Arms and Equipment Guide

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*NEW/REVISED PROFESSIONAL EDGES*

Ace [REVISED]
Requirements: Novice, Agility d8+, Piloting d8+

Aces are special pilots who feel more comfortable behind the flight stick than on their own two feet.

Aces add +2 to Piloting rolls and +1 to Gunnery rolls. In addition, they may also Use the Force to make Soak rolls for any vehicle they control. This is a Piloting roll at -2 (cancelling their usual +2). Each success and raise negates a wound and any critical hit that would have resulted from it.

Blasterslinger
Requirements: Novice, Agility d8+, Shooting d10+, Quick Draw

A Blasterslinger may be a mercenary, an assassin, or a wandering troubleshooter. In any event, she is a master of the quick draw and the quicker shot. In the first round of a combat encounter a Blasterslinger gains +2 to Shooting and damage rolls with a hold-out blaster, blaster pistol or heavy blaster pistol against any opponent with a lower Action Card (this does not stack with "having the drop" on an opponent). A Blasterslinger loses this bonus if she Holds her Action.

Trigger Work
Requirements:Seasoned, Agility d10+, Shooting d10+, Blasterslinger

A Blasterslinger who masters fast Trigger Work can "double tap" with a hold-out blaster, blaster pistol or heavy blaster pistol. He gains +1 to Shooting and damage. However, on a 1 on the Shooting die (regardless of the Wild Die) the blaster overheats, and requires a round to cool down before it can be fired again. In addition, her penalty to Shooting when using the Rapid Attack maneuver with a hold-out blaster, blaster pistol, or heavy blaster pistol is reduced to -2 (but the penalty to Dodge and Parry is unaffected). A double-tap cannot be combined with the Rapid Attack maneuver.

Hey, what happened to Field Engineer and Tech Specialist?
Field Engineer was redundant with other Edges (such as Mr. Fix-It and Scholar). Tech Specialist is a bit more complicated. It has a history with the WotC versions of the Star Wars RPG, but not much outside of that. The focus in Star Wars should be on characters and story, not technology. Also, I didn't want a character to have to use an Edge to make other characters' stuff better. On the other hand, customized gear, such as Bobba Fett's armor or the Millennium Falcon are definitely part of the genre. So, I removed the Edge, but added rules that allow anyone to try to customize gear. See the "Customizing Gear" post for more info.

Force Astrogation
Requirements: Novice, Force Sensitive.

A character with this Edge can use the Force to sense the ebb and flow of hyperspace. He may use his Sense skill in place of the Knowledge (Astrogation) skill when making astrogation rolls. In addition, he suffers no penalties for not using a NavComp when doing so. He still requires the normal time to make the calculations.

Force Healing
Requirements: Novice, Force Sensitive

A character with this Edge can use the Force to accelerate the healing process in other living creatures. He can use the Alter skill in place of the Healing skill. The benefits of the Healer Edge still apply.

Force Pilot [REVISED]
Requirements: Novice, Force Sensitive

A character with this Edge has a natural feel piloting. He may use his Sense skill in place of the Piloting skill for Piloting and Gunnery skill rolls.

Gadgeteer
Requirements: Novice, Fringer, Smarts d10+, Knowledge (Engineering) d10+, Repair d10+

These mechanical gurus are so technically savvy they can quickly build a machine to handle nearly any situation.

A Gadgeteer can spend a Force Point to create a "jury-rigged" device from spare parts. This device functions like a Weird Science device (SWD 104-5), except that it uses Repair rather than the Weird Science skill. It has 5 Power Points, and once these are used up, the gadget burns out and does not recharge. The inventor must have access to some spare parts and a reasonable amount of time (GM's call, but at least 1d20 minutes) to create the gizmo.

A gadget may have one of the following powers (subject to Rank restrictions): armor, barrier, blast, blind, bolt, burst, damage field, darksight, entangle, environmental protection, farsight, fly, havoc, light/obscure, pummel, smite, stun, wall walker (SWD 109-17). At the GM's option, the gadget may also benefit from Trappings & Effects (other than Necromantic) (SWD 106-7).

Jump Trooper
Requirements: Novice, Agility d6+, Repair d4+

A Jump Trooper is particularly well-trained in using a jump pack. He has a +2 to all Agility rolls to control a jump pack. In addition, due to his expert control of fuel usage and power settings, fuel cells are considered to have 15 charges instead of 10 when he uses them. Finally, he does not suffer an unstable platform penalty to Shooting while using a jump pack.

