Cavalier Character Discussion

This thread is for discussing Cavalier character other players should only post to this in regards to Cavalier's character and story collaboration is included within that.

I had a few character ideas and I wanted to get some input on which you thought might be better/more fun for the campaign:

Orn'afan - a Twi'lek commander - squadron commander. Age in their late thirties. Served with the rebellion through the later campaign. Joined after the destruction of Alderaan, when he decided that the battle against the Empire was bigger than just Ryloth. An experienced leader in the militia, he trained hard to be able to compete with the more gifted pilots. Rose to a flight leader position in time for Endor (GM's choice whether he was actually there) and now is a Rebel squadron commander (or flight leader - GM's choice)

Zane Alazar - a human male - warrior - starfighter ace. Age - 19. Brought up on Corellia, Zane's parents were shuttle pilots and trained their son to fly. As he grew older, he appeared to be preternaturally gifted. He was also reckless with it. Indeed, he had a number of near misses that more experienced pilots swore should have killed him, but Zane's reactions were so fast it seemed as though he could see what was coming just a few seconds in the future. When he was 16, a strange ship landed on the station on which he lived. The next day, his parents cast Zane out, telling him that he needed to leave Corellia and find a new life where he couldn't hurt his family or friends. Confused and feeling betrayed, Zane took the credits his parents gave him and found a job on a freighter headed for the Outer Rim. After a year of working as a mercenary pilot, Zane met two rebel pilots in a cantina. Although not a fan of the Empire, it was the stories of the starfighter battles and the glory to be had (as well as the Corellian brandy) that convinced him to join the fight. In the last two years, Zane has served with varying degrees of distinction. He is a very talented pilot, but very bad at obeying orders. In his last mission, an attack on an Imperial convoy, Zane disobeyed the order to disengage. Convinced that he could take out the last freighter, Zane flew masterfully through a hail of blaster fire to strike at the heart of the convoy. His attack run was successful, but his wingman was not so lucky. As Zane made his attack run, his wingman's fighter was destroyed by the same fire that Zane evaded. Returning to base, Zane was shocked to receive not compliments but derision. (GM - this is to justify spending my duty to gain extra character creation XP as well as to give an interesting story hook). Zane is a force sensitive but has no idea of it. (GM - I will not be taking any 'active' force powers unless and until something in the story makes the connection for him. I was thinking of Foresee and Enhance to start with)

I like them both and either would work fine

Although I am going to have to say you might simply have to accept a lower rank as a Flight Leader is a Lieutenant which requires a minimum Contribution Rank of 5 = 500 Duty = 500 xp

Now however if you want to make him a bit more than just a basic Pilot you can buy a Corporal Rank for 100 Duty = 15 + 85xp = Contribution Rank 1 + Contribution Reward

As for the 2nd one can you please explain why Zane's parents tossed him out that concept I did not quite understand

Should have given more of a hint - the black ship was an inquisitor's tie. They knew that he might be force sensitive, but he doesn't.

They thought the best way to keep him safe was to send him away and to keep him ignorant so that he doesn't explore his powers.

If I go with Zane, should he have morality or duty?

Also, is the Corellian Human species option allowed?

If you read the newer Character Creation Parameters you will find that you actually have all 3 -- Duty, Obligation, and Morality

Is the Corellian Human species in one of the 3 books or another FFG publication?

Cool, I will set up all three. I think Corellian is from Suns of Fortune.

Okay what I am going to do if you go with Zane is tweak your story then but keep it basically the same outcome

Also did you see the changes to Character Creation Parameters

I have now, yes. Thank you.

Okay the Corellian race benefit applies to Post Creation XP as well in that normally you cannot take a skill above Rank 3 but you may take the same skill to Rank 4 that you could take to Rank 3 during character creation.

Great, although I wasn't planning to use it that way. Just going to take a single rank of piloting planetary. I think I will play Zane, as there are more story hooks, unless you want fewer force users.

I can work with anything ;) -- if you like this character lets go with it -- I will work on the background tweak and run it by you but this ought not affect your character creation

Also so far we have no pilots so you might want to take that aspect of your species to heart and go piloting space. It will also help in other venues such as the background story stuff -- you do not have to take it mind you this is just a mere suggestion on my part but do let me know either way

I am taking piloting space (to level 3) and space piloting is definitely his background.

I have uploaded Zane for your review

As some extra info - I took agility to 5 in character creation (with the extra 10 XP instead of duty/obligation/morality) and the rest was gained in the course of the extra adventures. Zane learnt to trust his instincts while flying, to better focus on the momentary flashes of inspiration that he sometimes gets to 'guess' what is about to happen, and to shoot! In the process, he spent all of his earnings on what he calls an armoured flight suit, but is in fact a suit of vacuum sealed combat armour that he bought from one of the suppliers for his mercenary group after a mission where he was nearly spaced. When flying with the rebellion he insists on wearing it, although he has painted it orange and white to make it more 'uniform'.

Right okay so you took +10xp what was your other choice -- or did you see that update to the creation parameters?

I had not processed that we get 2. I will take the extra credits and will add a mod to my blaster.