Star Wars: Game Mechanics: Difference between revisions

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Star Wars: Revised System
Table of Contents Character Creation Classes Attributes Abilities Backgrounds Feats Virtues & Vices Experience Game Mechanics Species List Force Powers Combat Starship Combat Equipment Starships Compendium
Stories
Prelude 1: A Treaty on the Brink 2: Amity in Peril 3: Fish in a Barrel 4: Measured Success 5: Empire of the Hand 6: Icy Reception 7: Galactic Chess 8: Heart of the Ascendancy 9: A Familiar Foe 10: Csaplarian Streets 11: Ascendancy in Turmoil
Characters
Akea Oahu - CS Allanar Onsai - CS Renora Cordalis - CS Greer Lachlan - CS Brance Maddox - CS

All system mechanics mimic Exalted except where noted below.

Wild Die

Reviving an old concept from D6 Star Wars, on every roll one die in the bunch is the wild die. The wild dice is only present in dice pools of 3 or more. Tens are rolled again and additional successes added to the result. This can occur multiple times in a single roll. A roll of 1 on the wild die subtracts a success.

If the roll is a botch and the wild die is a 1, then the result is an epic fail. Epic failures are at the storyteller's discretion, but are generally much more severe than a botch usually resulting in life-threatening situations.

Force Balance

Each character has a force balance rating between 0 and 10. An example of characters at varying force balance levels:

FB 0: Emperor Palpatine
FB 2: Darth Vader
FB 5: Qui-Gon Jinn
FB 8: Obi-Wan Kenobi
FB 10: Yoda

The scale is meant to be "Richter-like," meaning that each level is a magnitude higher than the previous. It is much harder to go from 9 to 10 than it is to go from 8 to 9. Many Jedi never achieve a rating of 10 in their lifetime. It is much easier to fall down the scale than to rise. Gaining a Force Balance point can take months of work. Losing multiple force balance points can occur in a single action.

Points are awarded/taken away at storyteller discretion. The storyteller should warn a player before the character takes an action that would merit a change in Force Balance but is not required to do so.

Willpower

Willpower is regained in many ways:

Full Willpower is restored when a Force Balance point is gained
Full Willpower is restored when a character acts upon his Virtue
One Willpower is restored when a character acts upon his Vice
One Willpower is restored for every night of rest

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 ==Wild Die==
-Reviving an old concept from D6 Star Wars, on every roll one die in the bunch is the ''wild die''. The wild dice is only present in dice pools of 3 or more. Tens are rolled again and additional successes added to the result. This can occur multiple times in a single roll. If the roll is a botch and the wild die is a 1, then the result is ''complication''. Complications are at the storyteller's discretion, but are generally much more severe than a botch usually resulting in life-threatening situations.
+Reviving an old concept from D6 Star Wars, on every roll one die in the bunch is the ''wild die''. The wild dice is only present in dice pools of 3 or more. Tens are rolled again and additional successes added to the result. This can occur multiple times in a single roll. A roll of 1 on the wild die subtracts a success.
+If the roll is a botch and the wild die is a 1, then the result is an ''epic fail''. Epic failures are at the storyteller's discretion, but are generally much more severe than a botch usually resulting in life-threatening situations.
+==Force Balance==
+Each character has a force balance rating between 0 and 10. An example of characters at varying force balance levels:
+*FB 0: Emperor Palpatine
+*FB 2: Darth Vader
+*FB 5: Qui-Gon Jinn
+*FB 8: Obi-Wan Kenobi
+*FB 10: Yoda
+The scale is meant to be "Richter-like," meaning that each level is a magnitude higher than the previous. It is much harder to go from 9 to 10 than it is to go from 8 to 9. Many Jedi never achieve a rating of 10 in their lifetime. It is much easier to fall down the scale than to rise. Gaining a Force Balance point can take months of work. Losing multiple force balance points can occur in a single action.
+Points are awarded/taken away at storyteller discretion. The storyteller should warn a player before the character takes an action that would merit a change in Force Balance but is not required to do so.
+==Willpower==
+Willpower is regained in many ways:
+*Full Willpower is restored when a Force Balance point is gained
+*Full Willpower is restored when a character acts upon his Virtue
+*One Willpower is restored when a character acts upon his Vice
+*One Willpower is restored for every night of rest