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jivjov posted:Got my copy! Any info requests? Base creation rules y/n?
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Kai Tave posted:Base creation rules y/n? Nope; for whatever reason, Base creation is in the Diplomat splat. Instead, Strongholds has multipage profiles on a bunch of existing bases.
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Nov 14, 2015 01:42
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If the Rebels were to have a base that was super close to Coruscant (which assumingly is still the Empire's seat of power by the time the Original Trilogy is taking place) what planet would that be? I'd rather not have to make up a planet if i don't have to now that this wonderful book exists.
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Nov 14, 2015 01:56
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jivjov posted:Nope; for whatever reason, Base creation is in the Diplomat splat. Instead, Strongholds has multipage profiles on a bunch of existing bases. So is that all the book is then? Just premade bases?
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Nov 14, 2015 01:57
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Kai Tave posted:So is that all the book is then? Just premade bases? Section 1 is planets/ships involved with the rebellion (Including the flagship Independence   ), Section 2 is the bases, complete with information on how to incorporate using/protecting a base, Section 3 is Player stuff (3 new species, weapons, gear, ships), and Section 4 is modular encounters to slot into adventures.HOOLY BOOLY posted:If the Rebels were to have a base that was super close to Coruscant (which assumingly is still the Empire's seat of power by the time the Original Trilogy is taking place) what planet would that be? I'd rather not have to make up a planet if i don't have to now that this wonderful book exists. Chandrilla is in the Core, and Thyferra is in the Inner Rim
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Nov 14, 2015 02:19
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Thyferra was heavily Imperial during the war, in every version of the universe.
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Fuzz posted:Thyferra was heavily Imperial during the war, in every version of the universe. Sounds like the perfect place for a super stealthy base!
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Nov 14, 2015 03:04
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:If the Rebels were to have a base that was super close to Coruscant (which assumingly is still the Empire's seat of power by the time the Original Trilogy is taking place) what planet would that be? I'd rather not have to make up a planet if i don't have to now that this wonderful book exists. Alderaa-- oh. 
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Nov 14, 2015 15:55
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:If the Rebels were to have a base that was super close to Coruscant (which assumingly is still the Empire's seat of power by the time the Original Trilogy is taking place) what planet would that be? I'd rather not have to make up a planet if i don't have to now that this wonderful book exists. Corellia would be a possible fit. Though nominally under the umbrella of the empire, you could easily qui gon gin up an independant minded Corellian captain of industry or underworld figure that would be willing to provide protection to Rebels and/or bribe the local security forces to look the other way.
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Nov 15, 2015 08:43
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:Corellia would be a possible fit. Though nominally under the umbrella of the empire, you could easily qui gon gin up an independant minded Corellian captain of industry or underworld figure that would be willing to provide protection to Rebels and/or bribe the local security forces to look the other way. Talus and Tralus would be okay too. Or a Selonian matriach who is pro-Rebellion.
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Nov 15, 2015 11:46
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Picked up Strongholds on Friday. I love that they have rules now for Skeleton or Reduced crews on capital ships like D6.
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:If the Rebels were to have a base that was super close to Coruscant (which assumingly is still the Empire's seat of power by the time the Original Trilogy is taking place) what planet would that be? I'd rather not have to make up a planet if i don't have to now that this wonderful book exists. New Plympto in the Corellian Sector Native inhabitants are the Nosaurians, they sided with the Separatists during the clone wars and at the end of the war all their combatants were massacred and their noncombatants enslaved. A few escaped and returned home but the planet is sparsely populated. So to sum up: -Temperate habitable world -Few inhabitants -Those inhabitants hate the Empire -Lots of old clone war era bases and equipment lying around, good for disguising an active base as a long abandoned one -Not super close to Coruscant but in the Core
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Nov 15, 2015 21:20
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Are the sourcebooks worth picking up if I'm not actually running FF starwars but running starwars in Fate? In terms of "heres a big interesting book of interesting tidbits and stuff to work into your campaign" Or should I just stick to wookiepedia? The problem with that is that it's very hard to seperate the interesting stuff from the ridiculous minutae
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Nov 16, 2015 01:21
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ShineDog posted:Are the sourcebooks worth picking up if I'm not actually running FF starwars but running starwars in Fate? In terms of "heres a big interesting book of interesting tidbits and stuff to work into your campaign" The sourcebooks are chock full of lots of "here's how to run a game/here's how to incorporate this archtype" type info, so yeah, they could potentially be useful for other systems.
