character origin crimes

Roll 2d6 four times:

2d6	You...	your...	out of...	but...
2	murdered	employer	madness	you liked it.
3	attacked	teacher	addiction	you'd do it again.
4	swindled	debtors	fear	you almost got away with it.
5	robbed	community	jealousy	it needed to be done.
6	abandoned	position	love	you have nothing to show for it.
7	slighted	liege	desperation	they can't really prove it.
8	deserted	spouse	vengeance	your memory is hazy.
9	obeyed	child	conviction	it gnaws at you.
10	denounced	land	greed	you were ordered to.
11	defamed	ancestors	inaction	there was precedent.
12	blasphemed	church	curiosity	you were framed.

Each column is very broadly ranged from material/carnal to conceptual/intellectual which could allow different settings to tweak their results for each fairly easily with a positive or negative modifier. Like if you wanted characters with reasonable doubt as to their guilt, add 4 to your roll in the last column.

Some tests!

• You slighted your spouse out of vengeance but they can't really prove it.
• You obeyed your liege out of love but there was precedent.
• You defamed your liege out of desperation but you have nothing to show for it.
• You murdered your ancestors out of inaction but you almost got away with it.