Need some ideas

[garhkal]

And if the baddie can requisition some, have them USE mines, booby traps and the like.
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[Admiral Tolval]

Couple of questions: (1) How long have these players been playing these characters? (2) How many character pts. do you give them after each adventure? (3) What's their lowest stat and highest stat?

If the answers are like (1) less than 2 years (2) 10+ and (3) 7D and 12+D, than you may need to cut back on the rewards. I find beginning players love high rewards so GMs will use that to keep players. But too much is a good thing. If this is your case, start lowering the pts given out. Why should an advance player (6+D stats) get the same amount of pts for defeating a foe as a beginning character? It should be less.

If this isn't your case, than try using these options:
(1) Elite troops. They don't have armor penalties. Their prime stats (STR, DEX, etc.) add up to be 18 just like the players. They have increased skill rolls equal to the players. Also special equipment. Why should a stormtrooper always carry a Stormtrooper One? What if he found a Verpine Scattergun was more effective in some situations?
(2) Use scenerios in which brute force is ineffective. If they are so powerful, assign them a diplomatic mission. Can't take heavy armor and Thunderer Hvy Blaster Pistols on those missions. Have them face an opponent in which they can only use their wits. Adv. idea: Have them kidnapped at one point and placed in a hunting reserve with pieces of their equipment spread out in the area. They are hunted and have to survive while finding their equipment. When they do find their equipment, it may not have full charges (see adventure Starfall).

I hope some of this helps.

[garhkal]

Another option, is that they get 'slapped' with a massive criminal charge, and not only have the bounty hunters after them, but the cops.. and so need to use their wits to prove themselves innocent.
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[Chandra Mindarass]

I think one of the first things I did, was differentiate the Storm Troopers into novice, experienced and experts. In my world the Storm Troopers have a very flat hierarchy, so you can't really know what you get, when you see white armour. The next thing was, that I increased the attributes for the major NPCs. There was an agreement in the group, that we do not change any of the events in the OT, but what is a Sith Lord, that you don't fear?

For any blaster with damage greater than 8D I use what I call secondary damage. A blaster of that size will heat the air, melt rock and metal and ignite combustible material, which could lead to further explosions. And then...it's Star Wars. Events will always gravitate towards the larger explosion.

One good tool to keep players on their toes has to be used wisely. Introduce new things. This is especially hard if you play in a "historical" scenario and care for continuity. Have the villain use something unexpected, something the players have no experience with, BECAUSE it's not part of the canon.
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[JT Swift]

The fix I applied to all my Stormtroopers is as follows...

Based on the assumption that all Stormtroopers are clones of Jango Fett and the Boba Fett is a clone of Jango I gave ALL stormtroopers BOBA FETT'S attributes. So that's a full 18D of attributes! More Strength, More Dex, better Perception rolls. I kept the skills the same [as much as possible] but my Stormtroopers have a much stronger foundation.

The effect is surprisingly noticeable.
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[Chandra Mindarass]

I guess one thing I put more and more emphasis on over the years, were story-based complications. The Jedi can cut themselves through scores of battle droids, but when the real villain behind it used them only to divert their attention elsewhere, while he was stealing cookies, it just won't be of any use to them. Second, The Stormtroopers are surely an intimidating instrument against civilians and maybe semi-professional smugglers, but the empire might have some expert for especially hard cases, like, let's say your players. Former mercenaries/bounty hunters, who have a good contract with the empire and maybe even serve in their uniform, but who have the stats to compete. Even a relatively weak opponent can become dangerous, when he uses terror tactics. Dead man switch on his person, room full of civilians as hostages. They are meanies, so let them make low-blows.
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[Downstrike]

Not everybody is infantry, have a hidden Forward Observer call in artillery or the Tac P’s call in CAS. I don’t care who you are, a modern day Mk 84 is going to mess up ur day.

Have the government freeze any assets they have because a Hutt is miffed at them and that Hutt has connections with the imperials and the republic/alliance.

Have the warranty go out on the more expensive equipment. You bet that washer and nut is out of stock….man, they stopped making that years ago.

Start killing off love interests, family, friends, or pets. What was the name of the rifle in Firefly? Vera I think? Have Vera get taken hostage [metaphorically].

Have the PC get sick ,old or cursed. All the Dex in the world will not save you if you lower someone’s move to 1 when the Star Destroyer is crashing.

Have them get lost, real lost, run out of food and drinking urine lost. Then find out that all the indigenous wildlife grazes on a fungus that makes their meat poison (I want to say this is true with box turtles and I took the idea over the top). Str starts to waste away after every meal. Give physical effects like their hair starts to fall out or whatever.

Worst of all, have someone put them in charge. And then everyone else messes up.

Cheers all
DS

[garhkal]

[cheshire]

Ya know, I'm starting to like this Downstrike guy.
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[Bobmalooga]

I know the game says to fudge in their favor, but forget that Jack! My main villains and higher-end lackeys are on equal footing with the PCs. When that fails give the villains FP to use, I had a player whine about it once and I made the comment "Well you use force points on them, why can't they on you???" and when your players decide to shop out of the various tech manuals (Gee, I want a deck-sweeper, but can I modify it to do MOOOOORE damage???) tell them sure and then have the Imps start using the equipment after a game or two. I find a humbling experience is when you have a Jedi PC who thinks that he's the top dog, just cut a hand off or put an eye out...that's usually suitable to stop that nonsense...LOL

Keith
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[Chandra Mindarass]

Deep down players want their characters to get hurt.
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[Downstrike]

[garhkal]

[Downstrike]

Well don't get me wrong but tell that petty officer to shut up, He/she may be good on a backhoe but ur runnin the game and if you want to say poison gas from a foot fungus of one of the characters starts droppin everybody, thats the way its gonna go! There a ARMY EOD SSG that has ur back, pm me with this jerks number and i'll give um what for.

Cheers
DS

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