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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 9130616" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Man yeah I hard disagree with folks saying that actual combat “isn’t Star Wars” or that SW characters should never get hit.Like I hope someone makes a cool pbta SW game for y’all where resolution isn’t about individual actions and their success or failure, but for me, that isn’t in the same Galaxy as what I want from a Star Wars game.Obi-Wan gets shot by a sniper in Clone Wars. Various Jedi are forced to retreat to cover by blaster fire. All kinds of people get hit with lightsabers.I also don’t like the idea of Star Wars characters with stats like Slick, Cool, and Sharp, or whatever. Those are great for some games, like a Noir Mystery game, or a heist game, or a lot of other things, but Star Wars IMO needs to have the ability to saber lock, deflect bolts, and redirect them only some of the time when they deflect it just right or really focus on doing so. Han fails a check to move sneakily, and another to lie convincingly. Most lightsaber fights are skill/power/faith* against skill/power/faith*. Anakin and Obi-Wan trying to push eachother straining against each other’s power until finally they both get sent flying is a great example of a character having to try to do something with a chance of failure. D&amp;D is a better fit for SW than the most narrative of pbta games, and D&amp;D isnt a great fit. *faith being shorthand for oneness with the force, belief in what they’re doing, dedication to a cause, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 9130616, member: 6704184"] Man yeah I [B]hard [/B] disagree with folks saying that actual combat “isn’t Star Wars” or that SW characters should never get hit. Like I hope someone makes a cool pbta SW game for y’all where resolution isn’t about individual actions and their success or failure, but for me, that isn’t in the same Galaxy as what I want from a Star Wars game. Obi-Wan gets shot by a sniper in Clone Wars. Various Jedi are forced to retreat to cover by blaster fire. All kinds of people get hit with lightsabers. I also don’t like the idea of Star Wars characters with stats like Slick, Cool, and Sharp, or whatever. Those are great for some games, like a Noir Mystery game, or a heist game, or a lot of other things, but Star Wars IMO [B]needs[/B] to have the ability to saber lock, deflect bolts, and redirect them only some of the time when they deflect it just right or really focus on doing so. Han fails a check to move sneakily, and another to lie convincingly. Most lightsaber fights are skill/power/faith* against skill/power/faith*. Anakin and Obi-Wan trying to push eachother straining against each other’s power until finally they both get sent flying is a great example of a character having to try to do something with a chance of failure. D&D is a better fit for SW than the most narrative of pbta games, and D&D isnt a great fit. *faith being shorthand for oneness with the force, belief in what they’re doing, dedication to a cause, etc. [/QUOTE]

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