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#211813
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Vaguely Star Wars related...
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You really should check out the newest incarnation of the Storyteller system, presented in the World of Darkness Rulebook.

They've streamlined the combat system quite a bit. You have a Defense trait that is automatically subtracted from incoming attacks (not firearm/ranged attacks though, but I've changed this for Star Was to make it better fit the setting). So that’s one less roll you need to make per attack, and if you actually choose to dodge, you simply double your defense trait for that turn as an action.

Some have complained that the new system makes combat "too boring". But I've always been of the opinion that if you're letting the numbers on the dice define the flavor of the combat, then you're playing the wrong game in the first place. (I can even point you in the direction of an excellent post on the White Wolf forums where a guy gives a great play by play of a typical combat scenario, in which he sat down and actually rolled the dice, making it all up as he goes along. It’s quite a good read for prospective Storytellers.)
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#211789
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Superman Movie
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Basically, what you're saying is that when you see Superman you wanna see Superman... not Superboy.

I understand completely, and I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe I've just been spoiled by growing up watching Christopher Reeves, (who was an awesome Supes even in the bad ones), but that new guy just ain't hacking it for me.
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#211787
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Vaguely Star Wars related...
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Heh, I was planning on doing the same thing until I realized that on every month's poster, there's a little mini picture that overlaps it a bit. *bleh* I guess they knew someone would do that otherwise.

Anyway, a little background on the RPG: It is based on the Storyteller system from White Wolf Games. I've always liked that system because I felt it better lent itself to the fast-paced, story driven action of Star Wars. Basically, the entire rules system focused more on getting things done and moving on with the story then adding together a million different modifiers just to see if you can tie your shoes. The changes made in the newest incarnation of the Storyteller system make the whole thing even better.

Couple this with the fact that the World of Darkness Rulebook is where you find all the basic rules, and the other settings (Vampire, Werewolf, etc.) just build off of that and define their own systems where needed. So what I’m doing is writing this game based on the same idea, and you’ll need the World of Darkness Rulebook to play, while what I’m writing defines a few changes to the system where applicable and gives all the background information for the setting. If you’re familiar with the World of Darkness setting, don’t worry about the angst factor… I’ve stripped that out for the Star Wars conversion. It’s just the mechanics that I think are elegant... not the Morality system.

Making sense? Of course it isn’t. Look at it kind of like the way D&D runs their settings: you buy the Players Guide and the Dungeon Master’s Guide (or whatever the hell they call them now), so you’ll know how to play the game. Anything else, take Forgotten Realms for example, just defines the setting in detail, since the rules themselves have already been covered.

I’m doing this because, quite frankly, the D20 system that the current incarnation of the Star Wars RPG uses is clunky and involves more rules then I think Star Wars ever needed.

Oh, crap... you asked how far along I am, didn’t you… um… well, the rules for the game are damn near completed as of now. I even have a character sheet designed and ready, so in about another week the game should technically be playable, though a little sparse on setting details (meaning you’ll have to wing it for things like adversaries and a lot of ship stats and what have you).
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#211779
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Vaguely Star Wars related...
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Hey folks, wanna help me with something? Really? Great, thanks!

I'm looking for this font:

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/992/may6nb.jpg

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4315/feb3us.jpg

Those are from the Star Wars 2006 Poster Calendar, and I'm wanting to use the font in a Star Wars RPG I'm currently working on. So if any of you typography-minded types are seeing this, and can point me in the general direction of this font's indentity and/or location, that'd be just super.

To keep this all slightly more on-topic for the forum, if anyone is interested in Star Wars role-playing type activities just lemme know, and I'll see about getting a copy to you when a workable PDF is finished. I'm aiming at September 12th for the final release date, but I'll need some playtesting and what have you before then.

But yeah, I'm mostly hoping that anyone who might know where this font is can give me a hand in this endeavor.
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#211172
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The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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Pfft... easy peasy...

Sid Haig
<The Devil's Rejects>
William Forsythe
<Raising Arizona>
Nicholas Cage
<Con Air>
Steve Buscemi
<Pulp Fiction (as Buddy Holly, of all people...)>
Samuel L Jackson

Hell... let's do Steven Tyler, just for shits 'n' giggles, even though it can be done in like 2 steps...

(Oh yeah, Devilman-1369... tell him 'hello' for my wife and I while you're at it! We're big Sid Haig fans. )
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#210939
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Should Lucus make 4,5 and 6 over?
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
I don't care for Yoda with a lightsaber. Besides being the mentor, he was also the most mystical of the Jedi. He thought of his body (well, Luke's body) as "crude matter," did not believe that size made any difference to the Force, he used the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. He should not have engaged in a lightsaber duel. He should not have engaged in a throwing things duel, either. That's simply a lightsaber duel with a different weapon. Yoda should've fought with his voice, with persuasion, with illusion, even through manipulation of space and time. In my interpretation, Yoda would not have concerned himself with the material plane at all.

