[Saga] Star Wars: Rebels with Style OOC

[drothgery]

And on another droid note...

How do you feel about relaying information from the droid like that? Not just "he says" but NPC it a bit and take some liberty with his peronality? I have no desire to make the droids NPCs under my control, but it feels like a good way to get things across from them if you're fine with that.

That's cool.

And on the same note, consider things like droids to act on their owner's initiative unless something comes up otherwise.

Works. Though since K2 makes Istara look like a devestatingly effective combatant, he's just trying to stay out of the way.

 

[Shalimar]

Hopefully the stun shot on top of the grenade will drop him, otherwise they should replace all storm troopers with unarmored officers

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Hopefully the stun shot on top of the grenade will drop him, otherwise they should replace all storm troopers with unarmored officers

Just remember, if you ever join the Empire, its not about effectiveness...its about overwhelming numbers!

 

[Shalimar]

Good point.

 

[Shalimar]

Is the armor salvageable? I'm hoping to pick up a suit for Kay since she is proficient with light armor and doesn't have any. I also wouldn't mind having official imperial gear to hep us infiltrate wherever.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Is the armor salvageable? I'm hoping to pick up a suit for Kay since she is proficient with light armor and doesn't have any. I also wouldn't mind having official imperial gear to hep us infiltrate wherever.

It probably is...though, of course it'll take time to get it on and all that fun stuff.

On a related thought, I must say this is the first Star Wars game I've ever run that the players are actively going after armour. I've run a ton of games, too...played in a ton, too. Not necessarily a bad thing, just strikes me as unique and its something I've not seen happen yet.

 

[Shalimar]

It probably is...though, of course it'll take time to get it on and all that fun stuff.

On a related thought, I must say this is the first Star Wars game I've ever run that the players are actively going after armour. I've run a ton of games, too...played in a ton, too. Not necessarily a bad thing, just strikes me as unique and its something I've not seen happen yet.

I think that its because Saga has gone out of its ways to make armor more viable than other star wars games. Also we are a bunch of soldiers so almost all of us get armor proficiency for free. If you are profficient up to 6th level or so there is absolutely no reason not to use it. With even just the first armor talent there is no reason not to wear it at any level since you would still get the bonuses to fort and other things if an advanced armor.

 

[drothgery]

It probably is...though, of course it'll take time to get it on and all that fun stuff.

On a related thought, I must say this is the first Star Wars game I've ever run that the players are actively going after armour. I've run a ton of games, too...played in a ton, too. Not necessarily a bad thing, just strikes me as unique and its something I've not seen happen yet.

I don't know how your other games looked, but the ones I was involved in were an all-Jedi game (so my PC was the odd one out for wearing armor) and an all-starfighter pilot game (so armor wasn't going to be particularly useful).

FWIW, Istara's not interested in armor.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I think that its because Saga has gone out of its ways to make armor more viable than other star wars games. Also we are a bunch of soldiers so almost all of us get armor proficiency for free. If you are profficient up to 6th level or so there is absolutely no reason not to use it. With even just the first armor talent there is no reason not to wear it at any level since you would still get the bonuses to fort and other things if an advanced armor.

I think you're right that this is a big thing in it.

Both the previous d20 versions didn't encourage armour use at all, and the old WEG d6 system was pretty much the same in that it was there, but not hugely advantageous. Not that its a huge advantage in Saga from what I see, just that it is definitely useful and a good alternative.

Ironically, I think that's something that throws me off about Saga more than anything else.

I don't know how your other games looked, but the ones I was involved in were an all-Jedi game (so my PC was the odd one out for wearing armor) and an all-starfighter pilot game (so armor wasn't going to be particularly useful).

FWIW, Istara's not interested in armor.

I think its a tone thing, in a sense.

Just speaking for myself, I've never really thought of Star Wars characters wearing armour. In fact, the only people we really see in armour, in the movies at least, are the bad guys. The heroes are always in more normal clothes and just go for it. Armour is really only ever used as a disguise, even in a great deal of the EU material. Armour is, of course, there, its just not something, to me, that seems extremely prevalent in the galaxy like, say, armour is in a fantasy D&D setting.

And I've run a lot of mixed Jedi/non-Jedi groups, 'normal' people groups, Imperial groups, other Rebel games...etc. Honestly, you name it, I've probably run or played in a Star Wars game involved in it. Well, except Mandalorians, but I've never seen the draw of them...

Even games with soldiers I've never really seen prevalent use of armour, or even a desire to. I do think part of it is probably mechanics reasons, though. Its an interesting thing to think about for me, actually. I LIKE seeing such a change, as its nice to get new things on my end of the 'table', as it were.

 

[drothgery]

Just speaking for myself, I've never really thought of Star Wars characters wearing armour. In fact, the only people we really see in armour, in the movies at least, are the bad guys. The heroes are always in more normal clothes and just go for it. Armour is really only ever used as a disguise, even in a great deal of the EU material. Armour is, of course, there, its just not something, to me, that seems extremely prevalent in the galaxy like, say, armour is in a fantasy D&D setting.

Well, that was something of a consequence of who the heroes of the movies were -- mystic warriors, princesses, and a smuggler and his crew. Not a ground soldier in the mix.