OCC Chit Chat and More

Here is where general chit chat and such will take place

I`m here and deciding on what to play.

Same.. I will work on my character this weekend.

So the blurb from the game's page describes us as "ultimately a force for good".

As a guide towards what kind of characters are suitable for this, it's a bit vague. Is there anything planned for what kind of party we'll be, who or what we'll be working for, what sort of stuff we'll be getting up to?
Do we already know each other?

Also, are we forever restriced to the core books, or just for character creation?

My thoughts are leaning towards a sort of rogue-like character. Skulduggery, Stealth, that sort of thing. I can possibly work piloting into things unless someone has a specific pilot idea they're wanting to go with.

My first idea is a kind of happy-go-lucky roguish Consular with problems with authority, who is just fine with blasters when violence is unaviodable, and not even a little bit interested in being some kind of Jedi.

Okay its the Star Wars universe -- what is available to play is pretty wide spread and I did not want to restrict the players -- my plan is to figure out what to do with you all once I have an understanding of what you all want to be playing and what you all say you would like to be doing adventure wise. If given no information on this I will pull something out of my a... air and go from there. However it will behoove you all to think about the kind of game you would like to play in and give me a sort of wish list of those things.

I generally run a semi-sandbox style game -- which means we will start with a seed adventure and then go from there... hopefully during that seed adventure you will stumble across other things your group would like to pursue.

As for source material -- if there is something you are thinking about from something beyond the books just let me know and we will see. I would like to restrict it to FFG material though as that is the intent of this game.

For my part i will be playing a Force user who was with the rebellion before events (the Force) made me discover a mentor to hone her potential.

Can go with the group being rogue-ish. Has long its not agaisnt the rebellion/new republic. BUT if im theonly one being of this mindset i can and will change it to fit the group.

I think your character will be fine -- Han was roguish -- there was a Padawan that was rather roguish -- being roguish is not being evil its called surviving and if the roguishness is directed at the Empire or its remnants even better -- aka Robinhood was roguish

I was just pointing that im fine with if we dont mess against the rebellion. But im fine with a roguish party.

Note to All -- I have updated the Character Creation Parameters -- as the Force and Destiny book actually covers this and I was not too far form the mark -- so everyone is basically making what the game calls a Knight-Level character -- thus you get 150 XP and either 1 Lightsaber (if you are a Jedi) --or-- 9,000 Credits worth of gear --or-- 1 Contribution Rank/Reward

Also note due to the fact that I am blending all 3 into 1 game Step 2 has expanded as it now includes Duty, Obligation, and Morality and these will have a blended and individualized affect on the game as well. This is to say depending on the particular adventure the group may be affected by one of these but in every case each Individual will be affected by there own. So please be sure you are aware of all 3. If you need help with any of them (because you do not have the materials) let me know -- sooner than later.

Further to make it simply I have used a version of the Force and Destiny Step 2 that simply starts each of these at a set value and lets you choose XP, Credits, or adjustments to one of these 3 aspects.

So to help the others know i will be going consular healer/niman disciple.

Okay I thought about it for a while and since I am going to be using all 3 -- Duty, Obligation, and Morality -- I augmented the choices accordingly -- so please review the Character Generation choices as instead of being able to choose 2 or 1 -- you now can choose 4 or 2 but no duplicates

Next my job as the Storyteller is to balance the characters so when you are asking if something is allowable that is part of an FFG publication -- just ask yourself this question is this going to make me a lot more powerful than the rest of the players --- as I can tweak the NPCs all day to make them on par or put you down so that is never an issue for me --- what becomes an issue is if in order to challenge Player A -- I have to nearly kill all the rest of the players that is a balance issue and makes the game less fun for all

Lastly to make things easier for me please in your Character Creation threads -- denote where you are pulling the specific item from -- For instances Species -- where are you pulling it from. I have quite a bit of the source material so chances are I might have it if not I might be able find a reference to it somewhere (libraries can be nice)

Also when creating your characters please -- if you can -- denote what you took during character creation -- and then what you took in post character creation so that I can see where the Character Creation and Post-Character Creation XP was spent and such

Basically the more detail you give me the faster I can approve your character along with all the other ones -- please make your GMs job easy ;)

I have posted the book for the specie and also a link for the infos.

