Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:
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> OK. Then let's throw out the conclusion of Episode VI. Why? Because the
> Battle of Endor hinges in part on a whole bunch of Ewok technicians creating
> a bunch of clever traps and devices to use against the Stormtroopers. I'll
> hazard a guess that none of those things could be made in the time frame of
> the film using the existing game rules.
Who says that they were? In any in-depth look, those are pre-existing
weapons--if nothing else, they started building after the Empire arrived.
> Heck, let's throw out most of the films, from the point where Luke makes his
> own Lightsaber.
That's not in the films. :)
> No one's missing the point, thank you very much. But the game is missing
> things it needs to even reflect the films we have seen.
Such as?
> And assuming it ever
> comes into the realm of Open Gaming, well, part of the point of Open Gaming
> is to have the community improve upon existing rules.
Acutally, the point of Open Gaming is so *developers* can focus their
development on original faucets of roleplaying, and not reinvent the
wheel every new game.
> Then why have technical skills in the game at all? Or diplomatic skills? Why
> have trips through hyperspace take time? Just make them all instantaneous.
They are instantaneous. The other *skills* are all there for
completeness. The *classes* are limited as they are because of the movies.
> RPG campaigns are not movies. They are much closer to novels. And in
> novels -- certainly in the Star Wars novels -- characters are complex
> individuals who do things in between the action scenes.
Most RPG campaigns I've seen aren't science fiction novels. Most of
them are fantasy--in fact, only the *best* of them are like Epic
Fantasy. The others tend to be low-rate D&D fantasy, or silly-fantasy.
> To say we're looking in the wrong spot misses the point: the spot is wrong,
> not where we're looking.
No one says that d20 Star Wars is the best space game. It's supposed to
be a good *Star Wars* game. If you want good space opera, go beyond
Star Wars.
DM
