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« on: April 22, 2014, 10:37:31 am »
Just like the title. I've only had one PC with the saga system, and we were doin 38 point builds during the Legacy era. ya I know, Power game, but still, It was a lot of fun playing from level 6 to 13 and then life took over for half my group. Anyways, i'm retired so I can play every day and I don't care if it's Play by post or some video chat system, I'd like to play a lot more saga. I have access to all the books. and I have a some of the d6 books also, so i'm familiar with places like the Tapani Sector. Hoping to hear from y'all soon

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Re: Looking for a Game
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2014, 11:44:25 am »
Welcome, DeShay!


As of right now, there is one PbP active right now, and I believe the GM is not looking for more players right now.  However, other games will pop up occasionally, so keep your eyes open.  I'm running a RL Saga game right now, but when I finish that, I'll start up another PbP here, and I'll keep you in mind for that.


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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2014, 01:24:11 pm »
@Sienn I'm not sure I'm ready to run a PbP as I've never participated in one before. Ever. on another note, just finished reading loose ends and I enjoyed it, even the surprise ending.

 I have been reading through the various games that have been played. I like the stories i'm seeing so far, and would like to see the return many of the characters I've seen played. I have been bouncing the Idea of a Legacy Era In the Tapani Sector Setting with the all the house intrigue/Imperial (both sith and fel) that'd go with it, maybe even throw in the occasional Galactic Alliance/Criminal Group intrusion. Problem is as much as i'd enjoy running a game in such a setting, i'd want to play in it just a much if not more. Any story suggestions?

and I'm always looking for more Characters (I have copies of most of RichterBelmont's and RobShanti's material/compiles)

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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2014, 02:19:33 pm »
@Sienn I'm not sure I'm ready to run a PbP as I've never participated in one before. Ever.


If you've ever done GMing, it's not too hard.  Communication and play are kinda slow, but the upside is you can take extra time to make decisions.  I've also found that PbP is really good for RPing and improving your writing skills.



on another note, just finished reading loose ends and I enjoyed it, even the surprise ending.


Yeah, the ending came as a surprise to me, too, and I learned a lot from playing that particular game.  I enjoy games where the PCs can alter the story, because I'd rather write a story with others than just say, "No, that doesn't work because I say so."


I have been reading through the various games that have been played. I like the stories i'm seeing so far, and would like to see the return many of the characters I've seen played. I have been bouncing the Idea of a Legacy Era In the Tapani Sector Setting with the all the house intrigue/Imperial (both sith and fel) that'd go with it, maybe even throw in the occasional Galactic Alliance/Criminal Group intrusion. Problem is as much as i'd enjoy running a game in such a setting, i'd want to play in it just a much if not more. Any story suggestions?


You could see if there was someone who would be wlling to run an intrigue campaign for you.  They might not have your same vision for the game, but you can ask.


Well, for one story suggestion, maybe have a party trying to rebuild a devastated House, playing the various galactic powers against each other as they bid for the House's resources.


I'll confess, my intrigue skills are kinda barebones.  Most of my campaigns are fairly straightforward, so I might not be the best for asking about intrigue, but I'll help where I can.
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2014, 11:41:47 pm »
Here's my idea~

http://starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/index.jsp?cs=fbkkpkdzwz

Star Wars Saga Edition
KNIGHTS OF ALODIA

Turmoil has engulfed the
galaxy. Though the Rebel
Alliance defeated the evil
Galactic Empire at the Battle of Endor, thousands
of sectors are now vying
for control of the galaxy.

The seven Noble Houses of
Tapani seek to enter the
conflict. However, a new
eighth house, House Alodia
seeks to persuade the
other Houses into joining
the newly found GALACTIC
ALLIANCE.

With sinister agents at
work around every corner,
High Lady Viviane has
formed a group of loyal
Knights to guard her in the
weeks leading up to her
public address...

