Grey Jedi and Force Philosophies

[shootingwomprats]

I love the idea of tweaking and re-purposing Force powers. I think that is an excellent idea, warranting its own thread AND written supplement.

Drawing a weapon and reloading are additional actions, not requiring a full round to perform. They do incur a MAP. You could make a house rule that these are "reactive" skills. Meaning, if you wish to perform them you can ether take a MAP or forgo all all actions in that round to perform the action without a MAP.

I thought there were "aiming" rules presented in the main rule book but I could not find them. Seems to me the mechanic was: requires 1 full round of concentration, giving a +1D modifier to blaster skill at beginning of the next round.

I think we may have had a house rule allowing the modifier to be applied to either the blaster skill to hit the target or the damage roll. I also believe we allowed an opposed Willpower/Knowledge roll vs the damage roll to not lose the aiming modifier if stunned or wounded.

Anyway, my point is, if you take away the time requirement you are basically giving the character a +1D blanket modifier to all ranged combat. I don't like this.

Then there is the idea you have apply this rule to a certain party member but not others. Just more record keeping and such that I don't think should be a part of the streamlined nature SWD6.

Below are the exact uses of the Force powers you suggest and what they do. These are the mechanics from the book. We can make some inferences from them and make some house rules, but what you suggest for their application does not exist within the official ones.

Magnify Senses: requires 3 rounds to call upon.
1. increases hearing, sight (for distance only), and smell (sensitivity, acuteness).

Life Detection: range of 10 meters.
1. must be sentient (some higher animals, but not lower)
1. may discern if ... has Force skills
2. may discern if ... Force Sensitive
3. may discern if ... they have met before, if so, their identity

Life Sense: works on a single target.
1. must actively search for person (single target)
2. sense presence (if they are nearby)
3. sense identity
4. sense physical condition

I would love to see your ideas on how to incorporate some of these ideas into actual mechanics. I have to tell you, I did not like the idea of making Gun-Fu a "hack" of LSC. By the same token, I was not looking to re-invent the wheel and wanted to have rules in place that would work seamlessly with a minimal amount of fuss.
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[Naaman]

Yes, I know that my applications dont use the powers according to their official descriptions. The point I was making was that blaster combat would employ variations/modifications of existing powers.

As for aiming and drawing weapons, keep in mind that I was not trying to write a rule for you. Only trying to throw some ideas out there to give an alternative to a copy/paste LSC for blasters, if you wanted some other ideas.

I in no way intended to specifically tell you what to do or how to do it, so I appologize if it sounded that way.

[Draylo Star]

I love the idea of Blaster Combat for a grey jedi type character

And setting up idea for other force powers and how they will work for Blaster types

[Lane Arroway]

Blaster-Fu. An interesting idea. However, I would think something like the gun-katas from Equilibrium would be more appropriate for a Jedi. Consider that a lightsaber in the hands of a jedi is many things: a sword, a shield, a blaster(when redirecting), a tool, etc. So I would think that this blaster- fu practitioner would need close combat abilities as well for when he runs out of ammo or when he wants to attack silently. What I'm getting at is I think this power should encompass all aspects of fighting with a blaster. "This blaster is your life". Enhanced pistol whip/rifle butt attack, close combat parries with blaster, maybe even a ricochet shot or perhaps even a curved shot like that one movie.(the name escapes me right now. It had Angelina Jolie.)

Like a lightsaber, I would expect them to make custom blasters that suited their style. A dueling blaster for quickdraws, a rugged blaster for blocking or hitting, a blaster with a large ammo capacity, the list goes on.

I think combat sense would be a great power for this jedi and I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned earlier. I think this fighting style would appeal to one of my players (he's pretty much a grey jedi) but I have concerns.

[DougRed4]

[Lane Arroway]

[garhkal]

[Lane Arroway]

[garhkal]

The reason i went with damage rather than say the 'blaster rolls dicing off like a lightsaber' is to give an actual difference other than just the visual one of someone using a bolt to block another versus a lightsaber blocking another..
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[shootingwomprats]

Corruption Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xnOmQLCA3hUNLLDMhsyWYbTsybto7JoHQYEDC55RcR0/edit?usp=sharing
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[Draylo Star]

Thanks I will read this it looks really good from a scan