Conversion - Galaxy at War

[cheshire]

Well... I was looking around at the WotC boards. It looks like there's a lot of stuff in the way of guns and gear in the upcoming book:

[wolfe]

Most the stuff mentioned is already in the D6 books.

[Gry Sarth]

Yes, quite a few WEG items, but also a lot of new Clone Wars era stuff. Should be interesting, and quite easy to convert (and I bet the Clone Commando Katarn armor will have the most boring stats like "+6 armor, nightvision" and that's it).
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"He's Gry Sarth, of course he has the stats for them."

[cheshire]

How is it that they manage to munchkinize stuff one one hand, but then remove everything interesting from other pieces of equipment on the other?
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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.

[wolfe]

Or else just get it completely wrong to what it did/does.

I'd like to wish they'd get rid of that lame "fires 166 rounds per second" b.s. from that rotary cannon, at that beyond asinine rate of fire it would have been far, far easier and cheaper to have just built a "beamer" (fires a continous beam).

About the only thing I'd be interested in that book would be the station construction rules.

[cheshire]

27.6 blasts per second seems unrealistic, but a quick search reveals that the M61 Vulcan Gatling gun used in Vietnam-era helicopters could fire 100 rounds per second.

Though it does make it obscene in terms of game mechanics. To make things really fun, you can designate up to five targets per round, and then make 27 separate attack rolls against each of those targets.

Honestly, I'll wait for the stats to come out, but I'll probably be looking very closely at the E-Web for help in statting this one.
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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.

[wolfe]

[cheshire]

oooOOOOooo.... I misread. I thought it was firing 166 times per ROUND not per second. I somehow jumbled the phrase "rounds per second" or something.
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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.

[wolfe]

We had toned the Fluff to a more sane and less "what crack induced monkey thought of that" rate of fire to that of the M134s 3000 RPM (that was for ground mounting, the 4K was aircraft mounted), which is 50 rounds a second, still an insane amount of blaster fire going down range, but it is also vastly more practical for the setting as well.

[Forceally]

Well, I got the book, and I looked through it. For the most part, I can see this as a must-need supplement for those who wish to flesh out the battle scenarios in their campaigns.


Having said that, I can list what already has stats or has been converted, and what needs to be done.

Aliens
Already has D6 stats: Barabel (Galaxy Guide 4), Trianii (Alien Encounters), Yevethan (Cracken Threat Dossier)
Already converted from previous d20 (Ultimate Alien Anthology for all of them): Dashade, Thakwaash, Yuzzem
Needs to be converted: Lurmen, Taung, Zygerrian

Creatures
Already has D6 stats: Nek (Dark Empire Sourcebook)
Already converted from previous d20: Watch-beast (Ultimate Adversaries)
Needs to be converted: Carrier butterfly, bolotaur, gelagrub, gutkurr, mastif phalone, roggwart

Droids
Already converted from previous d20: KDY-4 Tech Droid (Coruscant and the Core Worlds), Chiba Corporation DR-10 Protocol Droid (Coruscant and the Core Worlds), Koensayr ILH-KK Citadel Civilian Cruiser (Starships of the Galaxy)
Needs to be converted: MerenData A-Series Medical Droid, Baktoid Combat Automata B2-AA Series Battle Droid, Colicoid Creation Nest Eradicator-Series Battle Droid, Colicoid Creation Nest Eradicator-Series Battle Droid, Purge Trooper, Colicoid Creation Nest Sniper Droideka, Baktoid Combat Automata T-Series Tactical Droid, Automata Glactical Vigilant 2X-Series Picket Droid, Cybot Galactical CLL-M2 Ordnance Lifter, Baktoid Combat Automata MR-200 Series Minesweeper Droid, Arakyd Industries AZ-series Battle Droid

Ships and vehicles
Already has D6 stats: Drop Pod (Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook) (I'm not entirely certain about this one. I think the one in the RoE is different from the one in GaW. I am certain the one in GaW is the one seen being deployed from the Doomgiver in Jedi Outcast, and that version is designed to deploy AT-ST's. Not certain if the one in RoE can do this.)
Already converted from previous d20: YU-410 Light Freighter (Gamer Magazine #2), Kuat Systems Engineering Wayfarer-class Medium Transport (Polyhedron #157)
Needs to be converted: Bespin Motors CK-6 Freeco Speeder bike, SoroSuub Corporation S-130 “Shelter” Speeder, Ubrikkian Ord Pedrova WLO-5 Speeder Tank, Sienar Fleet Systems IF-120 Landing Craft, Haor Chall Engineering Penumbra-class Attack Shuttle (referred to on the Wook as the Flarestar-class Weequay ship), Haor Chall Engineering Corona-class Armed Frigate (referred to on the Wook as the Surronian cruiser), T8 Loading Vehicle


Nothing new from the new Jedi talents.
As for the Mission Specialist feat, as applied to Use the Force, I'd treat it as the Transfer Force point SQ from the RCRB

[Gry Sarth]

Looks like a nice book to convert.

Strange that they would change the weequay's shuttle designation from Flarestar to Penumbra...
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[Whill]

[cheshire]

I've been trying to get to a bookstore to look at this thing ever since it came out. Unfortunately, my schedule is terrible and I haven't been able to break away for long enough to take a look at it anywhere. I'll make sure I give some sort of commentary when I get a hold of it.
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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.

[Gry Sarth]

I just got to skim over the book at Forbidden Planet and I must say it looks like a quality publication. The art is generally quite good, my only beef that sometimes the picture that supposedly depicts a specific droid model only shows it so small behind something else that it looks like a stick figure...

The book contains an extensive list of items: weapons, equipment, species, ships, all the usual. It has some old D6 stuff in there, but mostly it does the jub of updating the new Clone Wars cartoon items. However, I always like it when they go back and stat some item that seemed to have been lost in the cracks, like the Thackwaash.

Then the book has some very nice entries on different military units such as the Hapan Nova Guard, Clone Lightning Squad or Republic Rocket Jumpers. Strange that they don't include stats for these individuals, though... Guess you have to hunt them down in other books or something...

There's the GM session giving tips on how to run a military campaign, which seems quite good (heavily based on Rules of Engagement). And to finish it off there's quite a lot of adventure guidelines, with lots of little maps and character stats.

Overall, seemed like a pretty good book. Most likely worth a buy if you're planning a military campaign.
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[cheshire]

Yeah, I just got to take a look at the book last night for a little bit. I'm impressed what they've done with the book. It's probably their best since Scum and Villainy. It's loaded with fluff. It's got mini-adventures and even a complete campaign outline. So loads of good stuff. It's got TONS of gear. Plus there are interesting suggestions as to how to integrate battle stations into a game, and how a GM can utilize ground vehicles without them just mowing down the party.

If you're running a military oriented campaign, I'd say that this is book a valuable resource even for the D6'er.
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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.