Conversion - Enter the Unknown - EotE

[cheshire]

Okay, Enter the Unknown had a climbing suit. It's from the same manufacturers as this:

[Raven Redstar]

Those seem fine to me.

I like the idea of a crash suit, I can see various racers wearing it to maybe hopefully survive a crash.
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[cheshire]

Especially because the head on damage can be pretty nasty.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Raven Redstar]

Yes. Also might be good if you're getting into fist fights with Wookiees.
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[cheshire]

Here's another one that was a bit wonky.

[cheshire]

This reminded me of something out of an episode out of firefly:

[DougRed4]

Thanks for taking the time to convert this stuff, cheshire. It's kind of fun to have "new" stuff.
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[Zarn]

It's possible to build a sniper cannon / sniper blaster a different way, too (and I'm not referring to a sniper drone / vehicle blaster idea Tau 40k style either).

There's some precedence for overcharging blaster shots, and even the Death Star superlaser seemed to have a ramping up period prior to a full-power shot. (If memory serves, the comparatively 'low-power' shot used by the Death Star II for taking out capital ships had a much faster cycle rate.)

It should therefore be possible to use a mechanic that is something akin to an overcharge shot.

Overcharge shot: This weapon is capable of an overcharge shot. For each full round that the operator holds his fire, the damage increases by +2, for a maximum bonus of +2D (progression: +2, +1D+1, +2D). An overcharged shot uses a number of extra charges from the blaster pack equal to the damage bonus (so a +2D shot uses 3 charges from the blaster pack). An overcharged shot can be held for a maximum of 5 rounds, after which the shot is either discharged, or the weapon rendered unoperable due to components fusing from the stress, inflicting Severe damage to the weapon.

The GM is encouraged to also rule that the weapon is damaged in the event of a mishap on the Wild Die when overcharging a shot, for instance Lightly or Moderately damaging the weapon in addition to depleting the blaster pack or other, common blaster mishaps to represent the extra stress an overcharged shot attempt puts on the weapon system itself.

[cheshire]

That's a really interesting house rule. It would be worth play testing. Though I wonder how players would feel about it being used on PCs as well as NPCs.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Ral_Brelt]

That sounds like the pistol in one of the Dark Forces game. That aside, I'd think rather than every blaster being able to do such, that it should be a trait of a specific blaster, or a modification/jury-rigging option. Otherwise, there would need to be even more stringent weapons laws in-universe since every holdout could become a heavy with reduced range by holding the trigger for a couple extra seconds.