TheSagaContinues

I haven't been back to this in a while. I updated a couple of things and turned it into a d20 table. This should make it easier to create adventures for Jedi Knights - at least during the Old Republic eras. Basically, the Jedi are called in if the Local/Planetary Forces can't get the job done or if the situation is Interstellar in scope - i.e. reaches beyond one star system.

Jedi Missions And Activities
1.) Help Republic Citizens In Need
2.) Keep The Peace And Enforce Republic Law
3.) Advise And Assist Local Or Planetary Security Forces
4.) Protect Or Rescue Important Dignitaries
5.) Apprehend And Detain Republic Fugitives
6.) Suppress Insurrection In The Republic
7.) Obstruct Space Piracy Between Worlds
8.) Deter And Hinder Spice Smuggling
9.) Prohibit And Extinguish Slavery
10.) Defend Republic Borders And Repel Invaders - Outer Rim Patrol
11.) Mediate Interstellar Negotiations And Disputes
12.) Ascertain And Verify Official Or Jedi Misconduct
13.) Capture Or Destroy Dark Side Personages
14.) Safeguard Important Republic Locations
15.) Evaluate And Investigate Disturbances In The Force
16.) Recover Artifacts Related To The Force
17.) Travel To Distant Worlds Across The Galaxy
18.) Gather Evidence Of Criminal Activity
19.) Document And Report Hazards, Dangers, and Threats
20.) Standby On Crisis Reserve

I also have a Threat Classification I thought people might like. It's similar to the DEFCON Defense Level Classifications that the U.S. Military uses. I'm sure it could be expanded further.

THREAT CLASSIFICATIONS
Class   Description
5   Individual Threatened
      One Jedi is assigned
      or the mission can be turned over to local security forces
4   Group Threatened
      One or Two Jedi assigned
         depending on the size of the group
         possibly a Master and a Padawan
3   Planet/Star System Threatened
      Two or more Jedi assigned
      Jedi on Crisis Reserve can reinforce as needed
2   Region Threatened
      Two Jedi Masters assigned per star system affected
      One or more Jedi Masters assigned for co-ordination
      Jedi on Crisis Reserve assigned in groups
1   Republic Threatened
      All Jedi on Crisis Reserve assigned
      Full company of the Jedi can be assigned when recalled
0   Galaxy Threatened
      Full company of the Jedi plus any and all Allies

Plus between StevenO and Ritcher, you will never find anyone more knowledge about Saga. Period. End of Story

How appropriate to quote a guy who had a hand cut off. What could be more Star Wars-y than that?

Quote from: Donovan Morningfire on January 14, 2014, 05:36:13 pm

Something to bear in mind is that even though you're making alterations, the fact remains is that even with WotC no longer having the Star Wars RPG license, you're still illegally sharing a document that you don't have the rights or permission to share, even if it is out-of-print and not available for sale.  And LucasFilm as well as Disney are not hesitant to defend their IP.

It's one thing to quote a bit of game text in a forum post, as that's more about clarifying an issue than sharing information.

And even if you only provide the link to select folks, the fact remains that the link is out there, and folks will be able to find it.

If you want to make your "edited" version available for download, that's your call, but just remember that you are taking a risk in doing so.  You may only get a "cease & desist" or the file host site might simply take the document down, or LFL/Disney's legal department may decide to "make an example" and throw the book at you.  There's a damn good reason that the d20 Radio Forums has an outright ban on anyone providing download links to illegal PDFs of the books.

the system in which it is created in is under an open license, and as long as you give recognition to LucasFilm.ltd for the trademarks, and say that it is there intellectual property it should be good, so long as anyone who downloaded said file has a legitimate copy of all materials involved (keep your proof of purchases handy) so long as your just re-arranging existing material (books, official WotC errata)
now if your creating a player revised edition, you could trademark "Light_sabre*" "jed!*" "5ar war5*" and change all trademarked listing, leave out all art work, and have a bibliography listing all the SWSE books, then say that it is an open license RPG "based on SWSE written by Christopher Perkins, Owen K.C. Stephens, Rodney Thompson"
and call it "5W5E (player revised edition)"
there might be a couple of legalities i might have missed, but it works for publishing papers in academia, which often has patents, major corp's and a lot of money tied to it, etc.
i would see if i could retain a copyright lawyer to go over everything before E-publishing though, never can be too carfull...