I'm going to be gone for most of the day for a real life RPG, and I expect to be back too late in the evening to get much done on this today.

Sorry, but I'm out.

I don't usually don't like pure Force & Desitiny games, and I really don't like starting at knight level, and this has turned out to be both.
I would never never have applied to join the game I had known this going in.

I can not say I knew that things would trend in the direction of mostly Force & Destiny -- but that is cool this game was mainly created on Shadowgab99 behalf (aka at their request) so I have deferred in that direction

Okay I have 2 characters almost finished -- when I am fully satisfied with those 2 -- since they are so close to being done I will start them off -- and then bring the other players in as they get their character's completed and the story allows it -- unless others turn in completed character outlines and sheets before I get things started

okay as soon as I get clarification on those from Shadowgab99 and Cavalier I will get the action started and then as the others get things in order and the story permits I will bring them in

So I think I will either go with either A: A grizzled former stormtrooper sergeant turned mercenary who secretly seeks to repent for some of the terrible things he did as a member of the 501st Legion's commando detachment. Or B: A Whipid Guardian who was a Jedi Knight during the late stages of the Clone Wars who survived Order 66 by returning to his people and acting as a shaman. He has decided to venture in to the galaxy after the Battle of Endor, letting the Force guide his way.

Okay well we do not have anything like the former but we have a force sensitive Jedi, another who is who uses the force without really knowing it, and a 3rd in development that is going to be force sensitive as well -- further all 3 of them have worked with the rebellion so I think the grizzled former repenting storm trooper might be an interesting element to the mix but the ultimate choice is yours as I can make anything pretty much work within the confines I have set forth.

I have added the following note to the Character Creation Parameters to help reduce confusion

Note on Duty, Obligation, and Morality

clarification has been ajusted, sorry took days, my daugther was ill. (she`s all good now)

Okay as a heads up to one and all -- I am going to be starting this weekend (assuming I get some time to do so -- might be a busy RL weekend not 100% sure) with whomever is done and/or mostly done

Any others I will merge as things progress --- that said if I do not see any activity as far as character creation goes (and you each have your own thread for that) by the end of next week I will drop you and open the spot for someone that might want to play

Other than sorting out Kala's starting gear, I'm basically good to begin play as well, I think...

I am working on the beginning stories -- but had to spend most of yesterday on the road and have obligations later today that may not allow me to finish things up. But lead in stories are in the works.

Okay not happening tonight -- my apologies -- another long day with quite a bit of driving drains the creative juices but I do have a map in mind of the what is going to transpire so hopefully tomorrow I can write up all the various lead in stories and if zek93 gets his character submitted before I do that -- I will be including him initial write up...

Sounds good. Can't wait to get started. And don't worry about the delays, I think we all know that life has a bad habit of interrupting our fun.

okay I was trying to give zek93 and kozul a bit more time to submit their characters but they will have to join later I guess as I have not heard back from either one -- so onward and upward

This. Dammit. I’m trying to get back on top of things.

No swet you are still in the game ;)

Kozul and Smeeg699 -- I am going to state that you two have worked together in the past and have a quality friendship built up. So if you need to discuss any of that go ahead and do so in one or the others character creation threads. Also you might want to familiarize yourself with the other some regardless, like what kind of things you two actually do know about one another. Some things will be rather obvious but others might not be so obvious --- BUT only share what you feel is appropriate I am not mandating and intimate relationship -- just a good friendship built on past missions together.

Note I did not think this would be out of scope for you 2 characters but if either of you object do let me know so I can shift gears now and create something else more appropriate.

Dejoker, i was waiting on you to continue.

yes sry been really busy last couple of days

Dont worry about, i was just saying in case you havent sern the updated post.

