What the group most needs at this point: Computers - Slicer Ranged combat Nice to have skills in the group: Gunnery Lore If you need help creating your character or have any questions, please ask. The points below should address most questions. This game will be open to using all of the official FFG SW books. I strongly urge you to use the OggDude character generator (ask if you need a link to be able to download it). Please use some common sense on what species you pick. Nothing too silly or exotic. Please don’t ask to play a Hutt, Gungan, Jawa, or Ewok. If in doubt, check with me first. Since this is a time when the Empire is in power, someone in the party may want to play a human in case you need to impersonate an Imperial or something like that. Please keep the gender of your character the same as the player’s (your) gender. Players will begin creating their characters with starting species experience plus the option to up your experience and/or credits from Obligation, Duty, and Morality. You may pick the 5 or 10 option for the extra XP and/or credits if you desire. For Obligation and Duty, I like to incorporate them into the game in a way that makes story sense rather than roll for them to come up. If the group has a high amount of Obligation, expect that you may get into shall we say “peripheral trouble” more often. If you type up a character backstory of at least a few sentences or bullet points, you may spend an additional 5 XP at initial character creation . Please don’t send me anything longer than 2 pages. Your character at this point has some notoriety/respect in his or her circles. You may want to use Obligation, Duty, or Morality to this end, but please avoid anything that could adversely impact party cohesion. I want to emphasize that party cohesion is very important. Feel free to invent some NPCs as part of your backstory if you wish. Assume that your character is running low on credits and needs the work and possibly the protection a group can provide. After you spend your starting XP mentioned above on your characteristics and any initial skills and talents, you may then spend another 685 XP to bring you up to the level of the other characters. NOTE: The only way you are allowed to up your characteristics using the 685 XP at this stage is if you invest in Dedication at the bottom of a career specialization tree(s). Starting gear you may have for free: 1) Commlink (handheld), 2) Stimpack x 1 You may also spend 10,000 credits on buying armor, weapons, and gear. You may not buy any restricted items or anything with a rarity rating above 6. You may buy/install weapon or armor attachments (restricted and rarity 6 rules still apply), but you may not buy/install any modifications (I want you to kit out your gear in that way in game and by asking your fellow party member to perhaps mod something for you). Keep in mind that if you look too threatening in more civilized cultures you will attract the attention of the authorities. If you have your heart really set on a particular item that is rare/restricted, check with me and perhaps we can work something out. Besides getting armor and a weapon(s), you may want to consider getting an Extra Reload for your blaster and additional Stimpacks. All of the careers and specializations from Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force and Destiny are fair game. This game will have a strong focus on the seedier side of Star Wars, at least initially. Edge of the Empire careers and specializations may make more sense. If you want to play a career and specialization from Age of Rebellion and have ties to the Alliance, I can make that work too. No problem. Your character is either Force sensitive or not. You must decide at character creation and reflect that in any character background you create. You don’t have to pick a Force and Destiny career and specialization at character creation. That can be something you can grow into later. Droids cannot be Force sensitive. If your character is Force sensitive, I will be keeping track of any conflict you earn during a session, and that will impact where you are on the dark side – light side continuum. Ideally, I’d like to have only 1 or 2 characters in the party being Force sensitive. Force sensitivity should be a very rare, mysterious, and wondrous thing. I can be flexible on this though if more than a couple of people want to be Force sensitive. Keep in mind that the Empire and bounty hunters are actively hunting beings that are Force sensitive, so you have to be careful and keep your powers on the down low. If you play a Force sensitive character, you’ll probably find buying the Force powers with your XP to be very tempting. Expect to have weaker general skills compared to the other characters as a result. If you pick one of Force sensitive careers, you start off at Force Rating 1 with the abilities of an untrained Force user or Jedi youngling (a beginner). You can up your Force rating by buying into that at the bottom of a F&D career tree or the universal Force tree. Whatever motivations and background you pick as part of the character generation process should be reflected in whatever character background you create and how you role play your character. What are three goals your character wants to accomplish in his or her life? Tell the GM what they are in your character background. What does your character love/like? What does your character hate/dislike? Your Intellect characteristic number indicates how many languages you know fluently. Everyone knows Basic. For every Intellect number greater than 1, you know one additional language. For example, if your Intellect is 3, you would know Basic and two additional languages such as Huttese and Binary. Please indicate in your character background or on your character sheet what languages you speak. If you happen to be playing a protocol droid, let’s chat. Here’s a link to a partial list of languages for ideas: <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Language/Legends" rel="nofollow">http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Language/Legends</a> Do not exceed your encumbrance threshold unless you are okay with suffering game penalties.. For planning purposes on growing your character, it may be helpful to know that I’m somewhat generous in awarding session experience. Depending on what occurs during a session, you can expect to earn between 15 – 25 base XP a session. For session notes, combat, exceptional role play, exceptional creativity, and completing objectives, there’s the possibility of earning additional XP. Expect to be sent some rumors tailored to your character prior to your first session. Please don't share any of your character background with your fellow players other than your name, appearance, and career/specialization. The rest of it I would like to come out in game through role play and your actions.