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As far as adventures go, any of the One Sheets will work as an introduction. That said, it's best to pick an adventure that lets you segue into your campaign easily. If you don't have a Campaign worked out yet then just have them wander from random thing to random thing until you get your...

It started as a D&D mantra, carried into the previous two version of Star Wars role playing game, but the designers explained on the web site (now defunct, stupid WotC) that they wanted a similar encounter paradigm for Saga edition. Have fun.

The One Sheets are all pretty good (well, the Deadlands ones). Specifically, for starting players (with a starting GM) ... I'd go with the pirates adventures in order (Smuggler's Song, Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Double Crossbones). Lots of RP, some good fights, and a real chance to get a...

Actually, a fluke roll can still kill PCs, but it is a lot less likely. Example: SRD Standard CR 1/2 Orc Warrior. +4 attack, 2d4+4 damage, 18-20 threat range. AC 13 and hp 5. He rolls an 18+, for a 22+ attack total. That will hit and threaten a critical hit; he rolls well enough to confirm...

Not most of them, no. Thank you. I appreciate your well-wishes.

And all that require the player to think like the DM to get any use out of them. I call that arbitrary, though apparently opinions differ. Have fun.

With d20? It's extremely tough, and it will require a complete rewrite of how equipment interacts. (Connan did this, having armor stack with itself, provide high levels of DR, and giving weapons large damage with various levels of armor penetration to get through all that DR; then they made it...

How do they get the clues to figure it out? Some kind of die roll to perceive the clues? Relying upon (arbitrary) DM descriptions of the creature and environment? Wading through a series of events who's only purpose is to make the acquisition of the information feel like a mini-quest...

Quite true, and equally inexcusable. Okay. You don't care about how much better this feat is than 80% of other feats (apparently those feats are too weak to be worth comparing with?). I guess we're all done here, then. Have a nice game.

That is an issue. Still, just because they suggest something doesn't mean you have to use it. If they like killing stuff and are bad at character optimization then don't make the template very troubling. -1 to three abilities, +1 to three abilities, 3/4 carrying capacity, and is obviously a...

Then change the DCs. Why is it possible to be a master smith at level 1? Because the DC of master-quality work is 20, which can be routine for a first level character. If you change the DC to 25, then a standard human expert needs to be level 5 to achieve mastery. (8 ranks + 3 focus + 2 tools...

If I have to choose between this feat and almost any other, I'd take this feat. The fact that you can't stack it with itself keeps this feat under control but it's still better than 90% (or more) of feats. Human Barbarian. Human feat - this one (strength). First level - this one...

There's also the skeletal issues. During puberty, the human skeleton becomes increasingly rigid as cartilage is replaced by bone and the bones themselves fuse together. 14 is about the minimum time needed to acquire the necessary skills and experience to achieve Olympic skill and 16 is about...

And how do your players feel about it? Star Wars RPGs fall apart faster than just about any other RPG I've ever seen, because people come with different expectations. Some folks expect to be secondary characters, doing stuff in the background of the canon. It's important stuff, but their...

1) It is Open Content, so feel free to go nuts, Wulf. 2) I'd ban it, though it is less horribly broken.

El Mahdi, I'm just trying to help radmod see the effects of this houserule. As Armor -> DR rules go, it's actually really good. It suffers from all the basic issues of such rules, but this one is better than most, and certainly better than the one in UA. Definitely not. Depends upon how you...

So ... no one can take leadership? Or spend money to buy a Guard Dog? Seriously, that ranger animal companion is weak. At 20th level you've got a measly 9 hit dice (or less) of companion. That's not nearly enough to survive anything level-appropriate, nor can it make a meaningful...

Huh!? 1) Rogues aren't weak. Just because they aren't the "I win" of wizards or CoDzilla, doesn't make them weak. Sneak attack, alone, allows them to get through DR as (or more) reliably than most Fighter builds. 2) Monks really aren't affected much. They are still pure AC and rather squishy...

Honestly, you couldn't have picked a better fantasy setting for that campaign. Just think about the points that Rykion and Henry raised and your campaign should write itself. Good luck.

Yes, there are a few. Unfortunately, most are acquired from many different sets from many different manufacturers. Remember, Deadlands isn't just cowboys and Indians (though it's that too); it's also the U. S. Civil War, undead, steam-punk robots, monsters (wendigos, vampires, werewolves...