The Empire moves on the backs of its bureaucratic army, hundreds of divisions of labor in thousands of different organizations. Such is not unique to the Emperor's government; the New Republic, Yuuzhan Vong, and every other group in the galaxy are organized and staffed. For this build contest, we're going to one of the more obscure mechanics of swse: the creation of Organizations! From something as small as a planetary militia, to the mightiest of galactic superpowers, Organizations allow a Gamemaster to represent a faction's relationship with players in a series of charts and tables. While these Organizations might not be the flashiest parts of Saga Edition, they can prove to be invaluable tools for establishing a game's world and assisting a GM's preparations.
For any newcomers to these contests, how this works is you're given a contest theme (in this case it'll be that of "Organizations"), and participants in the contest can make any kind of build they want to try and match that theme (complying with the rules below, which largely amount to "keep to official swse rules"). Once all builds are submitted and the deadline is reached (21 days from the contest's posting, which for this contest would be August the 30th), then people get two votes to pick whatever build they like the most; after a week of voting (ending on the 6th of September), the build with the most votes, wins!
Unlike character creation, the rules for creating new Organizations are a bit more obscure. For those needing to familiarize themselves with the system, you can find the rules for Organizations
here.
With all that out of the way, good luck to contest participants, and I look forward to seeing how creative the community can get with these contests!
As Organizations don't use the same creation rules as characters, most of the rules covering abilities and character traits aren't applicable. The rules have been adjusted accordingly:
- Builds should comply with the Organization rules in regards to an Organization's traits and characteristics. If a particular mechanic is not adequately covered by these rules, you are encouraged to use your best judgement to maintain the spirit of Organizations' rules.
- You are limited to 2 builds per contest. This keeps it a fair game.
- Please stay on topic of the thread. If something needs to be discussed more in detail, please start another thread and move your thoughts there. This keeps the contest thread clean and simple.
- You will have 21 days to submit builds, starting from this post. After the 21 days, 7 more days for voting will be available. Winners will be decided by a simple majority of the cast votes for the submitter that has the largest total number of votes. Only two votes per member is allowed (but one vote per build). You may not vote for yourself and no redos. All VOTES ARE FINAL!
- Individuals can vote for the theme of the next build contest as part of the build voting. The same theme can be voted for by multiple people, and the next theme is chosen at random from the collected votes.
- The most important rule: HAVE FUN!!! Think outside of the box, and let those awesome dreams we all have take shape!
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