Star Wars: Renegades [Learn to Play Star Wars RPG] [Action | Exploration | Adventure]

About the adventure

It is a time of Galactic Turmoil as the Evil Galactic Empire tightens its grip on the outlying systems of the Outer Rim. Sporadic acts of sedition cause Imperial Forces to crack down brutally on all dissent. Meanwhile, the Imperial Survey Service expands its probes into Unknown Space, and are requisitioning all available forced labor to excavate promising dig sites. Criminals from all over the Galaxy are being sentenced to decades of Hard Labor, loaded on Prisoner Transports, and launched into deep space to assist the excavations run by the ISS. Aboard the Imperial Prison Ship Embryss, you and your fellow Renegades are being shipped off to the Unknown Regions. What the Empire does not know is that you and your compatriots are a Rebel Cell infiltrating this site, hoping to discover what the Imperials are looking for out there and perhaps take it for yourselves . . . [This game is being run using the Star Wars RPG System first published by Fantasy Flight and continued by Edge Studios. The Game is based on Edge of the Empire Setting, but Characters can be built using Careers from Age of Rebellion and Force and Destiny with the Game Master's Permission. Experience with the system is not required - the Game Master is happy to teach as we go along. All you need to do is bring your courage, your love for adventure, and a little bit of luck - the Game Master will bring the rest.]

Additional Details

How to prepare

Players should message the Game Master either here or via Discord (renaissnceman) to get a Pre-Game Survey. Please fill this out and return it prior to Session 0 This game is being run over the Internet, so some form of Microphone/Speaker setup to send and receive voice communication is necessary. I love it when my players are willing to be 'On Camera' with me, as I like seeing my player's smiling faces. I am looking into Virtual Table Tops to run this specifically, and one called Questline appears promising and may have the ability to roll the unique dice necessary for this game. This would save players having to purchase the unique dice that this game uses, though there are conversion charts available for standard D6s, D8s, and D12s should players wish to roll their own dice. If players happen to possess a copy of Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, or Force and Destiny, reading the chapters on the system and rules is helpful. If not, the GM will teach as we go along, and we will practice the system together.

What I provide

I will bring the love of Star Wars that I have had for my whole life, and half a lifetime of experience behind the Screen as a Game Master. I have an especial love for the Jedi Knights and their Sith Opposites, and am perfectly willing to set players on the path to becoming Jedi themselves, as it is one many of my own characters have started down as well. I have a deep and abiding love of this setting, and I believe the Fantasy Flight System is one of the best systems to use to experience it, and I have played it almost as long as it has been in print. I look forward to taking your characters on a wild adventure through the Outer Rim territories, and hopefully you'll do a little good out there while having a blast fighting the Empire.

Gameplay details

Despite that rather extensive list of content warnings, it is my intent to give this game a lighter tone, more consistent with a PG to PG-13 experience, akin to past and current Star Wars TV shows. Inspirations for this adventure include Solo, Rogue One, and the Clone Wars & Rebels TV Shows, to give you some idea. The PCs will begin as prisoners of the Empire, but will likely shortly free themselves and escape into a Galaxy where the Empire is at its height. The Battle of Yavin is years away and Renegades like yourselves must look out for your own, and stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves. I use Pre-Game Surveys to get to know my players and to gather Lines and Veils, which will be discussed as a Group during Session 0. I plan Breaks during game, I allow an Open Door, and please, use the X, N, and O cards. and Remind me to do Stars and Wishes.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Breaks
Lines and Veils
Open Door
Session 0
Stars and Wishes
X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

The Players and GM will work together to create the Characters using the rules in Edge of the Empire (Though Careers from Age of Rebellion and Force and Destiny will be available) during Session 0. The GM has access to just about every book in the line, many options will be available. All PCs should have an ongoing source of Obligation to an individual or organization that would be considered 'shady' at the very least. This will be discussed at Session 0. Also, every PC will also have had a run-in with Imperial Authorities that resulted in them being captured, tried, and sentenced to hard labor, as this is how you came to be on the Prisoner Transport at the beginning of the game. For those wishing to be Force Sensitive, an understanding of how you survived the Jedi Purge during Order 66 (just 14 years ago) is also required. Force Sensitive Careers and Specializations are allowed, but no Lightsaber Skill Ranks, Forms, or Kyber Crystals will be available at start, as such things must be quested for in Game.

Players can expect

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