And I thank you for that always good to know players are there and wanting something posted :)

Your just playing in the area that requires focus and deep thought because its the future and while I am the Storyteller I am not omnipotent and so cannot truly see the future especially when I tend to run my games unscripted ;)

In general that power give you glipse or flashes. I never saw it to specificly tell stuff unless boosted by a lot of pips. (How i always runned it)

Thanks I had an idea of what I wanted to do with but I needed to build the image to go with it which took a bit of sit down time its up now ;)

Everyone out there catch the coronavirus or something?

Yep double checked --

Vision Quest is still awaiting @Shadowgab99

And while I posted to it --

Assignment is still I presume awaiting @Redbarron219 to chime in

I am waiting on you. Maybe the note was meant to me instead of you?

Oh no sorry @Shadowgab99 it was directed at me -- glanced at it and thought it was a concluded post -- yeah had to look something up to finish it -- I will have it updated later tonight as that something is on my home computer

Vision Quest is still awaiting Me

And

Assignment is still I presume awaiting @Redbarron219 to chime in

Vision Quest is now awaiting @Shadowgab99

Assignment is still waiting on @Redbarron219 to chime in but do feel free to post and if they do not show up soon then I will have them come down with a nasty virulent which might cause them to die or morph into another person ;)

Okay also those of you in the Assignment thread -- its a little over 7 days to Formos -- if you finish talking about the assignment please post in general what your character does for those 7 days in hyperspace and I will then post your arrival into Hutt Space ;) at Formos

Okay it appears we may have lost Redbarron219... So all I need to know is what if anything Cavalier does Zane want to do for those 7 days in Hyperspace and I will move that thread forward

@Cavalier are you still with us?

Just co firming with ya’ll that I am still alive and paying attention. Life just came at me sideways recently. Things are setting now though. Will jump back in soon.

Great thanks for the heads up and I should be able to address your character a bit later on very busy this week myself

Okay doing a status check here -- I am pretty sure Shadowgab99 are Vicnet are still actively here but please chime in anyway but I need to put out a feeler for the rest Smeeg699, Cavalier, Redbarron219 --- I will be making adjustments this weekend according to who chimes in and who does not. Thanks for your cooperation and persistence

I'm still around. Just waiting for updates.

Writing as of now. Had crazy days because of covid-19. School and some places are shut down so had to deal with RL a bit. Everything placed so ill be back as normal.

fully understandable and thanks for letting us know here is hoping everything continues forward smoothly

Hopefully you are all ok with the epidemic. Hope you all safe and sound and healthy!

Safe as I have already had it and got over it back in November before it was an overly known thing but last week very busy and yesterday was a bust working getting caught in posts today

I’m not seeing a cantina thread. Is it up yet or not?

Nope sorry shifted gears as I was putting it together it will be called Formos instead of Cantina and there will be two of them

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days, dealing with work and coronavirus stuff. I'll pick back up again soon.

Yep no big deal though as you are not the only one ;) it seems

Okay just checking who is still here and who is not ??

I'm still around...

I am too

I am as well. Kind of waiting to see what happens with the alleyway.

okay I am moving forward sorry for the delay RL got interesting ;)

Sorry! I was moving over the last few days. Only just now got my computer back online. I'mma get caught up tomorrow and will get a post up.

Okay that is weird -- got no notification that Cavalier had posted alright will get something up tonight and sorry for this rather unnecessary delay not sure why that happened but now I know that it might

However still waiting on Smeeg699 to post to E1S2b-Formos

Btw everyone I thought I would say hello in here.

Hello looking forward to this.

So it's been almost a month since any posts have happened and even longer since anything in game has happened. I'm gonna withdraw from the game. Thanks for trying to run it, De. Good luck in the future.

Yeah sorry about that Smeeg699 this Covid thing is causing more static than I would think it would have been struggling in all my games where I was doing just fine prior to popping up as it had

Hey Cavalier would you like me to reboot things ?? with just the two of you?

Okay valdattaMadun if your still here let me know and I will get things started for you as everyone else that might have been still here has had plenty of time to respond.

Still here

Okay valdattaMadun I have sent PMs to these 3 players hopefully one will reply for while I can create a solo-game for you at least one more character would be most useful in helpful -- but regardless I will launch the new story this weekend (assuming the weekend is semi-normal)

BigCoom
Lockheart911419
Kalani

Sounds good.

