Send a PM to Palpatine, and all PCs start at SWSEC standard - read the character creation thread for details.

Mandalorians, or as the people refer to themselves, Mando'a, are a culture unto themselves, discriminating against neither race or sex, as long as you follow the basic code of the Mando.  You must speak the language, care and provide for your family, and show up whenever the leader of the culture, Mandalore himself, calls.

Mandalorians are compulsive adopters, and as such, their population is constantly in flux.  Originally, there were not even human, though the original species of Mando isn't quite certain.  Their armor has changed through the millenia, but for the most part, the T-shaped visor has been their defining aspect for nearly as long as they have been known to the Republic.

During the time of KotR, the Mandalorians had just been beaten back by the Jedi Revan and his followers, after waging a war against the Republic the likes of which they had never seen.  The Mando'a were daring, decisive, and showed no mercy for those who would not fight.  In the Mando culture, refusal to fight is the ultimate weakness, surpassed only by those who abandon their families or the culture in times of need.

By the Rise of the Empire, the Mando'a were scattered too and fro, and most assumed they were extinct or nearly there, much like the Ryn.  Boba Fett was the most famous, but there were others of note, including Jaster Mereel and Jodo Kast.

In the New Republic, the Mandalorians, for the most part, were still sprinkled across the galaxy, fighting for credits, fighting for survival, and fighting for themselves.  However, at the invasion of the Yuzzhan Vong, the man who bore the mantle of Mandalore, Fenn Shysa, called upon the people to return to the planet who bore the name of their people, and gather in force to help the New Republic drive the alien invaders back to where they came.  Fenn Shysa was later killed, and he passed the title on to Boba Fett, who is probably the most controversial Mandalore in his people's history.

When Jacen Solo started his bid to rule the Galaxy as another Emperor, Boba Fett made another call to the Mando'a, and they once again gathered on a planet that had been ravaged by the Vong.  Unfortunately for the rest of the galaxy, the destruction rained upon their planet has revealed a new, massive vein of the Mandalorian steel, known as beskar.  And MandalMotors, the primary manufacturing company on Mandalore, has started manufacturing fighters, both for home use and abroad.  These new fighters are called Bes'uliik, in the tradition of the old Basilisk War Droids, and they are every bit as lethal as the originals.

And this concludes Mando'a 101.  Hope it helped.

Just a reminder for all interested parties that applications for the Mandalorian Gamble are still open, and will be until 21:00, GMT +1 (6 hours, 30 minutes from now, just about).  Anyone interested in sending in an application, please include a basic character concept (including species, class(es), particular talents/feats important for your build, as well as what direction you want to take the character in), as well as a brief (no more than three paragraphs, please!) background.


And, as a 'teaser', here is the opening post of the campaign:

I'd like to thank everyone who applied for the Mandalorian Gamble for their interest.  I have now selected a group of players who have all received PMs letting them know how to proceed, and for the others, I'd like to apologize - the worst thing about being a GM online, at least in my opinion, is when you have to turn down perfectly good characters.  In this case, several.  I can reveal, however, that there is a Rebellion-era game upcoming, as well as another KotOR-era game by yours truly in the works, which should have an ad up by the middle of next week at the latest.  So if you haven't gotten into a game yet, don't lose hope, there are still plenty of chances left.  :-)

Appearently, by 'middle of next week', I must have meant 'just over an hour from now', heh.  A new ad is up, feel free to check it out.  :-)

Everyone, I have updated the Game Info sections for the three boards we will be hosting the games in.  If somebody (or somebodies) could check those for me and make sure they look okay, I would appreciate it.

How many games will be run?

For now we will have only four RPoL boards.  SWSEC - Star Wars Saga Edition Community, SWSEC - Clone Wars, SWSEC - Rebellion, and SWSEC - KotOR.
  The community board will only host our discussions, links, character creation guidelines, etc., and the other three board will host games, a maximum of 14 each.  If we were to grow beyond that, it would be easy to add more boards, but I don't foresee that happening for a very long time if ever.

If you're interested in playing a particular game, do you contact the GM directly, express interest in a thread, or what?

Please PM the GM directly, right here in the community.

I looked, they look alright. :)

So multiple games will be run on the same forum based on what time line it is from?

Yes - one board holds our KotOR era game, another the Rebellion era games, and so on.

So who's running the Clone wars one?

Thanks, Kitty.

So far we have no games set in that era, Vorantha.

Ok, I'm a bit confused.  So the games will not have their own separate game board?  They will be threads within this board?  Am I understanding that correctly?

GM Palapatine, the game currently posted in "Available Space for PCs" is that just a title change or a new posting?

Alright.

Not this board, no, but in other boards, one for each era.  For example, all our KotOR games are hosted on a single board.  This is done mostly to protect us from situations where someone joins as a GM, starts a game, only to grow tired and delete it without warning - something that is far too likely to happen on RPoL, unfortunately. . .  :-(


New posting, yes.

So here is a question I've been pondering. If a Wookiee is unable to speak if we want to play one how are we supposed to be able to communicate with our party?

Either buy a translation droid or speak with one of the players and ask him to learn shyriiwook.

1) Ask the other players if one of them would mind learning Shyriiwook.

2) If you can afford it, buy a droid with a translation unit.

3) Buy a vox-box, and pre-program it with your 10 most likely phrases, and go with that.

I thought it might be something along those lines. In your games do you allow your players to create equipment that isn't listed? I mean if it's well thought out?

I think it's a GM thing. If it is logical and reasonable I would allow it.

Yes, what he said.

So whats new in the KotOR book?