Character Generation

Please ask any questions you have on character generation.

Thanks for having me Vorn! I was thinking of trying out the soldier-sniper path. If its possible to call dibs on squads I'd like to be in Arina's, they're a fantastic role player.

No problem! I am planning on grouping the first 5 clones together with the 1st jedi and so on. Arina, can I confirm you are going to have a jedi padawan? :) would like to say how many jedi spots are avaliable on the game's main page just in case people want to be a jedi but find out both spots are taken.

Thanks for accepting me into the game. Thank you Somebox, I appreciate that.

I haven't fully fleshed out my character yet but I'm thinking of playing an older padawan who believed they were ready for the trials of becoming a full jedi knight but the council disagreed and that's why they sent me here to lead a squad of clone troopers. Probably to teach me some humility.

Ok, sure! :) just note that your master has to have been killed due to the war, leading to your deployment on Kamino. Keep in mind that your padawan cannot be over the level of say Anakin during episode 2. Meaning they have gone through some skirmishes and stuff, but never full out battle. The padawans are meant to learn to be commanders and jedi through this experience if ya get what I mean :)

No problem. I think that fits well. My character just thinks that this experience is unnecessary. That doesn't mean she is right! She believed that after her master died, she should have been given the rank of Jedi Knight but the council disagreed and sent her to Kamino to be part of this program thinking she still has much to learn. She acknowledged their decision but she thinks it is unnecessary and she is eager to prove that she is ready to fight and lead troops on the front lines.

Sounds good! Can't wait for your character to be ready! :) Please do encourage any friends you have who are interested, as I am planning to start the IC squad by squad, meaning once a full squad if formed, the ic for that squad will start first and once the 2nd squad is completed, then they will start.

You could probably post in the other game or send PMs. I'm sure warranted won't mind. Most players play multiple games.

I have submited my character. I deliberately built her to be a melee monster but she is pretty lacking in skills and equipment. She will make an excellent combat tool but she's gonna need a lot of help from some specialised soldiers. She has no ranged attacks, slicing, medical or survival skills. She's also not particularly suited to talking, although I realise that she probably will be the face of her squad.

Do we get a preference over choosing obligation/duty, and do we start with any special equipment?

Edit: for stats I'm currently looking at agility and cunning as my primaries.

2nd Edit: Since we can do other races could I be Chadra-Fan? I have a character left from another game I could adapt. Backstory would take some tooling but taking your prompt of a second chance: was involved in a smuggling gang (perhaps with the intent of being with a close-knit group instead of anything overly malicious) as a scout and security due to his natural marksmanship. Gang gets arrested, he accepts the offer to fight for the republic because prison sounds bleak. Realizing Kamino is one vast ocean would probably make him a bit squeamish given the Chadra-fan's past with tsunamis.

Hi everyone! So with Arina taking the first Jedi padawan position, I'm going to put my bid in for the second Jedi padawan. I'm not sure exactly how I'll style that, though. I'll go for someone who can handle a lightsaber at least, to keep it in style with the Clone Wars setting. The rest might depend on what can support the clones best.

If we need extra defense from incoming fire, I could make a protector/soresu defender. If we need someone more skill-based, I could make a shadow/shien expert.

No problem somebox, that sounds alright :)

Jesster, feel free to make any career and spec you like! :)

Oh and arina, could you help place your morality value inside the form too? I will need to know to measure your force side after evwry session. Same for jesster, when ya make your jedi, please do include your morality value.

For clones i think it'll be more duty, while for enlistees, it'll be obligation or duty, depending on how you enlist. For starting equipment, I will come up with a list for the clones and the enlistees and a seperate one for the jedi later on.

Done.

With all the force-users taken, I’m almost definitely rolling a clone.
Just gotta figure out what spec to roll and list of already canon clone names to stay away from.

Ok, thanks. I assume u got the morality option which gives you extra xp?

And you can always take a name that you like Matt :) my clone is called "Hope", cause he always tries to inspire other clones on the field. If your clones a jokester, he can be called Joke? XD

Am I able to use a mentor discount for Force powers at the start, considering padawans during the Clone Wars were trained by their masters?

We got like 150 extra xp to spend. That's a ton!

Sure it is. It's nice to know the specifics, though.

