Tell me how a scene from Star Wars is resolved in your favorite RPG system. Or your most hated, that's OK, too.
For example, in AW:
Luke: How did my father die?
Alec as Kenobi: He was hunted down and destroyed by Darth Vader, a pupil of mine until he turned to evil--
George as MC: Hold on. You're lying out of your ass. Is this some jedi shit?
Alex: Nah, just manipulation. I've decided Kenobi is an asshole, who wants to manipulate the kid. I'll roll! I rolled an 7, cool. I'll need concrete --
Anthony as C3P0: Hey, can I help?
George: Sure, but how?
Anthony: C3P0 interrupts, telling Master Luke he's going to shut down for a while, which distracts Luke from the obvious lie.
George: Fine. Roll.
Anthony: I'll roll with Hx with Master Luke, which is at +3. Hey, I got a 10+. I've got a move that says I add 3 when I help, so its a 10+
Alex: Woot! The kid believes me!
Mark: Can I interfere?
George: No problem. Go ahead and roll, as Luke tries to see through the bullshit.
Mark: I rolled a 2.
George: Hah. You believe them and ... ::thinks offscreen:: Heh, I know exactly what's going to happen.
Mark: I hate you. Fine, Luke decides that he's going to run away with Kenobi. His voice changes slightly, "I can take you as far as Anchorhead". He's playing coy, but knows he's leaving.
Alex as Kenobi: You must do what you feel is right, of course.
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haha perfect. " I've decided Kenobi is an asshole" lol
ReplyDeleteAnd, unless my timing is entirely wrong, that hard move on Mark's 6- is storm troopers finding a certain moisture farm ....
ReplyDelete......Yea.
ReplyDeleteSo in this example, who knows that DV is Luke's father (spoiler?)?It sounds like the GM knows, but that's kind of forceful plotting for an AW game.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna guess, Karl Larsson, that nobody really knows. When Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru were talking about how Luke's got too much of his father in him, the MC probably passed a note to Alex with something like "Luke's father is alive, but Luke thinks he's dead. Make up a reason why. Don't mention Vader."
ReplyDeleteOh man, spoiler warning! (I kid)
ReplyDeleteLet's see, first to respond was Andrew Medeiros. So, tell us how a Star Wars scene is resolved in a system of your choice?
ReplyDeleteWilliam Nichols I never really got AW. I like the Plotmaster role. Too much player agency isn't always a good thing. If Luke's player suddenly introduces that Vader is his father, then Han's player will want the same thing. And everyone wants to be Kaiser Söze.
ReplyDeleteSorry Aaron Griffin
Karl Larsson Maybe! If you prefer another system tell us how a star wars scene works in it!
ReplyDeleteMine is but one example, and I'd love to see others.
I searched my feelings, I know it to be true!!
ReplyDeleteWilliam Nichols Sorry to derail. Challenge accepted, though I want do a full play-by-play like you.
ReplyDeleteI like GUMSHOE. In Ashen Stars there are also rules for story arcs. So Luke looking for his father is obviously a point in the arc, created by the player but for the GM to use.
This particular scene is nothing special, just bringing the characters together. I don't think there would be any rolls, some of the relationships might have been defined at chargen. Obi's player might have spent some sort of ability point to come up with the best place to get off the planet.
Using Whitehack,
ReplyDeleteLuke is a Deft Starfighter Pilot, the Force has allowed him to Attune to his X-Wing and his player decides that rolling to hit the exhaust port is just too risky, even with the targeting computer. Instead he burns this session's use of his X- wing Attunement and declares that Luke hits the port.
Darth Vader, a Wise Dark Jedi, is himself a skilled Starfighter Pilot, but his player has already expended a lot of his Hit Points using the Force Sense miracle to touch the mind of Luke and then his Power of the Dark Side miracle to increase his powers and quickly battle through the fighters in the trench (his Veteran of the Clone Wars Group helps there too). Now he is behind Luke's X-Wing, burning his last HPs on a Dark Side of the Force spell which will allow him to destroy the X-wing in one hit.
Han Solo, a Brave Smuggler has had a bad session. He failed to scare the storm troopers. He failed to impress the princess. Then he failed to convince Luke to come with him. His player though is feeling pretty good about this as it has given him lots of Comeback Dice to spend on his determined but occasionally inept hero. So he has Han jump into the battle, uses his 'Nope' power to speed past the remaining Ties, before they can stop him. He descends on Vader and spends his Comeback Dice to ensure a good shot.
Vader's Spell is lost.
Luke hits the exhaust.
Brian Ashford That was exciting!
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