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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Holy crap, that inspires me for one of the new, yet-to-be-released classes:

    Drug dealer

    It would so totally work.

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  • MifioMifio MrrlendRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Melkster wrote: »
    Holy crap, that inspires me for one of the new, yet-to-be-released classes:

    Drug dealer

    It would so totally work.

    So, you wanna buy some Death Sticks?

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    I seem to recall that Force abilities in some version of the P&P rules taking effort to cast, but in the books I have now it is just skill checks. I think I need to read over it again because damnit I want Jedi getting tired from using the Force.

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  • exisexis Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mifio wrote: »
    Melkster wrote: »
    Holy crap, that inspires me for one of the new, yet-to-be-released classes:

    Drug dealer

    It would so totally work.

    So, you wanna buy some Death Sticks?

    "You don't want to sell me any Death Sticks..."

    "I don't wanna sell you any Death Sticks"

    "You're going to reroll..."

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  • MifioMifio MrrlendRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    exis wrote: »
    Mifio wrote: »
    Melkster wrote: »
    Holy crap, that inspires me for one of the new, yet-to-be-released classes:

    Drug dealer

    It would so totally work.

    So, you wanna buy some Death Sticks?

    "You don't want to sell me any Death Sticks..."

    "I don't wanna sell you any Death Sticks"

    "You're going to reroll..."

    I'm going to reroll.

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  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Watching that clip makes me wonder: Jedi can sense when someones about to attack them from behind, but have no clue when someone they are standing right next to is about to get a poison dart in the face.

    Lame.

    *Rolls a smuggler*

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  • RyanReddRyanRedd Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seriously George? Death Sticks? Couldn't get an ounce more creative? DEATH STICKS!? How about...Toydarian Stimulants? THERE, I didn't even spell that right but it sounds 100% more Star Wars.

    Sigh...

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  • Mild ConfusionMild Confusion Smash All Things Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Caveman Paws wrote: »
    Watching that clip makes me wonder: Jedi can sense when someones about to attack them from behind, but have no clue when someone they are standing right next to is about to get a poison dart in the face.

    Lame.

    *Rolls a smuggler*


    Well, she did look pretty focused on killing Obi-Wan, and if HK-47 is right, the more you think about killing a jedi, the easier it is for them to sense it coming.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Basil wrote: »
    I buried my memories of that movie and there you go bringing them up again.
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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mild Confusion wrote: »
    Caveman Paws wrote: »
    Watching that clip makes me wonder: Jedi can sense when someones about to attack them from behind, but have no clue when someone they are standing right next to is about to get a poison dart in the face.

    Lame.

    *Rolls a smuggler*


    Well, she did look pretty focused on killing Obi-Wan, and if HK-47 is right, the more you think about killing a jedi, the easier it is for them to sense it coming.

    It's basically Spidey Sense. If it's not them in danger, it doesn't go off so much.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    And remember: Always kill the Padawan first.

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  • ShrieveShrieve Game Designer CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Scooter wrote: »
    Mild Confusion wrote: »
    Caveman Paws wrote: »
    Watching that clip makes me wonder: Jedi can sense when someones about to attack them from behind, but have no clue when someone they are standing right next to is about to get a poison dart in the face.

    Lame.

    *Rolls a smuggler*


    Well, she did look pretty focused on killing Obi-Wan, and if HK-47 is right, the more you think about killing a jedi, the easier it is for them to sense it coming.

    It's basically Spidey Sense. If it's not them in danger, it doesn't go off so much.

    That or he just noticed the fact that she walked about 20 feet through the bar waving her gun around. And god that clip sucked.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Every time I watch a clip from the prequels I realize how much Ewan McGregor carried those films.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Every time I watch a clip from the prequels I realize how much Ewan McGregor carried those films.
    Yeah, and those films were still awful. Imagine how bad they'd be without him. D:

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I would watch The Adventures of Obi-Wan if it was just Ewan with good writing and action

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Robman wrote: »
    I would watch The Adventures of Obi-Wan if it was just Ewan with good writing and action

    Obi Wan and his best friend going on a journey across tatooine on speederbikes. "Long Way Down to Tosche Station for power converters"

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Liam Neeson was bad ass as Qui-Gon Jinn too.

    The original story plan was to have Qui-Gon be the Count Dooku role, but they were going to make the "evil" aspects of the confederacy a little more ambiguous.

    But that would have been a complex and layered story... we couldn't have that.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Once you get Christopher Lee signed on, you know for sure that character ain't ambiguous. It's Christopher Lee.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Infiltrator seems like a good opposing role. They can also be stealth based, but more in a...bluffing kind of way. Like where a smuggler would sneak past a guard, the Infiltrator would do the opposite method and pretend to be a guard and bluff his way past. It would be a different twist on a similar game mechanic.

