GM Wanted for Star Wars PbP game

[Brother Shatterstone]

No problem. Just my unfulfilled need to get into a PbP coming in. Have fun with this.

I hear ya... I'm down to like two active games on ENworld... (and I'm suppose to moderate this forum)

'snot pirated tho...

Oh, okay. I’ve never heard of the PDF version and when I looked on Drive Thru RPG I didn’t see it listed… I must be mistaken.

 

[Mordane76]

Yeah, I don't see much way around him being a criminal... I'm thinking he lost his beloved to the actions, or maybe the lack of action, by the Jedi Order. (I have a couple of ideas on how this could happen.) Also it might be better if his desires where limited to a few and not all of the Order… A man would be hard pressed to commit genocide by himself. (Of course why some of the Jedi are being eliminated his something he would hope to keep quite at least until he has next victim is checkmated.)

I think as much as a killer for hire appeals to me it might be better if he's a simply trader transverse the stars to deliver his goods, of course even a simple trader can have his own adventures.

I’m think he “dresses up” for his Jedi Hunting… (I want his face known to those he hunts...)

Have you started writing out this concept? The more you know, and hence the more I know, the better I can start planning stories.

So far... I'm seeing a trader/merchant who for some reason hates a specific number/squadron of Jedi. We know he must now be a criminal - most likely a closet criminal, but still a criminal nonetheless. Was he a criminal beforehand? Is/was his trade business legitimate before whatever incident occurred that started this campaign? What kind of business is he in now (did it change, is he still legitimate)? How long is there between the incident occurring and the start of his attacks?

As the campaign expands, and his hatred eats at him, it's not difficult to make the jump from vengeful to psychotic, and thus from simple homicide to genocide, which is something we may investigate as the story progresses. I believe such facets are especially important to Star Wars stories given the source-material and the role anger and hatred play in the literal fabric of the universe.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Have you started writing out this concept? The more you know, and hence the more I know, the better I can start planning stories.

Not in writing I have been in my head... I'll start transferring those thought to aper” tonight when I get home from work.

and I agree it with your thoughts and I'm sure before it’s all said in done that he will have numerous DSP in his background but he isn’t a force user, nor do I see him becoming one, so it should be limited mechanically.

 

[Mordane76]

and I agree it with your thoughts and I'm sure before it’s all said in done that he will have numerous DSP in his background but he isn’t a force user, nor do I see him becoming one, so it should be limited mechanically.

Mechanically, yes, DSP don't mean a lot for non-Force users... but to borrow a phrase - "By their actions, you will know them." It's not a mechanical concern, per se, but one of dramatics and character development from a non-numbers standpoint. Violence, hatred, and vengeance serve only to feed one another and themselves; once the original focus of the emotion is gone (should your character actually manage to find and kill everyone he feels is responsible), he will likely have nothing left to live for but this anger, hatred, and vengeance, and as the story progresses it becomes easier and easier to hold other periphery or superior Jedi responsible for the actions of the ones he originally targeted by association and chain of command. As he falls deeper into his vengeance, it will become harder to hide it from others. To feed his passion, he must find ways to expand his scope. To hunt the 'righteous,' he becomes base and wicked... I see lots of potential for deep undertones in this plotline.

Now I just need to finish re-reading the nuts and bolts, and start thinking about a starting point, but that's partially dictated from you...

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Mechanically, yes, DSP don't mean a lot for non-Force users... but to borrow a phrase - "By their actions, you will know them."

True, theirs no doubt of that you can look throughout history for examples of such things…

I see lots of potential for deep undertones in this plotline.

Again I agree, I would have it any other way…. I single main character means that some in-depth character analyst needs to happen IC for it to be successful. (At least IMHO)

Now I just need to finish re-reading the nuts and bolts, and start thinking about a starting point, but that's partially dictated from you...

Indeed it is, I'll get started as soon as I get home on laying out more of character framework instead of just pure concept.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Have you started writing out this concept? The more you know, and hence the more I know, the better I can start planning stories.