What do ya mean by mentor discount? Actually the 150xp was meant to show that they had experience being trained by a master for a period of time.

Force and Destiny page 109. Force sensitive groups using the FaD ruleset can choose a group resource, one of which is a mentor. That enables them to learn new Force powers (but not the upgrades) for 5 xp cheaper.

Is this something we would have access to?

Ok, sure :) so Arina, do note the new discount. It will come into effect after the initial xp from character creation has been used. :) if you wish, you can come up with a short description of your master and how you two lived in your form, if you feel that it will help your character in narrative points, like reminescing on what your master taught you etc.

Okay, I created my character. I decided to go with a Sentinal Sentry/Shien Expert.

Great! :) so the 2 padawans are in! :) gonna wait for the squads. Half a squad is already ready! :) Please do help spread the word about this game if possible, so we can start the campaign asap! :)

Hey guys, so for the clones/enlistees, I was thinking of giving everyone a blaster rifle and laminate arnour for free. You guys will also have a handheld comlink in the armour and climbing gear(like what they used for the citadel challenge in that domino squad episode.)

For enlistees, if you wish, you can buy your own weapon, saying that it's your weapon from your previous job that you requested and was granted to have?

For clones, there's not much for you to buy at the moment, however if you wish to be a medic, you can use the money to buy stimpacks or medpacks for example, or if you are a heavy, you can buy one of the heavy repeating rifles or cannons.

For jedi, please refer to the FAD core rulebook.
Every jedi will get a lightsaber, a ilum crystal, concealing robes, a comlink(handheld) and a utility belt. Arina and jesster, you two can choose between the 4 lightsaber hilts avaliable in the FAD corerulebook and choose one, which you will get for free, replacing the basic lightsaber as your "starting" lightsaber. This will show that you built the lightsaber the way you wished to with your master. If you wish to use hilts from other books, do tell me which book it is in :)

What does everyone think of this? :)

More advanced equipment will be given after graduation from the Kamino academy. For example, if I have a heavy trooper, after graduation, a Z-6 rotatary cannon will be awarded for free. Officers will get an extra blaster pistol and etc.

All of that sounds pretty reasonable to me. If we can go with hilts from other books, I might get a lightfoil hilt. It's in Knights of Fate pg 44.

Looks great. I'll get to customizing my lightsaber shortly
If anyone is stuck for ideas, I'd love a squad leader.

I'm all for having free equipment with starting money being tight, and the graduation items sound fun.

Sounds good! :)

I know snazzy plans to be an become an officer and waka is a infiltrator, so we now have a sharpshooter, infiltrator and officer :)

We just need 1 more person to start the 1st squad's campaign! :)

Heavy weapons expert!

How many credits are people getting to spend on that extra gear?

I'll allow one free weapon of their choice within a certain rarity and I'll also give all the standard equipment related to tbe class. For eg, a demolition expert will get a grenade launcher, and several grenades for free, along with a few specialised explosives.

CLONE/ENLISTEE FREE GEAR:
Laminate armour with the vacuum sealed mod (cadet armour on kamino, phase one when they leave)

One primary weapon of their choice (within reason and if we've seen clones using them somewhere)

One secondary weapon of their choice (either a combat knife or heavy blaster pistol). 

One thermal detonator

One item of their choice related to their spec (toolkit for a mechanic, extra clip for a standard soldier etc. Must not be higher than rarity 5. Any higher, must be discussed.). 

One free handheld comlink

One free climbing gear

Oh boy that is quite an offer. I've got my eye on the m-300 hunting blaster, although it could be flavored as a DC-15x mainly because the list of Republic-era guns is rather slim. If that's too much I can go with a normal blaster rifle with a few mods (maybe give me a budget? Don't want to go overboard.)

In the same vein Electrobinoculars seem fitting, although if that is too expensive Macrobinoculars will work with my acute sense ability.

Sounds good, btw which book is it from? I saw it before but I can't remember where it was. For the limitations for the weapons of enlistees, let me check out the hunting rifle first and I'll decide :)

On other news, our first squad is completed! The squad is:
Arina, somebox, Waka, Snazzy, WarantedAns and Mattparody.

Once you 6 finish your characters, the 1st squad will be good to start! :) hope you guys finish soon! :)

Just made the subforums for the 2 squads. Gamma squad is the 1st dquad, while Tango squad is the 2nd.

