See I knew I'd get burned not looking back at the beginning of the thread :)

I haven't taken a look at TFU CG just yet, saw it when I was at the bookstore last night but wasn't what I had in mind on picking up. But from the sounds of it, if they make the Rebellion Era similar it could actually work. Guess it just kind of sounded weird that they'd do a CG for an era they (mostly) covered with the movies.

Well, remember that the movies only covered the Rebellion, as it was seen by a small group of heroes - there's bound to be much, much more that can benefit both GMs and PCs, and help flesh out the era beyond what was seen in the movies.

Right, which, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. It was just the initial knee jerk reaction to it. When it comes out I will more than likely take a look at it, if for nothing else than to expand my knowledge of the universe. Which was part of my reason for buying the KoTOR guide.

Not to mention there are some pretty decent gaps in between the movies. IRC Shadows of the Empire was the first mention of the Black Sun, that would be nice to get some good stats on that. And while thinking of Black Sun perhaps we could get some decent rules for constructing Human Replica Droids. The more I think about it the more stuff there is to look forward to in a Rebellion Era book.

Human replica droids can be found in threats of the galaxy, I do believe.

Figures it'd be in the first book I don't have.

Yup, stats for Guri, standard human replica droid, and how to play one yourself.

Words do not express the frustration I feel currently.

Lol!

Oh yeah, that was in there, wasn't it?  I totally forgot.

Again, a book has been shipped early, and a poster at the WotC forums has gotten it - Scum & Villainy, in this case!  I don't have time to go through the post and copy the highlights over here, but check it out for yourselves if you'd like:
http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1109694

New species:

I'm assuming the Jawa will be the same as the stats already published online, but the others will be interesting to see, particularly Clawdites (shapechangers, as seen in Episode II) and Falleeen.  I'm assuming Toydarians will have a significant bonus (+5) to their Will defense against mind-affecting abilities, or something like that.  Never heard of Blood Carvers or Ryn, however - anyone care to enlighten me?  :-)

And, concerning Jawas, and their new stats as opposed to the ones from the conversion document, I'll quote SWSE game designer Rodney Thompson (who has the most awesome job, ever! :p):




I'm not sure how to read the first line - first, it says that all base classes gets new talent trees, then it specifies that the Noble gets an entirely new tree...  does this mean that nobles get two new talent trees, or that they are, in fact, the only ones getting a brand new tree?

I was hoping to see additions to the Smuggler tree out of TFU, but from what I've read here, I'm pretty excited about the new talents.  It's also stated in the post that apart from the Jedi Sentinel talents, there's nothing Force-related in the book, which is rather refreshing, as a good deal of my favorite Star Wars characters were just plain old scoundrels.  :p


Yes!  Cheating at gambling!  Awesome!  :D


Looks good to me - want some more info, and I'm hoping there are more non-combat feats in here, too.


Looking good - I like the new prestige classes, though I think Bounty Hunter could double pretty well for Assassin, really.  Interesting to see a non-core prestige class (Master Privateer, TFU) get new talents, as well.


...awesome!  Assuming this is all balanced, it'll be a great addition to the game.  :-)


I'm a fan of these fluff-heavy chapters, so thumbs up here!


I know some people on the WotC forums will have you believe that stats for a named NPC are useless, since they will rarely (if ever) show up in your games - I say, nonsense!  Sure, I might not ever use Zam Wessell - but if her stats are decent enough, I might just nab them for another Clawdite bounty hunter/assassin instead, and just change the name.  The less work I have to do making stat-blocks, the better.

New organizations = yay!  :D


As mentioned earlier - fluff-heavy chapters are good with me.


Adventures = good.  They make it easier for new GMs to get started, and even if I don't plan on running them myselves, I like reading adventures, as they help me plan out my own, give me thoughts on what to do and not to do, etc.

Ryn were featured heavily in in the New Jedi Order. They're a very Gypsy-esque race that turned into a bit of an under-the-radar information network. Distinguishing characteristics were a pungent odour, beak, and a prehensile tail.

Blood Carver

Blood Carvers were an almost insect-like alien race native to Batorine


Ryn

The Ryn were an uncommon humanoid species, with prehensile tails, beak-like noses, long fingers, white hair, and distinctive odor. They were known for their musicality and diligent cleanliness despite being often mistaken as dirty due to their strong odor.

... Ryn are monkey-Tengus!

GM Palpatine's official review of Scum & Villainy is coming sometime this weekend-ish, but from a quick look-through, I'll give you my first impression of it - it is awesome, and if you can, you should buy it if you have any interest in scoundrels, smugglers, bounty hunters, and all other things concidered 'Fringe'.  Doubly so if you're a GM!  My favorite part, so far, is the equipment and upgrade parts, and getting a couple of new deckplans for ships is also neat.



Called it!  :D  +5 against Use the Force checks for abilities with the Mind-Affecting tag (as Qui-Gon experienced first-hand with Watto - "Republic Credits will do fine").
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Oh, and sometime tomorrow, I'll type up the new Jawa stats for GM Furousha - for the players in that game, I can assure you, these stats are good.  :-)

If it's that good, I might have to rustle up a copy of one.  From what I hear, it'll really help in those games where you don't want those strange people with their long glowsticks running around on their acid trips thinking they can somehow move matter with their mind.

Damn stoners.

Oh yes - definitely a non-Jedi book, this.  It's got one Jedi Sentinel talent, one talent tree for Force Sensitive Gand Bounty Hunters, and one drug that'll let you make an untrained Use the Force check for Telepathy only, but as far as I can tell, that's it.


Oh, and I just love the option to have your Destiny tied to a specific ship, rather than picking one of the Destinies listed in the core rulebook.

How exactly does that work? The destinies part.

I'll just post up a short version now, before going back to bed while I wait for the doctor's office to open, but basically:

Instead of choosing a normal Destiny, you choose one ship to be tied to (the classic example is, of course, the Milennium Falcon and Han Solo).  No matter what happens, your ship is never completely destroyed, at least some small part will always 'survive' for you to use to rebuild your ship if it is destroyed in battle.  When you do this, you can only spend Destiny Points on your ship, on a specific set of actions that depends on your station (Pilot, Co-Pilot, Commander, Engineer, or Systems Operator) on the ship.  Characters with 'regular' destinies cannot use Destiny Points with starships, however, unless they have one Starship Maneuver from SotG, the book says.  So, basically, you're destined to do the really important things in your life, while flying in your own, special starship.

Interesting.

Anyone catch the Star Wars: Clone Wars episode from this last friday? I have to say two astromechs fighting is pretty funny looking.

Yep.  They were just kind of getting in each others' way, and trying to zap each other.  That's about all they can do.