tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123010783073315966.post2052845078884110822..comments2024-03-09T16:56:24.367-08:00Comments on This IS the blog you're looking for: Endless Vigil UpdateBastion Kainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547747498920663084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123010783073315966.post-54440816315023898952017-01-23T14:10:14.637-08:002017-01-23T14:10:14.637-08:00Regarding the new Force power: remember that the S...Regarding the new Force power: remember that the Sentinel is the only career in the Force and Destiny core book that had a crafting-related specialization (the Artisan). In that respect, Manipulate completely falls in line with the Sentinel career. Also, the Range improvements allow you to use Mechanics checks from a distance; my last session saw me disabling security cameras and droids from a distance, because I was using my Mechanics check to sabotage them. My experience has found Manipulate far from being under-powered, if you use it creatively.<br /><br />Also, the Sentinel is essentially the "Skywalker career." You look at the various specializations, and you can pretty clearly create both Anakin and Luke by only using the Sentinel. A wizard with machines? Artisan and Manipulate, check. Quick podracing and pilot reflexes? Racer, check. Form V lightsaber combat (Anakin and Luke both practiced this)? Shien Expert, check. Career narrative explicitly pointing out that Sentinels are the most likely to let emotions influence them? Check.<br /><br />I've been playing the Sentinel in my F&D game, and filling the role as both the party mechanic and resident pseudo-scoundrel (skulduggery, streetwise, and underworld expert). For me—especially with the Lightsaber crafting rules on top of everything else—this book has been downright amazing. "The Jedi Path" (published by Lucasfilm in 2010) has this quote that nicely sums Sentinels up: "The ranks of Jedi Sentinels include investigators, spies, tech specialists, saboteurs, and other experts whose talents don't easily fit into the Order's traditions." I think FFG's materials for the Sentinel (both the Force and Destiny core book and Endless Vigil) have been spot-on in that regard.Darketowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152248205121711009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123010783073315966.post-88166367704343532962016-10-28T12:03:08.565-07:002016-10-28T12:03:08.565-07:00You're quick! Thank you.You're quick! Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191204910400990562noreply@blogger.com