The Dodge Perk has been replaced with a new variant. Previously it allowed you to declare a single opponent to receive a +1 dodge bonus to your Reflex Save against each turn as a Free Action. The new variant allows you to take the Dodge standard action which grants disadvantage on all attacks against you and advantage on any Dexterity-based checks you make to avoid damage.
The Riposte and Redirect Actions have been slightly modified - previously they required a roll of their own on top of the Block/Deflect checks preceding them, now they use the same result as the Block/Deflect checks. Additionally, you may now Riposte once per turn rather than once per encounter without needing to start spending Force Boons.
The budget you receive at character creation for purchasing a starship has been increased from 1d4 * 10000 + Resources * 3 to 1d4 * 20000 + Resources * 10 as the former was woefully inadequate to really buy anything.
Drawing a Weapon at the start of combat (ie. when Initiative checks are rolled) is now a Free action for convenience. Changing or Drawing Weapons in combat afterwards still requires a Move action.
Telekinesis has new rules covering moving multiple objects at once.
Last Edit: Aug 30, 2019 19:15:44 GMT by Darth Kairos
Two changes are forthcoming and will be put into place in a few days. The first is that the 'Sense Motive' Skill is being renamed to 'Insight' and will be slightly tweaked to be more like DnD Insight which can be used to assess situations, not just people:
Insight* (Spirit): For every offense there is a defense. Deflector shields counter turbolasers, armor turns aside blades and Sense Motive defeats those who would deprive you of the truth. This is the Skill that governs detecting hidden interests, deceptions and misdirection. Insight is also a useful skill for piercing obfuscating situations and putting together the pieces of puzzles you have collected during an adventure.
The second is a drastic overhaul of starting equipment. Every Starting Class and Basic Path now has the choice of choosing from a pre-made set of equipment, or opting instead for a variable amount of credits to purchase whatever they want (this is what we use now). In addition, each Class/Path now includes an optional Starting Package of Abilities, Equipment, and Assets designed to let a player jump right in without needing to worry about what points they want. These are only available for level 1, but they integrate easily with the existing points-package system for starting at level 5.
Starting Equipment An Agent begins play with the following equipment: • Heavy Blaster Pistol (3d8) • Knife (1d4) OR Hold-out Blaster Pistol (3d4) • Half-Vest (Soak 1, Dex +5, Light) (must meet prerequisites) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Pocket Scrambler OR Vox-Box OR Blank Code Cylinder
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Equipment: • Dagger • Half-Vest • Heavy Blaster Pistol • Pocket Scrambler • Standard Issue Field Kit
Assets: • Alternate Identity: 3 • Resources: 1
Noble
Starting Equipment A Noble begins play with the following equipment: • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Quarterstaff (1d6/1d6) OR Short Sword (1d6) and Knife (1d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit • One of the Following: Standard Datapad, Holo Converter, Personal Translator
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x400 to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Equipment: • Blaster Pistol • War Sword • Dagger • Blaster Rifle • Standard Issue Field Kit
Assets: • Fame: 1 • Resources: 1 • Status: 1
Scoundrel
Starting Equipment A Scoundrel begins play with the following equipment: • Heavy Blaster Pistol (3d8) • Knife (1d4) • Half-Vest (Soak 1, Dex +5, Light) (must meet prerequisites) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad OR Pocket Scrambler OR Beckon-call (must have starship)
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 2 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Athletics: 1 • Bluff: 1 • Initiative: 1 • Insight: 1 • Pilot: 1 • Dodge (if you meet the prerequisites) or Quick Draw (if you do not)
Equipment: • Heavy Blaster Pistol (3d8) • Knife (1d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad
Starting Equipment: A Scout begins play with the following equipment:
• Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Blaster Carbine (3d8) OR Shortsword (1d6) • Knife (1d4) • Blast Helmet and Vest (2 Soak, +0 Fort. Sav, +5 Max Dex, Light) (must meet prerequisites) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Electrobinoculars
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 2 • Rifles: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Astrogate: 1 • Athletics: 1 • Awareness: 1 • Stealth: 1 • Survival: 1 • Treat Injury: 1 • Sprint (if you meet the Prerequisites) or Rugged (if you do not)
Equipment: • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Blaster Carbine (3d8) • Knife (1d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Electrobinoculars
Assets: • Unnatural Ability: 3 (Call of the Wilds) Recover 50% more HP when you take a long rest in in the wilds, far from civilisation (terrestrial only).
