Tonight is the first run of my new Star Wars campaign. We're using the Saga edition rules, but I hope to run it with a lighter touch than my recent D&D outings. We took 'getting the rules right' very seriously, but for this campaign the emphasis will be on getting Star Warsy action first, correct rules interpretation third. (What's second? I dunno, but I want to leave room for something else to be second.) I think my Prussian pal Settembrini would call this method "roll & shout".
We'll be starting the campaign in media res, which is Latin for "Look out! TIE Fighters are zapping your ship!"
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We'll be starting the campaign in media res, which is Latin for "Look out! TIE Fighters are zapping your ship!"
ReplyDeleteThere is no other way to start a Star Wars campaign. It's illegal, and you turn yellow.
My campaigns always start in a darkened starport, with a nervous NPC saying something like "You're sure the Empire won't get wind of this?" [two-beat pause] followed by a hail of Stormtrooper blaster-fire.
ReplyDeleteSo, similar aesthetic, just on feet.
Crap! I'mgonna take two actions-- one to dodge into the alcove to my right, the other to draw my bla--
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