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Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".Tell me more. For example, by the time you had played 7-8 years, how big were the top end dice pools of the players? By the RAW there... -
Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".Well first of all, there are no Jedi in this game. This is set during the early years of Rise of the Empire, and any surviving Jedi...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".I mean they don't. Like at this point the can take down an entire platoon of Stormtroopers and that's using an attribute array for...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".Let me try to refocus the discussion by focusing on the mechanics of what a force point does. It doubles your dice pools for the round...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".As a practical matter, the "dramatically appropriate moments" in the campaign have come down to two types of actions. Using a force...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".You are making unwarranted assumptions here. The PC wasn't gambling with the smuggler for profit. The PC was trying to befriend the...
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Celebrim reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?" with
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As I recall, it was more tied to intent than drama: using one for evil purposes would lose it and gain you a Dark Side point (which had... -
Celebrim replied to the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?".You only start with one of them and they must be used for a heroic task. If they are used for a heroic task in a dramatic way, you not...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Snarf's Challenge: Was it Possible to Play 1e RAW? SHARE YOUR STORIES!.I was moving in the other direction before I gave up in frustration with how enormous my house rules were becoming. I had moved to a 10...
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Celebrim posted the thread Star Wars WEG D6 - The Force Point - "Is it a good thing?" in *TTRPGs General.For a long time I had considered the WEG D6 Force Point to be one of the more elegant mechanics in gaming. My positive impression of it...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Snarf's Challenge: Was it Possible to Play 1e RAW? SHARE YOUR STORIES!.Not hit to me but I'm happy to field it as well, even at the risk of colliding in the outfield and making the blooper real. a) We did...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Snarf's Challenge: Was it Possible to Play 1e RAW? SHARE YOUR STORIES!.a) In theory it would be but I don't recall anyone doing so. b) I only recall ever adopting one rule from 1e AD&D and then dropping it...
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Celebrim reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It? with Like.
Of course, when you're 15 years old, you are both incredibly shallow while also believing that you're deeper than the Marinas Trench. NO...
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Celebrim replied to the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It?.No. Not at all. Rather, this is Gary telling you about his own campaign style (which he assumes everyone is ultimately headed toward)...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D 3.x 3.5e Skill Rules Modified To Perfection?.This doesn't seem to me to address any problems I actually have at the table. This to me looks like pure theory crafting. A lot of...