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Post by yojimbohawkins on Nov 3, 2015 2:37:52 GMT -8
Jimbo's Top Tip of the Day:
If you play in a Force & Destiny game, have at least one character with practical skills.
My gang started an F&D game last weekend, and as F&D is the new shiny, everyone went for the F&D goodness with a Nautilan Shi-Cho Knight, a Weequay Warrior, a Human Niman Disciple and a Human Mystic Seer. There were lots of cool Force powers and fighting skills selected and the quest for lightsaber crystals began.
I made a slicer BB8-style football (soccer for you lot) droid. I got a number of strange looks, but I totally owned the first session. Why? Because I was the only one who had Mechanics, Computers, Astrogation and Pilot. I know you can try any skill, but when travelling with those skills I was just.... better (especially with a few Triumphs turning up).
You know what they say. "Hokey Religions and ancient weapons....."
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Post by jazzisblues on Nov 10, 2015 20:27:53 GMT -8
Yup, particularly since at low levels your shiny force wielder can levitate something about the size of a water mellon and not very fast so you won't be throwing people into walls for a bit yet.
Practical skills for the win.
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Post by yojimbohawkins on Nov 11, 2015 2:28:28 GMT -8
Yup, particularly since at low levels your shiny force wielder can levitate something about the size of a water mellon and not very fast so you won't be throwing people into walls for a bit yet. Practical skills for the win. Even at Knight-level, not having practical skills can be a detriment. But hey, each to their own, right? I personally have no issue with my little droid being the MVP character in a Force & Destiny campaign.......
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Post by daeglan on Nov 11, 2015 21:40:14 GMT -8
You will want more than one set of dice. and the beginner boxes are the best deal for them. Since the beginner box is 20 bucks and the dice alone are 15. for 5 bucks more you get maps and an adventure.
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fredrix
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Preferred Game Systems: Fate, L5R, Pendragon, Gumshoe, Feng Shui
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Post by fredrix on Dec 31, 2015 0:47:33 GMT -8
So, my 10 year old ran his first game of EotE last night, with me and his sister as players. It went pretty well, with him following though the beginner adventure, learning the rules as we went (though he was getting pretty tired by the final space battle scene, which looks to me like it has a lot of text saying not very much). I was most impressed by his ability to deviate from the railroad of the adventure in a natural and imaginative way. When we were surrounded by storm troopers for example, I asked if there were any vehicles we could steal. He said no, but one of the storm troopers was on a Dewback, which led to a great chase through the streets of Mos Shuuta and brining down a water tower on our pursuers.
That brings me to my question though: no "Ride" skill or equivalent?
I was surprised by its absence, given Dewbacks, Tawn-tawns and Banthas. Our bounty hunter used her pilot skill in the end, but that doesn't seem quite right to me. What do other players use?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 4:24:47 GMT -8
So, my 10 year old ran his first game of EotE last night, with me and his sister as players. It went pretty well, with him following though the beginner adventure, learning the rules as we went (though he was getting pretty tired by the final space battle scene, which looks to me like it has a lot of text saying not very much). I was most impressed by his ability to deviate from the railroad of the adventure in a natural and imaginative way. When we were surrounded by storm troopers for example, I asked if there were any vehicles we could steal. He said no, but one of the storm troopers was on a Dewback, which led to a great chase through the streets of Mos Shuuta and brining down a water tower on our pursuers. That brings me to my question though: no "Ride" skill or equivalent? I was surprised by its absence, given Dewbacks, Tawn-tawns and Banthas. Our bounty hunter used her pilot skill in the end, but that doesn't seem quite right to me. What do other players use? Survival is used for riding mounts. It's covered in more depth in the ace splat book for AoR.
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