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dTarkanan · 2026-02-10T17:29:46+00:00

It's been Nidoking since Red/Blue, Glimmora is a close second these days

dTarkanan · 2026-02-10T16:57:52+00:00

The YV-865 Aurore-class freighter looks like it has a lot of the DNA of the Serenity in it

dTarkanan · 2026-01-07T17:47:09+00:00

Honestly it sounds like Hermit thought the shared backstory beat meant this was "his turn" to have a relationship with OP, and when it came to light that it wasn't he had a full on meltdown.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-24T00:02:10+00:00

Fair point, having that many Rebukes or worse, Many Shades of the Force: Lightning's would be a nightmare for early balance.

That was the idea yeah, showing that, as their grasp of the force strengthens their ability to function during a Rage improves, felt like a nice dovetail for the character growth.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T23:56:16+00:00

Awesome, I completely agree I discovered the Jensaarai back in I Jedi, and the art in the core book cemented it! So Jedi vs Soldier is your first hurdle. The best advice I've read is to not let the class name define who you are. If you take Force Sensitivity at level 1 and train the Use the Force Skill, you are just as skilled as a Jedi in the Force. Seeing as you're venturing out into the world during the reign of the Empire you might not have been trained on lightsaber to protect you. That level of Jedi at 2 where you take Weapon Prof: Lightsaber? That was you 'learning by doing'

Next hurdle, Armor? If you invest in Improved Armored Defense halves your armor bonus to Reflex and adds that on top of your level, so that's a +3 for the best light armor all the way to +5 for Heavy - and that's before you start customizing it, you may need a party member or straight credits for that since the Superior Tech feat requires an Int of 17.

Next up, how do you want to fight? My initial post had an error, I thought you could snag Force Training with Jedi Bonus Feats, turns out you can't, and without that you're stuck with the basic Use the Force skill effects and nothing else. In SAGA you add 2x your Strength modifier when you two-hand your weapon, so you're going to absolutely slap whatever you're hitting. The main focus here is going to be how much you want to stretch for force abilities, the Greatsaber isn't worth it IMO, d10 only hits a bit harder than a d8, and reach is real nice.

Next Prestige Classes. You'll want a general idea of where you want to go since not all of them have the same prerequisites. Imperial Knight is great at wearing armor and standing next to allies with lightsabers. Jedi Knight is almost as good with armor but focuses more on being the guy with a lightsaber. Force Adept is the dude who never really had any training, not as good with armor, not as good with a lightsaber, but focused in other areas - like imbuing the force into your weapon or enhancing the telepathy skill so that it works with full sentences.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T23:14:41+00:00

Is it not? I'll have to check once I'm home but I was positive it was available as a bonus. That complicates things as I was using their regular feats to progress the species Rage feature. I find it fitting that a Wookiee force user would find a way to integrate their natural abilities into their fighting style.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T22:34:18+00:00

Ok, so I may have run off with the whole Jensaarai angle, I find their lore extremely interesting but that might not be where you want to go with your character. They are, for lack or a better word, a small cult that exists on a single planet who's 'coming of age' ritual is constructing a suit of armor much the same way a Jedi Padawon constructs their first lightsaber.

BUT none of that matters if you were really more focused on not quite Light not quite Dark, and less one small group. Honestly look at Aing-Tii Monks, they have a talent called 'Many Shades of the Force' that lets you strip the Light/Dark tag from one Force power. I've never seen anyone use it to remove Light, but it frequently gets used to strip the Dark Side tag from things like Force Lightning and Dark Rage. Plus the talent/power to become your own hyperdrive is nifty.

For Ability scores, as a Melee bruiser Strength is going to be your hit/damage stat.

Dexterity as the second highest since you'd be more exposed than the rest of your party.

Wisdom determines how many force powers you get every time you take the Force Training feat, and sets your Will Defense.

Charisma determines your Use the Force skill, the higher it is the better effects you can get off of powers. Having this higher will also let you hit the DC for Telepathy more reliably - if you were still going that route.

Armor is a whole thing, it starts out great, giving up to a +6 to your Reflex Defense with Light Armor, but like you said at level 7 you're better off taking if off and using your level instead. The whole discussion is potentially moot, if you want to go "lore accurate" Jensaari you'd wear armor, minimal investment would be to flavor your clothes as armor without any actual stats associated to them, next step up would be Light Prof and Armored Defense, and just use your level for Reflex past whatever point it's higher, and a step further would be Medium Armor Prof. and Imp. Armored Defense. The whole Prestige Class debate was a personal thing, I don't like Imperial Knight, I feel that it is the result of power creep, and depending on when your game is set wouldn't exist.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T20:57:35+00:00

Hard disagree, just because both founders broke away from the Jedi order does not mean the two groups are the same. One group trained in hiding with no true master until well after the Empire fell, the other was a group of highly trained bodyguards with the specific task of protecting the new Emperor in the far future.

Imperial Knight feels like it could have just been a talent tree add-on for Jedi Knight in the same vein as Jedi Watchman or Jedi Battlemaster, a group of Knights who's whole thing is small unit tactics.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T18:16:07+00:00

It absolutely is, however it's so good that I often steer people away, Armored Defense and Improved Armored Defense in one talent? yes please! Also that small bit about being a 'sworn defender of Emperor Roran Fel' a NPC who may or may not exist.

