"The Force is what gives a Jedihis power.
It's an energy field created by all living things.
It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the Galaxy together."
— Obi-Wan Kenobi
USING THE FORCE
Playing a Force Sensitive character carries with it additional responsibilities and required knowledge that other characters do not have to deal with. Below is an in depth description of some of the features that may come up while playing a Force Sensitive character.
The Force and Alignment
For...
SWO's Mature Content Guide
SITE RATING
Star Wars Odyssey's content-rating is 3-3-3, which means that mature themes and situations can and do come up in threads. We require that all mature content is flagged as such with the appropriate tags and descriptors.
What is considered 'mature content'?
Mature content includes any material that contains, depicts or explicitly references one or more of the following:
strong or offensive language
discriminatory themes/language
nudity
sex
violence...
DROID CHARACTER CREATION
Consider this ruleset to be in 'beta'; it is currently intended to be used for PCs, ONLY.
1. All Droids have base attributes of 1D. These may be increased by spending a Droid's initial allocation of building dice. The universal Character Trait Modifier for SWO Droids, is 0.
ATTRIBUTE
MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
DEXTERITY
1D
INITIAL ATT.
STRENGTH
1D
INITIAL ATT.
KNOWLEDGE
1D
INITIAL ATT.
PERCEPTION
1D
INITIAL ATT.
MECHANICAL
1D
INITIAL ATT.
TECHNICAL
1D
INITIAL...
The Real Basics
The D6 rules use Six-Sided Dice (D6's).
The Not Quite So Basics
All dice rolls are based off Attributes and Skills, they will express themselves in the following way(s):
Blaster 5D+2
Dodge 5D, etc.
So, when a character attempts to shoot a blaster, they use their blaster skill, in the above example, rolling 5 D6's totaling the amount rolled, and then adding 2 (the extra points are called pips, so this would be described as 5 Dice and 2 Pips).
Skills are either rolled...
Melee Weapon Design & Construction
INTRODUCTION
Since the dawn of civilizations, sentient beings have utilized weapons a means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest. Beginning with clubs, spears, slings, arrows, knives - and even common tools (such as stone hand axes or heavy grinding stones), various species across the Galaxy used these as weapons as needed. Since then, melee weapons have evolved, ranging from simple to advanced weapons enhanced with modern...