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This is not related to me.
Dropbox has indicated that there is a workaround, and that there is a permanent solution in the works.
I will re-create and re-share all information once the issue has been resolved and I have some time.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Skill Focus
I was thinking about how vague and broad the skills are in Edge of the Empire...
it seems like some skills can be used to do an absurd variety of tasks.
ok, so I know you can't have the same variety as real life, it's a game and it needs to be pared down to be managable.
I thought maybe though i could create some skill focus type skills that might help to identify or at least narrow down what it is that a character is actually good at SPECIFICALLY within his general skill knowledge base.
So here is what i came up with....
SKILL FOCUS
At first I was completely in love with this idea. I admit that I am sort of a power gamer and I love any opportunity to be just that much better at something. sadly, as I really thought about this 'skill focus' thing a shift occurred and I decided I'm actually not such a big fan of it.
Not because it can't make me better at stuff, but rather because the game designer in me was forced to accept that it doesn't really "mesh" well with the formatting and style of the rest of Edge of the Empire.
At the end of the day I think a lot of these little bonuses would be better off as Talents in a specialization tree somewhere.
But hey, I did the work and made the damn thing... and it isn't terrible...
so why not share it with everyone :)
If you like it, use it.
If not, whatever.
I will say that if your campaign is particularly low-tech or the GM is stingy with the credits, this Skill Focus option might be a nice way to get some extra good dice into the mix.
If your GM is stingy with the XP though .... may the force be with you.
it seems like some skills can be used to do an absurd variety of tasks.
ok, so I know you can't have the same variety as real life, it's a game and it needs to be pared down to be managable.
I thought maybe though i could create some skill focus type skills that might help to identify or at least narrow down what it is that a character is actually good at SPECIFICALLY within his general skill knowledge base.
So here is what i came up with....
SKILL FOCUS
At first I was completely in love with this idea. I admit that I am sort of a power gamer and I love any opportunity to be just that much better at something. sadly, as I really thought about this 'skill focus' thing a shift occurred and I decided I'm actually not such a big fan of it.
Not because it can't make me better at stuff, but rather because the game designer in me was forced to accept that it doesn't really "mesh" well with the formatting and style of the rest of Edge of the Empire.
At the end of the day I think a lot of these little bonuses would be better off as Talents in a specialization tree somewhere.
But hey, I did the work and made the damn thing... and it isn't terrible...
so why not share it with everyone :)
If you like it, use it.
If not, whatever.
I will say that if your campaign is particularly low-tech or the GM is stingy with the credits, this Skill Focus option might be a nice way to get some extra good dice into the mix.
If your GM is stingy with the XP though .... may the force be with you.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Just some more ships..
Updated the Consular-Class Cruiser
then added Charger c70 retrofit Consular-Class This is the Clone wars combat version of the Consular-Class. The Consular class is still one of my favorite designs. Now i feel that the designs are more accurately represented. yay.
also added,
Deep-X Explorer
DPx Yacht
DPx-500 Yacht
Freighter Type C
ISP Swamp Speeder
Storm Skimmer Patrol Sled
Monday, April 7, 2014
Dangerous Covenants Update 2
Took me a while to get to this one.
I have changed some of my custom weapons to better reflect the new rules sets.
Specifically, bombs and Anti-Armor mines.
These are now listed as Explosives.
They are a little more powerful than some of the explosives shown in Dangerous Covenants (but hey, they are supposed to be military grade).
I also added the Cluster property to items. Allows for some hard hitting action.
Not a big update, but one I thought was important.
now, maybe I'll end up with some more free time and I can get back to the projects that really have me excited.
I have changed some of my custom weapons to better reflect the new rules sets.
Specifically, bombs and Anti-Armor mines.
These are now listed as Explosives.
They are a little more powerful than some of the explosives shown in Dangerous Covenants (but hey, they are supposed to be military grade).
I also added the Cluster property to items. Allows for some hard hitting action.
Not a big update, but one I thought was important.
now, maybe I'll end up with some more free time and I can get back to the projects that really have me excited.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Dangerous Covenants Update
I added all three new career trees
Demolitionist
Enforcer
Heavy
as well as the two new signature abilities
Last One Standing
Unmatched Protection
added into my fillable Sheets page.
Demolitionist
Enforcer
Heavy
as well as the two new signature abilities
Last One Standing
Unmatched Protection
added into my fillable Sheets page.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Dangerous Covenants Review
Got my hands on a copy a couple days ago. I read it and let it sink in a bit.
so here we go.
opens with some nice history and background info on the galaxy. neat stuff.
Hired Gun backgrounds and obligation options are talked about. Not my favorite use of space, but there is some cool stuff that can help inspire when one is feeling un-original.
