Hello
I recently started a game using FaD beta and EotE.
While thinking about how to have special battles involving inquisitors with lightsabers, i had a couple ideas.
I don't know if they are viable or might cause problems so im asking for your help.
First, the basics: my campaign will involve a few rare times where inquisitors are involved. I want those moments to be special and interesting, and i read on the forums that lightsaber duels often end in a single hit. I absolutely dont want that. I want long-winded duels and fights that go on different stages and locations before someone dies or flees.
Here's my idea:
Before this special battle, as the inquisitor shows up, all destiny points are turned to the dark side. (Yeah, he's that awesome). Also, the GM cannot use those destiny points.
Characters cannot deal significant damage to the inquisitor while the dark side holds. No wounds can be applied, no criticals, no stun damage, enemy cannot be reduced below 1 strain.
Instead, each success the characters score against the boss-inquisitor, only counting those made using lightsabers or heavy ordnance (or clever ideas) can flip a dark side destiny point to a light side one, with a triumph removing two dark side destiny, and a despair generating a new one. Also, change of scenes should happen every couple "flips".
This point can be used once by players as normal, but are not flipped back to dark, just removed from the current encounter pool.
When all dark side destiny points are converted, then normal combat rules resume and the final blows can be exchanged.
Can something like this work? Any glaring problems you can see? Is this not fun?