Greetings everybody!
I have quick question for Clone creation process about the Recruit spec. Does the Clone receive any free skill ranks from the recruit tree too or do we just follow the standard creation process and add the Recruit spec?

Heyo Vergence :)
Nope, the recruit spec doesn't give free ranks according to the rulebook, so we'll follow that, meaning it'll be the 2nd option :)


Btw Snazzy, do u need any help wuth the gear section? :)

Just finished customizing my padawan's lightsaber.

We can customize them?

I gueds she means changing the hilt? Modding attatchements are not avaliable yet due to cost, but you can choose any lightsaber hilt and use it.

@Vorn369 It's from Savage spirits, basically a weaker (and not illegal) version of the E-11S

Yes, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant that I have selected my hilt.

Hmmm... it sounds reasonabl at only 1600 creds :) I think for weapons, a there will be a credit limit of 10, 000? Cause I know a Z-6 is like 9000. Does it sound reasonable?

Oh man I could go all out with 10k, I could have a fully modded e-11 with that kind of cash. Although I should mention the Z-6 Cannon actually only costs 3k.

:0 HAHA Oops my bad XD ok max 5k then? :)

I was thinking a verpine instead of my thermal Det can I upgrade everyone's comms on my squad since verpine are able to communicate with rf signals.
Also can the 5k be allocated anywhere with a n enlistee. I was thinking a relatively inexpensive primary but verpine also have a species sourced armor that is 1 soak inactive with 0 defense but gains 2 defense when active. It is subject to overload and can be deactivated for the rest of the encounter if targeted by a combat check with either a triumph or 2 advantage.

What would you like to upgrade the comms to?

The 5k can be used for any primary weapon :) or equipment your char would have before enlisting.

And sure, you don't have to buy armour if you wish to stick to the verpine armour.

Sorry the verpine armor is actually somewhat costly hence the question. It's 3000 credits but when you first mentioned a budget it focused on primary weapons.

The verpine can communicate directly to specialized comms without needing one themselves. Mostly a narrative function but makes them slightly more useful in stealth situations since there is no need for verbal communication. It costs 250 creds each and the description can be found on page 112 of strongholds of resistance

The laminate armour is 2500 creds, so I'll allow you to buy the verpine armour for just 500 creds? Is that reasonable to everyone?

As for the comms, I allow it, but I'll will leave the decision of whether to the squad members of Gamma squad whether they wish to upgrade their comms. Is that ok?

I think it be cool if we made verpine armour (or another armour) phase 2 armor. So our characters would have an actual mechanical change and upgrade to represent that phase of the war.

I can afford the verpine commlink, my item choices should be complete by today.

Yup, I do have an idea of that actually :) but it might not be verpine armour. I'm gonna wait and see what new armour will appear in the Clone Wars sourcebook too! :)

And I've done the ppening crawl for Gamma squad, so please do check it out and start! :)

Quick note, everyone has a free utikity belt too.

For gamma squad, the verpine comlinks will have to be bought, so does anyone not have enough money? It costs 250 creds.

I haven't given my padawan any credits. Didn't seem very jedi-like to keep any supply of credits. But I guess she may have been given the 450 credits for her journey?

Starting credits is 500 :) spend it as you see fit :)

I didn't know we had credits as the clones, so I should have the cash

Hey Tango Squad, I'll be creating a Sapper.
For the DC-17 hand blaster or DC-15s side arm blaster, are we re-skinning those pistols with a certain profile or purchasing a model under a set level of credits, and labeling it as such? Just focused on Kamino training atm (not gradation gear)

Hi all, I was thinking of playing a strategist style character, buffing the attackers etc may be handy I figured :)

I was thinking the dc17 can be a heavy blaster pistol while the dc 15s is a light blaster pistol. If you have recommendations for what other weapon you would rather reskin, do tell me :)

Sounds fair to me, thanks!

Hello Tango Squad!
I've made a clone medic for the team and I'm ready to play!

Welcome! :) currently tango squad needs 2 more people to be able to start, so if you have friends who are interested, do feel free to ask them to join! :)

what kind of character would really round out Tango Squad, I'll be playing a second character so that your group can get started, looking forward to playing with you guys!!