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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2014, 12:37:48 am »
nicely done, did you make that opening crawl yourself or find it? but ya, that's a great start!
1) I wonder who else would like to get in on such a game?
and what level spectrum would people like to start at? I'll vote for 6 cause it lets you have some good stuff without you already being Super-Hero like.
2) Another thought, do people prefer point buy or rolled stats?
3) And does anyone else have Lords of the expanse players guide?
Sorry, lots of thoughts and questions.
4) Is this new house claiming what once was the free worlds region for their territory? 5) Where did most of the New House's Personal come from? 5b)or would finding that be part of the story?
6) And are we working for the New house or would we be the ones investigating it?
7) In what state did each of the other houses end up in?
8) Could it be one of the old houses that'd left and now has returned to claim its ancient territory?
9) How did the free region fair after the Empire annexed it from the Tapani?
10) what else do we need to figure out before we can launch this game?
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2014, 09:04:16 am »
Nice opening crawl and thanks for revealing me the existence of that crawl-creator, now I can make my translated DoD opening crawls on the fly.
Thanks to the Saga Edition community for all the resources.

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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2014, 09:48:48 am »
Nice opening crawl and thanks for revealing me the existence of that crawl-creator, now I can make my translated DoD opening crawls on the fly.


And for those who need help writing a crawl in the first place (like me), here's a guide to help you write one.  It's not mine, but I have used it for every one of my Star Wars games.




1) I wonder who else would like to get in on such a game?  and what level spectrum would people like to start at? I'll vote for 6 cause it lets you have some good stuff without you already being Super-Hero like.


Given that we have about 6-12 people who regularly play or express interest, it should be easy to fill the game.  For level, most GMs do somewhere between 3 and 8, for the reasons you stated.


2) Another thought, do people prefer point buy or rolled stats?


This is very much a GM thing.  I've really become fond of point buy, simply because it is easy to check a player's math (and it's more balanced).


3) And does anyone else have Lords of the expanse players guide?


This is an old d6 manuel, isn't it?  I think I have a pdf copy, or I've just seen it around on the Internet.  Either way, shouldn't be hard to peruse.

4) Is this new house claiming what once was the free worlds region for their territory? 5) Where did most of the New House's Personal come from? 5b)or would finding that be part of the story?
6) And are we working for the New house or would we be the ones investigating it?
7) In what state did each of the other houses end up in?
 8) Could it be one of the old houses that'd left and now has returned to claim its ancient territory?
9) How did the free region fair after the Empire annexed it from the Tapani?


I defer these questions to CCCXLII.


10) what else do we need to figure out before we can launch this game?


Check any of the setup or game threads, and you should be able to see a quick list of what the GM expects in the game (Rotten Eggs uses a 16 questions setup from Giantitp, click on the Questionaire and you should be able to see it, or you can see mine under Houserules on Outlaws of the Expanse).
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2014, 10:07:55 am »
Atm I'm directly translating the DoD ones, but that was a very interesting read nonetheless.
Thanks to the Saga Edition community for all the resources.

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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2014, 10:23:45 am »
Yes, I did write that crawl~!  ;D The hardest part was getting it all to work in the crawl generator on StarWars.com

@DeShay - I'm currently not available to play or run any PbPs. :) As for your questions, it seems to me that you know a lot more about the Tapani than I do (I wrote the crawl after a few minutes of reading on Wookieepedia), so I think you're the best person to figure out those questions. You're free to use the crawl and story idea for your game~ Good luck!




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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2014, 12:50:47 pm »
If I am to DM, I should give you all fair warning, I allow max hp and and other similar things but PC deaths are still frequent enough you should have a 2nd chararter made just in case. if it wasn't dangerous, everyone would do it. what I know of star wars I've learned over the course of little more than a year now (watched the movies and the clone wars series, the saga books, and just now mining the D6 books for more material.) I favor the legacy Era for sure, I like the whole "who are you truly serving?" aspect. Darth Krayt, Roan Fel, Jedi, Galactic Alliance, yourself, or some one else? And the sentient next to you, are you sure who he truly serves? its a time that you can't trust anyone and everyone has secrets they wish to keep. I'd probably open the game up not long after the destruction of Ossus.

out of curiousity of those that'd be interested In such a setting, what would be your charater? (story wise, not concerned with stats yet)


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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2014, 01:43:18 pm »
I'm currently running my own PbP right now, but this looks pretty cool so far. I'll have to see how my schedule works out, but I'd still like to express interest in this. I really like the idea of an intrigue focused campaign.

As far as characters go... hmm, I'd have to think about it. Perhaps a saber rake with Fel loyalties - if you are going along with the Legacy Tapani setting, that is.

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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2014, 03:02:15 pm »
If I am to DM, I should give you all fair warning, I allow max hp and and other similar things but PC deaths are still frequent enough you should have a 2nd chararter made just in case. if it wasn't dangerous, everyone would do it.


