Shadowgab99 Character Discussion

Jan 24, 2020 8:40 am
This thread is for discussing Shadowgab99 character other players should only post to this in regards to Shadowgab99's character and story collaboration is included within that.
Jan 24, 2020 6:12 pm
What is the starting equipment or credit to start with ?
Jan 24, 2020 9:17 pm
Updated the character creation guidelines but basically 1500 Credits

Also is this about what you were thinking about for an advance starting point --- I choose 5 adventures as seemed like a good jump start without being too much but that is just my opinion and nothing more (aka totally arbitrary)
Jan 24, 2020 10:10 pm
Its perfect with me. Just eanted to have a boost more than fresh off the start. I know its big credit eide but if force user, can we have a lightsaber to start with or you prefer later in game?
Jan 25, 2020 12:20 am
If you plan to be a Jedi then we should talk about that some as I need to understand your origin -- keep in mind that a lightsaber is usually a personal item created by a Jedi (or handed down) and is as much a badge of competency as it is a weapon -- they are also a major tell that one is a Jedi as no one would use such a dangerous weapon with out force skill and while not as bad prior to Episode 6 there are still lingering elements such as bounties out on Jedi's in general that are still collectible
Jan 25, 2020 12:51 am
I know what kind of problem can come from this specific item. But yes i was looking intomaybe making a force user.
As of now it would be as follow: During the rebellion part i was with them fighting on diverse battle and was badly injured during one of our mission. While uncounscious i had visions that showed me in vision different places tied to the force/jedi. I spend my time following these clues. As the Death Star was destroyed i was on the illum planet reaching for the call of my khyber crystal. On illum i had found a damaged holocron that once repaired showed me couples if the teaxging and basic plan for a lightsaber.

Or you know something like that.

(DIT: (Holocron being standard, not the one that gives skills or bonuses, pure RP holocron with plans for lightsabers and basic of the teaching of the jedi.)
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Jan 25, 2020 1:08 am
Okay I can work with that and help you craft a deeper story and give you a mentor if you like -- I would strongly suggest not going to Ilum as part of your story though because since the Jedi purge it was turned into an Empire strip mining base and then later the First Order would turn it into a long range planet killer --- this all means that there is a very heavy empire presence on the planet Ilum

But I got your story background idea I am sure I can piece together something suitable -- does that sound viable? Of course this does not mean I would be opposed with you creating some alternative story and/or supplying other ideas that you think might make your background more fun for you.
Jan 25, 2020 1:20 am
No i dont mind at all and i cometely forgot the empire take over of illum. But yeah we can work on something along those line. I am open to let help you help me :) . What would be ok and fit into your idea for this?

EDIT: I could also RP force sensitive spec for the step she took in her life.
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Jan 25, 2020 5:28 am
Okay so you mentioned you would be good with playing a Force Sensitive I think that will work well for the game so let us go with that.

Next I am going to dropping you on the planet Eadu (north of Hutt Space) where you met your mentor.

Ir'cara'suhl a female Duinuogwuin "Star Dragon" Force Master. She is about 70 feet long, with golden scales and eyes. But your character gets the feeling that she does not see through those eyes as a human would. Further she never talks about her past, simply focusing on the here and now both of which seem to be a bit fluid with her.

Eadu (pronounced /ˈiːduː/) is a storm-stricken, rugged, mountainous planet located in the Eadu system of the Outer Rim Territories' Bheriz sector. This remote, blue-hued world is shrouded in gloomy lightning filled rainstorms, buffeted by constant winds, and plagued by frequent lightning strikes. The planet's cloud cover is so thick that it appears to be a night world even in the daytime. Starships attempting to reach the surface of the planet are confronted with clouds the mire visibility, gales that battered the ship and the lightning storms that play absolute havoc with the sensor systems. To say landing on Eadu is not easy would be vast understatement. Further the surface is mostly comprised of difficult, rain swept terrain which affords the planet natural defenses, although in the southern hemisphere there exist fairly large flat grassy plateau where an Eaduan village cluster exits populated by native nerf herders. Every where else the ground is broken made up of jagged rock formations, broad mesas, black stone ridges, and narrow spires. The rocky canyons bottom out in dozens of writhing stream beds. The planet's rain has the smell of fecund soil with an undertone of acrid stink. So for the most part the planet is little-known save for its excessive rainfall and population of native nerf herders.

