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You don't throw grenades at someone in SAGA. You throw it at a grid intersection. So if that point has cover from you, then it will increase the normal a DC 10 that you need to hit. Any targets in the affected area must have cover between them self and that point to benefit from cover.

Any target in the area take full damage on a hit and half damage on a miss. If you fail to hit DC 10 (modified by cover) they take no damage.

Any target with cover from the point of impact take half damage on a hit and no damage on a miss.

One of our players wants their character to be a recurring NPC.  I asked what he would do if our next game was set in a different era.

They suggested that they would retire on Iego.

So, does the character just stop physically aging for as long as they are on-world?  Pick up age bonuses to Int, Wis, and Cha?  Does aging just resume normally after they leave?

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Why is the standard score package for custom droids 15 14 13 12 10 when that equals a 25 point buy and droids are only supposed to get 21 points? Pg186 core is what I'm looking at.

Very curious.  Perhaps because the standard score package gives decent (but average) ability stats, while a point buy allows to you to min-max more easily, maybe that's the difference.

As a GM what do you feel should be a fair point buy for a Droid PC?

About 4 points less than an organic point buy (same as SECR suggests).  As has been pointed out in other threads, droids get a lot of nice benefits for being nonliving.  Yeah, they do have a few penalties, but those are generally outclassed by the benefits (and all their awesome accessories).

Quote from: lithobolos on January 06, 2014, 09:25:06 pm

Thanks for the advice. How long does it generally take to travel from the outer rim to the core. How many jumps or is it just one?

Page 237 of the SECR has the simple answer for all journeys:  a number of days equal to 1d6 x hyperdrive multiplier of the ship.


But, if you have access to the Revised Core Rules (which I use extensively), pages 206 and 207 have a much more detailed system for calculating destinations, where the trips tend to take longer, but there are more caveats allowing you to shave off travel time (according to that chart, travel from the Outer Rim to the Core Worlds take about 4 days x the hyperdrive multiplier).


As for the number of jumps, that's kind of a handwave thing.  While the books, games, and other offical sources often list certain spots along routes where ships need to recalculate their routes, Saga basically says don't worry about it.  So if you want to ambush your heroes along their route, simply say that they get attacked while they are in a spot where they have to recalculate their hyperspace vectors.

Bypass customs checkpoints (use Pilot to Fly Casual and appear innocent or use All-Out Movement to outrun any pursuit, use Deception to create forgeries of your credentials, use Persuasion to Bribe an offical, etc.).


Use faster but more dangerous routes (skirting past nebulae, black holes, and asteroids fields.  Don't forget to use the rules for hazards found in the SECR and SotG.  Skill challenges from GoI would fit here).


If you don't have someone already set to buy the spice, Gather Information can put you in touch with someone who will take the cargo off your hands (and you can use Persuasion to Haggle about the price).


Add complications to suit (maybe you sold out at the checkpoint, or someone is chasing you through a nebula.  Perhaps the police are preparing a sting operation to apprehend you once you make planetfall).