2 hours ago, Bellona said:

Mireska will try a third time for the improvement to the Portable Plasma Shield's ranged defence - this time with the help of Tinari as per his very kind offer.

(I've already made the dice roll on orokos, but I'll wait until Tinari's re-build has been sorted out before posting anything, in case of changes.)

Mechanics 3, Intelligence 3, FR 3 with any LS points convertible. With that dreaded Mandalorian heresy already part of his backstory he doesn't need conflict and a talking to from Yoda. LoL.

At the least he can give you a boost from an assist.

I helped @Von3679 create a character, linked to oggdude pdf is in on the first page of the ooc thread in what was one of the placeholder posts, still waiting on the detailed side story but it will involve having emotional attachment to a love interest (Padme Amidalal

1 hour ago, vandarl said:

OK, the character sheet should be fixed now. It should be better now, back to FR3.

https://www.mediafire.com/#tn0neadq7fphp

rolls for modding the shield

Modding plasma shield +deflection 1 : 3eP+3eD+3eF 1 success, 4 threat, 4 Dark Side

Modding plasma shield +deflection 2 : 3eP+4eD+3eF 1 success, 1 advantage, 2 Light Side, 2 Dark Side

Modding plasma shield +deflection 2 : 3eP+5eD+3eF 1 threat, 4 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

The link to the character sheet isn't working for me, it's taking me to my account (seems like default behavior for a bad urll

Hmmm, OK, Lets try again.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gfmk8eqh2jeecso/TinariWen.pdf/file

4 hours ago, vandarl said:

Mechanics 3, Intelligence 3, FR 3 with any LS points convertible. With that dreaded Mandalorian heresy already part of his backstory he doesn't need conflict and a talking to from Yoda. LoL.

At the least he can give you a boost from an assist.

I figure that with Tinari officially doing the skill check (Intellect 3, Mechanics 3, FR 3) and Mireska giving skilled assistance (Intellect 4, Mechanics 2), we can get the dice pool to look like YYYGWWW vs. PPPPP when installing that last chance RD +1 mod on the PPS.

... drumroll, please ...

And we have a winner!

+1 Ranged Defence mod on Port.Pl.Sh. (last chance) (correct pool) : 3eP+1eA+3eF+5eD 1 success, 1 threat, 1 Triumph, 3 Light Side, 1 Dark Side

With the 3 LS pips that result becomes 3 Successes, 1 Triumph (not that Advantages, Threats, or Triumphs do anything in this case).

@vandarl Mireska is extremely thankful for Tinari's expert help (particularly seeing as he did all the heavy lifting). She invites him over the next afternoon for some of her treasured tea - guaranteed to be better than Yoda's preferred swamp water - and conversation. She is concerned about the events surrounding Geonosis, clones, and the war in general.

Mireska will probably also ask for Tinari's help with the final mod (third) on her Armour Insert.

... Not a success. At least it wasn't as critical a mod as the PPS one.

Armour Inserts mod (incr. diff. to notice armour) : 3eP+1eA+3eF+5eD 2 failures, 6 advantage, 3 Dark Side

Also, welcome to @Von3679 !

If several months have passed between Geonosis and Christophsis, then Mireska has had the chance to dig a bit into the clones' creation. Her starting interest would be simply medical/scientific data from Kamino, and finding out "what kind of nutjob made the order originally".

As she also has some concerns about their legal status and rights, she would like to find out who in the Senate supported the GAR legislation (and who is against it). Mireska will probably need some help to untangle the more political aspects - is there anyone in the group who knows more about stuff like that? What sort of skill would be useful - Education, Core Worlds?

1 darkside point!

http://orokos.com/roll/753203

6 hours ago, Bellona said:

If several months have passed between Geonosis and Christophsis, then Mireska has had the chance to dig a bit into the clones' creation. Her starting interest would be simply medical/scientific data from Kamino, and finding out "what kind of nutjob made the order originally".

As she also has some concerns about their legal status and rights, she would like to find out who in the Senate supported the GAR legislation (and who is against it). Mireska will probably need some help to untangle the more political aspects - is there anyone in the group who knows more about stuff like that? What sort of skill would be useful - Education, Core Worlds?

Well, politics is a complicated subject. For the straightforward what happened when, I would say Education. In BBY 297 there was a series of initiatives dealing with public works resulting in the renovation of Level 1313.

The specifics of a particular planet might be Core Worlds or Education, Alderon voted to support the public works, Education. Alderaan, which has a long history of charity and a culture that supports giving and group harmony voted to support the public works, Core Worlds.

The Hutt cartel had strong ties in the construction, waste removal and treatment, as well as the shipping industries. They put pressure on senators from 15 different worlds to support the public works expecting to skim the profits, Underworld. Unfortunately the Pike Clan felt that improving conditions on level 1313 would reduce their drug sales and opposed it resulting in several skirmishes with the Huttls lasting for the next 13 years.

Like most things in life it is complicated and it depends on what you are trying to find out or focus on. That is why Tinari has some training in most of the knowledge skills, though Mireska is smarter. Eventually he will be bosting all those skills. "I know things and am as one with the Force. Its what I do."

