Star Wars - Better Days. [Started up!]

[Ambrus]

Did I understand correctly that the intention was to have a total of ten PCs in this campaign? That seems a little, uh, weighty to me... I find I have enough trouble just keeping track of a half-dozen characters at a time.

At least some minor skill with a weapon would be nice but isn't required.

I can have my LE carry a weapon around and he'll even gets the point blank shot feat as part of being a scoundrel, but the saga edition seems to bar all droid (except 4º units) from harming sentient creatures. Do you intend to relax that restriction for droid heroes?

Probably you can use that Skill focus: mechanics feat for something else.

It's just that the LE series are designated as repair droids; it seems rather in keeping that it'd excel at the mechanics, even if its duties prevent it from exercising that skill most of the time. Honestly, the new saga edition has unfortunately done away with most feats except for those which directly affect combat. Since my droid isn't a 4º unit it rather limits what I can do with all the free feats I receive; hence why I've taken skill focus four times.

Droids do in fact get Force points, they represent their overall place within the living Force.

How odd...

So any clue as to what type of funds we'll each be starting with?

 

[Jemal]

uh oh, well there goes my ideas.

I had thought droid pilot, but that would step on toes. hrmm, got the force thing covered, captain, doc, melee/ranged... Okay so any suggestions? Passenger of some sort then?

ooc:

A few ship name possibilites:

Even Odds
Hidden Rose
Osprey - hey can't copy the falcon too close 'eh
Rim Runner
Jack of all Trades (Joat for short)

Um, Rim Runner sounds vaguely familiar... Han Solo Trilogy?

And the Even Odds is from the Myth Series. (Not a ship, but..)

Ya know, actually, I like the Even Odds as a ship name..

Also, Yes I shall be the captain, though I won't be named Jack or Mal.
BTW, Caros, when you gonna get yer butt in gear and help me with the character? Or should I resort to my bozo crew.. ER I mean my supportive, reliable, ever-so-resourceful crew.
*hehe, hi guys*

 

[Ambrus]

Any opinions on the ship names I originally suggested Captain?

 

[James Heard]

I'd also like to advance:

The "Last Chance"
The "Welcome Pickle"
The "Duck's Fury"
The "Bill Collector"
The "Beautiful Mess"
The "Three-Step Jig"
The "Pork Gunner"
The "40 Years And Counting"
The "Ports A' Plenty"
The "Damsel's Distress"
The "Taxman's Tithe"
The "Hidden Whisper"
The "Dark Mentor"
The "Promised Gift"
The "Sanguine Friend"
The "Pot O' Stew" and
The "Two Moon Split"

 

[Someone]

The "Junk O'Matic"
The "Serial Peacemaker"
The "Perfectly Normal"
The "Home Runner"
The "Hulking Hurler"

 

[Brother Allard]

I don't know... those are all perfectly reasonable ships names for Traveller or Star Frontiers or something, but none of them seem very Star Wars.

These probably aren't any better:

Blackbird.
The Broken Wing.
The Black Prince.
Whedon's Revenge.

 

[ValenarJaeldira]

BTW, Caros, when you gonna get yer butt in gear and help me with the character? Or should I resort to my bozo crew.. ER I mean my supportive, reliable, ever-so-resourceful crew.

If you want help with abuild, I am here.

As a Captain, I highly reccomend the Crime Lord prc: it gives you cool command abilities (such as granting us extra actions on your turn, or using various Noble influence abilities) in addition to granting you a reflex bonus when surrounded by your crew. The officer PRC is a more legit version of this class, with tactical abilities and the ability to grant your allies some of your own talents. This PRC also gets command cover bonuses from being surrounded by crew.

A Scoundrel 4/Soldier 3/Crime Lord 2/Officer 2 would be a command force to be reckoned with.

Just offering.

 

[ValenarJaeldira]

"The Captain's Credit" (double meaning: his income and his pride)
"The Fool's Gold" (because, you know, we'll soon be departed)

at a loss...

 

[Ambrus]

The officer PRC is a more legit version of this class, with tactical abilities and the ability to grant your allies some of your own talents. This PRC also gets command cover bonuses from being surrounded by crew.

I'd been considering the officer PrC myself, but quickly dropped the idea when I noticed that one of the prerequisites was that the character had to belong to some sort of official military organization with a command structure. I assumed our independent freighter crew wouldn't qualify...

 

[Ambrus]

I don't know... those are all perfectly reasonable ships names for Traveller or Star Frontiers or something, but none of them seem very Star Wars.

I can't really recall any ship names in the movies beside the Slave and the Falcon. Although I'm certain the expanded universe stuff if full of ship names, for me its hard to get a real feel for what distinguishes the ship names in Star Wars. Can you yourself pin down the distinguising characteristics?