However it did host at one time the Eadu Energy Conversion Laboratory. A empirical facility that worked on top secret projects prior to the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War. This empirical laboratory is simply an abandoned half destroyed mountain facility now. One that still houses quite a bit of kyber crystals for anyone bold (or foolhardy) enough to attempt to get some. Of course the native nerf hearders have no need for these and never venture any where near it. Still this is where your character went through a trial to gain the kyber crystals that she needed in order to make her golden-hued lightsaber.
Jan 25, 2020 5:46 am
So how did she get there, well in an escape pod that had gone way off course. Basically as stated she was on a mission that did not go well and being hotly pursued by empire forces several hyper jumps later and she and others fled the dying ship in escape pods while someone took it into hyperspace one more time to get the pursuing empire forces to follow. It sort of worked. They did get the empire forces to follow and miss the escape pods buy your characters escape pod had been damaged and malfunctioned and you were jettisoned just as the ship jumped. Escape pods are not meant for hyperspace and bodies were not meant to handle the kind of massive fluctual distortion that is created one when one gets jettisoned into and out of hyperspace in mere seconds. Your character blacked out. While out she dreamed which she would later come to understand were actually force visions. However she has had trouble recalling these visions and has been told that when the time was right she would be reminded. All she knows though is that she woke up in her escape pod on one of planets broad mesas. She then made it to a nearby cave where she eventually encountered her mentor.

Time spent with your rather enigmatic mentor were not easy but they were instructional. Although things that she says sometimes do not make a lot of sense to you and while the events leading up to you getting here a not something you remember well their just seems to be major incongruencies when you try to connect the dots. For instance Eadu is not friendly to landing starships and yet your damaged escape pod a much more inferior ship landed safely. Further while you are not sure how far the hyperspace jumps had been, and you cannot quite remember where you were prior to those jumps, you are pretty sure Eadu was like no where near where you had gotten jettisoned. Of course the anomaly of getting jettisoned into hyperspace itself could explain some of that it seems like it would be a major stretch to accredit all of it to that.
Jan 25, 2020 6:07 am
Okay would like to hear your thoughts and feed back on that -- not nothing is written in stone so if you want to tweak something we can
Jan 25, 2020 6:30 am
Wow, well its pretty much well in placed and will create around these ideas. I kinda love the way i didn't "choose" the way the Force reached to me. I will create the bg with all these info.

Crunch wise:
do i have a lightsaber (gold color)?
Do i have the mentor starting perk?
Do i start on Eadu or elsewhere?

Awesome concept really loving it.
Jan 25, 2020 8:02 am
Yes you have a Gold Colored Lightsaber assuming you pick it up as part of your gear

Yes you should acquire the Mentor starting perk per the normal rules

Yes you are starting on Eadu -- although I may move you in order to bring everyone together but that will greatly depend on how it all works out -- still not sure what everyone else is playing --- Are you aware of the stigma that goes along with Nerf Herders? Which btw as denoted is all that Eadu is known for... well that and really bad weather
Jan 25, 2020 8:18 am
I dont have the credit to pay for the saber...

Also the stigma about the nerf? Not sure what you mean. (Sorry but english is my second language. First is french)
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Jan 25, 2020 9:09 am
There is a famous quote from Star Wars when Leia says to Han "Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking... nerf herder!"
To which Han replies "Who’s scruffy-lookin’?"

So basically a Nerf Herder is not only known for being scruffy-looking like a Nerf but also uncouth and surly like one as well as stinking like them too. So basically Nerf Herders are looked upon as lesser beings. Btw that entire planet kind of resembles the smell of Nerfs

What's a Nerf
Nerfs were large quadrupeds characterized by their four, curved horns and shaggy coats of fur. The common nerf stood about 1.3 meters at the shoulder. Their mass of hair tangled easily, creating a perfect web for insects and foreign objects to cling to. Thus, they carried around a pungent odor. Nerfs often chewed their cud, creating excessive spittle that further added to their disgusting image. The spit was sticky, black in color, and near-impossible to remove from clothing. Their saliva also had acidic qualities, and could cause burns if it landed on exposed skin.
Jan 25, 2020 9:38 am
Note 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 -- everyone is basically making what the game calls a Knight-Level character -- thus you get 150 XP and either 1 Lightsaber --or-- 9,000 Credits worth of gear
Jan 25, 2020 3:07 pm
So yeah i knew about the nerfs line what the beast are in the end. Alao the Force works in musterious way so yeah ill deal with the smells/rain/thunder.

I will look into career and species now.
Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pm
In the book Collapse of the Republic. There is a sidebar that let as optional rules the following : you can start with a Force rating of 2 for 30xp that need to be purshase with character xp. Are we allowed to use it?
Also is the Chiss species ok with you?
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Jan 25, 2020 9:48 pm
The race comes from Enter the Unknown
Or for quick reference : https://star-wars-rpg-ffg.fandom.com/wiki/Chiss
Jan 25, 2020 10:02 pm
Okay and you might (assuming you have not) want to read THIS as well.