Interesting.  Lots of RPGs (Star Wars and others) typically have a high survival rate (even when the GM tries to make the game lethal).  Makes me curious about what you plan to do.


what I know of star wars I've learned over the course of little more than a year now (watched the movies and the clone wars series, the saga books, and just now mining the D6 books for more material.)


So what got you interested in Star Wars?  I ask because most of us have been fans for years or since childhood.




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 I favor the legacy Era for sure, I like the whole "who are you truly serving?" aspect. Darth Krayt, Roan Fel, Jedi, Galactic Alliance, yourself, or some one else? And the sentient next to you, are you sure who he truly serves? its a time that you can't trust anyone and everyone has secrets they wish to keep. I'd probably open the game up not long after the destruction of Ossus.



Definitely a fascinating era, and one that I know little about besides the campaign guide.  Lots of mystery and a very open setting.



out of curiousity of those that'd be interested In such a setting, what would be your charater? (story wise, not concerned with stats yet)


I've always got ideas, it's deciding which one to go with.


Option 1:  A shadowy bodyguard/gunslinger/assassin torn between loyalty to his master/mistress (another PC, preferably) and the House High Lord.


Option 2:  A saber rake of the House with visions of glory.


Option 3:  An undercover operative for one of the larger powers (Empire or Alliance) who eventually abandons his old loyalties to serve the House but must continually prove his loyalty.
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2014, 07:30:51 pm »
I don't try to make the game lethal, it just seems to go that way. Once all the dice crunching is done, most of my fights are 2 rounds. usually by then all the baddies are done and if no one is dead, they're pretty hurt. I build the npcs the same as I allow the PCs to be built, and then I think "if it was me, how would I handle guys with such reputations?" and if the PCs tend to play things hush, that leaves the NPCs little intel, and I'll play them so.  I also use a lot of the material collected by richterbelmont and robshanti that they usually link in their signatures. I favor DMF's big list of SWSE NPCs v2a and My NPC statblocks (v8.0) of the fan made NPC stat books. Last fight I did was a sith haze(cl7), a Vahl Firebrand (cl6) and a pair of sith assassins (cl6)' all out of the latter book, and the 4 players were all level 9 or 10 jedi/force users. although none died, by the end, they all had suffered a good amount of damage and CT steps, but none of them believed that they'd had such a low CL encounter. I tried pointing out that I use pretty solid ground tactics and teamwork where they're a bunch of soloists on the same side. I've always liked star wars, even played the D6 by WEG as a young teenager (mid 90s)but I've never liked a d20 system until I encountered Saga. I've played the other D20s, even DM'd, but did so for the people I played with. I felt like most systems are over complicated with to many rules that bog the game down with too much math for table-top instead a nice flow of story. I even went so far as trying to mine any and all Old World of Darkness books I came across for stuff to make jedi/force users for the Story Teller System before my old group convinced me to try out the 2 systems (saga and the one before it). Tried the older system first, then tried saga and to my shock, actually enjoyed it, so, here I am. on the digital side I really enjoyed KOTOR, but haven't played any other Star wars video games.

I was surprised by how many seem to not like the Destiny system, cause it's what kept a lot of PC's at my table alive (usually by negating crits and fixing 1's). I even like the Background and legacy things, which I use for starting PCs, and then discuss what destinies they will take on about 7-9ish. I did note in one of the games I was reading on here they were spending 3 Force points instead of Destiny points, I like that, might use it also. But as I said, whatever I allow for the PC's goes for the baddies also. so if you pull out some star ship that can take out a space station with a few shots either recognize that its a typo, or expect the next set of ships you encounter to have mounted said super weapons on their Vessels if they're not the same model y'all are using.

I feel like i'm coming off as draconian, but I favor story over combat. same group of players have on more then one occasion turned what were supposed to be fights into other things (roleplaying session/skill challenge etc) which has earned them all Destiny points at one time or another.

PS I'm kinda digging the idea of a bunch of saber rakes (muskateers and count of monte cristo come to mind, but ya, that groove) Any suggestions on other material I can read/watch for ideas and to kinda get the right mind set for such style?
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2014, 07:49:29 pm »
You were coming up with a WoD StarWars? Could you send me your notes? I'm a fan of WoD and StarWars and was thinking a WoD system would be perfect for starwars both in representing the force and the mundanes.