Conversions - The Clone Wars Campaign Guide

[hisham]

[Noven]

Awesome Gry, thanks =)

[cheshire]

[Forceally]

Wait a minute. I'm looking at the Shatterpoint powers again. No problem with Shatterpoint sense. Shatterpoint strike - you're saying a Jedi uses this power to guide your strike so you can guide and time your strike so that it'll inflict maximum damage on the right spot at the right moment? Then this would be what Jacen and Jaina used to guide their lightsabers in Invincible, right? If so, then this isn't what Cade used against the Muur Talisman and what Mace used to get the trooper out of the AT-TE cockpit in Liberty on Ryloth. What they used is probably that new power from the Legacy Guide that I mentioned previously.

As for Technometry, like I think I said in a previous post, I believe Anakin Solo provided the best example when he was able to take apart and put back together a computer at a very young age. I can think of several other examples. Anakin used this to figure out the planetary repulsor in Showdown at Centerpoint. I also think Irek Ismaren used this to gain control of Artoo and the Eye of Palpatine in Children of the Jedi. Or perhaps it served as a prerequisite to this ability, which has also been called mechu-deru.


[quote="cheshire"]Leaving your clothing behind could be difficult to explain to all the Sith guards.[quote]

This brings to mind so many humorous and embarrassing plot devices. Naughty, naught, cheshire.

[cheshire]

I'm not entirely sure what you're suggesting. I've read a few EU novels and comics, but I'm just not an EU guru. (I convert the Force powers because I have a really good command of the established WEG powers.)

What, precisely are you saying is wrong with the mechanics that we've established in the conversion guide? I don't mind critiques, I just want to make sure I understand you properly.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Forceally]

It's nothing on your part insofar as the game mechanics. It was from my end. When I saw the title Shatterpoint Strike, I thought, "Ah, that's what they decided to call what Cade used on the Muur Talisman." It was today that I took the time to read the description that I realized I mistook the power for something else completely.

Like I said, the fault was from my end. Not yours or Gry Sarth's.

I do have a question about Pall of the Dark Side. Would this be what Palpatine used to his Force-sensitivity and his Sith identity from the Jedi?


I did find some erratas
The Subjugator cruisers were built by the Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps and Pammant Docks. Just as the Providence cruisers were.

I thought the AT-AP were built by Kuat Drive Yards.

[Falcon79]

[atgxtg]

Hi Folks,

First I want to thank those responsible for the conversion. I had just started up a d6 Star Wars group set during the Clone Wars and the conversion came out a just the right time for my group.


Secondly, I was wondering if the 6D Hull is right for the Malevolence. It is a lot larger than the other ships listed, and the ship takes quite a pounding from 3 Venator-class ships. Since it is about as big as the old WEG listing for the Super Star Destroyer, maybe 10 would fit better with the TV show.

Thirdly, I have a suggestion for handling the big Ion cannon. Treat the "Ion Disc" effect as something that moved out from the ship. Say around 25 squares per turn from the moment it is fired. That way someone at long range can outrun it for a few rounds like they do on the show. Ships that are along the outer edge of the fire arc can dodge.

[cheshire]

Weapon speeds is something that seems intuitive. Granted, it is logically possible to outrun a concussion missile or proton torpedo. I'm sure half of us have done it in the X-Wing series (assuming you folks are old enough).

Unfortunately, there are no game mechanics that help us know how to do that. But it sounds like a great thing to house rule for your game.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[YodaWI]

I would agree. Some weapons can be outrun. There are several examples in the movies, clone cartoons, etc. of pilots outflying the explosion of a weapon.

Also, in the X-wing games, you can either try to fly faster than the the torpedo (hard to do), or fly circles around it until it hits something else or blows up on its own.
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"May the Force Be With You."

[jmanski]

Of course, to play devil's advocate, outrunning a missile may be a GM being cinematic with his description of a plain and simple miss.
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Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect?

[Forceally]

Hey, guys. I have a question about shatterpoint strike. I recall reading the Legacy comics, and Cade was able to see the "flaws" in Darth Talon as a result of an earlier injury. He was also able to sense the flaws that were in the transparisteel container in which his father's lightsaber was kept. Was these applications shatterpoint strike or a different power? I'm pretty certain the latter one is, but not the former.

[cheshire]

I haven't read the comics, but I'll take a look once the sourcebook comes out to see what sort of descriptions they give to the power.

However, by nature, comics take a more liberal view of the Force powers than do the movies and books on which the WEG powers were based. There is a constant push now (especially in a medium which favors a bit more over-the-top depictions of heroes), for the Force to do more.

It may likely have been the artists' and writers' interpretation of that Force power or it may have even been a different manifestation of the Force. There are several unique manifestations of the Force in comics that have otherwise not been described or made into RPG statistics. I think I remember someone using the Force to root themselves in a doorway as in immovable object in the Tales of the Jedi series.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Raven Redstar]

They actually do bring in weapon speeds, with the Finbat Anti-Walker missile. Rules state that it's rather slow at taking off from the launcher itself, giving those fired at, 2 rounds at the long range category to attempt to shoot it out of the air. I don't see why this couldn't be altered slightly to allow something to move out of the way, get clear of the blast or whatever.

[atgxtg]