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  1. https://triumphdespair.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/h-is-for-heists-v2-0/ Since this adventure is sprouting from a player obligation, never hurts to have a nemesis and a trap (or two).
  2. Please, no more CRBs. The Holy Trinity has been complete. I don't have to spend a lot of time contemplating to conjure up concepts for close to a dozen source books.
  3. Yes! And have your friendly pirates led by a Zabrak who looks a lot like Michael Rooker.
  4. I like the logo. It tells me exactly what I am going to get.
  5. You mean to say you don't enjoy the Yuuzhan Vong and Darth Krayt?
  6. We live in a world where the existence of Jar-Jar Binks is absolute and the existence of Grand Admiral Thrawn is unknown. Canon is important.
  7. Run EotE's Beginner Game. It gives you a solid taste of what to expect and there are a handful of posts in this forum about following up in Mos Shuuta. I'd strongly recommend you run a DM-PC (as a sort of sidekick to the fellow player) with appropriate complimentary skills (things with Computer, Mechanics, and Medicine come to mind). Little tweaking necessary to the encounters. If the security droids prove to be too much of a pain in the butt, drop their wounds and/or soak a couple points. If you aren't adverse to the idea, feel free to provide your lone hero with an extra thousand credits (that would be an extra 5 obligation's worth, up to you if you want his starting obligation potentially as high as 25).
  8. You can always reward strong RP. If a guy comes in with a fresh character and plays the "party n00b" like a fiddle, he should be tipped. However, rewarding the RP doesn't have to come down to just XP. It can (and should) be more specific. Say "party n00b" is a Mechanic and performs some clutch repair, allowing a ship jump into hyperspace. Something as simple as "you feel like a badass, your confidence in your Mechanics skill increases, take a free skill rank in Mechanics" can go a long way towards catching up a fresh character and making a fresh character feel valued. This can be applied to any skill check where a Triumph is rolled, a clever solution is devised, or the player presents some action that is otherwise memorable. If you take this route, try not to overuse it and make sure your experienced players get some loving as well.
  9. Watch Kelly's Heroes. There's easily four episodes worth of content in that movie. All very appropriate to a ragtag group of Rebel scum. The movie is set during World War II (the Galactic Civil War). Clint Eastwood (the party face) captures a German Colonel (an Imperial Army Captain or Major would work just fine) and discovers the German Colonel (the Imperial Army Officer) is carrying several solid gold bars (shiny phat l00t). Clint Eastwood (the party face) gets the German Colonel drunk (uses Charm and/or Coercion) and the German Colonel reveals there are 14,000 gold bars (a lot of phat l00t) stored inside a vault (in a vault) at the town of Clermont, behind German lines (at a nondescript town on a planet held by the Empire). The heroes (the party) is made up of a ragtag bunch (ragtag bunch) of specialists who band together out of a common sense of greed. Depending on how many sessions you'd want to lay out you could have the following episodes: Episode I - Capturing the Imperial Officer, questioning the Imperial Officer, escaping with (or without) the Imperial Officer. If pressed for time, you could always skip right to Episode II, introducing Episode I in a more narrative sense. Episode II - Forming the crew. Poking around a Rebel base for a variety of bonuses (and gear) to assist the party in their heist. This could easily be molded in with Episode III. Episode III - Travelling to the Imperial Base. Perhaps this planet has hostile atmospheric conditions and/or wildlife. Perhaps the party runs into Imperial patrols (or scavengers / pirates / raiders / etc.). A number of encounters should impede their progress and require the players take a number of days to reach the location (preferably on foot or speeder). Episode IV - Sneaking through the town (or fortress / where ever you have placed the vault). Perhaps civilians are willing to aid (or disrupt) player activities. If you want to incorporate an encounter with the Tiger tank (as seen in the movie) use an AT-ST or an AT-AT (a Saber-class assault tank would also work). However, emphasize to the players that they are on the clock. Perhaps Rebel forces are preparing to bombard the town (likely destroying the loot in the process). Perhaps an Imperial Star Destroyer is en route to the planet (to collect the loot or similarly, destroy the town). Maybe a marauding band of scum have also discovered the loot (and want it for themselves). Introduce some additional party competing for the loot and keep track of how much time the party spends conducting the heist. If they take too long, introduce the complicating element. If it is something the party clearly cannot overcome (like a Star Destroyer) skip right to Episode V! Episode V - ESCAPE! If you are looking to provide a satisfying end, perhaps the party got out with all the loot. If you want to leave an "awwwww man" moment at the end (and keep the rest of the party, minus your departing friend, on the hook) perhaps the loot is generously "liberated" by a Rebel (or Imperial) military official. Hope that's something to get the juices flowing. Have fun!
  10. I want to see Sakiyan come in. Because Djas Puhr is dope and he does dope S#$%. Edit: They exist in a book I do not have!! There goes some more money! Just saw your edit. Best of luck in acquisitions!
  11. When hoarding goods draws the attention of customs officials searching for illicit items in a stockpile of useless junk. Who knows, maybe they find a container of spice aboard the ship?
  12. My hope is for some Technician and BH splat books (a BH book would be an excellent opportunity to explore Mandalorians). I'd like to see a Tatooine splat book as well. Please, no more CRBs.
  13. The Salacious Beaut was an MC-18 light freighter with a busty Kowakian monkey-lizard painted on the left side of the nose. She had bright red lipstick and was smoking a deathstick. Ah, how I miss The Salacious Beaut.
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