New Species ( Aqualish, Klatoonian and Weequay) YAY! More species options are always good and they did a good job with these. They fit well with the Hired Gun career (including the new options). I think perhaps my favorite aspect of these new species entries is that they have 'subspecies' options. For instance, if you are an Aqualish you may be a Aquala, Ualaq or Quara Aqualish each with slightly different traits. They are presented simply and concisely within the relevant species entry. This was something I mentioned in my review of Suns of Fortune having been disappointed with the human subspecies entry there in. I suggested doing exactly what they have done with the species in Dangerous Covenants. I'm sure they had this book in production well before my review, and i'm sure no one at FFG reads my little blog, but i'm going to go ahead and just take credit for this anyway. Thanks for listening guys ;)
New Specializations.
Enforcer. This one is all about putting on a show about how tough you are and using it to your advantage. The class doesn't provide much in and of its self to help you back up those tough guy claims though, so you'll want to get into another specialization if you want to actually BE the tough guy.
Demolitionist. Blowing stuff up is cool... super cool. so, Demolitionist must be a cool specialization right? eh.. sort of.. It will help you use those explosives, as well as help you keep yourself and allies alive when they inevitably blow up in your face. The fact of the matter though, is that Explosives are dangerous, very dangerous and expensive. If you want to be a good Demolitionist, expect to spend lots of money. Also expect to spend a lot of time NOT using your Demolitionist abilities. Call me crazy but as much as I really wish that every problem could be solved with a few proton grenades, the reality is that most of the time this will just get you and your party into worse trouble. Also, it might seem like a good idea to use your down time during a long hyperspace flight to rig up your Baradium charge, but when you blow a hole in the side of your spaceship the rest of the party is sure to frown at you. You don't want to be frowned at do you?
Heavy. The Heavy talent tree is the serious bread and butter of the new specializations. "overwhelming firepower" is right on the money with this one. Carry more guns, bigger guns, and deadlier guns. This specialization verges on being pretty OP all by itself, but combine it with the other hired gun specializations like marauder or even Bounty Hunter Assassin and were talking about a serious bad ass dude. They may have gone a little too far with this one... maybe.
Another note on the Specializations. I am a little disappointed that there wasn't any more support for those of us (like me) who enjoy a nice personal 'civilized' knife fight. I really was hoping for more Melee combat options.
New Signature Abilities.
hmm... the first one enables you to kill virtually every bad guy in a fight just by spending some destiny. as an added bonus you get to ruin your GM's plans for the day. so, i'd say it's pretty good.
The second can make you virtually invulnerable to damage from anything but ship scale weapons for an entire encounter. It's less of a GM plan killer, but still pretty powerful. "oh no, a rampaging rancor!" .... "no need to worry Ms.... I got this".
New Equipment. man there is a lot of it. Definitely supports the new Heavy and the generally Ranged dominated combat of SWEotE.
the two most notable new things are the new Explosives category and the variations they added for warhead types on missiles.
I like the new ammo type options guys! I already created a bunch of ammo types for missiles and grenades and the like to help add variety, so its nice to see FFG on board with this idea.
The Explosives..... hmmm. I like them in concept. It will be interesting to see how they really play at the table. The rules for explosives may take a couple read throughs before it all sinks in but once it does they seems pretty decent.
There is a lot of new equipment and attachments. Too much to talk about but most of it is good stuff. I'll just say that it's nice to see more armor and weapon attachments and i hope to see even more in the future.
My only real disappointment in the new equipment category was with the new Powered Armor. I't seems a little lackluster. I feel like it could have been a way cooler thing that it is.
More vehicles. They put in a little bit of mostly everything to create a nice new selection. There are a couple new ships for which i had already made stats. I cant help but notice that many of the ships that FFG stats out, seem to be underpowered when it comes to arms when compared to the 'canon' entries for those ships in other places. I have some hunches on why this may be, but that doesn't mean i have to like it.
The last section of the book is a little more geared towards the GM. It provides options for how to set up Hired Gun (combat mostly) encounters, plot ideas and other suggestions to help deal with your blood thirsty/money grubbing Hired Gun players.
All in all, I really like this addition. It may only clock in at 95 pages, but they are jam packed with cool new stuff.
8/10
so here we go.
opens with some nice history and background info on the galaxy. neat stuff.
Hired Gun backgrounds and obligation options are talked about. Not my favorite use of space, but there is some cool stuff that can help inspire when one is feeling un-original.
New Species ( Aqualish, Klatoonian and Weequay) YAY! More species options are always good and they did a good job with these. They fit well with the Hired Gun career (including the new options). I think perhaps my favorite aspect of these new species entries is that they have 'subspecies' options. For instance, if you are an Aqualish you may be a Aquala, Ualaq or Quara Aqualish each with slightly different traits. They are presented simply and concisely within the relevant species entry. This was something I mentioned in my review of Suns of Fortune having been disappointed with the human subspecies entry there in. I suggested doing exactly what they have done with the species in Dangerous Covenants. I'm sure they had this book in production well before my review, and i'm sure no one at FFG reads my little blog, but i'm going to go ahead and just take credit for this anyway. Thanks for listening guys ;)
New Specializations.
