A Comment on a D6 Criticism that I have heard...

[Ray]

Yep. Oota does... Not... Miss. Ever.

He's currently working on training his off hand...

That's scary, as he wears a pair of Thunderers with his HOUSECOAT.

[Maximilian Bernas]

[Son of Fire]

Not a problem mang.
On occasion I have been known to make a funny now and again.
Though it is pretty rare.
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"My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself." - George Bernard Shaw

[Maximilian Bernas]

People will always criticize. I believe the young people used to say, "don't be a hater" but I could be wrong...
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- Master Tang

[Vartax]

Between D20 and D6 I must admit that I am a D6 addict, mainly in collecting the books. Earlier it was stated that D6 and Star Wars in generel is slanted toward the jedi. The Best part of D20 was the idea of limiting the Jedi by vitality points. In D6 the limitations come from the fact that as a Jedi progresses he/she is learning that the force is something that should be used as a last resort. While the dark jedi use it all the time. The trade of is that, light side jedi are able to live longer natural lives and help the galaxy, while the darkside eats that dark jedi from the inside out. It is because a more experienced player would more than likely comprehend that D6 idea of limitation, that I keep noobs to the other 100's of templates that D6 has to offer.

[RedFox]

The best pilot in the galaxy as far as the EU is concerned isn't even a jedi. Baron Soontir Fel is a normal bloke, albeit a very gifted one. I don't think he's ever been given stats, but going off other NPCs, I'd be willing to give him 13D+ in starfighter piloting and gunnery skills.
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Ooo, a droid! Can I fix it?

I have Star Wars stuff!

[Hellcat]

[Jace_Terrik]

Well, did it ever cross your mind, that when WEG's D6-system came out Jedi-characters were rare?

I, in fact, once played a campaign, where there were no Jedi at all. I mean, they weren't even any Jedi-NPC's.

Now, suddenly, we've got Jedi popping out of the woodwork like 'roaches, with every character and their uncle's dog getting the label "Jedi".
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There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no chaos; there is harmony.
There is no death; there is the Force.

[RedFox]

[Volar the Healer]

[Wookie rage]

Maybe one of the reasons I prefer d6 over d20 is the eras they focus on. I'd rather pretend Lucas never created gungans (what drugs possessed him to make Jar Jar????) and stay in the era of the rebellion and new jedi order. Almost all of the books for D20 are set in the republic era and hardly any info on the Rebellion's era. To me, that's star wars and I have a harder time with the newer movies. (I don't see Vader giving into fear, just anger. has anyone ever seen Vader scared? once? Then why show it in the movie.)
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[Crell Damar]

I have friends that won't play WEG starwars because of all the stuff they "made up"; Alien Species, Weapons, Planets, ect. They Claim that D20 is better because it doesn't veer away from anything lucas has put out. Or, anything he's approved.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi

[Maximilian Bernas]

[Volar the Healer]

[Firehawk0220]

Personally I don't like either the D20 or the D6 system. Although I did use the D6 system in the past a few times and just really didn't like it.

The thing is, along time ago a bunch of friends of mine wanted to play a Star Trek RPG, well at the time there wasn't one. So as a result I needed to create one.

I tested many systems and tried adapting existing ones from other games to it. All in all I never got the smooth results I wanted.

Therefore I created my own. From scratch. Every rule, every piece of data, I've tried to balance out everything from all the sources I could find.

The players liked the system so much, that we've adapted the system to other games. Personally I think the system is very quick and very fast. The hardest chores are on me. Mainly because the downside is that it forces me to either convert what I find in other games for ship stats over to my system. So theres many hours spent on my part doing it.

My players enjoy it and I don't mind doing the work. Part of the reason I've kind of always stuck with it, is I can't help but notice how complex some other systems are, and yet they still don't cover every situation very well or how much time they take to use and learn.

The system I can generally teach a new player to use inside of about 10-15 minutes. They know everything they need to roll the dice, use their skills and they learn the combat system in the same alotted time.

Even Star Wars. Generally I keep the skills list the same, and that's about it. So the skill names don't change but sometimes I do have to change the way the skill works to a degree.

Hardcore D20 players from D&D and even some hardcore D6 players have all liked it. They continue to play in my games even though it was different to use a completely new system.

I think its just that easy to use. So I say use whatever system you like. If you like D6 or D20 use them. If not create your own. As long as you and your players enjoy yourselves, and you can provide an entertaining game that's all that matters.

I don't think D20 or D6 adjusts anything in the Star Wars universe. That being said sometimes the people who write the information in some of the source books and published RPG books have things a little skewed from time to time, therefore you should feel free to simply adjust the balance if need be.