And I am good with the race -- however
Quote:
Force-sensitivity, referred to as the Sight by the Chiss, was incredibly rare and manifested in limited abilities, namely precognition which was Third Sight and telepathy, which was known as Second Sight. These Force-sensitive Chiss were almost always female.
So with this in mind not only are you incredibly rare to begin with you have now crossed into nearly infinitely rare -- NOTE I am not saying no to this but I am saying what you can do might be the first and only one of your race to be able to do this.

Now with that said I am wondering if you know that Anakin Skywalker is believed to have been an immaculate conception by the Force in response to some extreme meddling going on by a Dark Sith --- thus perhaps the Force as chosen you for a reason beyond just being a Jedi
Jan 26, 2020 1:56 am
Btw if you do go Chiss as your species -- you ought to be picking up those 2 abilities if you can or at least start on them as those would be what you are more in tuned with getting -- so to be clear what I mean I am talking Precognition and Telepathy
Jan 26, 2020 2:45 am
Honestly i read the description in the book that they came from but no, i didn't even know in the slightest about all that force Sheninagan. I look need to think about that now. Seems that someting REALLY nice can come from that but prolly gonna need to change concept at some point or something. Looking into it as i write that. I'll keep you posted
Jan 26, 2020 2:53 am
And Also about the 30 xp Force rating boost at char creation, are you in or out on it? thanks
Jan 26, 2020 3:03 am
I am going to say I am tentatively okay with it -- however please use your best judgement -- if when taking it makes you significantly more powerful than the other players I would say no however if its not that significant then there should be no problem with it -- I would hate to have to take something away later if it proves to make your character a bit lopsided when compared to the others

As I stated else where -- if I have to nearly kill all the other characters to present your character with a challenge that is not going to much fun for most and that is what I as the GM try to focus on -- fun for the one but also fun for the all
Jan 26, 2020 4:33 am
So I went in the Chiss Idea with the background you proposed. Instead I went Guardian Armorer (Book: Keeping the Peace) With force Power of Foresee and Sense. Will flesh out the character later on and fill the missing part of the sheet (Obligation, xp spent, motivation, Emotions) Crunch Wise she`s ready, fluff is fully missing. Linked the sheet to the game.
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Jan 26, 2020 5:25 am
Okay well I will get folks started when they are completed so you might be doing a solo thing to start not sure
Jan 26, 2020 5:31 am
Note if you looked at the last rendition of the Creation Parameters you would see you start with a Duty of 5 which you can chose to add to but do not have to you also have starting values for Morality and Obligation that could have been adjusted as well if you had wanted to

This is to say there are no -- I want to trade this for that -- you just pick the positives you want
Jan 27, 2020 3:36 pm
All the finishing touches will be done tonight (in about 10-12 hour from posting)
Jan 27, 2020 7:34 pm
okay and if you can stat your character build out in detail here that would help immensely helpful -- such as

Step 1 : Whatever that entails --- down through each step

Then I do not have to try to pick your character sheet apart and can just quickly compare apples to apples -- if that makes sense
Jan 27, 2020 8:10 pm
Sure it will be done in the notes section
Jan 27, 2020 8:42 pm
okay was saying you could post it here but that is fine too
Jan 28, 2020 1:04 am
Step 1: Background -- Since her infancy, she had the power of foresee. As it is rare to her species she quickly access the upper class among her people. As she get older her visions went even more powerful and she decided to set sail to the unknow to get answers. As she traveled the Galaxy she joined the Rebellion to try to destroy the Empire as her visions was without them there.
As one of her mission went haywire she ended up on a remote and unfriendly planet...
[ +- ] Background in detail
Step 2: Choose (or outline) the following :
.....Starting Duty : 5 (Personnel)
.....Starting Obligation : 25 (Obsession)
.....Starting Morality : 50 (Discipline/Obstinance)
.......+10 Starting XP
.......+2,500 Starting Credits


Step 3: Choosing a Species -- Chiss, +1 Intellect, -1 Presence, 100 xp, Infravision, remove 1 setback from check dur to lightning conditions

Step 4: Choosing a Career -- Mystic (Lore, Perception, Vigilance)

Step 5: Choosing Specializations -- starting : Seer (Discipline, Lore) brought: Niman Disciple

Step 6: Invest Character Generation XP -- Start XP: 110/110 (+10xp)
70 Willpower 4
5 Uncanny Reactions
10 Keen Eyed
10 Rapid Reaction
5 (mentor) Force Power Foresee, 10 Control Initiative

Step 7: Determine Derived Stats -- Wounds 12, Strain 14 Defense melee 2, ranged 1

Step 8: Determine Motivations -- Faith in the Cosmic Force, She had visions that she tries to follow and understand even they mostly never make sense.

