STAR WARS: DAWN OF DEFIANCE

Game Master Kip84

I'm liking it so far. Shootouts are fine, and at least we know what pretty much directly caused this one.

It's enjoyable. Sorry to hear about the Internet dramas. Weather, or provider?

Grumble mumble Provider...

Actually it should be sorted soon after today's conversation. Finally found the right person to talk to!

Lots of fun Kip!
Glad you got your situatio sorted.

Definitely enjoying the game!

Having plenty of fun, we're here for the shootouts I thought! In fact, I think I'll go shoot some Stormtroopers now...

Still having internet issues. It's making it very hard to post. Sorry everyone.

And finally after finally loosing my patience at a poor call centre employee I have internet access again.

Though the person on Tuesday was very helpful and gave me some great perks my internet wasn't back online at the promised 24hr time period. Thus began my 24 hourly check ins with my internet provider until finally I lost my patience today. Half an hour later my internet was back on...

So, is everyone still checking the thread? Should we automate people?

Yep, sorry for the slow pace. In the interest of speeding things up I will start to bot people who don't post within 24 hrs.

I was giving people a little extra time because of the website issues the humble bundle was causing. Hopefully that traffic wil be easing off now. It's a little hard for me to tell cause I'm on the other side of the world and perhaps the traffic isn't as bad in my timezone? Even so the website has been slow.

I bought the bundle but haven't bothered to try downloading anything yet...

So, is everyone still checking the thread? Should we automate people?

The slowdowns have been tough on messageboards to be sure!

Sorry for no post yesterday. I didn't have time during the day and then I had a vtt game last night. I will update later today after I look up the ramming rules :D

@Avizzi and Kalus, Russel's ramming action would leave you guys out in the open. Did you want to modify your actions at all to seek cover or drop prone?

I'll modify mine to drop prone. I already said I was going down to one knee, so it's not much further of a stretch.

Sorry I missed the last round, I thought my last action was Ramming the sled, did not realize I was up again.

No worries Russel. Go ahead and post your round 6 action.

@Taril, Sorry about taking out your stormtrooper... : /

Everyone gains 467 exp for a total of 1267/3000 each

That puts us at level 2, I believe. How are we handling HP for level up?

Indeed Level 2... Probably should have stated that more clearly. Sorry.

Is everyone cool with taking average for Hp? Makes it a little simpler and saves people rolling 1s...

1d10 = 6+ Con Mod
1d8 = 5+ Con Mod
1d6 = 4+ Con Mod

You're the GM. If that's how you want to do it, that's how we'll do it.

Level 2:

+1 BAB
+5 HP
+1 all skills
+1 all defenses
Bonus feat: Quick Draw

Everyone, don't forget to add 1/2 your level to your damage (round down).

Level 2 for Avizzi: +1 BAB, +6 HP, +1 to skills, +1 to Defenses, and my feat will be Point Blank Shot.

Work has been brutal this week. Will update tomorrow.

Updated +1 BAB, +4 HP, +1 to skills, +1 to defenses feat is Zero Range

Level 2 Scoundrel 2
+6 HP
+1 BAB
+1 DMG
+1 All Skills
+1 All Defenses
Bonus Feat - Precise Shot

It's billy cart dirby day in a few weeks at school so I'm spending my Saturday buying materials, paints and such... Should be able to reuse the cart I made from last year but I've got two girls entering this year so I've got to make another one.

That Zero Range feat looks nice Taril! Might have to pick that one up for my Rodian Soldier...

It is a nice feat. It's on Kalus's list eventually. Have to set up dual-wielding first, though.

EDIT: Have we lost Six and Vrissl?

I think we have. I've PM'd them both with no response. It's a shame I really liked both their characters.

I've now PM'd a couple of folks that missed out on recruitment. Is there anyone you know of that would be interested Kalus?

Hey all it's the Great Green God. Your Gm invited me to join or try out to join. Anyhow I copied much of the bottom bit from the post I was going to put in your recruitment thread and then decided against that because I wasn't sure you wanted to open it up for wandering eyes just yet. Still I needed to roll dice somewhere so here they are. If you want further posts in the recruitment thread just lemme know and it'll happen. And again, sorry for barging in if I am.

So, character (re)generation.

4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 4) = 18 = 16
4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 1) = 12 = 11
4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 1) = 9 = 8
4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 5, 1) = 9 = 8
4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 3, 1) = 11 = 10
4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 2, 6) = 15 = 14... well that seems to be all over the place. I'm sorta hating on the two nines eights though. The dice results all changed when I cut this post out of the recruitment thread.

10+1-2-2+0+5 = a 12 pt character were this Pathfinder.

4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 5) = 17 = 16
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 3) = 17 = 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 2) = 11 = 9
4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 3) = 14 = 11
4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 4) = 14 = 12
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 3) = 14 = 13...

10+5-1+1+2+3 = a 20 pt character again if this were Pathfinder.

I could rebuild Zeld with that. The original dice rolls equated to a 23 point character and a 9 point one (ugh.) respectively.

