Massive thanks to FFG Forum member Peroxis for creating this for my first session of FFG's Star Wars RPG:

It's good, but isn't the writing at too much of an angle? I found it hard to read because it seemed at too steep an angle away from the PoV of the viewer

It'd be easier to read if it was tilted more upwards, and so doesn't start shrinking quite so quickly.

Maybe, but I think its great and considering one of us forum members made it for free, and that I don't have the sort of skills that Peroxis has, I think its awesome, and I cannot thank him enough for his efforts.

You need to add a comma after 'Haenat' in the third paragraph. Other than that, it's pretty good!

I also have a hard time following it, I think because of the angle and the lengths of the paragraphs.

In terms of style, I don't believe they would use the numeral "5", I believe they'd write out the word 'five'.

I also think the phrase "millions of civilians" sounds delightful because it rhymes, however it stands out because it rhymes. I'm not sure that was the intent.

Here is the style I use. Hat tip to OggDude:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16621012/crawl/session_13/crawl.html

Here is the style I use. Hat tip to OggDude:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16621012/crawl/session_13/crawl.html

Ok, what did you use to make that? There are two crawl creators in the resources thread, and neither one seems to work that well. The official Disney one is buggy for me, stuttering terribly on one of my PCs and randomly pausing on my laptop (it also doesn't allow saving, meaning I have to paste in the text on the site then have it "play"). The other one lacks the main title but does the crawl part ok.

Related note, how do people do the static crawl pages for printout?

Can you write out the words for us sight-challenged people who can't see videos. I don't mean to be a pain but I want to read it, too!

Can you write out the words for us sight-challenged people who can't see videos. I don't mean to be a pain but I want to read it, too!

Hopefully, I transcribed this correctly from the video, Haley. If I didn't, I'm sure someone will correct it

It's good! I don't know what program Peroxis used, but I would suggest he watch his Z coordinate. The issue that other people are pointing out is because the entire text block is moving away from the "camera" while it's also scrolling up at a slant. If he did it in AfterEffects, he probably accidentally set the Z axis to move as well as the Y axis. It's not a terrible problem, but it's noticeable.

I have a directory called 'crawl' in my Dropbox's "Public" folder. This makes it easy to link to it and anyone on the web can see it.

It's an HTML file and a couple of other files (music and star-field background). I edit the HTML to change the crawl.

Here's a ZIP of the files: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16621012/crawl/crawl.zip

All I change is the text of the crawl within the main crawl.html.

It's straight text so anything that can do text-to-speech on an HTML page might be able to work on it. I also put the text of the crawl into an Obsidian Portal page which is styled to be a flat crawl without movement or music:

https://explorers-on-the-edge.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/preview-the-unknown-arrival

See my sig for the stylesheets I use on Obsidian Portal to make the crawl. Hope this helps!

So, I just used the Crawl Creator on my iPad to do this in about five minutes, doing a cut-n-paste of the text you had posted. No audio yet. And I think the titles need more work.

But take a look at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79813707/SW-EotE/File%20Feb%2028%2C%207%2031%2034%20PM.mov

So, I just used the Crawl Creator on my iPad to do this in about five minutes, doing a cut-n-paste of the text you had posted. No audio yet. And I think the titles need more work.

But take a look at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79813707/SW-EotE/File%20Feb%2028%2C%207%2031%2034%20PM.mov

Audio is the hard part with Crawl Creator. Even after purchasing the opening theme to Star Wars, it still complained about the song selection.

Audio is the hard part with Crawl Creator. Even after purchasing the opening theme to Star Wars, it still complained about the song selection.

Yeah, I figured the easy way to solve this problem is to use the iMovie video editor to add your own audio track. Not a big deal, really.

You don’t get the nice pan down to a planet or whatever, but overall I think it’s actually a pretty decent choice, and I consider it to be $4.95 that was well-spent.

So my first game came to an end last night.

So how did it go?

The players LOVED it, to the point half of them are asking to play next weekend (while the other half can't due to work. What I will say is that the three players who are also in my Pathfinder game which is nearing the end, all said, "So, can you just tell us what was supposed to happen in Pathfinder and we'll just play this at the next session thanks".

Needless to say, it was the most fun I've had at a gaming table in a long while.

