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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5208296" data-attributes="member: 14159">Generally, I like SWSE.&nbsp; The Duel with Sidious was the one place where it is hard to simulate the movies using the RAW.&nbsp; In every prior SWRPG, it was at least theoretically possible to have that scene happen.In the D6 RPG, you could kill 3 Jedi Masters in one round. . .with win-the-lottery level lucky strikes (and almost certainly spending a Force Point, which was a much bigger deal in d6 than d20) no PC would ever get but it was mathematically possible.In OCR and RCR d20, with the right feats and right critical hits and damage it could happen, but again, don't count on it ever really happening in a game.I know SWSE is meant to be more gamist and more &quot;playable&quot;, and losing a PC to one lucky critical hit can really suck.&nbsp; I saw a 7th level PC in a d20 game die outright from a stray blaster bolt from a stormtrooper due to a critical hit with near-max damage.&nbsp; I had a PC in a d6 SWRPG game die in one hit from a blaster pistol that kept open-ending on the Wild Die and a lousy Strength roll to resist (and craptastic Character Point bonus die rolls thrown in).&nbsp; I like the idea that everything should be at least theoretically imitable by the rules, and that scene does bug me a little, but since for actually playing the game SWSE works so well I roll on with it.. . .as for Mace Windu and the zillion Battle Droids, I figured that wasn't the literal truth of it but instead the tall tale of Jedi awesomeness that that little kid told his friends and spread around as the Legend of Mace Windu, sort of an &quot;Unreliable Narrator&quot; scenario since at the end we see it was all witnessed by a little kid in awe of the Jedi Master.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 5208296, member: 14159"] Generally, I like SWSE. The Duel with Sidious was the one place where it is hard to simulate the movies using the RAW. In every prior SWRPG, it was at least theoretically possible to have that scene happen. In the D6 RPG, you could kill 3 Jedi Masters in one round. . .with win-the-lottery level lucky strikes (and almost certainly spending a Force Point, which was a much bigger deal in d6 than d20) no PC would ever get but it was mathematically possible. In OCR and RCR d20, with the right feats and right critical hits and damage it could happen, but again, don't count on it ever really happening in a game. I know SWSE is meant to be more gamist and more "playable", and losing a PC to one lucky critical hit can really suck. I saw a 7th level PC in a d20 game die outright from a stray blaster bolt from a stormtrooper due to a critical hit with near-max damage. I had a PC in a d6 SWRPG game die in one hit from a blaster pistol that kept open-ending on the Wild Die and a lousy Strength roll to resist (and craptastic Character Point bonus die rolls thrown in). I like the idea that everything should be at least theoretically imitable by the rules, and that scene does bug me a little, but since for actually playing the game SWSE works so well I roll on with it. . . .as for Mace Windu and the zillion Battle Droids, I figured that wasn't the literal truth of it but instead the tall tale of Jedi awesomeness that that little kid told his friends and spread around as the Legend of Mace Windu, sort of an "Unreliable Narrator" scenario since at the end we see it was all witnessed by a little kid in awe of the Jedi Master. [/QUOTE]

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