So, if I didn't go with my Zabrak spacer scavenger would there be any requests? I have a ton of Star Wars Revised edition and older West End Games characters in lots of classes that I could update to SAGA--I just need to find one I would like to play again. That and I notice you don't have nearly enough scoundrels in the party. ;)

I'm a fan of "play what you would have the most fun playing" myself, and Tar Wars Saga has enough talent options in the base classes that we can all be different types of scoundrels. We do appear to have lost our only Force-sensitive, if you want to make a choice that definitely stands out.

GM, I can probably recruit someone of you'd like. I figured I'd let you reach out to others and see if they were interested.

I'm a fan of "play what you would have the most fun playing" myself, and Tar Wars Saga has enough talent options in the base classes that we can all be different types of scoundrels. We do appear to have lost our only Force-sensitive, if you want to make a choice that definitely stands out.

True, but there is something to said for team building too and not just stat and ability-wise but personalities as well. In Star Wars there are certain tropes you have to hit as well, lovable alien sidekick, the soldier, the reckless one, the dedicated droid, the wide-eyed farmboy, the mystic, the savvy carouser, the idealistic politician (I could be a Whipid Trump! with a bad, full-body toupe! It would be terrific. I mean absolutely astounding. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. I could talk like this all the time. All the time, Not just at breakfast--I mean all the time. It would be great.), etc.... I'm gonna try and read through your in-game posts today and have something up and ready for tomorrow. By then I should have at least the fluff. I have access to a lot of books, but have never actually played in the SAGA system.

In fact, here's one possible character now....

And that's another point. I kinda have to be inspired by the Pathfinder-centric art. It just hurts to have a character not be close to looking like his icon. I'm in a game now where a dude is using a camel for his psychic half-orc.

Yeah, the stock avatars are kind of limiting. I used a big hard to represent a Mon Calamari in a Star Wars campaign I was in.

I also have to agree on the Avatar issue... I played a Duro in another game and this was the best avatar I could find at the time...

Kip84

That earlier post should say "boggard" not big hard.

Stupid autocorrect.

So I read through it all. I can play a force sensitive but I think it might be safer to play a beatstick (aka something with lots of soldier levels). If only because you never want to play the wizard your first time out in a system and while I think I have a handle on Ada's character I think I'd be doing a lot of reading to get the mechanics down. That said I'll play her (or someone like her) because having someone strong with the force is a good thing in a campaign whose mission statement is to provide the definitive Star Wars experience.

So do you have a number six yet?

That earlier post should say "boggard" not big hard.

Stupid autocorrect.

LOL. I knew you meant something else but I was not sure what the hell it was.

I agree with Kalus, run what you like, it will keep you engaged in the game better. This adventure will be a LONG time to finish especially on a PBP.

I just figured Big Hard was some slang for a paizo monster I didn't know about : /

So I read through it all. I can play a force sensitive but I think it might be safer to play a beatstick (aka something with lots of soldier levels). If only because you never want to play the wizard your first time out in a system and while I think I have a handle on Ada's character I think I'd be doing a lot of reading to get the mechanics down. That said I'll play her (or someone like her) because having someone strong with the force is a good thing in a campaign whose mission statement is to provide the definitive Star Wars experience.

So do you have a number six yet?

So Your going to play Ada Nigh then Great Green God?

We don't have a sixth yet. I had PM'd Sir Longears another person who missed out when I was recruiting but they're to busy with other Pbp commitments to join at the moment.

Kalus if you know of someone interested direct them to the discussion thread :)

I'll be the token jedi though maybe not exactly her. Sorry about the dithering but again lots o' reading... though I did finish reading the gameplay thread.

Alright, I think I've got someone appropriate for this party. If someone could give her the once over to make sure I've calculated stuff rightly that would be cool. Also I need to know how many credits she gets to start with.

Oh, I'm gonna have fun with your character...

Looks good. I'd suggest purchasing a Utility Belt with some more of your money.

You do get an extra trained skill (everyone got one). I think Kip has a house rule regarding Jedi and the Use the Force skill as well.

Hey guys I've had a rough couple of days. I've had a brief look at Nomi-Rae and I think she'll be a good fit.

Yes everyone gets an extra trained skill that doesn't have to be a class skill. I believe that was my only skill houserule. I felt it was fairer to give everyone a free skill rather than to give Jedi the Use the Force skill for free (Which I believe was Warhawks houserule)

Let's continue with 5 PCs for now.

Great Green God, I'll Pm you tomorrow regarding introducing your character.

Roger. Roger.

I will be traveling for the holiday weekend. Posting may be slow.

Pencils down. Done. Done. Done. Done-da. Done. Done-da. Done....

Sorry everyone. After a rough work week, The long weekend has been a lot busy than I expected...

Posting will be slow the rest of the week. My wife's grandfather passed away on Monday.

Sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you and yours.

Sorry everybody, I've been smashed at work these last two days, really long days. Tomorrow should be quieter so I'll get a post up in the morning.

It's my wedding anniversary today. 10 years!

I'll do my best to get a post up tomorrow morning. (12-14 hours from this post)

Sorry for the recent silence, guys. The DNS server went down at work the other day, so it's been a bit crazy the past few days. Updating now.