Natural Astrogater
Requirements: Novice, Duros, Smarts d10+

A Duros with this Edge can make complex astronavigation calculations in his head. He has +2 to Knowledge (Astrogation), and only suffers a -2 (instead of -4) penalty when astrogating without a NavComp. Without a NavComp, he has no net penalty; with a NavComp, he has a net +2 bonus.

Spacer
Requirements: Novice, Smarts d6+

Spacers may be the products of growing up on a starship or intense academy training. They are veterans of space travel, more at home among the stars than "dirtside."

Spacers have +2 to Piloting when flying starships, +2 to Knowledge (Computers) when operating their sensors and other computer systems, +2 to Repair them, and +1 to Gunnery when firing their weapons. In addition, Spacers suffer no penalties for being in zero-g.

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STARSHIP SKILLS

Gunnery

Gunnery is the ability to use vehicle weapon systems, from the chin turret of an AT-ST to a stock light freighter's quad-laser turret to a Star Destroyer's turbo-laser battery.

Gunnery is a meta-skill. A character's Gunnery skill die is equal to the highest of his Knowledge (Computers), Piloting, or Shooting skill die. Bonuses and benefits from Edges and other sources do not apply to Gunnery skill rolls unless the source explicitly includes Gunnery (for example, a Slicer does not add +2 to his Gunnery skill rolls, and a character who can Rock 'n' Roll does not negate the autofire penalty when using a pulse cannon).

Knowledge (Astrogation)

Traveling safely through hyperspace requires complex calculations. Hyperspace has "currents", which can be affected by the gravitational fields of objects in normalspace, which are themselves in constant motion relative to each other. Even on a well-traveled route, every jump is different, and requires a new set of calculations.

At the GM's option, a routine jump may not require a skill roll. If a skill roll seems dramatically appropriate, use the following rules.

Properly calculating a hyperspace jump does not require a NavComp - but it sure helps. Astrogating without a NavComp imposes a -4 penalty.

Astrogating a jump along a major hyperspace route grants a +2 bonus. A jump along a minor hyperspace route has no bonus or penalty. A jump along a newly discovered route has a -2 penalty. An unexplored route has a -4 penalty.

Safely astrogating requires time. The amount of time required is plot-dependent and up to the GM, but usually at least 1d20 minutes. After this time, the astrogater makes a Knowledge (Astrogation) roll. The player should usually make this roll after the ship has already jumped to hyperspace, as characters usually don't know that they failed an astrogation check until disaster strikes. Faster astrogation is possible (but more difficult and riskier), and is handled as a Dramatic Task (SWD 84). In either case, one other character can assist the astrogater.

A failed astrogation roll results in a minor mishap, as determined by the GM. This may include minor damage to the ship's hyperdrive or jumping out of hyperspace into a hazardous situation (too close to a planet, in the middle of an asteroid field, etc.), or just a particularly long time spent in hyperspace.

A critical failure results in a major mishap. For fast astrogation, if the character does not get at least 3 successes, or does not get 5 successes and rolls at least one critical failure, it is considered a critical failure. A major mishap may include burning out the hyperdrive, critical damage to other ship systems, getting "stuck" in hyperspace, or jumping to a completely different system (or into the Void), in addition to the results of a minor mishap.

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CUSTOMIZING GEAR

With enough time, material, and tools, characters may customize their weapons, armor, and other personal gear. Customizing gear requires at least a basic tool kit, some space to work, materials worth as much as the item being customized, and an amount of time determined by the GM (usually at least a full work day). A character may attempt to customize one piece of gear per game session, unless the GM rules that an unusual amount of "down time" passes during the session. Characters may attempt to either mount a piece of gear or upgrade it.

Mounting a piece of gear involves cutting out unnecessary casing, handles, and the like, and attaching it to armor, a harness, or a wrist or headset mount. A mounted piece of gear weighs only half as much as normal and may be readied as a free action. There are no exact rules for what items may be mounted, how many, and where. The GM should simply apply some common sense. For example, mounting a commlink and a datapad on a single wrist mount seems plausible, but also adding a grappler, gyroc, and blaster pistol to the same mount is just getting silly. As a general rule, no item larger than a vibroknife, blaster pistol, datapad, or glowrod can be mounted on a wrist mount or headset mount. The wristcomp datapad, and wrist and headset commlinks are essentially commercially available, mass-produced custom mounted gear.

A wrist or headset mount is not a separate piece of gear - part of the cost of mounting an item is building such a mount. However, any other sort of mounting requires something to mount the item on, usually armor or a harness (see the Arms & Equipment Guide Gear post).