Palpatine, on the other hand, had none of Yoda's transcendental conceits. He was all about power; acquiring it, brandishing it, and wielding it against his enemies. For that reason, I have no problem with him whipping out a lightsaber and going to town with it. What did disappoint me, however, is how easily he fell into the Jedi pattern of ritualistic dueling. I would've expected a Sith to get right to business without the repartee. Especially after Maul.


I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying here. If Yoda didn't do anything physical at all to win the battle... how would he have won? Palps needed to be stopped. Without lightsabers or the occasional stray Senate hover-thingy, how would he have accomplished this? Harsh language?


Yoda: Evil, you are... stopped, you must be.

Palps: ** Ignites saber ** You're gonna die, frog-boy!

Yoda: Can't we talk this over?

** Palps slashes at Yoda **

Yoda: Out, you must cut that!

** Palps slashes at Yoda again **

Yoda: Stop that, I said!

** Yoda does some weird space/time manipulation thing **

** Palps checks his watch **

Palps: You set the clocks back 5 seconds? You do realize I'm trying to kill you, right?

Yoda: The Force is my ally! Use it for attack, I do not!

** Yoda creates an illusion of a half-naked twi'lek slave girl in an attempt to pacify Palps **

Palps: Look man, if you're not gonna take this whole thing seriously...


Without some sort of physical confrontation going on there, we would have been left with the main boss-man fight from Dark City, without all the Strangers flying around in the background... that is to say, it would have been two people standing there staring at each other with some weird squiggly effects in the middle. Diplomacy was pretty much out of the question at this point.

And I think you're confusing the Jedi for Buddist Monks. The Jedi were not pacifists, they just believed that martial prowess was to be called upon as a last resort, not neccassarily ruled out entirely.


As for the Sith getting right down to business in a lightsaber fight... ask Kit Fisto, Saesee Tiin, and Agen Kolar how they feel about Sidious dilly-dallying around.

(Congrats, by the way... we've pretty much completely hijacked the thread at this point... remake the OT indeed!)
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#210923
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Should Lucus make 4,5 and 6 over?
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If I may be so bold as to quote Jules Winfield: "That's an interesting point..."

Personally, I loved the Yoda lightsaber duel on AOTC. I always knew Yoda was a stone-cold badass under all that green, and it was nice to see it proven. And again in ROTS, seeing he and Palps duke it out with every imaginable power at their disposal.

Reading your thoughts, about half way through I was thinking "Sure, I see your point, but 5 minutes of the two most powerful Force users in the galaxy staring at each other seemingly doing nothing is something that would better be described in a book... not a movie."

Then as I read the last few lines, it occured to me that you're right. The way they fought each other in the Senate was exactly what they should have been doing all along. Just balls-out crazy shit that ONLY they would be capable of pulling off. Furthermore, it would have made the actual lightsaber battle between Ben and Anakin that much more powerful I think... cutting between the two fights as they did.

So I see your point entirely. Hell, I even agree that Palps and Yoda should have just made a straight up Force mastery contest... would have kicked some serious ass that way. (Get them outside at some point mayhaps... Palps tossing around some cars or what-have-you and Yoda fighting to protect the innocent bystanders involved while trying to win the fight as well... hell, just some thoughts there.)

As I said before, I still enjoyed the fights immensly as they were, (I enjoy the prequels quite a lot, and anyone who says I should apologize for that can go fuck themselves. Cheers!), but you do certainly make a strong case on that one. Hell... maybe I can call on your skills and ideas for some things I'm working on in the RPG arena at the moment. (Star Wars RPG using the Storyteller rules... long story.)
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#210896
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Should Lucus make 4,5 and 6 over?
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Originally posted by: Je
I think he should make them over. I love the originals but they just look to out of date. Especially IV ANH man it just looks to low budget but its still a good movie. If he does do them over he can really make them how he intended to. He can also add to the story or change little things. I don't think anyone would disagree with a lightsaber battle between the empire and vader at the end of VI ROTJ instead of him just throwing the emp down the drain like he wasn't nothing. I would pay to see that.
Son, I'm gonna have to ask you to slowly place the pipe on the ground and step away.


Originally posted by: Scruffy
...and the cartoon series "National Lampoon's Galactic Conflict"...

It's gold, Jerry! Gold!


Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Ignoring the fact that I disagreed with Palpatine wielding a lightsaber in the first place (a topic for another thread)...

I, for one, would like to hear your thoughts on this. Not that I have any issues with your opinion... quite the opposite. I like hearing people ideas on the actual story points of the movies.