The Client A figure in the back seat of a nice car A Postal bishop An Eisenclave corporate board member A cult leader An ex-cult escapee A Gas Hog baron A clan mutant chief A union or guild A Federal Army captain A Federal Civilian Service director A rich widow/widower A self-styled wizard A black market entrepreneur A mercenary warlord A hardware sales outfit / arms dealer A vehicle retrofitter The fixer is the client A crime boss A PC's parent or other relative A veiled Tothomancer  Step 3: The Carrot To avoid a more serious stick (Step 4)? A massive guilt trip if they don't? To be owed one by the client and/or fixer? Information relevant to their interests? A fixer with a better-connected client? An improved reputation? Needed RAD implants? A lightly-used vehicle? Vehicle mods and/or weapons? A well-placed hideout? Weapons and tactical gear? d10x100 Chips (Ͼ)? d20x100 Ͼ? d4k Ͼ? d6k Ͼ? 2d4k Ͼ? 2d6k Ͼ? 3d8k Ͼ? A fully tricked-out ride? RadBeGone?  Step 4: The Stick Imminent murder The settlement won't survive much longer Threats of future violence Being run out of town Added fees Worse living conditions Applied to someone a PC cares about... Less access to purchasing supplies Reputation loss Hurt feelings No threat, for a change No threat, for a change  Step 5: The Work Beat up Trash Murder Scout Escort Intimidate Charm Defend Entrap Retrieve Humiliate Survey Hide Scavenge Steal Stash Extort Deliver Abduct Blow up  Step 6: The Mark A residence / The spouse A sweet vehicle / A Gas Hog jouster A crate of RAD tech / A RADBORG A package / A Postalist An arsenal / A Federal employee An experimental inoculation / A noted doctor A sealed case of space dust / A monster A sacred relic / A clan mutant wise person A zombie test subject / A researcher A hard drive of sensitive info / A witness A party / The heir Modified CosmOS tech / A hacker A crash site / A pilot A power plant / An inventor Disguises / A snitch A cell phone / The sibling An innocuous item / A regular person A DNA sample / An Eisenclave manager A religious text / The side piece A Tothtec relic / An evil wizard  Step 7: The Location A gas station an office building an abandoned school A homestead A factory A sportsball field A prison or police station A club, diner, or tavern A nexus of sewer or subway tunnels A gothic museum or bank A crypt-strewn graveyard A decrepit government building A mobile home or semi A supercomputer creche A multi-story parking ramp A decommissioned nuclear plant An base or underground bunker A far-too-large boat or yacht A creepy hospital or laboratory The mall  Step 8: The Territory An independent town (Arkady City) A Gas Hog haven (Reaver's Row) A Postalist bastion (Stamp Town) An Eisenclave (Half Del) A scum-infested town (Blacksand Reach) An industrial complex (Golgotha Downs) A Federal Remnant lockdown (Bloodhorn) A zombie-infested hellhole (Fargo) A bombed-out city (the capitol) An overgrown area (the Red Forest) An uncanny zone (the Second City) Unaffiliated wasteland  Step 9: The Milage Just across the river 2d10 miles away d6x10 miles away d10x10 miles away d20x10 miles away 3d10x10 miles away 4d10x10 miles away 4d20x10 miles away 6d20x10 miles away ...not actually accessible by normal methods  Step 10: The Opposition Eisenclave mercs Roving skræ Corporate goons Postal berserkers Spreader zombies Gas Hog wasteoids Wasp zombies RAD marauders Federal conscripts Clan mutant hunters Weird cultists Other degenerates Paranoid drug lab assholes AI-shackled RADBORGs A mutant champion A Special Forces specialist A Gas Hog paladin A Zygodominus zombie A goddamn tank Two rolls from this table  Step 11: The Tricky Part A Cataclysm progressing during the mission A hidden test of character Other degenerate team at cross-purposes A defection by the mark Gotta be a set-up! A rival faction crashing the party Already gone to shit, the mark is dead A misunderstanding: half the intel was wrong A lot less payment than advertised New implications for a PC or a loved one Lots of civilians in the way A hitch when the fixer aborts the job A counteroffer by a rival fixer A case of mistaken identity A weird twist: the client is the mark A high chance for retribution afterward To be a distraction for something bigger! A high chance for superscience shenanigans Cluster-FUBAR written all over it Two complications: roll twice!  Step 12: The SitRep Considerable fortification RAD brain-operated gun The mark is in conflict with occupants Drops from great heights Deeply weird physics in this area Well-placed Command & Control station Kind of swanky, actually Plaques with historical details Tell-tale blood stains in the entryway CosmOS detectors Hidden cameras A sniper monitoring from off-site A wall flips open to reveal an armory A mutant is strapped to a table An altar with cult and Tothtec info A disgruntled employee An entire extra guard squad The place is rigged to blow Surprising number of sub-levels A getaway vehicle Someone on-site is infected The power plant could start a fire Explosive barrels A dormant Tothgolem in the basement There's a radiation leak in one room A space dust storm arrives mid-mission The floor is weak and could drop out Security all have an extra mutation A different faction rolls up A huge Cluster growth under the floor

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