Star Wars: Legacy Era Campaign Guide

It has been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to participate in any role-playing game as a player-character. I’ve lucked out and I’ve found my way into a Star Wars game. The Game Master is going to set our adventure in the Legacy Era, about 125 years after “New Hope” and a timeline that I was unfamiliar. I stopped reading the books after finishing the last “New Jedi Order” novel.

To get up to speed, I read all of the comic books centering on the character of Cade Skywalker, a fusion of Luke and Han Solo. Cade is drug addict, addicted to Death Sticks and a bounty hunter who is attempting to avoid the Skywalker legacy. At one point early on, he hands over a Jedi to the Sith to collect the bounty on Jedi. Cade is a real nerf herder. The comics were background for the game, but wanted to see the new rules that I would be working with, so I picked up the “Legacy Era Campaign Guide” from Tower Games in North Minneapolis.

In consultation with my GM, I am going to play a Jawa-Scoundrel (8 levels) named FixItGood who can fix just about anything that is broken. Here are the Feats that will ensure that FixItGood can get the job done:

Talents - Scoundrel
Gambler
Knack
Gimmick
Biotech Adept

Feats - Class
WP - Pistols
WP - Simple W
Point Blank Shot

Feats - Bonus
1- Trained Skill: Treat Injury
3 - Cyber Surgery
6 - Surgical Expertise

Feats - Class Progression
2 - Dodge
4 - Precise Shot
6 - Biotech Specialist
8 - Biotech Surgery

Here is a short background story that I provide my GM for a little bit of fun flavor text:

---short story---

“Sentients are just droids with squishy parts.” – FixItGood.

FixItGood, as the Jawa was known beyond Tatooine, stood on the human-sized workbench, which was covered in greasy tools for working on dorids along with the naked body of a slender female Twelik who was covered in blood and missing a hand, her left eye, and her left leg. FixItGood sniffed her. He thought that she smelled weak, but he’d fix all that. He’d live up to his name and fix her good as new. “Well, almost as good as new,” he chuckled, which sounded a lot like high-pitched duck call.

FixItGood kicked a box of droid parts looking for just the right part. He had just received a new shipment of scrap. While going through the parts, he had thought that he’d seen a leg from an entertainment droid, a dancer. The rebel Twelik would thank him latter because she’d retain almost all of her dexterity. He’d also include a secret compartment that could house a small blaster or vibroblade. “Utinni!” He’d found it. The leg was little long, but that could be fixed.

A few hours latter, the Twelik was resting quietly in recovery. FixItGood was explaining his fixes to a rebel commander. “Yes. She is as good as new. I do good work. Yes, I do. She will be ready for action in one standard day, but she should have a second day to test out her new skills.”

“But her face.”

“Yes, I do good.”

“What is that?”

“Advanced targeting scope.”

FixItGood left the commander and went back into his lab. He walked over to a closet and opened the door. A small scout droid hovered.

“beep!”

“Please clean up.” FixItGood went back to sifting through boxes of parts. He had more appointments today. He looked at his list. Someone was in need of a new arm. He pulled out a long crane-like appendage that folded in on itself three times and ended in a four-pronged hook. “Utinni!” It would do.

------end short story----

The “Legacy Era Campaign Guide” is well laid out, colorful, and easy to understand. I’m glad that I picked it up and am looking forward to rolling some dice.