(Saga Edition): Star Wars Classics

[Shayuri]

Question. Would we all be starting out already together? Do I need to work out how that happened in my background? Or will those of us who don't have background ties already be introduced in-game?

 

[Shalimar]

I'll need credits above and beyond the base cost of the remote, the exact amount depending on how they're stated up and how much it'd cost in reprogramming and accessories to make it do what I need. I'd need to earmark those credits before I spend them all on other accessories for my own character.

Out of curiosity, what exactly is it that you need to buy up droids to do? It could get pretty unbalancing if you try to buy up an army of training remotes to serve as bodyguards.

 

[Ambrus]

Hardly an army; I could likely only afford one to start. My idea is to purchase a training remote, trade its light blaster in for a sonic welder and reprogram its skill and feats to make it a mini repair droid housed inside my droid's storage compartment. When needed my character could activate it and use either as a secondary battery or to help conduct repairs faster and, if I get deactivated somehow, it could render timely assistance by getting me back up and running.

I just need to figure out how much it'd cost. I can equip it with one of the spare tools from my toolkit and do all of the reprogramming myself without the need for skill or feat packages so it seems it'd cost nothing.

What do you think?

 

[Shalimar]

I think that there are three other mechanics in the group aside from your Q7, adding npc mechanics on top of a 4th mechanic detracts from the other characters and is really unnecessary.

 

[Ambrus]

The repair remote is intended to help my droid by aiding another on repair checks, but also to safeguard my droid in the case that it's deactivated and the other PCs are unavailable, unable or disinclined to repair me; such as during a space battle or firefight. If my character is deactivated I can at least amuse myself by role-playing the remote as it endeavors to get my main character back up and running.

Besides, I just like the image of a spherical droid with one (or more) smaller spherical droid orbiting around it; my character will look like a giant hydrogen atom! But if the idea of an extra mechanic bothers you then I suppose I could simply keep the remote as a mini bodyguard as you suggest.

 

[possum]

Question. Would we all be starting out already together? Do I need to work out how that happened in my background? Or will those of us who don't have background ties already be introduced in-game?

You all have been assigned on this one mission together by the Alliance, before then is up to you all.

 

[Shayuri]

Ah! So we all start out members of the Alliance then.

Okay, that's good to know. Thanks.

 

[Ambrus]

Yeah, good to know which team we're assumed to be fighting for. It'd be embarrassing to subject our allies to some unintentional friendly fire.

 

[Shalimar]

The repair remote is intended to help my droid by aiding another on repair checks, but also to safeguard my droid in the case that it's deactivated and the other PCs are unavailable, unable or disinclined to repair me; such as during a space battle or firefight. If my character is deactivated I can at least amuse myself by role-playing the remote as it endeavors to get my main character back up and running.

Besides, I just like the image of a spherical droid with one (or more) smaller spherical droid orbiting around it; my character will look like a giant hydrogen atom! But if the idea of an extra mechanic bothers you then I suppose I could simply keep the remote as a mini bodyguard as you suggest.

If you want to play two characters, just ask Possum if you can play two characters? I mean the classes are balanced around skills and combat abilities, you are choosing to play a non-combat class that has strengths in other areas, it seems a little off that you would then buy another character to do your fighting for you, none of the combat characters have bought droids to do the non-combat stuff on their behalf. No one player should be able to do everything its part of being part of a group. Thats just my opinion though, and if Possum or the majority of other players disagree I'll hush up, I did want to at least express the concern though.

 

[drothgery]

If you want to play two characters, just ask Possum if you can play two characters? I mean the classes are balanced around skills and combat abilities, you are choosing to play a non-combat class that has strengths in other areas, it seems a little off that you would then buy another character to do your fighting for you, none of the combat characters have bought droids to do the non-combat stuff on their behalf. No one player should be able to do everything its part of being part of a group. Thats just my opinion though, and if Possum or the majority of other players disagree I'll hush up, I did want to at least express the concern though.

FWIW, I pretty much agree; that's why I haven't let PCs buy droids in my Star Wars games (well, I let one pure techy type own a combat droid once, and starship pilots have had astromechs, but they don't participate in combat).