Star Wars - Wrath of the Rebellion

[Rel]

I mentioned earlier in the thread that between AotC and this thread, I was inspired to go out and pick up SWd20. Now I have some questions:

How much of the available material do you guys have? Do you wish you had more of it? Are there books that you bought and now find that you don't use?

In other words, besides the core rulebook (the revised one with hot-clone-action included) are there any other books that I will find indespensable?

One bit of info on which you can base your response is that I won't be running a full fledged SW campaign any time soon. I'll probably just be doing a few one-off games.

With 3ED&D, I could run a one off game with just a PHB. But the experience is a bit lacking if you don't have a DMG (for more treasures) and a MM (for more monsters). So how much of the material for SW will I need to run some successful one-off games for SW?

 

[Dr Midnight]

Wow, we're just all kissing each others' butts here, and being fashionably modest with our own butts. Yay!

Gospog's miniatures had me weeping with envy and rage. In that good way. I consider myself a pretty fair hand at painting minis, and I've stood at WotC's official glass case during Gencon, staring at the minis within. The 'pog paints on par with those guys, I think. However, he's NEVER read Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, so he's still a wood-gnawing troglodyte (just to balance things out here).

Fenzer- with brash Boston accent: thanks pallie.

Horacio- Plug time! Never read my KotSQ story hour? I know you read tons of these things, but if you've liked what I've written thus far, you may want to check it out: www.rigaming.com/kotsq Also, I think you may find an interesting glimmer of darkness in that the guy who played Dartan is playing a Jedi in this game...

Rel- We have several of the core books, I have Secrets of Naboo (bleh) and the Rebellion Era Sourcebook (which is incredible). Matt brings his Starships of the Galaxy, Gospog has a Dark Side Sourcebook, and I've got a New Jedi Order Sourcebook en route to me from Sean K. Reynolds hisself. I don't really feel like we need more, although I'm sorely tempted to pick up Secrets of Tatooine. I don't expect to use many books except for the core book and Rebellion Era Sourcebook (again, incredible). If you want to use existing SW characters, you may want to pick up the old core book, as they cut a lot of Ep I characters from the new edition. I just feel better having Darth Maul stats on hand.

 

[Rel]

Thanks for the quick reply, Doc. I'm walking over to my local gaming store in just a few minutes to buy the core book. One further question though.
Does the core book have enough starship info to let you run a basic game? Or does it not have stats for any of the ships.

 

[Dr Midnight]

It has a pretty decent number of ships. I don't think you'll be wanting for ships. Its vehicle section's kinda thin, though...

 

[Lela]

Wow, we're just all kissing each others' butts here, and being fashionably modest with our own butts. Yay!

Gospog's miniatures had me weeping with envy and rage. In that good way. I consider myself a pretty fair hand at painting minis, and I've stood at WotC's official glass case during Gencon, staring at the minis within. The 'pog paints on par with those guys, I think. However, he's NEVER read Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, so he's still a wood-gnawing troglodyte (just to balance things out here).

Fenzer- with brash Boston accent: thanks pallie.

Horacio- Plug time! Never read my KotSQ story hour? I know you read tons of these things, but if you've liked what I've written thus far, you may want to check it out: www.rigaming.com/kotsq Also, I think you may find an interesting glimmer of darkness in that the guy who played Dartan is playing a Jedi in this game...

Rel- We have several of the core books, I have Secrets of Naboo (bleh) and the Rebellion Era Sourcebook (which is incredible). Matt brings his Starships of the Galaxy, Gospog has a Dark Side Sourcebook, and I've got a New Jedi Order Sourcebook en route to me from Sean K. Reynolds hisself. I don't really feel like we need more, although I'm sorely tempted to pick up Secrets of Tatooine. I don't expect to use many books except for the core book and Rebellion Era Sourcebook (again, incredible). If you want to use existing SW characters, you may want to pick up the old core book, as they cut a lot of Ep I characters from the new edition. I just feel better having Darth Maul stats on hand.

Oh, I'm already looking at this now. Be sure to thank Morrus for the extra publicity on it. Do you happen to have it in a download? PDF, WPD, or DOC? Just so that I can eaisly pop it onto my (non-internet connected) personal PC.

 

[Horacio]

Horacio- Plug time! Never read my KotSQ story hour? I know you read tons of these things, but if you've liked what I've written thus far, you may want to check it out: www.rigaming.com/kotsq Also, I think you may find an interesting glimmer of darkness in that the guy who played Dartan is playing a Jedi in this game...

I have too many things to read, and too few time... but I'm sure I can find time for a story from you!

 

[Breakstone]

Dartan's playing a Jedi?

Woah...

 

[Xaltar]

Wow, Lots of comments!

I actually created Zybor-Jae and his backstory before we ever even started play. So I just played Drugas (Who was also a very interesting character) until Zybor came into the picture.

Although taboo, Zybor prefers the double-bladed because he feels that its the only weapon capable of expressing his expertise in the use of a lightsaber, which he believes to be a true art form.


- Xaltar

 

[Dr Midnight]

Re: Wow, Lots of comments!

Although taboo, Zybor prefers the double-bladed because he feels that its the only weapon capable of expressing his expertise in the use of a lightsaber, which he believes to be a true art form.

Well, there's more to it than that, of course- It's not like "hey, that Jedi uses two blades. He's a free thinker; an eccentric one with a quirky taste all his own, like 'lymon'." It just isn't done. Don't worry- there's a good reason behind it.

 

[Jodo Kast]

Great work, Doc! Seeing your Star Wars story hour inspired me to post my own story hour here, Star Wars: Tales from the Outer Rim. Look forward to seeing your next game post, hope your session this weekend is a blast.