Force Attribute and Revised Force Skills

[atgxtg]

There seems to be an unmentioned truth about RPGing that when you got the time to write up some new rules, you don;t have the chance to playtest them, and when you do have the chance to playtest them, you can't find the time to write the rules.

I think it's partly a free time budget thing, and partly an interest thing. When running a campaign, I have to worry about adventures, stats, and story threads, and usually don;t have the time to flesh out a houserule and set it up for playtest. When I'm not running, I got the time, but limited means of testing, and alos limited desire to write up rules that I won;t get a chance to use. I kinda go crazy just sitting at my keyboard typing and thinking of a bunch of esoteric stuff that only fellow gamers could understand.

It's one reason why I like to bounce ideas off others and post stuff on forums. Not only does that give me feedback on ideas, and exposure to the ideas of others, but it also helps to maintain a level of interest in the project.

[CRMcNeill]

So, with Force as an Attribute, how would we represent characters or beings (like Yuuzhan-Vong or Ysalamiri) who either have no presence in the Force, or actually neutralize it? What would their Force attribute dice look like? Would a character with no Force attribute (not even a 0D for a non-Force Sensitive) still be able to use FPs and CPs for soaking rolls? Having the Force dampening abilities of Ysalamiri listed as an attribute would make it a lot easier to calculate how a group of ysalamiri reinforce each other's null-force bubbles (coordination rules).

Thoughts?
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[garhkal]

Droids by the book can't be force sensitive, but still can use cp/fp (well pc droids)... so i would look at it that their force attrib would be 0d (or perhaps a -d against other force powers used on them), but they could still use cp/fp.
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[CRMcNeill]

I'm experimenting with integrating WEG's D6 Space Advantage / Disadvantage system into a new game I'm starting. Rather than making Force Sensitive a part of the initial 18D at character creation, I'm thinking of making it part of the Advantage / Disadvantage option lists. Specifically, a character may purchase Force Sensitive dice as advantages, but must select corresponding disadvantages. The difference is that, rather than selecting advantages and disadvantages on a 1-for-1 ratio, purchasing extra D in Force Sensitive is on a sliding scale:

Dice in Force Sensitive Attribute = Number of Mandatory Disadvantages
1D = 1
1D+1 / 1D+2 = 2
2D = 3
2D+1 = 4
2D+2 = 5
3D = 6
3D+1 = 7
3D+2 = 8
4D = 10
4D+1 = 11
4D+2 = 13
5D = 15
5D+1 = 17
5D+2 = 19
6D = 21
6D+1 = 23
6D+2 = 25
7D = 28

The way I'm playing, 7D is the absolute max for a FS character (this is the level Anakin was at), but the player must also select a major number of penalties and disadvantages for the character to be subject to.

Also, just as an aside, while the concept of midichlorians is generally disliked, a person's midichlorian count would be equal to 1000 x the character's pips in Force Sensitive. For example, Anakin, at the maximum of 7D, or 21 pips multiplied by 1000, has 21,000 (off the charts, over 20,000), while Yoda at, say, 6D+1, or 19 pips times 1000, has 19,000.

Finally, for every 1D of Force Sensitive, the character may select one Force power that he can use untrained, representing a natural aptitude for that particular power. At 1D, a character would likely still need to spend FPs or CPs to be able to use the power successfully, but at higher dice numbers, the character would have more conscious control over what he can do, even though he doesn't have a teacher and can't learn new powers without a teacher.
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

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[CRMcNeill]

[garhkal]

For those of us without D6 space... could you list the disadvantages?
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[CRMcNeill]

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