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Any interest in another Star Wars game? (Jedi)

Post by Shurijo » Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:08 pm

Hey all,

Is there any interest in another Star Wars game?

I really like FFG rules, but I'm also open to using d6 since Vardaen is currently using that ruleset in the current Star Wars game (so everybody can use the same rules, and d6 is all open rules on the d6 wiki). I've played Saga/d20 and FFG, but V's game is my first d6 game-so there will be some GM and player learning as we go.

Here's my current idea:
  • The High Republic - same era as the new line of books and movies (~200 BBY)
  • All Jedi (unless you really want to be a non-Jedi, but story lines will center around Jedi)
  • 1 Jedi Master (if wanted, have some extra requirements, restrictions, levels for this player)
  • Others else are Padawans with prelude of Jedi Trials for knighthood
  • Also, padawans have a chance to fail their trial, if so then they'll get another chance later. This isn't a gimmie-free levels\points challenge\game.
Start Date: Unknown, possibly April depending on interest and how fast we go with char gen. Otherwise, if get interest later, then we can start it later as well.
HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES wrote: A longer time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …

It is the golden age of the Jedi. Nearly 50,000 Jedi
maintain peace throughout the galaxy as the borders
and member systems of the Galactic Republic quickly
expand into the dangerous and difficult to navigate
Unsettled and unexplored frontier systems give way to
settlers, merchants, entrepreneurs, and outlaws seeking
new opportunities, influence, and power.

The construction of the Starlight Beacon has been completed
in the center of the dark zones. This station acts as a
navigational beacon to help travelers find their way in the
uncharted regions of space. To complement the military
garrison and a multitude of researchers, a large Jedi
contingent serves as ambassadors to the civilizations
of the newly discovered systems.

Annihilation threatens to consume the Carosus system. Six
months ago, scientists issued a dire alert to the Galactic Senate
stating the primary star in the system will soon expand into a
red giant. This expansion will encompass and destroy the five
innermost planets. The military, merchant fleets, and the Jedi
are ordered to assist in the evacuation and provide protection
against those who might take advantage of the evacuation process.

Under the leadership of Jedi Master Qornah, citizens of four of
the five planets have been evacuated to other planets within the
System. The final citizens of Carosi V are now under siege by
anarchistic marauders seeking to scavenge resources preventing
the last groups to safely be relocated...

Elsewhere, under the guidance of the Jedi High Council
several Jedi Padawans are awaiting the rites known as the
Trials of Knighthood. The hopeful Knights stand ready in the
Jedi Trials Chamber of the Coruscant Jedi Temple...

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Any interest in another Star Wars game? (Jedi)

Post by Othniel » Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:29 am

I'm game so long as it's FFG or Saga, with a very strong preference for the former. The Padawan spec in the Jedi career is great for this.

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Post by TetNak » Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:04 pm

I find the FFG system almost impossible to navigate on PbP. It is a great system and I currently am running it, but decisions on how to spend advantage, threat, triumphs are difficult.
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Post by Muskrat » Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:33 pm

I'd be interested in a Star Wars game and any of the systems would be fine with me, but it would be about a month (after I'm done grading final exams) before I can commit to making a character. Teaching on-line is a huge pain--it takes as much if not more time and is much less rewarding.

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Post by Vardaen » Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:33 pm

TetNak wrote:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:04 pm
I find the FFG system almost impossible to navigate on PbP. It is a great system and I currently am running it, but decisions on how to spend advantage, threat, triumphs are difficult.
I totally agree with Tet on this one.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Post by Othniel » Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:36 pm

It's doable; it just helps if you can communicate more directly via something like Skype or Discord for instant messaging purposes.

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Post by Shurijo » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:38 pm

What we can do is maybe just say unless otherwise specified its DM's Choice, so we could move forward. Or treat the special dice as "crit," "advantage," "disadvantage," and "crit failure."

Well, if we get 1 or 2 more then maybe we can start this in May or June? Maybe there'll be more info on the setting by then as well.

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Post by Muskrat » Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:16 pm

Another option for FFG would to be have the players roll on a virtual dice roller like Orokos.com--they can link to it and the GM can always check in to look at the record of their rolls to make sure they're not cheating. That way, the player can say what they want when they roll advantages or triumphs.

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Post by Othniel » Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:12 am

There's a dice roller bot for Discord if all the players could be persuaded to roll there. ;)

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Re: Any interest in another Star Wars game? (Jedi)

Post by Shurijo » Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:23 pm

The first chapter for the first High Republic novel is available at https://www.ign.com/articles/read-the-f ... rles-soule

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