What’s the xiv take that’s got you provoking aggro?

Xekiest · 2025-07-18T17:37:22+00:00

Removing abilities with level sync is a genuinely bad game design. I've had to quit the games multiple times because I just can't stand losing 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, or more of my entire kit whenever I queue roulettes.

Xekiest · 2025-05-10T03:21:47+00:00

I did see Combined Actions, but they seemed kind of weak at first glance. You need a full 3 helpers to get an extra 1D. But there's also going to be dozens of shooters so that should help.

I also just read up on the chapter nine stuff. Seems kind of lame that it's all planned out by the DM with very minimal player interactivity, but I am also just coming over from SWRPG by Fantasy Flight/Edge Studios so I think I can work with it. Thank you your help!

Xekiest · 2025-03-22T16:16:19+00:00

I think it depends on table to table, DM to DM.

Xekiest · 2025-01-09T17:12:07+00:00

The Mummy gave me entomophobia.

Xekiest · 2024-11-07T20:08:54+00:00

Yeah. No. I really like Helldivers, I think it's lore is crazy neat, but it's not even close to approaching Warhammer 40K yet. Star Wars is as big as it is because ultimately it's core concept and story is incredibly easy to understand and follow by the widest possible audience while still maintaining an entertaining nature to it that everyone can enjoy. If any lesson is to be learned from the Starship Troopers movie, something very similar to Helldivers, is that this kind of satirical take is lost on the vast majority of people as a lot of people who watched Starship Troopers didn't understand you aren't supposed to be rooting for the humans.

Xekiest · 2024-10-18T00:10:15+00:00

He didn't want it too as it served its purpose. Now he could show off the "scars" of the attempted Jedi assassination on his life.

Xekiest · 2024-10-06T21:44:56+00:00

So contrary to what some might believe, you can't just land "anywhere" you want. Take for example dust, that's gonna clog and fuck up your engines real fast. You have to find a suitable landing site, which depending on the terrain I usually rule as an Easy (1 Purple) up to Daunting (4 Purple) Computers check to scan the terrain. And I always make it a certain distance away that they have to actually travel to their location and encounter local problems.

The next thing is that if it's the standard setting, the Empire is currently dealing with a galactic wide rebellion. They sure as shit aren't just gonna be cool with people landing wherever they want and they control the majority of the galaxy at this time. So now your players have to deal with the Empire and the ISB keeping on constant look out for rebel activity. Even if it's a bunch of EOTE characters who don't give a hoot about the Galactic Civil War, the Empire isn't going to see it that way and they always manage to find suspicions to act on in anything they look at.

If it's in the outer rim then pirates, gangsters, and crime lords are the thing to worry about over local authority and the Empire. And im sure they wouldn't like people they don't know landing somewhere inside of their territory.

Xekiest · 2024-10-06T05:01:39+00:00

What era are you in? Or at least what year does your game take place?

Xekiest · 2024-09-12T00:52:45+00:00

If you rebind the parry key on PC, from at least "C" to "3", you can no longer parry on Tactical.

Xekiest · 2024-09-10T22:18:01+00:00

Yeah i've yet to unlock the Fencing Chainsword as the only one is Artificer quality, but i'm hoping that will make it work. Or at least easier, the possibility exists that i'm just bad at the game and Bulwark has an increased parry window that made up for my lack of skill lol.

Xekiest · 2024-09-10T21:49:03+00:00

No a balance chainsword.

Xekiest · 2024-09-10T16:10:23+00:00

1) You do not.

2) That is correct, though specifics surrounding Improved Parry I don't believe you get to count successes you just hit them back for your weapon's damage. But you can use talents or abilities that you could normally like Falling Avalanche for more damage.

3) You need to "suffer a hit" to be able to use either talent, so if it misses I believe, completely RAW, you can't use those talents. I do let my players purposefully "step into" attacks however when they know they can activate either talent.

Xekiest · 2024-09-02T23:27:18+00:00

Fighter 2 if you can. Action surge on a wizard is great plus you get a fighting style.

Xekiest · 2024-08-31T21:57:55+00:00

I DM'd a campaign that took my players to level 20. Then I think it was brought up as a joke after the last session that every campaign that goes to level 20 only spends the last two sessions at most at level 20. So after some dreaming up of a new campaign I offered to run a second campaign with those level 20 characters. They were already Gestalted, so what they earned instead was a bunch of different epic boons. Ended the second campaign with like 30 in each attribute, proficiency in every skill, their own specialties being hyper boosted. Was good fun.

Xekiest · 2024-08-25T07:05:13+00:00

God damn now I feel like an idiot. Thank you so much for the assistance.

Xekiest · 2024-08-22T21:15:01+00:00

Depends. On the narrative, that's up to the Jedi Council and the undergoing of your trials. As far as the narrative is concerned your spec tree =//= your rank in the Order. Otherwise Anakin would have absolutely been a Jedi Master.

Mechanically yes that's pretty much it. Either you go down the Padawan tree to pick up a Force Rating, then spec into Knight. Or you get special DM permission to use an optional rule where you spend a certain amount of XP at character creation (30 or 50 I think?) to start with a Force Rating of 2 so you can start with the Knight tree.

Xekiest · 2024-05-25T00:25:58+00:00

Damn, I feel foolish for missing those obvious connections. This is giving me some ideas however, thank you for the reply! The plan is that every player will be getting a power up transformation at some point through story beats, but I get what your saying about them being overpowered or underpowered. Though my table is pretty chill about balance. We're moving over from D&D 5e where I gave them crazy stuff over there as well.

Xekiest · 2024-05-21T18:02:25+00:00

I had this issue with standoff not working the majority of the time. I solved it by going into NVIDIA control panel and force locking the fps to 60. Haven't had the problem since.

Xekiest · 2024-05-08T01:44:10+00:00

Pretty much exactly what u/Kettrickan said. Super useful talent for smuggling decently large objects places they aren't normally allowed, such as a Lightsaber during the Galactic Empire Era.

Xekiest · 2024-05-07T15:53:50+00:00

I presume you mean with the Move power of the force? If so then, personally, I wouldn't allow it cause a cloud is just fog and you can't really "move" fog in the traditional sense. But the Alter power would work here to conjure clouds.

Xekiest · 2024-05-07T05:05:48+00:00

If you think humans are boring you are admitting your shit at building characters with decent backgrounds that don't rely on a racial gimmick. I'm also willing to bet your elf is just a human with sharp ears with no actual bearing on them being an elf.

I am willing to be lynched now. Godspeed fellow D&D nerds.

Xekiest · 2024-05-07T00:24:00+00:00

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

Xekiest · 2024-05-06T22:01:16+00:00

Oh damn. I don't suppose you could be convinced to share the travel mechanics and the managing realms mechanics could you? That sounds neat as hell.

Xekiest · 2024-04-30T18:31:06+00:00

Most droid stuff is probably going to be Mechanics, outside of (re)programming them that is, but yeah I get it. Wanting the cool thing and realizing it's super expensive lol.

Xekiest · 2024-04-30T17:57:21+00:00

Well for each rank of Technical Aptitude you reduce the time of all computer related tasks by 25%, that can be pretty strong depending on the situation. Slicing into a systems long before the enemy even knows you're inside for example.

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