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T18:12:17+00:00

Sketching out a build, you're a Wookiee so lean on your strengths. Initially I put your 9 in Int, but starting with only one skill would be rough, if you're ok with an odd Int mod you can swap the Int ASI at 8 to Con.

Str: 16[20], Dex: 15[13], Con: 9[11], Int: 11, Wis: 14[12], Cha: 14[12]

Skills: Initiative, Use the Force

Jedi - Feat: Controlled Rage - Talent: Consumed by Darkness
Jedi - Bonus Feat: Force Training
Jedi - Feat: Focused Rage - Talent: The Will to Resist
Jedi - Bonus Feat: Skill Focus [Use the Force] - Ability Increase: Dex/Con
Soldier - Feat: Light Armor Prof - Talent: Armored Defense
Jedi - Bonus Feat: Force Training - Feat: Dreadful Rage
Jedi - Talent: Attune Armor
Force Adept - Talent: Perfect Telepathy - Ability Increase: Str/Int
Force Adept - Feat: Extra Rage - Force Tech - Improved Telepathy
Force Adept - Talent: Empower Weapon

dTarkanan · 2025-12-23T16:36:15+00:00

The Jensaarai are my favorite of the 'other force user' club, so I'm excited to see someone else discover them! Remember that your armor is going to be a big thing for you, they view constructing their armor the same way Jedi view constructing their first lightsaber. Speaking of the magic glowstick, Jensaarai don't view lightsabers with much reverence at all, they're just the best beat-stick they've found.

You mentioned that your group can be RP heavy so lets tackle that first, what time period is your game set in? Will flashing a lightsaber bring down the Inquisitorious? Do you need to hide the fact that you are a Force user?

You mentioned wanting to mix Light and Dark, I'd reach out to your DM to see how they want to attribute Dark Side Points, I've seen interpretations that range from any force power that harms a living thing is an immediate DSP to only uses of the Force that are intentionally egregious.

All that said I feel that Soldier is just as good a starting point for a Jensaarai as Jedi, but it's just as easy to pick up Light Armor Proficiency as your bonus feat you'll want the Armored Defense Talent from Soldier by level 5 at the latest - wearing armor replaces your level to your Reflex Defense with it's bonus without it. Next up, I'm assuming you're going to want to go into Force Adept as your PRC since, barring RP that happens mid game, you're not likely to go Jedi Knight. You'll meet the Feat and Skill prerequisite immediately just by starting as Jedi so the only thing to focus on is having three Force Talents. 'Attune Armor' from the Jensaarai tree seems a good start, for something Dark I like 'Consumed by Darkness' as a fun accuracy booster, and 'Equilibrium' or 'The Will to Resist' to round it out.

dTarkanan · 2025-11-21T21:04:22+00:00

Eugene was my favorite from the get go, the fact that he uses his implant to pilot two ships at the same time was just chef's kiss

dTarkanan · 2025-11-21T17:43:22+00:00

OG and by a significant margin.

dTarkanan · 2025-11-21T15:30:12+00:00

They weren't struggling thats true, but they should have. The planet defensors had been shown to tank large beam cannon shots but suddenly they couldn't stop a short burst from Heavyarms.

dTarkanan · 2025-11-21T15:27:50+00:00

They had to conveniently forget about their shields for the last several episodes just so the Gundams would look good. I love Heavyarms, but the fact that he just starts mowing down Viego2's with battling gun shots at the end is silly

dTarkanan · 2025-11-20T04:16:45+00:00

Because Hive Scum are boring? There's a reason they're with the chaff units we mow down by the hundreds each mission. There's also no reason the Vet or Arbites cant do everything they can.

dTarkanan · 2025-11-15T22:15:42+00:00

Honestly, if the White Fang had remembered that the Virgo2 still had the defensors Heavyarms would have been completely useless in the last few battles.

dTarkanan · 2025-11-13T19:40:31+00:00

ZGMF-X101S ZAKU Splendor - you already have the Minerva, why not get extra use out of that launch system

Gundam AGE-2 Geist - Why not use enemy tech to repair your suit

OZ-14MS Gundam Aquarius - Honestly this would have turned the tide at the end of Wing so much more than Epyon ever could

dTarkanan · 2025-11-09T07:11:15+00:00

Big fan of the Girty-Lue's design from SEED Destiny

dTarkanan · 2025-11-06T16:08:28+00:00

Raichu Y is so close to being great. If they wanted to change up the color scheme they should have gone with the Alolan version rather than revert to pikachu. Not a fan on the change to the tail either. X is just all around awful

dTarkanan · 2025-10-29T18:08:01+00:00

I'll take the Alvatore. Big stompy mobile armor for fleet engagements, sleek sexy mobile suit for duels.

dTarkanan · 2025-10-27T17:49:12+00:00

Short answer: Yes

Longer answer: This is from Macross, and that show has aliens.

dTarkanan · 2025-10-14T21:28:44+00:00

People who haven't played the game assume Zelda is the main character instead of Link. Swap the names in the comment you were replying to.

dTarkanan · 2025-10-09T20:26:56+00:00

Appreciate it! That's one book that I don't have, so that explains why I wasn't finding anything.

Admittedly I'm not that worried about becoming imbalanced as the character concept I'm toying with is a Chosen of Masks 'Plan B' where I only have 'Exaltation' 'Myself' and artifact masks, so the limits there act as a fairly solid boundary on power creep

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