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[EotE] Escape from Mos Shuuta, (ended)
jdarksun
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUKpmtB5WUg
NotoriusBEN as Tereez, the Bounty Hunter - anything to keep his sister safe
Lord_Asmodeus as Skrask, the Explorer - a Rebel on the run
Part of a far traveling clan of Trandoshan hunters and warriors, always searching for exotic and dangerous new prey to hunt, Skrask learned on the rough edge of technology and civilization how to survive on the remotest worlds known and unknown to the Galaxy, and how to hunt the beasts that lived there. Part of a religious sect of Scorekeeper followers, who believed Jagannath points were awarded not only for the fearsome nature of the prey, but also the difficulty of the Hunt. They looked on many of the T'doshok back home, especially the slaves of the Blackscale clan with disdain, seeing them as craven before the Scorekeeper for their cowardly methods.
Skrask from an early age learned to dislike the Empire and what his clan viewed as their corrupting influence on the T'doshok. When he came of age, after many years of hunting beasts and learning to live on his own in the wild, he decided to join the Rebellion. His skills could be put to great use by the Rebellion, there would be many fierce enemies to hunt, and he could help throw the Empire off his world forever. Perhaps, when the Empire was gone, the T'doshok could get their own Senator...
After proving himself to the Rebellion and building camaraderie with a number of other scouts, he volunteered for what he knew would likely be a suicide mission, and the Rebel Alliance did little to dissuade him or other volunteers of that fact, among them many of his good friends. Skrask was prepared to face death, especially if - when - he succeeded. The mission was to travel to a world called Onderon, and kill an Imperial VIP, hidden in the remote jungles and surrounded by security.
Skrask was indeed successful, tearing the Imperial limb from limb with his bear claws, unfortunately, his comrades were not so successful, and Skrask barely escape with his life, he even had to leave an arm behind, as the doors closed faster than he though they would, and he had a quite large bounty placed on him by Imperial authorities.
He laid low on Onderon for a while, growing his arm back and serving as a scout through the jungles. He was growing sick of the world however. It had nothing to offer him, the Hunt was old here, and he had lost many of his friends on the world. To make matters worse, on his latest trip to one of the starports dotting the world to pick up work, he was identified by one of his previous clients, eager to earn a part of the large bounty, to the Imperial authorities.
Having to leave the world with haste, Skrask found passage on the ship of a smuggler named Pash, who was indebted to a Hutt named Teemo. Pash introduced Skrask to a couple of his friends, 41-VEX the droid doctor, and Mathus, a technician, both in service to Teemo. Unfortunately, trouble followed close behind, and Teemo soon learned of Skrask's bounty.
Ordinarily, Hutts avoided the attention of the Imperials, even for a bounty, however the Imperials were already pressing Teemo for something he'd gotten involved in in the Core Worlds, and Skrask caught wind that he was going throw Skrask under the Speeder to save his own hide. With the Imperial authorities closing in, Skrask needs to get off Tatooine, and soon. Fortunately, 41-VEX and Mathus want out too, maybe Skrask could even convince them to return with him to the Rebellion.
Skrask from an early age learned to dislike the Empire and what his clan viewed as their corrupting influence on the T'doshok. When he came of age, after many years of hunting beasts and learning to live on his own in the wild, he decided to join the Rebellion. His skills could be put to great use by the Rebellion, there would be many fierce enemies to hunt, and he could help throw the Empire off his world forever. Perhaps, when the Empire was gone, the T'doshok could get their own Senator...
After proving himself to the Rebellion and building camaraderie with a number of other scouts, he volunteered for what he knew would likely be a suicide mission, and the Rebel Alliance did little to dissuade him or other volunteers of that fact, among them many of his good friends. Skrask was prepared to face death, especially if - when - he succeeded. The mission was to travel to a world called Onderon, and kill an Imperial VIP, hidden in the remote jungles and surrounded by security.
Skrask was indeed successful, tearing the Imperial limb from limb with his bear claws, unfortunately, his comrades were not so successful, and Skrask barely escape with his life, he even had to leave an arm behind, as the doors closed faster than he though they would, and he had a quite large bounty placed on him by Imperial authorities.
