What to get started?

[atgxtg]

[Ronin84]

Thanks for the added input and as I started to stat out the Padawan I could see there might be issues...

I will play with it and see what I can come up with that would work. My son who is playing the Jedi is the younger of the three so having him be in "charge" will be good for him AND his brothers.

On a side note I was able to get to my storage locker in the hopes of recovering the printed editions of the Star Wars books...and I was ABLE to!!!

This is very exciting for me as I had a very large collection of the printed material...and it is all in very good shape!

If anyone reading wants to try their hand at statting out a human Padawan I would love to have something to compare to!
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[Ronin84]

[Raven Redstar]

I tend to like using the Failed Jedi template and just ditch the dark side point for a Jedi Student. He's on Page 271.
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[cheshire]

[Ronin84]

[CRMcNeill]

Ultimately, it's easier to just do what I do and list the ones that I don't have (Galaxy Guides 1, 3 &5 and the solitaire adventure books).
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[Ronin84]

[cheshire]

Wow. You've got quite an impressive array.

As far as padawan characters, if it were me palying, I'd want something like this:

attribute distribution:

[atgxtg]

chesire,
not bad. I'd love to sneak another die into DEX, but it's hard to find a place to take it from where it isn't needed more, except maybe Control or Sense.

But it is definitely one of the best set of Padawan stats, I've seen yet.

[cheshire]

Yeah, the problem with sneaking a die from control or sense is that you wind up moving it from 2D to 0D. One of the force dice is from the attribute dice, and the other is from the skills. Since you cannot use a skill die to increase a force skill from 0D to 1D, you wind up completely screwed out of a force skill.

Now, one could easily argue that I should move a die out of lightsaber, and into another skill, since you would be able to keep from killing yourself with your lightsaber with a 4D, but I'm just not convinced you're going to hit anything either.
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[atgxtg]

I know. It's a tough call. IMO, a Padawan Learer is better off with 18D in attributes, waiting to learn CSA in play. At that time a teacher is a given, so it wouldn't be that difficult.

Yet the films clearly show kiddies with enough C and S to raise Lightsaber Combat. I almost wish LSC was broken down into separate powers-then Jedi could learn the parry abilities first, and a 1D MAP wouldn't hurt them much l. Hmm..possible houserule in development.

[garhkal]

Padawan ls combat.
Sense skill
Sense diff - 7.

This skill is for jedi students to use a variant of full lightsaber combat, but just allows them to parry and potentially deflect incoming blaster fire.
Once raised, it allows them to add their sense D pool to their LS skill for parrying bolts, and if they feel courageous enough, to use their remaining sense die (most likely) to try and redirect it.
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[CRMcNeill]

I've been playing with some house rules that make beginning Jedi a bit more competitive at lower levels:

1). Treat the Force as an Attribute, with its value selected from the beginning Attribute dice, and Control, Sense and Alter treated as skills under that attribute heading. This is more in keeping with the current canon, in that some individuals are stronger in the Force than others. Even with appropriate caps on beginning attribute and skill levels, starting Jedi can still have 4D or more in their Force skills, which makes beginning Force powers more accessible.

2). I've thrown out Lightsaber Combat entirely and folded much of its components over into an expanded form of Combat Sense that can be used with pretty much any weapon, but the dice bonus is based on the degree of training the character has with that weapon. Bare bones version:
-Throws out Control roll and Control bonus to damage (Lightsaber damage changed to Str+5D, plus any damage bonus from the To Hit rule as described in Rules of Engagement).
-Sense bonus to combat roll is equal to the character's dice level in the skill being augmented, or a minimum of 2D (whichever is greater), but the bonus cannot be higher than the character's Sense dice level.
-The bonuses from this ability can be applied to Brawling, Melee Combat, Lightsaber or any of the Ranged Weapon skills.

The WEG rules were acceptable for playing in the classic era, but with the EU and the prequels, I've found that they tend to fall short. In the end, the best way to duplicate what we see in Star Wars now is house rules.
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index