Training Skill Package

[Mamatried]

Hi all.
Thanks for having me, my first post here.

I have been playing around with training packages for primarily imperial military.
I see the royal Guards have a 5D Dex, while a "normal" max for humans in 4D
This made me think of possibly using Character points for training packages.

Have anyone else played with similar ideas?

[Naaman]

Welcome!

This notion has been tossed around the Pit a few times. Mostly for buying groups of skills (all or nothing) at a discount. But, I'm curious what your intentions are regarding the attribute dice.

Care to elaborate on the concept?

[Mamatried]

I have been thinking that the recruits for the gusrds re selected from the elite of the stormtrooper corps, to me "elite" indicates an at least minimum level of experience.
So I was thinking for a guard training pack:

+1D to Dex this is by far the most expensive, however houseruled to not boost all the skills, but add a +1 to them and a full +1D to the speciality skills under dex ( if any)
Second the guards get +1D to the following skills.
Melee Combat(s): Force Pike
Recieve +2 Melee Combat to the two bladed swords.
+1D Melee Parry.
+1D Brawling and Brawling Parry ( if both are 4D or lower)
Recieve +1 D to Martial Arts Echani

I was thinking a total cost of 65Cp

If we start out with approximately 10 cp for start, then an elite stormtrooper would not be unreasonable to have gained additional 55 cps.

[CRMcNeill]

Welcome to the Pit.

Are you talking about allowing PCs to have Royal Guard training? IME, NPCs generally don't have to worry about CPs and character builds; they just have what the GM needs them to have for the purposes of the story.
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[garhkal]

[Mamatried]

I see how the costs add up fast.
An alternative I houseruled when a group wanted to go full imperial, with one becoming a guard, we allowed for a 10cp cost at start to allow 1 attribute to be increased to a total +1D above species cap.

At the time we did not include skill, but they are famous for echani, so I would possibly allow them to get the echani as a skill however

[garhkal]

So 10cp for a 1d boost to an attrib.. That is WAY too cheep.. even someone down at 1d in an attrib (can be for certain aliens) needs 30cp to go up 1 full dice.
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[Naaman]

In any case, I think its a good idea, especialy if you are running a military style campaign. Before you jump into the CP costs, try refining the idea a bit so that it integrates with your campaign/setting how you want it to.

For example, decide how much of an increase a given package will yield, and to which skills. Also decide how lon the training takes and whether the required CPs will be wholly or partially (or not at all) earned during the training courses or it they must be earned "onthe side" by adventuring.

[CRMcNeill]

The CP cost is also going to be heavily dependant on the skill level of the character to whom it is being applied. Remember that CP cost to improve a skill is contingent on the current skill level.
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[Raven Redstar]

In the meritorious commendations fanbook, they gave some examples for StormTrooper training programs with a week by week breakdown of the course. They do not give a CP cost, however, as a GM, you could assign a cost or just hand-wave the cost and have the character role play their way through the various special schools.

If you're able to, you should check out the Crimson Empire Comics by Dark Horse, they are one of the better stories that I've seen in the old EU. Their explanation for what they are is below, for those who don't want spoilers, don't read past here.

Spoilers:
The general theory for why Royal Guardsmen had higher than human Dexterity, was that they were all enhanced clone troops who were especially rigorously trained.
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