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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bennet Hoenheim" data-source="post: 6227712" data-attributes="member: 74977">well IMHO When it comes to backgrounds, Destinies and Legacies. Apart  from the fact that  they are my favorite rules in SAGA, they are ALWAYS a  good recommendation to any game.Backgrounds -  These are fun to deal with. Ive seen some people having fun matching  their character to their planet of origin and others  justifying their  Force Tradition membership from here. In any case, this may seems like a  little over the edge at low levels, but in the end, having an ability  that gives you an alternate skill is not going to break the game. Maybe  it tears some of the class specific signature skills but flexibility is  more likely to attract someones' s attention in the table, away from  those Force Using i-can-do everything characters. Recommendation, allow  background along with Destinies. I know the book mentions something very  specific here, but this is not to speculate on: backgrounds will add  great narrative options to any character.Destinies  - I just cant tell you how important destinies are, and how many people  is repelled with this concept. Personally, Ive found it challenging,  and the greatest tool a GM has to take on his game's mysticism. The  Star Wars SAGA edition game system assumes that while using the force  gives a significant edge, non-force users can also be truly heroic. In  many Star Wars media, however, those who use the force are more akin to  super heroes, being truly supernaturally powerful and epic! Considering  this is a cooperative game after all and its fun is powered by the  descriptions the players give of their characters actions, why not  working so the narrative together--DPs are very helpful to achieve this  narrative flow.Destiny Points should be encouraged because they  promote an option were the player actually affects the overall narrative  (not as the game master does, but in a similar fashion), in a role  playing game, your character and your stats do explicitly restrict what  you can do, DPs merely resolve what happens when you act: just speeding  up the game & giving fellow gamers a tool to affect the story, or  the story's event--wich in the end is a favorite reason of playing for  many people.If you think of it, DPs actually give the player an  awesome ability, they  grant narrative control. DPs just challenge both  the GM and PC. This opens up realization on new Roleplaying  opportunities...the player may invoke his character's destiny to gain a  small degree of narrative control, if the GM agrees that it's probably  in line with their particular destiny and continue rewarding the player  somehow and advancing the story in a conventional style.Legacies  - Just like backgrounds, Legacies add an important element to increase  any character's "weight." However, there not many ways to choose your  favorite "Legacy." So most of the time, you end up supposedly working  with your GM to elaborate your actual Legacy. As far as what  Legacies can do to break your game, they wouldn't get farther than  Destiny ruling-technology. What I mean is that you can expect just the  same challenge to your group when it comes to the extend of Destiny  Point usage and anyway, they are attached to the Destiny ruling.  There  is a game mechanic that is already in place when a character  accomplishes a goal or performs a task that clearly moves him or her  closer to fulfilling their destiny (GM's determination etc), embracing  or neglecting your legacy works similarly. And helps any GM move towards  the character's area of interest instead of otherwise.Any feedback or opinion is appreciated.</blockquote>

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