Hey guys, so I've been pondering the nature of Star Wars lately, mostly about how it's more of a Fantasy/Samurai story with a Sci-Fi skin (Darth Vader as Evil Magic Samurai).
That being said, has anyone made or had any characters (or even any character ideas for) in game be a fantasy type character? This may just be a case of just exclude mechanic or piloting classes, but I think there could be fantastical concepts behind the more tech centric characters.
Many people think Star Wars is more Science Fantasy than sci-fi. I am one of them.
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wizard. Tomorrow I want you to takethat R2 unit into Anchorhead andhave its memory flushed. That'll bethe end of it. It belongs to us now.
Back in the WEG days, one of the character templates was effectively a musketeer, complete with sword and flintlock pistol, and from a world that wasn't very advanced on the tech scale (no space travel, no FTL drives, no energy weapons).
Since there are stats for slugthrowers, you could probably very easily have a character that's from what would be deemed a "primitive" culture by Star Wars standards yet be fairly modern by our real world standards.
I don't think we've seen too many properly "primitive/feudal" weapons however, so having a PC that's kitted out like your typical D&D adventurer might require a wee bit of work on the GM's part to come up with stats for such, although I feel there's enough existing weapon analogues to make coming up with something that's good but still "low tech" shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
I've got 1 word for you: Beast Riders.
Many people think Star Wars is more Science Fantasy than sci-fi. I am one of them.
more like Pulp or Space Opera than SciFi.
I just think of the original trilogy as a standard Hero's Journey with a space opera skin over it. The galaxy is a large and old enough place that you can drop anything in and have it work out narratively. Just invent a "long lost colony" or new civilization on the edge of Wild Space. Do you want it to be "Spaghetti Western Planet" or "Pirate World"? We already have witches riding rancors, go wild!
Sufficient advanced technology = magic.
I've got 1 word for you: Beast Riders.
Oh yeah, I've been eyeing that as a possible leap to Paladin as Force Sensitive Beast Rider. And right now a droid cleric has been running around in my skull. Heals both organics and mechanics, because, why not pick up the Artifact domain. Shield and everything.
But anyone else have some cool ideas. Not really making a character, just a thought experiment.
Greetings!
Are you looking for something in particuar from a concrete story, book or videogames?
Take care mate!