At least that is how I see it, the Boss might say differently.

8 hours ago, Bellona said:

@vandarl Mireska is extremely thankful for Tinari's expert help (particularly seeing as he did all the heavy lifting). She invites him over the next afternoon for some of her treasured tea - guaranteed to be better than Yoda's preferred swamp water - and conversation. She is concerned about the events surrounding Geonosis, clones, and the war in general.

Tinari will gladly accept the invitation. During the time span between the Battles he planned on chatting with all the survivors anyway, including the cloned on the LAATs that saved us.

He is quite interested in uncovering what went wrong, why and how. 200+ Jedi is a force not seen in millenia on the battlefield, and we were swamped and out of control in almost no time. It is only some quick thinking on the part of a few jedi that allowed for any survival, and that worries Tinari. Especially now that they are expected to General in the GAR. The clones view on what happened will be of particular interest.

The origins of the clones, their training and status he sees as an interesting mystery as well, but perhaps a bit more long term than the 'Holy Crap! How did we survive that?" aspect of the Arena.

If anyone wants to easily see how the first battle of christophsis played out the title os the scroll is a link to the wookieepedia article (and I'm delta-ing away from the cannon) in fact the scroll was a cut and paste from wookieepedia with Kenobi and Skywalker and commander cody's name removed and the party members names inserted.

@Von3679 no one has objected to having Ahsoka be a party members padawan but no one gas said they wanted her as their own padawan. Ahsoka was introduced at christophsis in cannon and she's currently up for grabs as a padawan if you want her. And with Padme as a future love interest and the fr 5 while being reasonably good with a saber... you're starting to resemble the cannon Anakin Skywalker.

2 hours ago, vandarl said:

Well, politics is a complicated subject. For the straightforward what happened when, I would say Education. In BBY 297 there was a series of initiatives dealing with public works resulting in the renovation of Level 1313.

The specifics of a particular planet might be Core Worlds or Education, Alderon voted to support the public works, Education. Alderaan, which has a long history of charity and a culture that supports giving and group harmony voted to support the public works, Core Worlds.

The Hutt cartel had strong ties in the construction, waste removal and treatment, as well as the shipping industries. They put pressure on senators from 15 different worlds to support the public works expecting to skim the profits, Underworld. Unfortunately the Pike Clan felt that improving conditions on level 1313 would reduce their drug sales and opposed it resulting in several skirmishes with the Huttls lasting for the next 13 years.

Like most things in life it is complicated and it depends on what you are trying to find out or focus on. That is why Tinari has some training in most of the knowledge skills, though Mireska is smarter. Eventually he will be bosting all those skills. "I know things and am as one with the Force. Its what I do."

At least that is how I see it, the Boss might say differently.

You hit the nail on the head

12 hours ago, vandarl said:

Hmmm, OK, Lets try again.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gfmk8eqh2jeecso/TinariWen.pdf/file

Build gets my approval.

19 hours ago, vandarl said:

Tinari will gladly accept the invitation. During the time span between the Battles he planned on chatting with all the survivors anyway, including the cloned on the LAATs that saved us.

He is quite interested in uncovering what went wrong, why and how. 200+ Jedi is a force not seen in millenia on the battlefield, and we were swamped and out of control in almost no time. It is only some quick thinking on the part of a few jedi that allowed for any survival, and that worries Tinari. Especially now that they are expected to General in the GAR. The clones view on what happened will be of particular interest.

The origins of the clones, their training and status he sees as an interesting mystery as well, but perhaps a bit more long term than the 'Holy Crap! How did we survive that?" aspect of the Arena.

With regard to Geonosis ...

Not surprisingly, we weren't cooperating as well as we could. Also, as our GM pointed out, things like the Reflect/Circle of Shelter/Guardian of the Republic combination (available on the Knight tree) are gold when one's allies and one's self are being shot at by multiple energy weapons. It might help if we work in pairs (or more) where at least one of the them uses the Reflect/Circle of Shelter combo.

It will be interesting to see the re-builds, and seeing who has the Reflect/Circle of Shelter/Guardian of the Republic combo.

Mireska is not an ideal character for this war. (I wanted to experiment with a Jedi Healer, and had to throw a lot of xp into that in order to be effective.) At least if she sticks close to someone with Reflect/Circle of Shelter, then she can keep pumping Wounds/Strain back into her Reflect buddy instead of having him/her waste a manoeuvre on using a stimpack.*

... "Reflect buddy" ... have I just invented a new term? ... And that's not taking the clone squads into consideration either. Personally, I don't think that Mireska will be too happy to let a clone squad take the hits (it goes against her grain, to say the least), but until she gets access to the Knight tree she'll have to find a solution that satisfies her ethics. For example, if she and her clones can be protected, then she can deliver healing and they can shoot - and with Christophsis the clones get the DC-15a, which has Autofire (in exchange for a shorter range and one less damage).

