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R2 and 3PO are described as (comparatively) low-level characters. The example characters seem to assume that for each trilogy, only three characters were actually PCs: Luke, Han and Leia for the OT, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme for the prequels. Chewbacca, Artoo, Threepio and Lando all seem to be...

I absolutely agree with Merric. Cramped corridors for a whole dungeon complex are incredibly boring. Cramped corridors in general aren't all that interesting or tactical. I find *far* more tactical challenge in properly exploiting a multi-level open-air room with plenty of staircases and...

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The writing in the Chronicles starts out *terrible* but rapidly rises to the level of mediocre or even decent. These were the first published Weiss and Hickman novels, and it shows. Some of the transitions are downright bizarre (and owe to TSR's oddball injunction to only spoil some, rather...

Mutants and Masterminds or HERO would probably work better than Star Wars Saga or Savage Worlds. HERO would give you the 100% flexibility you need to incorporate wildly different elements. Mutants and Masterminds is *slightly* more limited but could handle both of the NPCs you're describing...

The rules mesh just fine going from Modern to D&D. You can play a Fast Hero/Smart Hero/Field Scientist or a Dedicated Hero/Contemplative Master/Sensei or even a Strong Hero/Barbarian/Wizard/Martial Arts Master in a D&D campaign and they will work just fine. The Modern classes have a class...

Like playing Exalted or high point-value HERO, except much, much slower and clunkier, and with D&D rules sort of still applying. :\ On the plus side, many of the Epic Level Handbook monsters are really evocative. ;)

Jedi get talents that allow them to use the Force to achieve things other characters would have to use multiple skills for, and they're better at lightsaber combat. In terms of pure Force-using oomph, however, they get only a very small advantage over the other classes: Force Sensitive as a...

Actually, aren't miniatures people technically MORE old skool, rather than less? Dang 2e AD&D whippersnappers, get off my minis-festooned lawn! Anyway, even if I wasn't using miniatures, why does the squares/meters distinction matter? Maybe in the Star Wars universe, they refer to their...

Yeah, GURPS Powers was the book I was thinking of for converting the prebuilt GURPS experience into a more HERO-like behind-the-scenes, effects-based one. I'm not sure. What you're looking for - granular point-buy systems on the one hand, mechanics that drive roleplaying on the other...

:eek: Gnomes and halflings below elves? Seriously? I consider both competitive with humans and not *hugely* behind dwarves, and leagues ahead of elves (honestly, I'm inclined to rank half-elves above elves, since while they get very little, they don't lose a TON due to having a penalty to...

What does 'business casual' fall under? Slacks, jeans or shorts (usually the first) and a casual button-down shirt, no tie (generally), perhaps a leather jacket and a fedora if it's cold out.

Scoundrel does seem like the weakest of the five core classes, but with that said, it *does* seem to have probably the best talents. Fortune's Favor is absolutely brutal. Since combat seems to be geared toward 'less time per round, more rounds per combat' with the increased hit points and...

The biggest differences between GURPS and HERO are philosophical. HERO is an effects-based system: the cost and effects of an energy blast, for example, are the same whether it's a superhero's burst of cosmic energy, a wizard's fire spell, a ray gun, or a naturally-occuring lightning bolt. If...

To be fair, going from noble to soldier, you end up with 12 less starting hit points than if you went from soldier to noble. I imagine that's why they didn't just automatically up the number of class skills (that and the fact it would pretty much ALWAYS be a no-brainer to take one non-jedi...

QFT. Honestly, I'm not quite sure why, in a square-grid system, we have diagonal movement and targeting AT ALL.

I'm not sure if they would be 'balanced' with most of the core races, but they'd be far, far below any properly designed LA +1 race. If I were going to do this (which I wouldn't, since the -2 Con fits my view of elves outside of Dark Sun), I'd probably lose the fiddly 4 hour meditation and...

Considering the probably 10 minutes per session I've seen blown by players counting out that accursed 1-2-1-2 shuffle, I rejoice at it's demise. It's not that the math is hard, it's that remembering where you're at when moving diagonally, then moving straight, then diagonally again seems to...

If you shop around, you can definitely get an HDTV of around that size for under $400. If you have 'Big Lots' stores in your area, they were selling some very nice widescreen HDTVs for $300-$400 when last I popped in, the largest of which were, I believe, in the 27" range. I didn't pick one up...

How do you avoid it? Fudged dice, narrative mechanics, easier encounters, or exceptionally tactically gifted players? Or some combination of the above. This is one of the reasons I harp so heavily on the need for narrative mechanics; with a large group, almost any interesting, challenging...