Enforcer. This one is all about putting on a show about how tough you are and using it to your advantage. The class doesn't provide much in and of its self to help you back up those tough guy claims though, so you'll want to get into another specialization if you want to actually BE the tough guy.
Demolitionist. Blowing stuff up is cool... super cool. so, Demolitionist must be a cool specialization right? eh.. sort of.. It will help you use those explosives, as well as help you keep yourself and allies alive when they inevitably blow up in your face. The fact of the matter though, is that Explosives are dangerous, very dangerous and expensive. If you want to be a good Demolitionist, expect to spend lots of money. Also expect to spend a lot of time NOT using your Demolitionist abilities. Call me crazy but as much as I really wish that every problem could be solved with a few proton grenades, the reality is that most of the time this will just get you and your party into worse trouble. Also, it might seem like a good idea to use your down time during a long hyperspace flight to rig up your Baradium charge, but when you blow a hole in the side of your spaceship the rest of the party is sure to frown at you. You don't want to be frowned at do you?
Heavy. The Heavy talent tree is the serious bread and butter of the new specializations. "overwhelming firepower" is right on the money with this one. Carry more guns, bigger guns, and deadlier guns. This specialization verges on being pretty OP all by itself, but combine it with the other hired gun specializations like marauder or even Bounty Hunter Assassin and were talking about a serious bad ass dude. They may have gone a little too far with this one... maybe.
Another note on the Specializations. I am a little disappointed that there wasn't any more support for those of us (like me) who enjoy a nice personal 'civilized' knife fight. I really was hoping for more Melee combat options.
New Signature Abilities.
hmm... the first one enables you to kill virtually every bad guy in a fight just by spending some destiny. as an added bonus you get to ruin your GM's plans for the day. so, i'd say it's pretty good.
The second can make you virtually invulnerable to damage from anything but ship scale weapons for an entire encounter. It's less of a GM plan killer, but still pretty powerful. "oh no, a rampaging rancor!" .... "no need to worry Ms.... I got this".
New Equipment. man there is a lot of it. Definitely supports the new Heavy and the generally Ranged dominated combat of SWEotE.
the two most notable new things are the new Explosives category and the variations they added for warhead types on missiles.
I like the new ammo type options guys! I already created a bunch of ammo types for missiles and grenades and the like to help add variety, so its nice to see FFG on board with this idea.
The Explosives..... hmmm. I like them in concept. It will be interesting to see how they really play at the table. The rules for explosives may take a couple read throughs before it all sinks in but once it does they seems pretty decent.
There is a lot of new equipment and attachments. Too much to talk about but most of it is good stuff. I'll just say that it's nice to see more armor and weapon attachments and i hope to see even more in the future.
My only real disappointment in the new equipment category was with the new Powered Armor. I't seems a little lackluster. I feel like it could have been a way cooler thing that it is.
More vehicles. They put in a little bit of mostly everything to create a nice new selection. There are a couple new ships for which i had already made stats. I cant help but notice that many of the ships that FFG stats out, seem to be underpowered when it comes to arms when compared to the 'canon' entries for those ships in other places. I have some hunches on why this may be, but that doesn't mean i have to like it.
The last section of the book is a little more geared towards the GM. It provides options for how to set up Hired Gun (combat mostly) encounters, plot ideas and other suggestions to help deal with your blood thirsty/money grubbing Hired Gun players.
All in all, I really like this addition. It may only clock in at 95 pages, but they are jam packed with cool new stuff.
8/10
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Another Talent Tree Addition
I noticed that there was something just not quite.... 'complete' about my Talent trees...
AHA!
Signature Abilities!
According to the rules Signature abilities have to be "attached" to a talent tree PRIOR to being able to actually spend XP on and then use the signature ability. Once a Signature Ability is "attached" to a talent tree it can never be un-attached..
that seems like kind of a big deal...
So.. I added a space at the bottom of each Talent tree to "attach" a Signature ability.
I also added to the signature ability trees a place to show what talent tree it is attached to.
Wheeeeeeee!
Enjoy
AHA!
Signature Abilities!
According to the rules Signature abilities have to be "attached" to a talent tree PRIOR to being able to actually spend XP on and then use the signature ability. Once a Signature Ability is "attached" to a talent tree it can never be un-attached..
that seems like kind of a big deal...
So.. I added a space at the bottom of each Talent tree to "attach" a Signature ability.
I also added to the signature ability trees a place to show what talent tree it is attached to.
Wheeeeeeee!
Enjoy
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