Mounting an item is handled as a Dramatic Task (SWD 84) using the Repair skill, except that the character does not draw Action Cards (no Jokers, but no Complications, either). One other character may make a Cooperative Roll to assist (SWD 63). A failure wastes the customization materials, but the character is able to put the item back together with no ill effects. A Critical Failure indicates that the item being customized is also damaged or destroyed (GM's option).

Items may also be upgraded, improving their performance and capabilities. An upgraded item grants +1 to one Trait roll when using that item (for example, an upgraded datapad may grant +1 to Knowledge (Computer) rolls). If more than one Trait might be used with an item, each Trait requires an additional upgrade. For example, a grappler might be upgraded to provide +1 to Shooting rolls to deploy it, and separately upgraded to provide +1 to Climbing rolls. Weapons may be upgraded to provide +1 to attack (Fighting, Shooting, and Throwing, separately), +1 to damage, and (for hand to hand weapons) +1 to Parry, as separate upgrades. Upgraded armor adds +1 to Soak rolls.

Only personal gear may be upgraded using the above rules. Gear may not be upgraded more than once for a particular Trait (but can have multiple upgrades, each affecting a different Trait). Force Sensitive characters may not normally Force attune an item which has been customized by another character (a GM might allow a character to Force attune a customized weapon he inherits from his deceased mentor, for example, but not to have the party's tech specialist upgrade his weapon for him).

Upgrading an item is a two step process. First, the character must design the upgrade. This requires a Dramatic Task (without Action Cards) using Knowledge (Engineering). Failure indicates an obviously flawed design - no materials are wasted, but the character may not attempt to upgrade the item that game session. The second step is another Dramatic Task (without Action Cards) using Repair. This works just like the Dramatic Task to mount an item. One other character may assist each step with a Cooperative Roll (the assistant need not be the same for both rolls). Two different characters may perform each step, but a character performing the second step takes a -2 penalty when using another character's design.

Starships and other vehicles may also be upgraded. Acceleration, Top Speed (for sub-light spaceships and other vehicles), Toughness, and Handling may all be upgraded separately. Upgrading increases Acceleration, Top Speed, and Toughness by 25% (round down). Upgrading Handling improves it by +1. Upgrading a starship system reduces its Build Spaces used by 1 (minimum 1). For example, the legendary Incom T-65 X-Wing essentially comes standard with an upgraded quad-beam cannon array, which only uses 1 Build Space instead of 2.

The second step of upgrading a starship or other vehicle usually requires a full shipyard or work bay, and a number of workers at least equal to the vehicle's normal crew. Otherwise, it is handled the same as upgrading personal gear (the character making the rolls is the supervising engineer).

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ARMS

WEAPON PROPERTIES

Stun: Blaster pistols and rifles (including all variants) have a stun setting. Blasters may be switched between stun and standard settings once per turn as a free action. A blaster set on stun cannot be fired beyond Short Range. It does not cause damage as normal. Instead, the target makes a Vigor roll to resist the stun damage. A success on the stun damage roll makes the target Shaken. Every raise causes a level of Fatigue. A character may attempt to recover a level of Fatigue from stun damage by taking a full turn, performing no other actions (not even moving), and making a Vigor roll. A success removes one level of Fatigue, a raise removes two. A character Incapacitated by stun damage is unconscious for a period of time determined by the GM. This may be entirely story driven, or at the GM's option, 1d6 hours, or the character may make a Vigor roll every hour. Stun damage has no AP (regardless of the weapon's normal AP), and in fact if a target of stun damage is hit in an armored location, he adds the armor value to his Vigor check to resist the stun. [There's a reason we only see the stun setting used once in 6 movies.]

ARMS

Type	Range	Damage	RoF	Cost	Weight	Shots	Min Str	Notes
Grenade	5/10/20	3d6	-	200	2	-	1	MBT
Gyroc Pistol	10/20/40	2d6	1	300	6	6	d6	Special
Gyroc Rifle	20/40/80	2d8	1	600	15	6	d8	Snapfire, Special
Ion Gun	8/16/32	Special	1	300	6	-	6	-	Special
Incinerator	Cone Template	2d10	1	2000	50	Special	d8	Special
Rocket Launcher	24/48/96	4d8	1	3000	20	3	d8	AP 40, Heavy Weapon, MBT, Snapfire
Thermal Detonator	5/10/20	4d12	-	2000	2	1	-	Heavy Weapon, LBT, Special

AMMUNITION

Ammo	Weight	Cost	Notes
Fuel Cannister	20	200	Incinerator
Gyroc Magazine, Pistol	2	20	-
Gyroc Magazine, Rifle	3	30	-
Rocket Cassette	10	1000	-

SELECTED ARMS NOTES

Grenades: SWD 51.