He laid low on Onderon for a while, growing his arm back and serving as a scout through the jungles. He was growing sick of the world however. It had nothing to offer him, the Hunt was old here, and he had lost many of his friends on the world. To make matters worse, on his latest trip to one of the starports dotting the world to pick up work, he was identified by one of his previous clients, eager to earn a part of the large bounty, to the Imperial authorities.
Having to leave the world with haste, Skrask found passage on the ship of a smuggler named Pash, who was indebted to a Hutt named Teemo. Pash introduced Skrask to a couple of his friends, 41-VEX the droid doctor, and Mathus, a technician, both in service to Teemo. Unfortunately, trouble followed close behind, and Teemo soon learned of Skrask's bounty.
Ordinarily, Hutts avoided the attention of the Imperials, even for a bounty, however the Imperials were already pressing Teemo for something he'd gotten involved in in the Core Worlds, and Skrask caught wind that he was going throw Skrask under the Speeder to save his own hide. With the Imperial authorities closing in, Skrask needs to get off Tatooine, and soon. Fortunately, 41-VEX and Mathus want out too, maybe Skrask could even convince them to return with him to the Rebellion.
A Dabble of Thelonius as 41-VEX, the Colonist - tricked to serve a Hutt
Capfalcon as Lowhhrick, the Hired Gun - enslaved and forced to fight
Archived characters:
MegaMek as Kal Reshin, the Colonist - deep in the Hutt's debt
MegaMek - Kal is motivated by his job. He was sent to the outer rim to find new revenue streams for his employer, and can't come back empty handed. He's obligated to Teemo the Hutt for the debt he's taken on during his stint on the rim worlds.
jdarksun - So Teemo's looking to cash in on this debt, and is turning the heat up. How'd you meet Mathus, Pash, and Tereez?
MegaMek - Kal knows he's up to his ear analogues in debt and has been trying for weeks to scrape together some people for a job he heard about from an acquaintance of an acquaintance. Way I figure it, he managed to round up a crew at one of the local area's lousier cantinas.
jdarksun - So Teemo's looking to cash in on this debt, and is turning the heat up. How'd you meet Mathus, Pash, and Tereez?
MegaMek - Kal knows he's up to his ear analogues in debt and has been trying for weeks to scrape together some people for a job he heard about from an acquaintance of an acquaintance. Way I figure it, he managed to round up a crew at one of the local area's lousier cantinas.
Kilnaga as Mathus, the Technician - given an offer he couldn't refuse
Infidel as Pash, the Smuggler - not his lucky day
Xaviar as Mathus, the Technician - given an offer he couldn't refuse
What is this?
A PbP game of Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, a narrative RPG by Fantasy Flight Games. Escape from Mos Shuuta (note: not schutta) is an adventure published with the EotE Beginner's Game, a preview/pared-down version of the upcoming release. For the most part, I'll be using the rules as written (exception: using the Critical table from the Beta book).
How do I play?
The basic mechanic to do any challenging or opposed action is simple: you assemble a pool of dice, roll them, and count up the symbols. There are two axes of symbols: Success/Failure and Advantage/Threat. If you have more Successes than Failures, you succeed. But you can succeed with Threats, and fail with Advantages (and vice versa). That's where the narrative system comes into play: let's say you take a shot a Stormtrooper, and you miss horribly (3 failures) but still manage to have something useful happen (3 advantages). Maybe you force him to duck behind cover, giving you a chance to catch your breath (reduce the Strain you've suffered). Or maybe you hit a nearby power converter, sending a shower of sparks onto him - and screwing up his next shot (+Setback for the Stormtrooper). Or maybe you shot the gun out of his hands (Disarmed).
You say what you want to do, I help determine the dice pool, you roll, and make up a story that goes along with the result. Good times are had by all.
Anything else I need to know?
Make an account on Orokos and Roll20 if you haven't already, we'll be using those to roll dice and for maps respectively.
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- Terence McKenna
As for rolling, does Orokos have dice for the game, or do you just determine which decide do what and assign outcomes for them? I'm a bit confused on how it works.
!Mathus
- Terence McKenna
Infidel has been so kind as to add Narrative Dice functionality into Orokos, so we're set there.
I've never made a character for EotE before obviously, so I'm open to suggestions on how best to approach it.
Edit: I was considering, for irony, asking if I could switch out Lowhhrick with a Trandoshan. Will probably stick with the Rodian replacing Sasha though.