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Nov 16, 2015 01:36
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ShineDog posted:Are the sourcebooks worth picking up if I'm not actually running FF starwars but running starwars in Fate? In terms of "heres a big interesting book of interesting tidbits and stuff to work into your campaign" If you can find any of the old West End Games sourcebooks for real cheap they'd be perfect too.
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ShineDog posted:Are the sourcebooks worth picking up if I'm not actually running FF starwars but running starwars in Fate? In terms of "heres a big interesting book of interesting tidbits and stuff to work into your campaign" My opinion is that the ones not centered on career specializations are better for this (Suns of Fortune, Lords of Nal Hutta) but they're all mixed bags. If your budget is at all an issue, cheap & used sourcebooks from any previous Star Wars games would be a better buy. If not, as jivjov said, they've all got SOME hooks for adventures and characters.
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Nov 16, 2015 01:54
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Swagger Dagger posted:If you can find any of the old West End Games sourcebooks for real cheap they'd be perfect too. Is there a handy guide anywhere for easily converting WEG d6 Star Wars adventure modules to the FFG system? Or is it relatively little work to convert over the NPCs and enemies and whatnot while just keeping the general framework/story/etc. of those modules?
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Nov 16, 2015 08:06
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Swagger Dagger posted:If you can find any of the old West End Games sourcebooks for real cheap they'd be perfect too. Here are all the WEG d6 books for free. They're in the downloads section.
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How did you guys start your campaigns? I'm working at starting a campaign and I'm looking at my plans for the first session and considering just scrapping it and doing something else entirely. Doesn't help that I've only GMed once for a one off months before this in a completely different system
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Rannos22 posted:How did you guys start your campaigns? I'm working at starting a campaign and I'm looking at my plans for the first session and considering just scrapping it and doing something else entirely. Doesn't help that I've only GMed once for a one off months before this in a completely different system Open on a panning shot of a planet in space, followed by a spaceship or two.
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Nov 17, 2015 07:57
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Galaga Galaxian posted:What is your plan? Well, problem is that my party is literally all goons and I'm almost certain they read this thread so I can't really go into details. I really just wanted to read how other people started their games so I could prepare a bit based on those experiences. Basically the party meeting eachother for the first time and becoming a group kinda stuff. The kinda stuff the pilot episode of a tv show does but with the added complication of the main cast having free will.
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Nov 17, 2015 08:11
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Rannos22 posted:Well, problem is that my party is literally all goons and I'm almost certain they read this thread so I can't really go into details. I really just wanted to read how other people started their games so I could prepare a bit based on those experiences. Basically the party meeting eachother for the first time and becoming a group kinda stuff. The kinda stuff the pilot episode of a tv show does but with the added complication of the main cast having free will. You could also start the adventure in media res and have the crew already assembled and together on their ship and jumping right into it. But that requires your players to already assume previous connections to each other and feel comfortable with that, and is probably better suited to a one-off than an actual campaign.
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Nov 17, 2015 08:17
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Drone posted:You could also start the adventure in media res and have the crew already assembled and together on their ship and jumping right into it. But that requires your players to already assume previous connections to each other and feel comfortable with that, and is probably better suited to a one-off than an actual campaign. I was thinking something like that where they're forced to work with each other due to being trapped in some sorta emergency situation together like a pirate attack on a titanic-like space liner or natural disaster or something.
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Rannos22 posted:I was thinking something like that where they're forced to work with each other due to being trapped in some sorta emergency situation together like a pirate attack on a titanic-like space liner or natural disaster or something. A time crunch generally helps to hide limited narrative options open to the party and gently encourage them to be active/work together. It's also how both of the KOTOR games started too. Our group started with the beginner's adventure and moved on to the free downloadable continuation campaign which was ok but definitely not great for our more open world-seeking party.
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jivjov posted:Section 1 is planets/ships involved with the rebellion (Including the flagship Independence Any of the weapons brawling weapons? (Wondering same thing of diplomat splat too since I haven't seen that one yet either.)