I will try and make sure to keep looking over the weekend. I am excited to get started

valdattaMadun I bumped up starting Duty by 5 points so please add 5 points to your Duty score and I have not forgotten your request about that suit ;)

hi everyone how are you I'm Jeremy

I updated the Duty.

I am keeping in eye on everything, let me know if any updates needed.

Hey everyone

Okay I was going through characters to interweave the stories and get this thing launched and will be revisiting a few characters in order to do this -- it appears not all the bits and pieces have been placed into character sheets so will be digging through the creation threads to see if any of it is in there.

Just letting you know that I am not completely idle over here

I appreciate the hard work being put in.

I was a bit worried about the radio silence for a few days. Glad you're on it

Ok just let me know what’s going on

Apparently i can't use the "post as" feature while replying even though i submitted my character. Did you accept mine?

Okay my apologies on that -- I have made sure all character's have been preliminarily approved

Hello folks. DeJoker invited me in. Glad to be on board!

I'm an experienced FFG SW GM and player.

Since this is a SW game, I figure I'll lay out my faves:
1. The Last Jedi
2. A New Hope
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Solo
7. Rogue One
8. Attack of the Clones
9. The Phantom Menace
10. The Rise of Skywalker

Looking forward to gaming with y'all! What sort of character does the party balance need at the moment?

Okay I am not sure if it was seen by everyone but the Post Frequency set for this game is 4 posts per week -- I am not a true stickler for this (7/4 = 1.75 posts per day) but it does basically mean I expect to see activity from everyone -- even if all you do is nothing more then some introspection on the current situation -- at least once every 2 or 3 days...

That being said if you do not post at all in 3 days either in-game or in-occ chit chat I am going to consider you inactive and look for a replacement --- it is not fair to me or the other active players if you are taking up a spot but not posting. This goes into effect immediately and things but get shook up a little bit based on current seeming inactivity -- but it also seems like we might have a safety net as well.

Note -- this 3 day limit only counts if I have been active on a regular basis -- which I normally am but I did experience a slow down recently -- so if I am slowed down then (1) I will try to let you all know and (2) I will usually elongate that required posting rate based on my level if inactivity

Addendum -- If you post that you are going to be delayed for a while then that too can get you an extension as that will allow me to know to work the story such that your character has minimal involvement

Hi Friar_Tuk, I'm just developing a piloting type character (will be a scout), not too familiar with the other characters yet but I'm wondering if we're missing a 'face'.

DeJoker, did you see my post in the character creation thread?

I see all posts ;) -- I do not always respond to everyone and yes it never hurts to ask -- aka remind me to re-look it

Sorry was going to resolve this over the weekend but -- plans kind of changed due to overheating

Okay going to adjust things so mini-pause so I can implement said change

Fiar_Tuk will be taking over the Zayne character -- creating his own version of that character using the pre-determined information outlined within the Prologue as soon as I get him up and running I will move things forward again

My apologies for not getting this done this weekend and sorry we lost a player to the void -- hate that when it happens

Okay only need to cross check the new character to make all is good and I will move things forward

Sounds good to me.

Side Note: I just finished playing Jedi: Fallen Order last night so all that Inquistor talk in Friar_Tuk character creation thread has got me excited.

Hello!

Just introducing myself. I was in the first draft of the campaign. I explained to our illustrious GM why I had some trouble the first round and they graciously let me come back. I'm genuinely pretty excited about this. I love star wars and have wanted to be in a star wars game for a bit now.

I'm hoping to bring in my first character concept and rework it in. Joker's gonna let me know the details. But for now, the general backstory will be the same.

My favorite will always be Empire Strikes Back. Mostly because, and you all will think of my older cousin as a monster for doing this, it was actually my first star wars film. I was quite little but every time I visited I "forced" him to watch it with me- that and play Starcraft.

Please resubmit your character Redbarron219

Submitted! I was thinking, if it was easier. That instead of the character being in the rebellion they could be on the run from the Empire and trying to find the rebellion. Whatever makes it simpler for you to do introductions.

Hope all are still here

I'm here, for sure! I think we're just waiting on DeJoker to set the next scene.