This is how the first part of the session went:

SCENE : Starfield.
The expanse of space. The camera pans down to a reddish-orange planet. The space around the planet is busy, with starship traffic darting around the planet’s atmosphere and surface. Suddenly, a YT-1000 freighter races towards the camera. Several TIE /ln fighters can be seen in the background, all travelling at break neck speed, each attempting to catch up with the fleeing freighter. Two of the TIE /ln fighters manage to close with the ship, and each fires their laser cannons across the ship’s surface.

CUT TO: Cockpit of a Starship
A young pilot is frantically punching formula into a navi-computer. A Twi-lek female in coveralls is sitting next to him, the look on her face clearly shows that she is just as concerned as her pilot. The cabin of the cockpit shudders, and several alarms start sounding on the controls. The young pilot turns to the Twi’lek.

(PC) L’zadarma D’bro : That’s the forward deflector down! If you’re going to do something Zax, this would be the time!
(PC) Zax Wettega : I don’t know how the hell we’re gonna get out of this one!

CUT -TO: Exterior of a Nightclub “Techno Lesion”
Location: Haenat
The scene is several hours earlier. A large droid stands across the road from the nightclub, its sensors scanning the area for threat; a heavy blaster rifle slung across its back. A young woman dressed in a cloak and a tall male wearing what could be considered to resemble an older style Clone Trooper armour approach the front door of the club. As the young woman enters, the armoured figure surveys the surrounding area, before also disappearing inside.

CUT -TO: Interior Nightclub
As the two enter, a suave man waves at them, and the two make their way to the booth where the he is seated. The young man introduces himself as Arcz Blakeney and confirms that the tall man is Nexus Tyrel , the one who contacted him. Discussions progress and Nexus Tyrel reveals that he and his ward are looking to get off world in a timely manner without any Imperial entanglements. Concerned, Arcz Blakeney asks what price did they have in mind. Nexus Tyrel explains that they have a small amount of cash, but would be able to access larger quantities of cash at the end of their journey. Arcz Blakeney seemed concerned but after further discussion, he explained he would need to discuss the matter with his associates. Arcz then nods towards the bar, in the direction of another young man and a Twi-lek female both of whom appear to be keeping a watchful eye on the table. Arcz makes his way towards the rest room, and the young man at the bar informs the Twi-lek that he would be a moment. The Twi’lek, wearing coveralls and looking a little out of place, waits patiently, keeping a close eye on the two at the table.

Two of the Bounty Hunters arrived discretely soon after this, and took up position at the bar. They spotted their quarry, and contacted their boss. Soon after, a speeder arrived outside with 4 minions and a rival bounty hunter. He told them "boys" to stay outside and wait for his signal, and the rival went inside to speak with his men who were positioned at the bar.

It ended with everyone pulling guns, the crowd going into panic mode (providing 2 set-back dice to firing), and the droid opening up with its heavy blaster rifle on the speeder with the rest of the Bounty Hunter crew contained therein. The first shot missed but with some serious advantage, the droid forced the bounty hunters to remain in the vehicle. In the second round, a critical almost took out the speeder, but with 28 damage in total, it completely wiped out the remain hunters.

Inside the battle went along the lines of the Performed shooting out a window and escorting the young Padawan out the window. The Twi'lek went to draw and fire, and realised that she didn't pack her blaster but had a spanner instead (thanks despair - which the player suggested mind you). This was later used as a thrown weapon against the rival. The Clone shot out the lights to add further confusion, and ended up in hand to hand combat with the hunter.

Of course during this, the smuggler got jostled around (critical) and managed to lose the keys to the speeder truck they had parked outside. The keys got kicked around (ala Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with the diamond). He then hit the deck, and spent the next round or so on the floor looking for them. The Twi'lek also hit the deck to avoid being shot at and started looking for the spanner she had thrown. She found the spanner, and when she asked "Can I see the keys? And where are they? Are they near the spanner?" I pointed to the Destiny Points and said, "They might be". Needless to say the point was spent.

Eventually all the bad guys were killed, and they escaped in the speeder truck. A Piloting check to avoid the authorities was successful, but with a couple of threats, a bystander had a comlink holo-cam which caught the registration of the speeder fleeing the scene.

