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jmanski · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:55 pm Post subject:

Its listed in Rules of Engagement, a Rebel Alliance SpecForce sourcebook. It lists special martial arts rules with maneuvers.
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Fallon Kell · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:14 pm Post subject:

My .02 credits:

Specializations have only ever come back to bite me as a player. They improve on a different track from the parent skill, so if your rodian survives a few adventures, and discovers he wants to be good with a rifle or hold-out blaster as well, he may very well find himself with less dice in the specialization, or paying extra just to keep it in step with the skill. It's cheaper CP-wise to just keep the skill intact. I only use specializations on NPCs, now, but if a character wants to take 'em, that's fine.

Regarding the overarching question, I find it's important for a character to start out very good at something. I min/max at creation, then immediately dump CP into my weaknesses to shore them up. It's the safest, fastest way to get a truly well-rounded character, rather than a universally incompetent one.
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gavin storm · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:14 am Post subject:

Whill · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:18 am Post subject:

I simply don't allow specializations for Dodge.
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cheshire · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:58 am Post subject:

I find the concept hilarious. If someone points a slugthrower at me I suddenly have no idea how to get out of the line of fire. But man, if he'd been holding a blaster I would have been okay.
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DougRed4 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:04 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm with Whill and cheshire on this; there's a few like Dodge that just don't need specializations.
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gavin storm · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:06 pm Post subject:

My GF has had several characters that couldn't dodge slugs to save thier lives, In the end she had to rely on Force push.....
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garhkal · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:52 pm Post subject:

gavin storm · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject:

The Force has many uses.... even in that situation 8)

Though that only helps, if your character is Force Sensitive. Other wise ooops
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DougRed4 · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:08 pm Post subject:

Being as Force Push wasn't something that was around back when WEG had the license (I don't think; I can't remember it in SW until E1 came out), what version of Force Push do you use, gavin?

Here's the one I've adopted for use in my group:

FORCE PUSH

Alter Difficulty: Target’s control or Strength roll, +3 for every 5 meters away from target, line of sight only. Required Powers: Concentration, Life Detection, Telekinesis.

Effect: With this power, a Jedi may use the Force to push several adjacent targets backwards, knocking them prone or banging them against a wall. Each target past the first incurs a

-1D penalty on the Jedi using the power (i.e., 1 target = no penalty, 2 targets = -1D penalty; 3 targets = -2D penalty; 4 targets = -3D penalty, etc.) Each target makes either a control or Strength roll to resist, and the acting Jedi’s alter roll result is compared to each result in turn to determine the effects. A target that is knocked back into a wall or other solid object takes the damage listed below. If a Jedi kills a living being as a result of this power he immediately receives a Dark Side Point; as such, he may roll less than his full alter score if he so chooses.

Alter Roll >Difficulty: Distance target pushed back / Collision damage

0-5: 2 meters / 2D

6-10: 3 meters / 3D

11-15: 5 meters / 4D

16-20: 10 meters / 5D

21+: 15 meters / 6D
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gavin storm · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:43 pm Post subject:

In the past, I've seen it treated mostly as an AoE power. Never seen one with penalties related to number of targets.
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garhkal · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:45 am Post subject:

gavin storm · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:00 am Post subject:

I would
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Fallon Kell · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:45 am Post subject:

garhkal · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject:

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