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Drone posted:You could also start the adventure in media res and have the crew already assembled and together on their ship and jumping right into it. But that requires your players to already assume previous connections to each other and feel comfortable with that, and is probably better suited to a one-off than an actual campaign. Y'know, looking back on it a lot of the weaker moments even in really good games I've been a part of have been the "meet'n'greet" part at the beginning. I think an in media res approach is fine even for longer campaigns provided everyone is on-board with it and has some idea of how they know one another, and if you later decide that you want to touch on how they came to be adventuring together then you can always have a flashback session or two.
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Zerilan posted:Any of the weapons brawling weapons? (Wondering same thing of diplomat splat too since I haven't seen that one yet either.) Strongholds has a Stun Cloak (a cape you can shock people with!) Allies has Needle Gloves
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Kai Tave posted:Y'know, looking back on it a lot of the weaker moments even in really good games I've been a part of have been the "meet'n'greet" part at the beginning. I think an in media res approach is fine even for longer campaigns provided everyone is on-board with it and has some idea of how they know one another, and if you later decide that you want to touch on how they came to be adventuring together then you can always have a flashback session or two. Related, our traveller game started with a forced adventure which threw the party together (shuttle crashes into life support machine on colony, scramble to fix it) although that was also because it was originally a one-shot, and took a few sessions to evolve into an actual campaign. I'd either start with a event which forces the characters together, or in media res - everyone there wants to play together, so you can skip over the introductions. If players want they can flesh out how they meet by themselves, and they'll do a better job coming up with a situation than you will.
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It's not a brawl weapon, but Allies has the coolest melee weapon of all, the Staff of Office.
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Trilas posted:It's not a brawl weapon, but Allies has the coolest melee weapon of all, the Staff of Office. I don't know what this is, but I want one. e: General question, but I'm wondering how often people take new Specializations (whether inside or outside their career). We're about to have our fourth session, and I already want to take a third specialization because the trees are so shiny.  (For reference, my character is a Trader + Exile and I'm already planning to take Archeologist eventually, both for fluff and mechanics. Plus I'm partway down the Sense tree. My skills are going to suck forever at this rate.) Corbeau fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Corbeau posted:e: General question, but I'm wondering how often people take new Specializations (whether inside or outside their career). We're about to have our fourth session, and I already want to take a third specialization because the trees are so shiny. All the time. It's the only way to get more Dedication, if nothing else.
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Corbeau posted:I don't know what this is, but I want one. I don't have the book in front of me, but it's a melee weapon that gives you some number of boost dice when you try to convince someone to allow you to keep it on your person. "You would not part an old man from his walking stick." Edited because I'm a nerd who has to get the quote exactly right. Trilas fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Preview article for Keeping the Peace is up. Digging the new species options. Lannik, Iktochi, and Whiphid. All iconic Jedi species. The signature abilities are sweet too. I'm gonna have to find an excuse to use Fated Duel. It's so thematic, including the ability to increase Wound threshold during the duel..but it doesn't last afterwards, so you can have the moment of winning the fight and then immediately succumbing to injuries.
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Nov 17, 2015 22:55
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Whiphids loving own.
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Gonna play a Whiphid with a sweet hat.
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cptn_dr posted:Gonna play a Whiphid with a sweet hat. The Gold Standard of Whiphids.
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I like this art piece for some reason. Maybe because of the Clone Wars Jedi/Clone Armor. you'd think the Stormtroopers would have their rifles readied though.
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Rannos22 posted:Well, problem is that my party is literally all goons and I'm almost certain they read this thread so I can't really go into details. I really just wanted to read how other people started their games so I could prepare a bit based on those experiences. Basically the party meeting eachother for the first time and becoming a group kinda stuff. The kinda stuff the pilot episode of a tv show does but with the added complication of the main cast having free will. Just have the party do a bunch of one-shots, then let the connections between them evolve based on their actions in those one-shots. Look for the NPCs and scenes they enjoy most, then weave them into the plot. Then maybe run a flashback session to when everyone first met. My players are looking for certain rare pornographic holovids, so I need Star Wars porn names. I’ve already got Sluts for Hutts and You Came in That Thing? Suggestions?
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echopapa posted:My players are looking for certain rare pornographic holovids, so I need Star Wars porn names. I’ve already got Sluts for Hutts and You Came in That Thing? Suggestions? Darksaber. D'bra Does Dantooine.
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