Gyroc: Gyrocs (GYroject ROCkets) are uncommon weapons which fire small rocket powered projectiles. Gyrocs are either anti-personnel or armor-piercing (cost and weight are identical). Anti-personnel gyrocs explode in a Small Burst Template. Armor-piercing gyrocs have AP 8. Boba Fett has a wrist-mounted gyroc pistol.

Incinerator: Incinerators are flamethrowers (SWD 51). On a roll of 1 on the Shooting die (regardless of the result of the Wild Die), roll a d6. On a 1, the incinerator runs out fuel.

Ion Gun: Ion guns are carbine-sized weapons favored by jawas and other scavengers. Against living creatures, they only cause 2d4 damage. Against droids, however, they cause 4d4 stun damage. Ion guns ignore armor. An ion gun may be fired one handed at a -1 penalty, in which case it also has a Min Str of d6. Ion guns use power packs and the same ammo rules as blasters.

Thermal Detonator: Thermal detonators are perhaps the most feared personal weapons in the Galaxy, and are often as dangerous to the user as they are to the intended target. As with any area attack, only sealed armor can provide protection - and even then, thermal detonators have AP 12. With a Large Burst Template, it is difficult to throw them far enough not to get caught in the blast. It requires an action and a successful Repair roll to arm one (it can be armed and thrown in the same round, with the normal multi-action penalty). On a failure, the thermal detonator fails to arm. On a Critical Failure, it detonates immediately! Unlike a normal grenade, it cannot be evaded or covered - but a character can try to pick it up and throw it back before it detonates.

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EQUIPMENT

Item	Cost	Weight
All-Temperature Cloak	100	2
Binder Cuffs	50	2
Breath Mask	200	2
Breath Mask Cannister	25	1
Grappler	200	6
Grappler, Heavy	500	12
Harness	150	Special
Holster, Quick-Draw	50	1
Jump Pack	500	20
Jump Pack Fuel Cell	100	10

SELECTED EQUIPMENT NOTES

All-Temperature Cloak: This wrap around cloak protects its wearer from the elements, granting a +2 bonus to Vigor checks to resist Cold, Heat, and Radiation Hazards. For double the cost, it can be camouflaged, granting +1 Stealth in the appropriate terrain (choose one: arctic, desert, jungle/swamp, plains, urban, woodland). Although this item can't technically be mounted, battle armor can be modified to provide the same benefits using the customization rules as if mounting an all-temperature cloak on it.

Breath Mask: This item provides one hour of breathable air, but provides no protection against other effects of vacuum or other hazardous environments. Each canister lasts one additional hour. This item can't be mounted on a headset (it already is), but can be mounted on a blast helmet or on the helmet of battle armor. It can be worn separately with a blast helmet, but not battle armor.

Grappler: This pistol-sized device projects up to 10" of synthline. It requires a Shooting roll to hit a specific target and secure the self-deploying grapple. A heavy grappler is rifle-sized and projects 20" of synthrope. A grappler may be wrist-mounted. A heavy grappler may not be mounted.

Harness: This is a set of straps, suspenders, belt, bandolier, and optional backpack which efficiently distribute the weight of carried equipment. It weighs 5 pounds, but does not add to encumbrance when worn. It increases a character's basic load limit by 10 pounds. An upgraded harness increases the basic load limit by 15 pounds. A harness can't be mounted, but items may be mounted to it.

Holster, Quick-Draw: This low-slung holster may be used with a hold-out blaster, blaster pistol, or heavy blaster pistol. It reduces the multi-action penalty for drawing and firing a pistol in the same round to -1. A quick-draw holster may be mounted on a harness or battle armor (although all this does is save 1/2 lb. of encumbrance). It may not be upgraded.

Jump Pack: This is a propulsion system that a character can can strap on, allowing flight over short distances. Activating a jump pack is an action, and requires an Agility roll to control the initial jump. After that routine maneuvers are free actions. A character who is Shaken in flight must make an Agility roll as a reaction to maintain control. Difficult maneuvers require an Agility roll (and possibly an Action). Jump packs grant the character a flying Pace of 10, and can hover in place.

Each fuel cell has 10 charges. The initial jump uses 3 charges, but the next two rounds of flight don't require charges. A character may also double the speed for double the charges, but the initial jump check is made at a -2 penalty, and each round flying at double speed requires an Action and an Agility roll to control the jump pack. A jump pack is an unstable platform.

A jump pack can't actually be used unless it is mounted. It can be purchased mounted on a harness for 1500 credits (includes the harness), or purchased as listed for mounting later. Since a jump pack must be mounted to be used, mounting it does not reduce its weight.