Traxus IV posted:

Just finished running the beginner's Edge of the Empire adventure for my first time ever GMing anything and it was a blast. The instant my group of three hit the cantina the Wookiee started a bar brawl to distract pursuit, the droid clambered over the bar and went into standby mode to blend in with all the junk piled up near the storage closet, and the smuggler attempted to hit on the dancer but instead managed to be so repulsive she didn't even try to stop him from running backstage to hide. Pash's failures with women became a character quirk that came up a couple more times (he had to be physically restrained from interacting with the Spaceport Control lady lest he ruin their otherwise stealthy encounter with yet another horrifically botched pickup line), which was awesome to see his player include since she has a tendency to shy away from roleplaying in the other game we play together.

I'm pretty sure I hosed up the rules really bad in a couple places for combat - particularly the ship combat - but it was a lot of fun to throw my hands up and just go with whatever seemed coolest most of the time and my players really got into that style of play. They had some really great ideas for getting around the obstacles the adventure put in their way and I did my best to make sure they all contributed towards their collective successes. They all really want to play it again and I'm super happy they had such a good time; Vex's player said that the game made her want to go watch the movies again, which I took to be high praise for EotE. I could gush about all the cool poo poo they did forever but really I just wanted to share how well everything went, the system was super simple for them to pick up and play and they really enjoyed the dynamics of it all.

During the evening they decided that Game Master wasn't a good enough title for me and so I was instead dubbed "Starlord"

Prefect Six posted:

How do you guys deal with PCs wanting to loot corpses? I already gave them way too good of weaponry (I feel like at least) and it seems like they'll quickly amass a small army's worth of guns if I let them strip clean guns from every storm trooper or bounty hunter they walk over. When they go to sell it should I just make it worth a tiny amount? Or make them sell on the black market? If they try to use the stuff should it immediately break?

alg posted:

They are really, really poorly put together. I'm kind of surprised FFG let them out the door like that.

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Right, so the quick answers are, minion groups don't get to make attacks in combat anymore. You are foregoing their damage potential as a minion group, and giving up their individual movement and attack (except in cases provided by the various tactical options). You are giving that up. Yes, this generally means you are giving up some offense in exchange for survivability of the squad(ron) leader.

The squad collectively refers to the new group that includes both the minion group and the squad(ron) leader. Only one attack is getting made per round. So there is a <B> being added to the single attack roll that unit gets. The rules don't clearly state it, but the intent was for the attack to be made by the squad(ron) leader only. However, because it is not clearly stated, you could effectively choose between the two, or roll it as a cooperative check as the GM allows. If in the appropriate formation, a <B> gets added to that check. The fact that only one attack is getting made per turn instead of two serves to balance out the gains in durability.

So yes, as written, the rules don't specify who gets the attack, the leader or the minions, or if its a co-op check. Coop checks can be used to represent the squad protecting that leader so she/he can focus on that one perfect shot, or the leader coordinating his/her squad to maximize their damage potential during an attack. But they don't BOTH get to make attacks (unless you hit a triumph).

However, if you choose this interpretation, I'd suggest be be wary with more experienced heroes, as they are going to get all the offensive punch of a large minion group, and all the defensive advantages of the squad(ron), AND hit a lot of triumphs that allow for additional minion group attacks (by nature of all the yellows they are likely rolling). This can result in them steam-rolling through a Battle of Endor scenario with a lot more ease and speed than you would have cared for.

The original intent was for only the leader to get the attack roll, with ample opportunities for minion group attacks of opportunity through the expenditure of triumphs on both attacks and leadership rolls, IIRC. However, this appears to have changed in playtesting.

Also, because we are getting into interpretation here, I'd like to re-iterate that should Sam Stewart or Andy Fischer come out and say something to the contrary, their world is law on the official use of the mechanics. Of course, being that this is an RPG, GM's, use whatever interpretation is going to provide the most fun at your table.

Again, I'lll come back later with a scenario. The day job dominates on Sundays and Mondays.

KomradeX posted:

So I finally ran my game of Edge of the Empire tonight and my group had a blast.

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So their ship is a YT-2400 named the Aluminium Mallard

nelson posted:

Awesome!
I'd love to hear different groups' ship names. The Millennium Falcon was out of our price range so we decided to go with the cheaper Chinese knockoff version more appropriate to our group stature:

The Centennial Chicken.

nelson posted:

Awesome!
I'd love to hear different groups' ship names. The Millennium Falcon was out of our price range so we decided to go with the cheaper Chinese knockoff version more appropriate to our group stature:

The Centennial Chicken.

KomradeX posted:

And that's not even getting into how they helped rob the main space port on Ryloth early in the adventure.

Madurai posted:

Wait, I'm pretty sure this means you're just playing Traveller with Star Wars sound effects now.

Fuzz posted:

There's a ship in my Imperials game named the Golden Dewback, which I'm particularly proud of.

Also the Aluminum Mallard was the name of Roger Wilco's ship in a couple of the Space Quest games.

Mustache Ride posted:

Wikipedia Brown posted:

My players stole the Odious Exogorth, and the outlaw trashcan robot that just joined the party is slicing the ID codes to rename it the Mynock's Revenge.

I'm really enjoying running the game... after just one session I realized that with this group I shouldn't plan anything major. They're just doing whatever the gently caress, and I'm going along with it (while throwing obstacles in the way).

So far, every time they go somewhere it's them blasting their way out and making an emergency hyperdrive jump before any ships chase them. I wanted to establish their obligation through play instead of doing it up front, and I was struggling to make it work out sensibly at first, but if they keep acting like this it'll take care of itself.

fool_of_sound posted:

The Hazardous Duke

Finnankainen posted:

I'm quite fond of my players having dubbed themselves the Wrong Crew along with their ship the Frisky Bantha.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Can you guys give me advice on character generation? Pitfalls to watch out for, things that work, stuff like that? My friends are starting up a game and I want to roll some dice.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Can you guys give me advice on character generation? Pitfalls to watch out for, things that work, stuff like that? My friends are starting up a game and I want to roll some dice.

jivjov posted:

Characteristics can only be improved at chargen and not at level up, so if you want any of those increased, do it at character creation. The only downside to that is it doesn't leave you a whole lot of starting XP for talents and the like.

fool_of_sound posted:

Spend all your starting XP on stats

jivjov posted:

Characteristics can only be improved at chargen and not at level up, so if you want any of those increased, do it at character creation. The only downside to that is it doesn't leave you a whole lot of starting XP for talents and the like.

Also, don't stress too much about talent selection; so many of them are just thematic bonuses that you aren't going to screw yourself over by not following some manner of optimum build or something.