Star Wars: Dawn of Defiance ends with a bang

[MerricB]

The illusion monster was one of those things that really frustrated me about the system, actually - because my character didn't (couldn't) resist, despite having the best Will of the party. On the rare occasions Willpower meant anything, I'd still fail because the attack bonuses were still out of whack.

I had the joy of being chopped into negative HP by the mind-controlled Jedi PC in that adventure. Oh, boy.

Then someone dropped a grenade, not knowing the rest of us were around. Heh.

Cheers!

 

[possum]

I really have no reason to complain about that, since I was spamming Move Object on any enemy I faced. Serves me right to eventually have it bite me in the behind. I really don't mind it, it's just that--as in several RPGS--it's something that can be abused. I am, however, surprised that they didn't catch it.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Your posts always make me wish I lived in Australia.

 

[Dragonbait]

Did anyone's GM running DoD use any of the fan-created material for the campaign? There are video intros for each chapter, better maps, and at least on of the BBEGs was rewritten to utilize more powers and feats from later books, along with new artwork to better suit the NPC?

Those resources alone made me giddy when I saw the campaign.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Linkies?

 

[Dragonbait]

Linkies?

If you were asking for links to the DoD material and the DoD fan-made material, then here you go:

The Dawn of Defiance thread on the Wizards forum: Located here
A link to .rar files and a zipped file of the DoD campaign: Located here

 

[possum]

Did anyone's GM running DoD use any of the fan-created material for the campaign? There are video intros for each chapter, better maps, and at least on of the BBEGs was rewritten to utilize more powers and feats from later books, along with new artwork to better suit the NPC?

Those resources alone made me giddy when I saw the campaign.

My GM uses the video intros, as well as the fan-created holonet news broadcasts.

 

[Starblazer.]

My GM uses the video intros, as well as the fan-created holonet news broadcasts.

I was wondering if those videos and broadcasts are still available somewhere?
Does anyone know where I can download these?

Thanks!

 

[Wednesday Boy]

The more we played 4E, the more we wanted healing surges in Saga.

When we went from 4E to Saga the biggest thing we missed was being able to use healing surges at any time instead of when you were at half hit points or lower. There were many times when our characters were just over half hit points and we'd have our character jokingly ask another character to punch them in the nose until they could Second Wind.

 

[Spatula]

The healing issue was one of my main sticking points with the system. Played a few games at low levels, and the PCs had to spend days recuperating after nearly every combat. The other big issue is Use the Force checks vs defense shenanigans. And I did notice that my jedi was pretty useless on a ship, although I appreciate that they tried to give everyone something to do.

It's somewhat ironic to me that the game that many tout as what 4e should have been would probably have worked better (in terms of emulating the source material) if it used the full-fledged 4e rules. But the basic d20 engine isn't very good at modeling cinema. Or books. Or anything but itself, really.

Anyway, congratulations on finishing the campaign!