Can you get on IRC? Easier to walk through character creation live. irc.slashnet.org #criticalfailures
Also, if there are more people who want to play, I can run two games of this as easily as one.
Hmm, I'm actually sort of leaning toward the Dosh, though I might stick with replacing Sarah. It'd be amusing to play with whoever grabs Lowhhrick. I am on the IRC chat to do the character creation stuff live.
I'd like Lowhhrick, if he hasn't been spoken for.
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Infidel as Pash
Kilnaga as Mathus
A Dabble of Thelonius as 41-VEX
Lord_Asmodeus as Skrask, Trandoshan Explorer (Scout)
Capfalcon as Lowhhrick
So you're good.
I'm happy to run a game of 5, but if we get another couple interested players, I can split into two groups if desired.
- Terence McKenna
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- Terence McKenna
Not a fan of twi'leks, but eh, bounty hunter that's cool, i'll roll with that. just be ready for memes from robot chicken :P
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Also, a bit of a nitpick but you didn't add the 1 level of Brawl or Melee on the sheet.
Oh, I also cropped the Trandoshan head I liked for the portrait
Oops, my bad. Will fix that today. Will also look for a dark yellow or something to fill those boxes, green was a bad choice.
Wookiees get something similar and have a similar XP penalty.
[edit] Or if you were serious about this? I have no desire to kick you from a slot, but I exactly fit your criteria..
Yea sure, I'll go with a bothan.
here's a token for the game board too.
Tereez Oktra'syk
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I have some characters made up I can use.
Group 1:
A Dabble of Thelonius as 41-VEX or MegaMek as <character>
Kilnaga as Mathus
NotoriusBEN as Oskara
Infidel as Pash
Group 2:
A Dabble of Thelonius as 41-VEX or MegaMek as <character>
Capfalcon as Lowhhrick
Xaviar as Mathus
Lord_Asmodeus as Skrask
If you don't have accounts on Roll20 and Orokos, please make them, as we will be using those tools for maps and dice respectively.
@Xaviar, Mathus' character sheet is available from FFG's website as a small pdf or a large pdf.
@NotoriusBEN, I'll PM you the basic Oskara character sheet, but there will be some minor differences. Do you want me to gen you up a full one (really easy for me), or do you prefer a Google Doc? Also, do you want to keep the name/gender of the character, or do you want to swap that out as well?
I went ahead and changed the name to Tereez Oktra'syk and he's a guy.
I need to go out and buy the starter kit myself so that I can do my own number crunching.
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MegaMek as Kal Reshin, Twi'lek Colonist
Kilnaga as Mathus, Human Technician
Infidel as Pash, Human Smuggler
NotoriusBEN as Tereez Oktra'syk, Bothan Bounty Hunter
Group 2:
A Dabble of Thelonius as 41-VEX, Droid Colonist
Capfalcon as Lowhhrick, Wookiee Hired Gun
Xaviar as Mathus, Human Technician
Lord_Asmodeus as Skrask, Trandoshan Explorer
New threads coming up, game start announcements after lunch.
It is a period of unrest and opportunity in the galaxy. The Galactic Empire struggles to maintain control in the midst of civil war. Meanwhile, scoundrels and smugglers, explorers and expatriates, and fringers of all types scramble for a living on the edges of galactic civilization. it is a hard life, but these renegades have more freedom and opportunity than any citizen of the Core Worlds.
On the desert world of TATOOINE, a few such renegades have run afoul of a local crime boss, TEEMO THE HUTT. Trapped in the tiny spaceport of Mos Shuuta, the renegades have no choice but to steal a starship and feel Teemo's forces. Fortunately, a suitable starship has recently docked at the landing bay: a freighter called the KRAYT FANG, captained by a Trandoshan slaver named Trex. As they flee through the suns-baked streets, the renegades duck into the local cantina to hide from their pursuers...
The size of the pool is fixed, but its contents change. On a player's turn, they can take one of the Light Side tokens to use - and flip it over to Dark Side. I do the same, except exchanging Dark Side to Light. This can only be done once per turn.
Example Force die roll: 1eF DS
Please use jdarksun's Escape from Mos Shuuta (Group 1) for the Campaign.
Ugh
oh i see it now. I rolled a DS point.
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