Step 9: Appearance -- She has blue skin and glowing red eyes. Her hair is a Dark Blue shoulder lenght. She has an athletics build.

Step 10: Post-Character Creation XP Expenditures -- 5 (mentor) Force Power Influence, 10 Control: Emotion/Belief
15 Sense Danger
20 Force Rating +1
30 Spec brought (Niman Disciple)
15 Lightsaber 2
5 Nobody`s Fool
10 Niman Technique
10 Defensive Training
10 Discipline 2
5 Outer Rim 1
5 Survival 1
5 Parry
5 Reflect

Step 11:
Lightsaber (free)
Armored Clothing (1000)
Stimpack x10 (250)
Field Rations x10 (100)
Comlink (Handled) (25)
Thermal Cloack (200)
Scanner Goggles (150)
Datapad (75)
Mk. IV Modular Backpack (75)
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Jan 28, 2020 2:49 am
Step 1: Background (okay basically your story which we have)

Step 2: Choose (or outline) the following :
.....Starting Duty : 5 (from Age of Rebellion)
.....Starting Obligation : 25 (from Edge of the Empire)
.....Starting Morality : 50 (from Force and Destiny)
..........Now the above 3 things have aspects that need to be rolled (and/or chosen but prefer if you rolled at least until you got something that fit the concept unless you really feel strongly about one of them) for each and these need to outlined in your Step 2 -- a Note here for Obligation you can assign the 25 to one Obligation or split it among more than one depending on what you feel your character should have

Also in step if you checked more recently I altered the choices as follows:
...Choose 4 of the following (cannot choose the same one twice)
--OR--
...Choose 2 of the following (cannot choose the same one twice)
.......+10 Starting XP
.......+2,500 Starting Credits
.......+10 Duty
.......-10 Obligation
.......+21 Morality

I believe you chose 1 of those but if you chose 2 please denote the 2 choices you made/make

Step 3: Select Species -- here just out line the crunch bits that are associated with your the Species you chose along with the Species :)

Step 4: Choosing a Career -- here please outline what you did in this step

Step 5: Choosing Specializations -- here please outline what you did in this step

Step 6: Invest Character Generation XP -- looks like you did that above though

Step 7: Determine Derived Attributes

Step 8: Determine Motivations

Step 9: Character Generation Gear & Appearance

Step 10: Post-Character Creation XP Expenditures

Step 11: Post-Character Creation Gear

-------------- The ship thing I will be taking care of based on the players currently we only have 2 active players so may go with something small and then create an adventure where you get a bigger one should we get more active players -- not going to hold my breath though lots of folks say me me me and then notta, zippo, zilch .... its the way of PbP

Lastly instead of creating a whole new post just Edit the above and then post -- Done when you completed it thanks
Jan 28, 2020 3:24 am
It is done, hope all is good
Jan 28, 2020 9:42 pm
Is there something to change or add ?
Jan 28, 2020 9:52 pm
I will check tonight
Jan 29, 2020 7:09 pm
Okay all I need is clarity on these two items

Morality : ..... 50 (???) found in Force and Destiny
Quote:
Obligation : ... 25 (Obsession)
..... The Character has some unhealthy obsession that tends to interfere in their life, whether with a celebrity, a region, a political movement, a cultural icon, or some other facet of society or life.
Okay what is your character obsessed with?
Jan 31, 2020 3:32 pm
Sorry Forgot to add it to her sheet, her emotional duality is Discipline/Obstinance

His obsession kinda contradict his emotinal strenght, He is obessed by the her own power and the visions that she has, which pushed her to be rash or reckless which she is usually all against. In itself it drive her kinda mad when she start to act against her own idea of how she should be.
Jan 31, 2020 4:45 pm
Okay I reworded it a bit to make clearer to me does this sound correct?
Quote:
She is obsessed with her own power and the visions that give her. Her obsession kind of contradicts her emotional strength in that it pushes her to be rash or reckless which she is usually all against. In itself it drives her kind of mad when she starts to act against her own idea of how she should be.
Next if it sounds correct I need another clarification/example -- How does this make her rash/reckless -- What is her idea of how she should be

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Looking forward to it!
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Feb 3, 2020 10:48 pm
Looking for that last Obligation ;)
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Feb 4, 2020 3:03 am
Sure thing. It does sound nice and neat! Char changed
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