Whilst leaving, the Padawan received the holo message from her contact. The information was parted, and the player asked, "So what do I owe you for your time?" The NPC Infomerchant, who ended up being a Toydarian (because I like doing their accent/voice) said, "Consider it that you ow me one". I then gave the player a 2 point Obligation. The Padawan thought about what she knew of the statue (the Golden Arcadium) and learned through 2 successes and two threat that the statue was a rare artifact that was powerful, and should she get close to it, she could be able to feel it through the force. This is not 100% correct (thanks threat) as the statue only has a strong force "pulse" when combined with 11 other statues of similar types (again a Temple of Doom rip off). The 12 statues actually activate a Temple of Kooroo, but that's further down the track in Season 3 A hack into the city's network provided a floorplan of the building they were to break into, and the group started their plans.

A further piloting check resulted in a traffic stop (one threat) as their actions avoided the speeder chase completely. With possibly the best combined deception check I have ever seen in a role playing game, they avoided the officer and went on their way. They decided on a plan and made their way back to the ship. En route to the ship however, they got caught in a security checkpoint and with some great role playing, and a bit of "hand waving" from the Padawan, they managed to make their way through without incident. This system yet again proves that great moments need not be combat.

Once at the ship, it was decided that the plan was that the Performer would act as an Imperial ISB Agent (they rolled to see what they knew about the ISB - very little), the Padawan would act as his "Cultural Advisor", and the Clone would be his personal bodyguard. The plan was that they would go through the front door and act as the ones there to collect the Statue. Great plan but its got its problems

Anyway, as part of the plan, the Clone asked the mechanic to make his armour more like that of a regular stormtrooper. This presented the biggest challenge to me GMing this system - no successes, a threat and 2 Triumphs. That hurt my brain, as the player and the majority of the table couldn't come up with anything appropriate - the attempt failed, provided a ground breaking event, but had a catch.

One of the players suggested that although it looked similar to a regular stormtrooper, to any Imperials observant enough, they would need to make a Perception check with a double upgrade to see that it was not real. I went with that, as it was the players showing the initiate. A gave her a point of Strain, because she was trying her hardest but had nothing more than a crappy image of a stormtrooper of the interwebs. Lets call it a good cosplay costume - lol.

The Performer got out an old costume of an Imperial Uniform (Destiny Point) and made it up to look like an ISB Agent. Needless to say: No successes and a threat. That will come back to bite him later.

We stopped the session there.

Everyone had a ball, and I had a ball running it. Can't wait for the next session...

BTW, if you want to do your own Star Wars crawl, there are some tutorials on YouTube you can watch. I found these two right away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grUBu1qomBU

They don’t cover everything you would need, but they give you a good start, and it shouldn’t be hard to add the rest.

Can you write out the words for us sight-challenged people who can't see videos. I don't mean to be a pain but I want to read it, too!

Hopefully, I transcribed this correctly from the video, Haley. If I didn't, I'm sure someone will correct it

A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

STAR WARS (big text, shrinking into the distance)

Episode 1

The Golden Arcadium

Dark times have befallen the galaxy. Five years have passed since the Galactic Empire replaced the Republic. Thousands of Jedi have been murdered and millions of civilians have been forced to flee into the Ourter Rim.

In the wake of these events, disreputable merchants and smugglers scramble to take advantage of the situation, while confusion and desperation has created a haven for the galaxy's underworld.

Meanwhile, on the industrial planet of Haenat, a former Clone Trooper and his ward have come out of hiding, seeking assistance to leave the system. Little do they know that others have also discovered their call for help...

Thank you! Sounds perfect to me. Short, sets a scene rather than tries to be one, gets me ready to not be ready for what xomes next.

Yeah I was just trying to see if I could do without looking up too much.

But I did look up the font.

I did do it in after effects and yeah I did move it by Y and Z. Perhaps I should have only adjusted scale?

But i did just lay it over the top of the original titles and match the angle/size/etc.

I dont want to stress over it too much, i have a lot more preparation have to worry about for rpging

Apparently an application has gotten updated to include a crawl creator, heheh.

http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/03/fxhome-announces-hitfilm-3-pro/

What's really neat is a photo at the bottom of the article where you can see one of the original crawls being filmed.

I think the main thing that makes it harder to read when i compare it to the original's is I need bigger text with more spacing between words.
I will come back to all of this sometime and like update my stars image in the background, and consider finding a cooler planet (feel free to find me any non-earth pictures).

I dont want to meta game this title sequence too much though.

Has anyone ever managed to find a good physical version of Sabacc? Ill make a new thread for this