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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2577424" data-attributes="member: 1515">Having followed this thread since it started, I've come to a couple of conclusions.- My experience with the SWRPG, extensive though it may be, is vastly different from that of some of the other posters. Ankh-Morpork Guard's experiences are close to mine, Remathilis's and Patryn's (among others) sound very different.- The basic VP/WP system itself isn't highly deadly, I don't think.  What seems to make it so are some of the particular cases:--- Lightsabers wielded by those who get 2d8+ in bonus damage (exacerbated by lighsabers ignoring the DR of common armor)--- Improved crit ranges, esp. those caused by weapon modifications--- Special abilities (e.g., bounty hunter) that allow for additional damageThe lightsaber issue is the most troubling, since they are clearly the iconic weapon of the setting.  Despite the fact that I personally don't have an issue with VP/WP, if there's enough people out there who find that lightsaber combat *is* broken, then maybe there's something there that needs to be fixed.  I theorize that it's the combo of high damage dice, ignoring DR, ability to improve crit range, etc. that's the problem, but that's just a theory.Unfortunately, with SWRPG on the back burner at WotC (though they promise that it hasn't fallen off the back of the stove entirely), I don't see the issue being handled officially any time soon.(BTW, in 60+ Living Force adventures I've played in, the deadliest combatant I've ever seen didn't even have a weapon.  She was a Large, raged martial artist, tricked out with all of the Martial Arts feats and Power Attack.  She was a crit FIEND, and it was only low dice rolls on damage, and the DR3 armor that two of our party were wearing, that kept her from killing 3 of our 6 PCs before we were able to drop her.)</blockquote>

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