So far we have a medic, a strategist and a engineer for tango squad :)

Then I'll go soldier to bring more damage to the team

Alright squad 2!! With btmaja joinin and snazzy’s 2nd char, we have enough players to start you guys off! :DDD

Any huidelines about creation I should know about?

Also, what rulebooks are we using?

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Feel free to use any of the rulebooks and sourcebooks for equipment, weapons etc. For classes and stuff, I recommend age of rebellion.

The only rule is that you kust be either a clone or enlistee in the GAR. Clones use the mandalorian human race. There is also some equipment guidelines which is in this chat, I’ll try to find it for you. :)

Alright, starting character creation. I hope it's ok if I go for a soldier as well. In any case, I'm looking forward to playing with you guys!

Backstory-wise, I'm gonna go Clone, but I want to draw inspiration from the Republic Commando series and have him adopt his genetic template's Mandalorian culture as his own, kinda like the Null ARCs in those books for those who've read them.So he really looks up to the Cuy'val Dar and is really into the culture, despite his having spent his whole life on Kamino.

Alright, sounds good.

Torn between commando and sharpshooter specialization. Any suggestions? What's the rest of Tango squad going with?

If i’m not wrong, tango squad does not have either...?

Alright, just submitted my character!

Come on Tango.

You're being left in the dust.

With that we're good to go on tango

With that we're good to go on tango

nm

Has a Tango Forum been created, cause if it has I'm not in it

So sorry about that snazzy, I forgot that I hadn’t changed the permissions for you for tango squad. I’ve changed them already :)

Hi all. Looks like I might be serving as a replacement in Tango? Any specialty that would be useful?

If any aren’t aware.
There is a snafu with Gamersplane and Gmail. People with Gmail haven’t been receiving emails since mid-December
So that might be adding to the ghost towns around this parts.

Don’t worry about speciality I would say, just play who you like :)

As for the gmail thing, I personally don’t get notifs thru gmail at all, so if anyone relies on that, maybe for this period of time you could keep one tab as the game forums?

Hey everybody! Just making sure, but I’m assuming I’ll be hopping in as a Clone on Tango Squad?

Yes. I think you will probably be taking over anyinactive players in tango squad, so probably snazzy or waranted.

Intro and sunrider, you’ll both be in tango :)

Character sheet is done for a Heavy. No nickname as of yet - figure they can earn that as they finish up training. :)

Hello there! Thanks for letting me in the game. Whose squad am I on? And what Specs are people already?

I'm toying around with either a melee crit-monster or a sniper.

You’ll be on gamma squad :) and feel free to make anything you like! :) just play what you want, don’t worry about the comp of the squad

Hey everyone. I’m not 100% confirmed on this yet, but given that this pbp is kind of dying, I might consider closijg it, due to time constraints too.
However, not to fret. I’m not sure if any of you have accounts on FFG’s forums, but I will be making a pbp there too, and everyone here who is still here will have a priority for playing in that game.

The theme of that game is Imperial era. Basically, players will be graduates of the Imperial academy and will set about life in the Empire. Players will have a variety of choices to choose from, being able to be intel ops, stormtroopers, tie pilots and can even get chances to be promoted to Admiral ranks etc. Thus, the game is really focused on living in the Imperial era, and how you would be if you lived in Star Wars.

I hope everyone understands this decision of mine, as I personally feel gamersplane is abit hard to play SWFFG on too, due to our player base being so small here. I hope everyone will be interested in the new game and will be willing to join :).

Once again, I’m very sorry if I close this game.

Understood. Sorry to hear this but I understand.

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/289348-imperial-era-pbp-checking-interest/

Here is a link for anyone who is interested.

:-(
Sorry to hear it. If you get a game going on the FFG boards, let us know which forum (eote, aor, fad). I'm "cvtheoman" over there.

I'm the same man all over the internet.
So I don't want this to go but I have been looking into other forums too so let's give it a go.

See you on the flipside.

I'm down to play.

That’s great!
John, feel free to comment in the forum to indicate ur interest there too :) you can start thinking of the types of characters you would like to play too!

Hey everyone. So the Imperial era game looks like it has some good interest. I have space for a few more people, so does anyone else wish to join? Please join here :)
https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/289349-imperial-era-pbp-checking-for-interest/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-3597249