It's Not My Fault!

Han flips a few switches, pulls the lever towards him, and... we hear a sound like a failed starter motor revving down.

First, Charlie was out of town in Austin with family and friends.  Then Matt's wife went out of town, leaving him to care for the kids.  It was down to me and Sean, with Kev dialing in from the holonet.  Then at the last minute, Sean had a work emergency.  I turned on Skype that evening just in case, but apparently sensing the way the wind was blowing, Kev didn't sign on.

The 30th of June and the 7th of July should be our next two sessions, assuming we can get the hyperdrive fixed.

Character Dossiers

Last night we laid down some ground rules for the game:

• Unaligned.  No pure Jedi.  No pure Sith.
• Unaffiliated.  We're between all of the major factions.
• Max hit points at each level.
• Max starting funds.
• Starting equipment is not subject to restrictions, licenses, or black market pricing.

We spent most of the night trying to figure out what kinds of characters to play, and then starting the process of fleshing them out.  So far we've got:

• Matt - Duros Scoundrel, possibly our pilot
• Charlie - Masterless Human Jedi
• Kevin - Twi'lek Scoundrel, slicer and security specialist
• Sean - Chiss Noble, skilled in everything, with lots of money
• Mike - Human Scout, ex-Imperial recon

It looks like Charlie is going to run our introductory adventure, but we need to supply him with our NPCs so that adventure hooks can be based on them.

I also brought a really large piece of styrofoam from a printer we just bought at work, and it looks like a rooftop designed specifically for Star Wars use.  I know.  Terribly exciting.

Jump to Lightspeed

Star Wars!

We're wrapping up a year and a half of D&D 4th edition.  It's a good time to make the jump to lightspeed.  I think we all like 4e just fine, but a change of pace seems like a good idea.

I received a copy of the Legacy Era sourcebook from a giveaway on NewbieDM's website, which is influencing the direction of this campaign.  The events in this time period take place about 130 years after the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of the first Death Star.  Here's a synopsis of the intervening years:

• 5 - 19 ABY (after the battle of yavin) - The New Republic is born, and fights a series of skirmishes and wars with the remnants of the Empire.  The New Republic eventually wins.
• 25-29 ABY - The Yuuzhan Vong nearly conquer the galaxy in just a few years with their biotechnology, but are stopped by the discovery of their living homeworld.  The remaining Vong are hated and feared, but remain in pockets throughout the galaxy.
• 28 ABY - The New Republic is disbanded during the Vong War, and the Galactic Alliance takes its place.
• 40-43 ABY - The Galactic Alliance is secretly manipulated by the Sith into fighting the Second Galactic Civil War against the Corellian Confederacy.  The Alliance reunites with the Confederacy, but Luke Skywalker and the Jedi Order separate from galactic politics.
• 43-127 ABY - The remnant of the Empire grows strong again with the influence of Imperial Knights, light-side force users in the vein of the Jedi, but who give their allegiance to the new Emperor, Jagged Fel, and his descendants.  The Sith are reborn during this time, and abandon the Rule of Two, growing their numbers.
• 127-130 ABY - The Sith take control of the Empire as a result of the Sith-Imperial War.  Darth Krayt becomes the new Emperor and rules openly as a Sith Lord.  Emperor Roan Fel goes into exile with many of his forces, and the Galactic Alliance remains only as a roaming fleet opposed to both Empires.

 There is a three-way war in progress : Sith Empire vs Empire in exile vs Alliance, and the Sith are definitely in the stronger position.  Good times for roleplaying!