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  • RchanenRchanen Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

    Inquisitor?

    I know technically its an Empire thing, but still. Strikes the right tone.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Liam Neeson was bad ass as Qui-Gon Jinn too.

    The original story plan was to have Qui-Gon be the Count Dooku role, but they were going to make the "evil" aspects of the confederacy a little more ambiguous.

    But that would have been a complex and layered story... we couldn't have that.

    It would have been nice to learn more about why the trade federation was putting Naboo under blockade. It just seemed so goddamn random in the movie it's like 'ololol here's some blockade lets run with it' wtf.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sigh

    Oh well, shades of grey aren't exactly standard issue in Star Wars

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Rchanen wrote: »
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

    Inquisitor?

    I know technically its an Empire thing, but still. Strikes the right tone.

    ooh. Somewhat of a secret police type, checking up on the loyalty of his own side as much as trying to get intelligence on the Republic.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The Blockade of Naboo put the Senator from said planet in to the fore-front on the Senate.

    Aka, it gave Palpatine more attention on the galactic stage.

    And it was putting the foundations down with the corporate alliances and guilds in creating the confederacy. Also something about taxation on trade routes.

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  • DsmartDsmart Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Holy shit.

    My jedi name is ANGER ROD

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

    Oooo. A sneaky spy would be pretty sweet, actually.

    Put your weapon down and walk away!

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    Agent Cooper wrote: »
    And that is exactly what's wrong with... well, pretty much everything to do with Star Wars and Jedi.

    And, also, Jedi fanboys.
    Yeah, the only dudes worse than Jedi fanboys... are Drizzt Do'Urden fanboys. :lol:

    :winky:

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  • GungHoGungHo Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    GoodKingJayIII wrote: »
    I'll reserve judgment, but raiding and Star Wars just sounds weird.
    A raid into enemy territory to sabotage a capital ship or a base or to engage in espionage sounds pretty familiar. Now, if you mean doing it 100 times until the [Cassius Fett's Blaster Gauntlet of Doom] drops, then, yeah... that's weird.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

    Scoundrel

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  • CuntyCunty Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    so maybe my bounty hunter will be a woman named Bulette Steel

    bulette sounds feminine but is actually a crazy-ass landshark in DnD, and it is like, you know, bullet steel

    not terrible

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Cunty wrote: »
    so maybe my bounty hunter will be a woman named Bulette Steel

    bulette sounds feminine but is actually a crazy-ass landshark in DnD, and it is like, you know, bullet steel

    not terrible


    That's pretty awful.

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  • AkootAkoot Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I see "Scoundrel" as more of an archetype which the Smuggler class (and maybe the Sith version) fits into. I think something less vague like Spy/Infiltrator would fit better.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Akoot wrote: »
    I see "Scoundrel" as more of an archetype which the Smuggler class (and maybe the Sith version) fits into. I think something less vague like Spy/Infiltrator would fit better.

    Agreed. Everything so far has been a profession of some kind, whereas Scoundrel is more a lifestyle.

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Renzo wrote: »
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?

    Scoundrel

    Ehh, that sounds a bit too cutesy for a Sith class, don't you think? For some reason, I have an image in my head of Leia telling Han Solo he's a scoundrel, and Han Solo turning around, smiling, and saying something sarcastic and/or suggestive in response. Ya know?

    "Spy" doesn't have quite the "Sith" punch either - it's too contemporary, I think. "Infiltrator" better, but I think there's probably a better word.

    Maybe "Betrayer"? =/

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    jdarksun wrote: »
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    So we seem to be in agreement that "Assassin" makes a crappy analog to the Smuggler, as there's already a kill-for-money class Sith-side. So... Spy? Infiltrator?
    Nope, we disagree. Bounty Hunters and Assassins fill different roles.

    Could you explain how, exactly, they fill different roles? (Some examples from the books/films would be nice.)

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  • AkootAkoot Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Assassin/Infiltrator or whatever would probably be the only poison using class, where Bounty Hunters would prefer their explosives and blasters etc.

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  • Grid SystemGrid System Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Pirate or Raider

    What do smugglers do? They take things to people.

    What do pirates and raiders do? They take things from people.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    It seems odd that we've seen the Sith military forces in Timeline videos and in the comic and all, but that there didn't seem to even be a hint of a class equivalent. Bounty Hunters seem to be the equivalent of the Trooper (if there are equivalents between the two allegiances at all) but they're far separated from the war machine itself.

    I thought maybe they're keeping them as NPC grunts to be slaughtered by the dozen. But then the same should be true of the Republic forces, surely?

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  • InfidelInfidel Heretic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Jdarksun sums up exactly how I feel, Bounty Hunters are not assassins at all.

    Killing people doesn't make you an assassin, or guess what every class is going to be an assassin.

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