Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter capitalizes on the vendettas of others, tracking down fugitives for their enemies, their masters, or simply for justice. The best Bounty Hunters are the ones who can stay emotionally detached from either their employers or their quarry.

Whether working alone or in groups, Bounty Hunters revel in the thrill of the hunt. Given the nature of their work, it goes without saying that few Bounty Hunters die of boredom.

Base Abilities

• Hunter's Mark: As an Action, the Bounty Hunter spends 1 Motivation and mentally marks their target, gaining benefits against them. The Bounty Hunter gains +2 attack dice against the target. This advantage lasts for 10 minutes, or until another Mark is chosen using another Action. The Hunter must be able to directly perceive them to Mark them (Holo recordings don't count).
• Sharpened Senses: The Bounty Hunter has raised their senses to an inhuman degree. This is either due to alien physiology, cybernetics, Droid upgrades, or Force Powers. Whatever the case, by spending 1 Motivation, the Bounty Hunter can add 2 dice to any Perception Roll for up to 10 minutes.

Ultimate Ability

• Nowhere to Hide: If a creature that has been marked by the Hunter's Mark and is attempting to flee, the Bounty Hunter can spend 1 Motivation to perform any two Actions as a Reaction against the target.

Knowledge

• Shadowing: The skill of following a target through a busy urban setting.

Motivators

• Legwork: Whenever the Bounty Hunter spends 10 minutes talking to witnesses or searching for clues, they gain 1 Motivation.
• Bring Them in Warm: Whenever the Bounty Hunter KO's a target instead of killing them, they gain 2 Motivation.

Shadowing

The Bounty Hunter learns how to follow a target through busy city streets without losing them and without the target noticing. Typically this is an Intelligence + Shadowing check against the target's Perception + Alertness. If the GM wants to make it more dramatic, they can use the Race/Chase board along with the Reconnaissance Challenge Die from the Scout Challenge, treating the "Observe" results as "Follow" results. The "Guard" results become additional "Competitors" from the target's faction. If the Bounty Hunter is able to stay within 3 paces of the target until they reach their Goal, they win.

Hit Points

The Bounty Hunter gains 1 Hit Point per level.

Leveling Table

Class Level	Class Features for Level
0	Hunter's Mark Sharpened Senses
1	Shadowing Melee Weapons Proficiency
2	Investigator Skill Point Ranged Weapons Proficiency
3	Technician Skill Point Survivalist Skill Point
4	Scout Skill Point Melee Weapons Proficiency
5	Investigator Skill Point Thrown Weapons Proficiency
6	Shadowing Melee Weapons Proficiency
7	Scout Skill Point; Thrown Weapons Proficiency
8	Investigator Skill Point Pilot Skill Point
9	Shadowing Leader Skill Point
10	Scout Skill Point Comms Skill Point
11	Investigator Skill Point Survivalist Skill Point
12	Shadowing Technician Skill Point
13	Scanners Skill Point Thrown Weapons Proficiency
14	Engineering Skill Point Ranged Weapons Proficiency
15	Shadowing Networker Skill Point
16	Medical Skill Point Commander Skill Point
17	Leader Skill Point Melee Weapons Proficiency
18	Scout Skill Point; Guard Skill Point;
19	Any Field Operations Skill Point Any Shipstation Skill Point
20	Nowhere to Hide;

