Mercy grenades and their surprising contributions to party unity

By Darth Ferrum, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

So, we've learned to gas each other with these grenades when an encounter threatens party unity. Here's how our party learned this. One player killed someone from my character's backstory. He had motivation to do this, so it wasn't unfair. Playing true to my character's bad temper (which the GM reminded me of), I flew into a blind rage. We made the other party members promise to love whoever won. Turns out it was unnecessary. The party member managed to strain my character out, then he proceeded to apply several of the Mercy Grenades from Desperate Allies to me after learning about their memory impairing functions.

I failed the check and woke up believing that we didn't learn the identity of the NPC until after the encounter. I also don't remember the fight. And thus party unity was preserved! Even if that unity is now founded on a lie. Probably one of the funniest sessions any of us have ever been to.

See this is why I don't get to GM happy, hopeful games - my first though was, "best scribble down a note: dark side FS nemesis revives these memories during dramatic final conflict".

Amen, Orange! The first thing I thought was "How can I get that Neuralizer Grenade to wear off and what is the worst possible time to do so. . . .?"

See this is why I don't get to GM happy, hopeful games - my first though was, "best scribble down a note: dark side FS nemesis revives these memories during dramatic final conflict".

Yep! Time for some epic Bourne Identity memory re-emergence.

"Remember Everything. Forgive Nothing."

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I just want a despair to come up when altering memories so they forget everything except the blind rage.

I just want a despair to come up when altering memories so they forget everything except the blind rage.

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(subtitle: raising a glass to an utterly brilliant idea!)

Sounds like an excellent way to get B.A. onto the plane as well, nicely done!

See this is why I don't get to GM happy, hopeful games - my first though was, "best scribble down a note: dark side FS nemesis revives these memories during dramatic final conflict".

That vaguely brings back memories of Spiderman 3...

See this is why I don't get to GM happy, hopeful games - my first though was, "best scribble down a note: dark side FS nemesis revives these memories during dramatic final conflict".

That vaguely brings back memories of Spiderman 3...

Aww, man! I'm genuinely sorry, I really didn't mean to do that. Any way I can make it up to you?

How about I remind you of Labyrinth? Everyone loves Labyrinth, right?

See this is why I don't get to GM happy, hopeful games - my first though was, "best scribble down a note: dark side FS nemesis revives these memories during dramatic final conflict".

That vaguely brings back memories of Spiderman 3...

Aww, man! I'm genuinely sorry, I really didn't mean to do that. Any way I can make it up to you?

How about I remind you of Labyrinth? Everyone loves Labyrinth, right?

In college, I was the assistant manager of a Blockbuster. We had to put movies on, but they had to be PG or G rated. I found out we had Labyrinth and Princess Bride, so I'd get to work and put in one of those, and leave it on a loop all day.

I mean, all day. Worked from open to close three days a week. People. Hated. Me. But those movies are **** good.

I just want a despair to come up when altering memories so they forget everything except the blind rage.

Funny thing is, I did roll despair on one of those checks. The GM just smiled and said "well that'll come up later." How he will do that is cause for some concern.

In the words of Wheatley: "you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage."

I just want a despair to come up when altering memories so they forget everything except the blind rage.

Funny thing is, I did roll despair on one of those checks. The GM just smiled and said "well that'll come up later." How he will do that is cause for some concern.

In the words of Wheatley: "you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage."

Great, now the plot is gonna end with "It was all a dream."