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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1136779" data-attributes="member: 158">Having played Star Wars (both the old d6 WEG version, and now the d20 version) fairly extensively, I must say:The d20 version (especially the revised rules that came out in May 2002) is definitely fun, easy to learn, and fast.If you've played D&D, the basics are the same (basic 6 stats, about 7 races, a bunch of core classes to choose, no multiclassing penalties). The main differences:1) The vitality/wound points system. Vitality is hit points, they are true "near misses," etc. Wound points = your CON and if you lose them all you die. Critical hits subtract wounds instead of multiplying their value.2) Jedi types are not penalized by multiclassing the same way spellcasters are in D&D. The force powers are feat-and-skill based, so it costs more to purchase them with, say, scoundrel skill points, but still doable.3) I haven't played it this way yet, but the revised rules re-insert attacks of opportunity. When we've played, we've left them out of the game, because it speeds it up a bit.The new ship-running rules are cool because they keep all players involved each round, and they become very easy to follow with repetition. They aren't perfect, but ships MUCH BETTER represent the feel of Star Wars ship combat, now. It still doesn't beat the feel of the old WEG version, which played with ranges and maneuvers very loosely, but it does work well.Basically, just as in the old Star Wars RPG, keeping the Star Wars feel is up to players and GM; they rules do not stand in the way, though they don't go out of the way to enhance it.</blockquote>

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