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Actually looking for a bit of advice about something that happened in The Heat of Freedom adventure this week. (Link a few entries above for anyone who missed it.)
The team were trapped in a room and had the incredibly powerful Control Droid battering down the door. The players were fairly demoralised and convinced they were headed for a TPK. One of the players suddenly had the inspired idea of slicing the computer system and accessing the station's missile defences to destroy the walls at the far end of the chamber, effectively creating an escape route. A Force Point was used to hack the computer systems. I've been unsure about giving it back.
The rules are clear that saving your life in a non-heroic situation would mean that the Force Point is not restored. However, this was a heroic situation as their lives were in the balance. I suppose the issue here is what counts as 'heroic' - on the face of it, using a computer doesn't seem heroic but I can see it can be argued that in this circumstance it was. I'm minded to restore the Force Point but welcome other's thoughts on this subject! |
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| The Bissler wrote: | | cheshire wrote: | | I have run that scenario so many times, and it's great every time. |
Nice - but I'm unsure if you mean The Heat of Freedom or Pirates of Prexiar? |
Sorry, I'd meant Pirates of Prexiar.
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The Bissler
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| Yeah, I'm looking forward to it! Not sure if one session will do it or if two might be required. I'll post the write up here once it's finished! |
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Raven Redstar
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| The Bissler wrote: | Actually looking for a bit of advice about something that happened in The Heat of Freedom adventure this week. (Link a few entries above for anyone who missed it.)
The team were trapped in a room and had the incredibly powerful Control Droid battering down the door. The players were fairly demoralised and convinced they were headed for a TPK. One of the players suddenly had the inspired idea of slicing the computer system and accessing the station's missile defences to destroy the walls at the far end of the chamber, effectively creating an escape route. A Force Point was used to hack the computer systems. I've been unsure about giving it back.
The rules are clear that saving your life in a non-heroic situation would mean that the Force Point is not restored. However, this was a heroic situation as their lives were in the balance. I suppose the issue here is what counts as 'heroic' - on the face of it, using a computer doesn't seem heroic but I can see it can be argued that in this circumstance it was. I'm minded to restore the Force Point but welcome other's thoughts on this subject! |
So, when it comes to giving back and awarding additional Force Points, I know the game is sort of spotty on precise criteria. My first piece of advice is to go with your gut. If you feel like the player should at least get the Force Point back, then give it to them. If that isn't sufficient, then...
My "rule(s)" of thumb are as follows:
1. Is it the final boss of an adventure? This is an appropriate time for Force Points to be expended, since most bosses can spend them as well.
2. Does the use of their Force point save/progress the story from a stuck spot?
3. Did they do something cool with the Force Point?
4. Was the point spent at a dramatically appropriate time? Really only a question if the answer to question 1 is no. This answer is yes if question 1 is a yes.
Judging from the way you've described the situation, and from what I've read that the control tentacle droid is one of 2 final boss options for the adventure, I'd say that using my guidelines your player met 4 of 4, and not only would I give them their point back, but I'd give them an additional one for doing something clever and saving the story from a TPK. Saving your party is heroic, even if you're counted among those saved.
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The Bissler
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Cheers Raven! I'd already said she will get the point back but will let her know the good news that she's gained an additional one at the start of this week's session! |
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Happy to help!
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Sad to read about the player death. I'm glad he took it well, not all players do. My soundtracks are from the old CD boxed set from ages ago so none of my tracks match the track names you put for music inspiration! I had some fun picking some other songs.
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Cheers Raven, yes, it definitely was a shame as I enjoyed the Mon Calamari character and the player copied Ackbar's distinctive voice.
That's annoying about the music, I don't know why the track titles have changed! I was hoping the track titles would be universal so everyone knew exactly the mood I was looking for. Perhaps I'll link in youtube videos with the soundtracks in future reports, but if I do, I'll perhaps link them at the bottom of the posts. Thanks for mentioning about this! |
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The CDs from the collection back then had 3 to 4 tracks strung together. In later versions they actually changed some of the track names altogether.
I have newer versions on my Amazon Music, but I haven't actually bought the soundtracks, so I can't download them and my crummy satellite internet has trouble streaming. But, I can still download them for offline play on my phone, so I'll go that way next time. 
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When I first read this I thought a player died! But I see it was thankfully the PC who died, not the player. Was Captain Jimi Ackbar related to the film admiral?
| Raven Redstar wrote: | | The CDs from the collection back then had 3 to 4 tracks strung together. In later versions they actually changed some of the track names altogether. |
I'm your huckleberry...
"Mouse Robot and Blasting Off" is "Wookiee Prisoner" and "Imperial Cruiser Pursuit" (SW:ANH).
"Return of the Jedi" here is probably the track actually entitled "The Return of the Jedi", and if so that would be "Sail Barge Assault" (RotJ).
"Duel of the Fates" is most likely the concert suit version on TPM OST.
"General Grevious" is undoubtedly the "General Grievous" track on the RotS OST.
"The Forest Battle" is the concert suite on all version of the RotJ soundtrack.
"Into the Trap" is the first few minutes of "The Battle Of Endor I" (RotJ).
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| Whill wrote: | | Raven Redstar wrote: | | The CDs from the collection back then had 3 to 4 tracks strung together. In later versions they actually changed some of the track names altogether. |
I'm your huckleberry...
"Mouse Robot and Blasting Off" is "Wookiee Prisoner" and "Imperial Cruiser Pursuit" (SW:ANH).
"Return of the Jedi" here is probably the track actually entitled "The Return of the Jedi", and if so that would be "Sail Barge Assault" (RotJ).
"Duel of the Fates" is most likely the concert suit version on TPM OST.
"General Grevious" is undoubtedly the "General Grievous" track on the RotS OST.
"The Forest Battle" is the concert suite on all versions of the RotJ soundtrack.
"Into the Trap" is the first few minutes of "The Battle Of Endor I" (RotJ). |
Thanks Whill! Good to know someone has an old enough soundtrack to feel my pain!
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| Raven Redstar wrote: | | Thanks Whill! Good to know someone has an old enough soundtrack to feel my pain! |
I have the Star Wars OST (77) on vinyl, and TESB OST (80) on cassette. Everything else I have is on CD, and they are of course in my digital library too... I have the RotJ OST (83) and the SW Trilogy Anthology set (93) on CD, which has everything from all three CT OSTs plus some previously unreleased tracks, so I have all those old cue/track names. I have the two-disc SE CDs of the CT films, which are the basis of all the releases since 97 and seem to be what you have some version of. I have the three PT OSTs, the two-disc TPM Ultimate Edition, the recent remaster of the RotS OST, the Disney soundtracks, and other various tracks. I've got a lot!
The cues on the OSTs are tracked and sequenced by Williams for an album listening presentation which means that cues are not in chronological order and cues from different parts of the films are sometimes tracked together. Like the first track above, that has music with the heroes moving around the Death Star followed by music when they trying to leave Mos Eisley. The extended two-disc releases present the music in mostly in chronological order.
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| Thanks for the help on the soundtracks Whill! |
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The Bissler
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I've posted up all of my notes, maps and images to allow other GMs to run "The Heat of Freedom". I hope you enjoy!
Note: You will still need Classic Campaigns and REUP to run this adventures.
http://thebissler.blogspot.com/2020/07/star-wars-d6-adventure-heat-of-freedom.html
The latest mission - Assault on Repair Station M13 - is underway. I expect it may be another 1-2 sessions/weeks before the report will be ready on that one. I'll also publish a post with additional materials on how I adapted that for play. |
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