*Although it should be noted that each use of the Heal power to heal wounds still counts towards the 5-stimpack daily limit. And the first aid application of Medicine can be used only once per encounter - which sounds like once per battle unless it's really long and drawn out.

E.T.A.: Thinking back on this post after I wrote it made me decide to to drop Sage for the moment and go back to Knight. So, super-healer is still some xp away, but at least she can protect others under fire.

(Also, if there's one thing for which I'm developing a real antipathy towards in this system, it's the ever-increasing cost for opening new specializations. Now I understand why our tabletop GM instituted a simple flat cost after the first three specializations [and the first three were free].)

Minion groups and healing - how does that work?

For that matter, is it any different with squads?

Any allied group near Mireska might need to know which fallen members are dead and which are only unconscious and therefore revivable. (And once a session, even dead is not insurmountable if it's recent enough and Mireska gets enough Force pips.)

And now, having just preached about the virtues of the Reflect/Circle of Shelter combo, I'm wondering if Mireska should ditch some unused Force powers, accept only FR 4 for now (instead of FR 5), and drop Sage in favour of Knight. Indecision rules! >_<

7 hours ago, EliasWindrider said:

@Von3679 no one has objected to having Ahsoka be a party members padawan but no one gas said they wanted her as their own padawan. Ahsoka was introduced at christophsis in cannon and she's currently up for grabs as a padawan if you want her. And with Padme as a future love interest and the fr 5 while being reasonably good with a saber... you're starting to resemble the cannon Anakin Skywalker.

Lol. Sure, if no one else is there to do so.

how do i join in the ic? XD storywise.

35 minutes ago, Von3679 said:

Lol. Sure, if no one else is there to do so.

how do i join in the ic? XD storywise.

Read the most recent post in the ic thread

@AnomalousAuthor @Demon4x4 @RandiQuade @Von3679 please roll 1eF on orokos.com for the destiny pool.

@RandiQuade please roll 1d10 for morality post it in the misc thread and work with @Bellona to update your character sheet, then post the link in your first page of ooc thread

@Von3679 please work on your campaign spanning character growth side story.

@Von3679 if you make at least one post in the ic (in character) thread in the Monday to Sunday week you get 5xp on Monday. The Ic thread is for in character posts. The ooc (out of character) thread is for planning what's about to happen, discussing what's just happened. I shouldn't have to say this but past experience says I need to. If you want to roleplay interpersonal conflict with another PC in character, you have to get that player's permission/buy in FIRST. the default assumption is that the PCs are friends or at least have a good working relationship. If what you are about to post has the potential to be controversial or offensive another player or me, stop and talk it out in the ooc thread before posting it. The misc thread is for everything that is not in character and not discussing/planning what just happened or is about to happen.

Keep an eye on the initial post in the ooc thread, I use it to track hit points, wounds, strain, conflict, whose turn it is.... you might want to keep a browser tab open to that page. On my phone I keep a browser page open to the most current page of the ic thread, another to the most current page of the misc thread, another to the most recent page of the ooc thread, and another open to the first post on the first page of the ooc thread. I almost daily check all of them. If you don't want to do that I recommend subscribing to the 3 threads to get notifications when they're posted to, honestly I don't want that many emails so I just check the three threads daily.

You have a character bio/story post (maintained by me, it planned ahead and reserved some place holders just for this), it's supposed to have your back story/side story/running story (summary of important to your character events that happened in game) the idea is that the first page of the ooc thread contains EVERYTHING I need to know to run the game and tell an engaging story that weaves the PCs personal stories together as context for the clone wars. Since I'm maintaining your character bio post on the first page, I'll want you to give me a ready to copy and paste write up once a week or once every two weeks. When you get xp you can save it, spend it immediately, or until the end of christophsis save it until just before you make a roll that you want to boost (so you can fine toon your character in response to the campaign because you haven't had the opportunity to grow the character organically from zero earned xp in response to how I've gm'd the game). That burn in period ends at the end of the battle of christophsis, although I might allow a limited rebuild at the end of christophsis.

On 9/1/2019 at 4:58 PM, EliasWindrider said:

@AnomalousAuthor @Demon4x4 @RandiQuade @Von3679 please roll 1eF on orokos.com for the destiny pool.

@RandiQuade please roll 1d10 for morality post it in the misc thread and work with @Bellona to update your character sheet, then post the link in your first page of ooc thread

@Von3679 please work on your campaign spanning character growth side story.

Destiny : 1eF 1 Light Side

@Demon4x4 @RandiQuade please roll 1eF for destiny pool?

Everyone gets 5 xp today if they didn't already add it.

@AnomalousAuthor

@Bellona

@MrTInce

@vandarl

Get 5 xp today, you can spend it or save it (including spending it just before you make a roll during the battle of christophsis)

Sorry @Von3679 no xp for you this week. The equipment I'd recommend is a dc17 hand blasterblaster ascension gun attachment, and a breath mask/respirator to hide the fact that you can survive without air. Maybe some explosives (I'll defer to @Bellona to make a recommendation on the sabotage gear for you).