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BreederofPuppets
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| garhkal wrote: | | Hit them with an ion cannon.. Then they are not so scary! |
True. But if it's a ship based ion cannon, then why not just shoot them with a laser; at the difference in scale, they trooper is still rendered ineffective.
If it's personal scale ion weapons, you're still having to effect something speeder scale (I think it speeder or walker scale, anyhow) and ion weapons are notorious for doing less damage than their blaster counterparts.
Still, not as ninja evil as the Storm Commandos, or anywhere and everywhere evil nasty as the Royal guard. Still scary, and more populous than either of the two. |
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masque
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | But first, I would like to know what the board thinks about stormtroopers. Who is the one you run from? |
TD0013. That guy's just irritable.
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wolfe
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:45 am Post subject: |
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It is always determined by who runs them.
Some GMs make them useless mooks reguardless of their training and capabilities, while others can make even the most typical stormtroopers something to be feared. 
| masque wrote: | | Quote: | | But first, I would like to know what the board thinks about stormtroopers. Who is the one you run from? |
TD0013. That guy's just irritable. |
You haven't met TD0666 he's beyond irritating.  |
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masque
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| wolfe wrote: |
| masque wrote: | | Quote: | | But first, I would like to know what the board thinks about stormtroopers. Who is the one you run from? |
TD0013. That guy's just irritable. |
You haven't met TD0666 he's beyond irritating. |
Yeah, but TD0013 is (relatively) real. His podcasts:
http://www.adpov.net/adpov-archives/
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wolfe
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:01 am Post subject: |
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So is this one he is a player in battlefront 2, and Galaxies. 
But your right anyone that karen Travesty thinks is gorgeous must be irritating as all hell. |
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Darth_Kjeran
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Chello!
I'd have to say any Stormie not in the films.
I loved it in the first Zahn trilogy, maybe the first book (been awhile since I read them), how they used actual military style tactics. I'm thinking specifically of the scene when they're herding Mara and Luke. Give them some grenades, let them coordinate with helm-coms and the PCs are so hosed. 
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ZzaphodD
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| Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| Gry Sarth wrote: | | No contest here. Storm Commandos take the cake and slit the baker's throat without anyone noticing. |
My players once got stuck on a landing pad (on a starport tower) pinned down by a couple of Storm commandos using heavy sniper rifles (well, basically a sniper modified E-web). One closest calls my characters has experienced as the SC were positioned on an adjacent starport tower out of reach for the players. |
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Gry Sarth
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| ZzaphodD wrote: | | (well, basically a sniper modified E-web). |
You, my friend, are what's known in the business as an evil GM. 
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Hellcat
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Well if you're gonna go for the Royal Guard then how about stepping things up a bit to the Imperial Soverign Protectors. The Royal Guard are the best, the Sovereign Protectors are the best of the best, with the ability to use the Force coupled with stormtrooper and then Royal Guard training they'd be someone not to be tangled with unless you had the skills to stand up to them.
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garhkal
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For the campaign i am in with the sparks group, i actually came up with 2 npcs who are the leader and subleader for the royal guard. The leader is a force user, but his skill and renown amongst his troops, along with the loyalty they show to him is why palpaltine has kept him in the role.
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bobenhotep
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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ones armed with cs gas
why?
1. MFTAS
2. stormtroopers armor filters out cs gas. pc's will be hurtin'
3. stormtroopers armor is white. maybe to hide them in gas clouds... |
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garhkal
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| Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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That is why a lot of my stormie groups use a trio of smoke grenades before wading in. Their MFAS filters it out so they suffer less penalties than the PC's do.
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ZzaphodD
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| Gry Sarth wrote: | | ZzaphodD wrote: | | (well, basically a sniper modified E-web). |
You, my friend, are what's known in the business as an evil GM. |
Funny, my players keep saying the same, yet they return for more punishment...must say something about them i guess.. |
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garhkal
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Like mine at times. THey know i am harsh with how smart i run intelligent enemies, but they keep showing up.
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ZzaphodD
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| bobenhotep wrote: | ones armed with cs gas
why?
1. MFTAS
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But the MFTAS bonus in general is used to counter the penalty for hitting a moving target, which kind of evens out in the end. |
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