NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7188299" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Not possible - You've earned my profound disrespect. On the other hand, I try to avoid posts that are directly accusatory. I owe you an apology for the tone - but NOT the other content - of my previous two posts. So, in a more civil tone - not out of respect for you, but out of general civility.1E Benchmarks - core plus SWSB.Max Starting Skill: 6D for humans; a couple species can exceed this, but not in the relevant skills for stacking.Fire Control:  up to 3D (A-Wing, X-Wing, Millenium Falcon)Speed: up to 6D (A-Wing)Handling: up to 4D (A-Wing)As for Skill Points (Core Rules, page 94) 3-10 per adventure, with an expected of 3-5 per session, as most of the published adventures are 1-3 sessions long in play...  Assuming 3 per session - it's only 6 sessions to be able to add a die to a max starting skill... if you want to.And that's before the  rules for increasing the ratings on ships. SW Rules Companion page 26. It's only 18 SP to raise a 3D Fire Control to 4D. (Dice+3 SP per +0D+1)All first ed sources. I've run a bunch of Star Wars - few players  take more than 1-2 actions per round (in either edition) in combat unless they seriously outclass the opponents. (Given that typical fighter pilots are supposed to be 4D skill... that's 7-9 dice while moving and shooting); ganging up and multiple shots can remove the protection of the typical tie's 4D Piloting + 2D Maneuver - but most players I've run the game for won't take multiple shots which leave them less than 3D over... They might take a close-shoot-open, however, when they can control the range to prevent getting shot - losing 2d per roll... or blow a force point at a key moment to turn a battle with 6 shots at 5D or more each.In a longer running game (6 months or so of weekly sessions) it's pretty easy for key skills to go up to 7D or even 8D; given my sessions tended to be 6 hours, rather than the typical 3-4, I awarded typically 6-10 per session; in 6 months, all three PC's gunnery was over 6D, as was the ship's fire control on their YT-1300's top gun...I've seen that effect over 7 different campaigns, 2 of them prior to 2E being released, one of them 1E+RC after 2E was released.</blockquote>

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