Talent Tree

• Familiar Enemy (x5): The Bounty Hunter can select an Alien Species or set of similar species as "Familiar Enemies". The Bounty Hunter gains +1 Skill die in rolls to track (Computers, Searching, Shadowing, Survival) or capture (Athletics) individuals of those Familiar Enemies. This choice cannot be the human species, but it can be a human faction.
• Hunt the Hunter [Survival]: If the Bounty Hunter finds that they are being tracked or pursued by a beast in the wilderness, they can roll their Intelligence + Animal Handling skill against the target's Perception + Alertness. If the Bounty Hunter succeeds, they can choose to completely avoid the creature, or to engage with them in a way that ensures a Surprise Attack. This ability also works on the Familiar Enemies of the Bounty Hunter.
• Master Detective: The Bounty Hunter has studied logic and detective work, allowing them to always reroll 1 die for their Deduction skill.
• Notorious: The Bounty Hunter's reputation precedes them, allowing them to reroll 1 die for the Intimidation skill.
• Tireless Investigator: The Bounty Hunter can always reroll 1 die when they use their Searching skill, due to their intuitive grasp of where to find clues.
• Tough Negotiator: The Bounty Hunter has learned how to get the best deals on a bounty. The Bounty Hunter can always reroll 1 die when they use their Negotiation skill.
• Improved Quickdraw: The Bounty Hunter gains the Quickdraw Special move if they don't already have it. In addition, when the Bounty Hunter uses Quickdraw they gain a +2 attack die bonus and a total of +2 to their Initiative Rolls.
• Unarmed Combat Training: The Bounty Hunter gains the Unarmed Fighting Proficiency if they don't have it already. In addition they gain +1 attack die when fighting unarmed.
• Stun Weapon Focus: The Bounty Hunter gains the Stun Weapons Proficiency if they don't have it already. In addition they gain +1 attack die when using Stun Weapons.
• Bring them in Cold: Whenever the Bounty Hunter kills a creature that they had already captured (i.e. Restrained or Grappled), they gain 2 Motivation.
• Increased Intelligence: The Bounty Hunter's permanent Intelligence score increases by 1.
• Increased Deftness: The Bounty Hunter's permanent Deftness score increases by 1.
• Increased Perception: The Bounty Hunter's permanent Perception score increases by 1.
• Increased Toughness: The Bounty Hunter's permanent Toughness score increases by 1.
• Instant Hunter's Mark: The Hunter's Mark no longer requires an Action to assign, as long as the Bounty Hunter still pays 1 Motivation.
• Improved Stealth Pool: The Bounty Hunter's Stealth Pool size is increased by 1.
• Stealthy Pursuit: By spending 1 Motivation, the Bounty Hunter can perform a Dash during a Stealth Mission without losing a Stealth Token. They can also add +2 to a Shadowing Roll for 1 minute while pursuing or evading either a marked creature or a familiar enemy.
• Evasive Roll [Quick / Defense]: The Bounty Hunter can spend 2 Motivation to take the Dodge Defense as a Reaction. This Dodge attempt gains +2 Defense Dice. They can then move up to 4 squares. If this would put them into an area with Concealment, the Bounty Hunter automatically Hides.
• Disarming Parry [Finesse / Defense]: The Bounty Hunter can spend 2 Motivation to perform the Parry Defense as a Reaction. This Parry attempt gains +2 Defense Dice . If this causes the incoming attack to miss, the Bounty Hunter automatically Disarms the attacker as long as they are within Close Range.
• Marking Shot [Finesse / Attack]: As an Action the Bounty Hunter can hit their target in a way that marks them or injures them, making them easier to follow or catch. This grants a +1 bonus die to all allies for their Attack Dice Pools against the marked target. This effect lasts until the beginning of the Bounty Hunter's next turn (roughly 1 Round). Only 1 enemy can be marked this way at a time. If the Bounty Hunter marks a new target, the previous target has managed to remove the mark.
• Running Strike [Quick / Attack]: The Bounty Hunter can spend 1 Motivation to move their full movement and then perform an attack with +2 Attack dice. If the target of the attack has their Hunter's Mark, the Bounty Hunter gains an additional +2 Attack dice.
• Sap [Finesse / Attack]: The Bounty Hunter spends 1 Motivation and uses an Action to perform this attack with either a Stun Weapon or an Unarmed Fighting attack (including a Grapple Attack). The attack gains +2 bonus Attack Dice. If the target is marked or a familiar enemy, the Bounty Hunter gains an additional +2 Attack Dice. This attack does Stress.
• Defensive Hunter's Mark: The Bounty Hunter can now increase the level of their Passive Defense by +2 against attacks from their Marked Target. Additionally they find that their Armor Soak is increased by 1 against attacks from their Marked Target. Only one target can have a Hunter's Mark at a time.
• Expert Tracker [Survival]: If the Bounty Hunter is tracking their Mark through the wilderness, they can spend 3 Motivation to reroll all the dice in a Survival Skill Check or Adventure System Survivalist Challenge.
• Master Hunter's Mark: Hunter's Mark no longer has a Motivation Cost, however the Bounty Hunter can still only have 1 target Marked at a time.
• Skip Tracer [Tech / Active]: When searching a Computer System for information on a Mark, the Bounty Hunter can spend 2 Motivation to discard all Traces during a Slicing run.

Familiar Enemies

The Bounty Hunter gains certain benefits when tracking or attempting to capture enemies they are familiar with. This section lists the sets of Familiar Enemies that the Bounty Hunter can choose from.

1. Bird-Like: Diathim, Toydarian, Alcedian, Fosh, Talortai
2. Droids (1st through 5th degrees)
3. Fish-like: Mon Calamari, Quarren, Nautolan, Selkath, Belugan
4. Force Users: Jedi, Sith, Nightsister, other
5. Greys: Duros, Bith, Nemoidian, Kaminoan, Muun
6. Human: Imperials
7. Human: Rebels
8. Human: Scum & Villainy
9. Hutt Space: Hutt, Aqualish, Gammorean, Weequay, Nikto
10. Insectoids: Gand, Arcona, Harch, Geonosian, Kaleesh
11. Lizard-like: Trandoshans, Rodians, Besalisk, Falleen,
12. Mammal-like: Wookiees, Talz, Lasat, Bothan, Zygerrian, Ewok, Jawa, Ugnaught
13. Near-Humans: Twi'lek, Pantoran, Togruta, Zabrak, Cerean, Mirialan, Umbaran
14. Outsiders: Chiss, Yuuzhan-Vong,
15. Weirdos: Amanin, Troig, Frenk, Felucian, Utai, Dug, Pa'lowick, Pyke

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