Yes the ball is in my court and part of bouncing that ball is going through the new characters to make sure the basics are in order before launching forward -- if it were a simple situation coming up no issues but.... things are about to get a wee bit dicey

Would it help you if I sent along an FFG character sheet? Personally, I find the GP character sheet annoying to manage/read.

Actually I use the sheet as a secondary -- its why I have everyone fill out those Steps 1 through 11 -- that is my primary review -- I just make sure the sheet lines up with the Steps

But I also need to go through the other addition again

So, not sure if this has come up yet but: How are we handling Destiny Points? Are we tracking them somewhere? Have we just not gotten to that point yet?

As a note: I am here. But alas, I must wait ;).

Wait ? Do you mean on me or wait to join cuz something goin on at your end??

Wait for you. As my character is not, as yet, around until you say so. In a sense, they have yet to materialize in the ether of our shared creative space.

All kidding around aside: I figured I’d wait to hear from you about how/when/and such we’ll be introducing the character. No rush, btw. Just adding my two cents.

be workin on it hopefully this weekender (Fri-Sun) got several items to get done

Just a check in. Hope all is well

Yes all is well-ish ... sadly yesterday and today had nasty RL curve balls -- pull out of the garage and our one vehicle surprisingly has a rear flat -- get the tires fixed and the next day leaving the garage and it stutters to a halt -- the engine working fine but the vehicle will not move and cannot be pushed either .... makes it hard to get to work and get home once there --- do not know yet what the issue was but it initially felt like transmission, then it felt like the tires, then felt like the brakes -- and my wife is pretty auto savvy she used to work on cars when she was younger and she registered these same thoughts -- will be interesting to find out what actually is wrong and until its fixed -- problems with transportation -- and its our only vehicle now -- mine got totaled by a ""surprise"" deer end of last year and we have not gotten another yet to replace it

Gotta love those "surprise" deers.

Lets just hope it isn't transmission, that is when things get spendy

Well we are hoping that its fixable otherwise its even more spendy

I am still here. glad to see things moving, do you want us to wait for the Map or roll for initiative or ?

Sorry the map comment through me off

If you want to make a post covering the situation along with an initiative check by all means do so I paused to let you all chime in on the current state of things as I needed to get things moving and finally got a chance to finalize a few things that I needed to in order to do so.

The map will be needed before you need to make decisions about what to do I am sure but not needed to post basic reactions to what has just occurred

Okay the old online map making software I used to use no longer exists -- so sad it was nice (and free) as a result going take me a little longer to make the map have to go back to the old school method

That’s a bummer.

We all get the hangups. Life happens

Workin on the map to have it done soon

That's good to hear

Just to say I'm still around, let me know when my character joins the action.

Good to hear and it everyone will be together when everyone gets on the ship the one or two not with the group are currently waiting aboard the ship as that was the easiest way to introduce them

Thanks for those initiative rolls and as a heads up I am have completed a lot of the map so far -- just having to find enough appropriate images that I can pull the scene together from and as I rebuild my old school library of images to build maps from this process speeds up the biggest issue is of course finding quality images to piece meal the main scene from and still make it look nice as well as functional ;)

Still once I have this battle map completed the overlaying of hexes and character chits is not that hard or time consuming. Still I think we have at least one more character to get initiative rolls from so that can be posted it will greatly speed things up once the map is actually posted for use

@Dejoker Did you want those of us hanging out on the ship still to role initiative or are we still to far out of the scene?

outside the scene sorry but I almost finished the map -- have the base map done -- need to add the hex grid overlay and then make the various toon markers so if all goes well will have that posted by this weekend

Okay got the map done -- now all I have left to remember is how I go from my computer to here I know I had to change the repository I once used -- so just need to look through my stuff at home to figure out what I am currently using.

Thanks for your hard work. I think we are still missing one Initiative check?

Dang dropping a line to see if any one is still here if so I will get this moving forward -- wish I could sort the games I am running from the many that I am in that are not doing anything and have quiet for quite some time but still hopeful they might start back up

Yep.

Great that is one :) that is hopeful