As promised.

I see to angles that can be used to great effect to explain his hatred.

1] Beloved left to become a Jedi but died during her training as a padawan and my character blames her teachers for her failure… (Note to self: I really need to name this guy)

The above concept is rather out their for a number of reasons, Jedi are usual taken at a very young age and even if that was the case her new life as a Jedi was going to end the relationship eventual… (Remember back in the days of the old republic that love was not frowned upon… That was a “newer” development.

Anyhow, I prefer this one:
2] A plague broke out upon [Insert now dead planet], home world of both MC and his beloved, she was a radiant beauty (aren’t they all) that saw more in MC than the rest of the galaxy did. [Note: I would list her as a noble but not royalty and him either as a fringer or a scoundrel.]

The plague was devastating but had been preventable but the Jedi where fighting an unwanted war with [Insert either name of war or the name of the people. Sith Mandalorians] and their arrival was delayed…

Both MC and his beloved were infected but he recovered with the help of the Jedi’s vaccine while his beloved perished unhealed, “unhealed,” and “unaided.”

I like this concept because the MC is a sympatric bad guy, but the Jedi do not look like bad guys either (but neither do they look like shining bacons of light without flaws) Survivor guilt can be the worst guilt of all… Its nearly unrecoverable from in some cases so it seems like a great way to fuel his fiery revenge.

I’m also hopefully that maybe the cure left him more resist to the mental powers of a Jedi, like suggestion, empathy, telepathy and what not… (Just an idea)

Anyhow, I feel like I should apologizing… My mind has turned into a rather distracted one tonight… My IC posts don’t really suffer from this, I have the characters established but new characters/concepts suffer during these spells. I hope you understand.

Everything above is open for debate.

 

[Mordane76]

Concept One doesn't have to be too far out there... if that "beloved" was his child.


Concept Two's angle of survivor guilt is also workable, and probably more so than Concept One at this point because you've fleshed it out a bit more. Both leave plenty of gray for me to work inside however.


I'm comfortable with either concept.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Concept One doesn't have to be too far out there... if that "beloved" was his child.

Wow... I really hadn't considered that angle. Don't know how I missed but it's pretty freaking brilliant!

I'm comfortable with either concept.

Oh I like your number one... I think it's now my number one. (let me plot)

 

[Mordane76]

Wow... I really hadn't considered that angle. Don't know how I missed but it's pretty freaking brilliant!



Oh I like your number one... I think it's now my number one. (let me plot)

Why thank you...

Considering the nature of some of the more "backwater" worlds of the Republic, having a child in your early 20s wouldn't be unheard of, so if your child was taken by the Jedi to be trained, you could still be a reasonably spry man of your mid-30s to early 40s. Your child could have even been a Padawan for quite some time before incident that lead to their death, making the loss more tragic because of time investment and hopes and dreams for that child's future as a Jedi Knight.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Why thank you...

No thank you.

Considering the nature of some of the more "backwater" worlds of the Republic, having a child in your early 20s wouldn't be unheard of, so if your child was taken by the Jedi to be trained, you could still be a reasonably spry man of your mid-30s to early 40s.

Yeah, I would like to avoid the effects of aging if possible… I'll have to look around the GotORW book but I'm pretty sure I can hit up a humanoid world were people are married and what not age 18 or so and where life isn’t all that easy…

(I’m thinking the mother/wife is dead also and died when the kid was quite young and not yet in Jedi training.)

Your child could have even been a Padawan for quite some time before incident that lead to their death, making the loss more tragic because of time investment and hopes and dreams for that child's future as a Jedi Knight.

I'm thinking a tragic training accident could be even better... Of course it seems like Jedi don’t take their first force level till sometime later in their training…

I’ve had a few talks with people about the children using the force in episode 1 and 2 and it seems like most people don’t see them as having any class.

Of course Anakin Skywalker had a level of fringer and he was still pretty young.