Technician
Starting Equipment: A Technician begins play with the following equipment:
• Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Technician’s Toolkit (see Starting Abilities) • One of the Following: Sensor Pack, Bracer Computer, Pocket Scrambler, Holo Converter, Com Scrambler
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Starting Equipment: A Dark Jedi Guardian begins play with the following equipment:
• Lightsaber (2d8) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Light Jedi Battle Armor (3 Soak, +3 Fort. Save, +4 Max Dex., Light) (must meet prerequisites) • Standard Issue Field Kit
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Assets: • Unnatural Ability: 4 (Consuming Strike) Once per short rest, when you kill an enemy with a melee weapon and deal at least 5 more points of damage than you needed to kill them, you regain the damage you dealt above 5 in HP.
Dark Jedi Consular
Starting Equipment: A Dark Jedi Consular begins play with the following equipment:
• Short Sword (1d6) • Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Datapad
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Concentration: 1 • Diplomacy: 1 • Gather Information: 1 • Insight: 1 • Knowledge (Sith Lore): 1 • Sense Force: 1 • Telepathy: 1 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Force Channel (if you meet the prerequisites) or Force Power Focus (if you do not)
Equipment: • Short Sword (1d8) • Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4)
Assets: • Exotic Item: 3
Dark Jedi Sentinel
Starting Equipment: A Dark Jedi Sentinel begins play with the following equipment. • War Sword (1d8) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad OR Pocket Scrambler OR Knockout Drugs
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Bluff: 1 • Concentration: 1 • Diplomacy: 1 • Endurance: 1 • Initiative: 1 • Insight: 2 • Telepathy: 1 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Rapid Strike (if you meet the prerequisites) or Skill Focus (if you do not)
Equipment: • War Sword (1d8) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad
Assets: • Artifact: 2 • Exotic Item: 1
Starting Equipment: A Dark Force Warrior begins play with the following equipment: • Dire Sword (1d10) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Blaster Carbine (3d8) • Standard Issue Field Kit
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Rifles: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Athletics: 1 • Endurance: 1 • Initiative: 1 • Force Push/Pull: 1 • Telekinesis: 1 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Power Attack (if you meet the prerequisites) or Weapon Focus (if you do not)
Equipment: • Dire Sword (1d10) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Blaster Carbine (3d8) • Standard Issue Field Kit
Assets: • Unnatural Ability: 4 (Crushing Strike) Once per short rest, you may spend a Force Boon to add your Force Boon bonus dice to a weapon damage roll (as if it were a d20 check).
Dark Force Devotee
Starting Equipment: A Dark Force Devotee begins play with the following equipment:
• Short Sword (1d6) • Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Concentration: 1 • Knowledge (Sith Lore): 1 • Knowledge (Philosophy): 1 • Sense Force: 2 • Telepathy: 1 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Force Channel (if you meet the prerequisites) or Force Power Focus (if you do not)
Equipment: • Short Sword (1d6) • Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4) • Standard Issue Field Kit
Assets: • Exotic Item: 2 • Artifact: 2
Dark Force Hunter
Starting Equipment: A Dark Force Hunter begins play with the following equipment:
• War Sword (1d8) OR Short Sword (1d6) and Knife (1d4) • Blaster Carbine (3d8) and Sporting Blaster Pistol (3d4) OR Sniper Blaster Rifle (3d8) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad OR Pocket Scrambler
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Insight: 1 • Intimidate: 1 • Stealth: 2 • Enhance Senses: 1 • Force Barrier: 1 • Force Speed: 1 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Blind-fight
Equipment: • Short Sword (1d6) • Knife (1d4) • Sniper Blaster Rifle (3d6) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad
Assets: • Exotic Item: 1 • Unnatural Ability: 2 (One of Many Faces)
You gain a +5 bonus to your Stealth roll whenever you are attempting to blend into a crowd of 50 or more beings.
