Character Competency

[RedFox]

A review of D6 Space on rpg.net has the following contained in it (note that I'm not really in agreement with a lot of the author's POV, but I found this one part interesting):

[Rerun941]

My opinion is: It's not so much how many skill dice you have, it's how you have them distributed. Is the character highly specialized? or more generalized? GMs have to be careful giving away extra skill dice. This makes a huge difference with how you can challenge a character. If you have PC group that's all blasters and bashing heads, then confront them with a computer system they have to slice or they have to use their negotiating skills.

On a side note, I think it's in the GM screen there's a table with a skill dice comparison. (i.e. 4D = professional level of skill, 7D = best on a planet, etc.)
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[RedFox]

[Grimace]

Are you actually going to try to chart this whole thing?

What you're getting into seems very challenging and entirely dependent on the power level of the game. A "highly skilled" person on one planet may have 8D in a skill, while on another planet, that same person would just be an average civilian as the best person has 14D in a skill.

I've never really cared for the breakdowns in the books of the approximate skill levels, as they seem too extraordinary for such a low amount. The only thing I can think of is that they were talking about "base skill" and not the skill added to the attribute (which every skill roll entails) when they made that chart.

I'd say good luck with the chart. I think with all of the variables, it'll be more than a moderate challenge.

[Loc Taal]

Here's the WEG chart showing skill levels.
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[Zarn]

[Jedi Skyler]

I do like the idea of giving more skill dice at character creation, when it's warranted. I especially like the notion of giving separate dice for Force users.

Before everyone starts chiming in with cries of "game breaking" and "munchkins!!!", I'm not saying this is always how it should be. But I have always had an issue with how someone who is Force sensitive somehow always HAS to be deficient in some way in one or more of his other attributes in order to have beginning ability in the Force.

I know a LOT of GMs have argued about Jedi (or Force users in general) unbalancing the game. However, the game has been out for so long, and communities like this one have been in existence for so long, that GMs are much more prepared, and better able to provide a challenging experience for their players. Part of making sure that unbalancing happens is by making the other PCs more experienced in their own specialties. That also makes them able to withstand encounters with more seasoned groups of opponents. And, quite honestly, this allows a GM to overcome the issue I've heard a number of GMs complain about, namely, that being the issue of stormtroopers being nothing but cannon fodder. Yes, they are intended for that purpose; however, that only really applies to newly-minted troops. Beyond that, as in any military, you're going to have people who survive engagements, and therefore will get better. And that needs to be expressed in their stats, which is possible when the PCs' own stats are improved.

Unless, of course, you're a GM who insists on throwing near-impossible situations at your players all the time, and think balance only applies between the players, and not between them and NPCs...

[CRMcNeill]

[Whill]

[CRMcNeill]

[Whill]

True, lol.