Dark Force Adept
Starting Equipment: A Dark Force Adept begins play with the following equipment.
• Dire Sword (1d10) • Knife (1d4) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad
Alternatively, you may choose to purchase your own equipment. You receive 3d4x250 credits to purchase your own equipment, and you retain any leftover credits.
Starting Package: In beginning play, you may use the ‘Starting Abilities’ listed below, or you may use the following starting package:
Abilities: • Pistols: 1 • Simple Weapons: 1 • Knowledge (Sith Lore): 1 • Initiative: 1 • Insight: 1 • Dissipate Energy: 1 • Force Leap: 1 • Force Speed: 2 • Danger Sense • Force Sensitive • Combat Expertise (if you meet the prerequisites) or Power Attack I (if you do not)
Equipment: • Dire Sword (1d10) • Knife (1d4) • Blaster Pistol (3d6) • Standard Issue Field Kit • Basic Datapad
Following a fair bit of discussion, we are tweaking how Soak operates. Previously, Soak was a flat number (eg. 4) applied to reduce incoming damage, and it could never reduce damage fully to 0. For better balance and integration with Shield Ratings, we are adjusting this to a dice number instead. Soak is now rolled for whenever damage is received, and can reduce damage to 0 if the Soak value is higher than the damage dealt.
The previous static Soak value is determines which die is rolled.
Last Edit: Oct 5, 2019 1:05:49 GMT by Darth Kairos
We have also made a slight change to the character sheet templates. The number of Force Boons a character starts a roleplay with is now listed below Force Well. Please update your character sheets. Remember that you receive a number of Force Boons at the beginning of every roleplay instance (eg. mission, adventure, encounter) equal to half your level (round down) + your Spirit Modifier (overall minimum of 1).
Darth Xaos: America and Australia aren't exactly in the rosiest condition either, it's pretty damn rough everywhere these days.
Oct 24, 2019 1:02:51 GMT
Darth Exolus: We're either buggered outside the EU or another dog for China to chain up.
Oct 24, 2019 1:01:03 GMT
Darth Xaos: Why are you so eager to leave Scotland, Ex?
Oct 24, 2019 0:50:39 GMT
Darth Exolus: I pick either one to leave this place and go immigrate to.
Oct 24, 2019 0:43:03 GMT
Darth Xaos: There are definitely similarities between Straya and Murica.
Oct 24, 2019 0:06:07 GMT
Darth Kairos: Well remember, I did grow up in "the lucky country".
Oct 24, 2019 0:03:26 GMT
Darth Xaos: You're going to be American soon, you need to learn that here there's no such thing as too much self-importance.
Oct 24, 2019 0:01:50 GMT
Darth Kairos: Damn, that's true. And they already think they're self-important enough.
Oct 24, 2019 0:00:54 GMT
Darth Xaos: Nah, after they're fired next week they'll all be given talk radio shows.
Oct 23, 2019 23:59:47 GMT
Darth Kairos: Oh, so they'll all be fired and available by the end of next week.
Oct 23, 2019 23:59:05 GMT
Darth Xaos: They've all been given positions in the White House.
Oct 23, 2019 23:57:45 GMT
Darth Kairos: Man, I was really hoping it'd work out this time. But at least we gave it a hell of a try and realised it's because we're too old. Where's a middle-aged bitter shut-in housewife to run everything when you need one?
Oct 23, 2019 23:57:10 GMT
Darth Xaos: Hopefully so.
Oct 23, 2019 23:51:09 GMT
