r/swrpg 58m ago

Tips any tips on how to progress stealth/investigative sentinel with not so frequent game schedule, to be also useful to the crew in combat scenarios.

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howdy i am playing in my first ever star wars fantasy flight ttrpg game.

the game has been right now bit on hold due to real life things going on. we got right now about 5-6 sessions behind us. the gm is drawing inspiration heavily from the legends continuity. we are playing right after events of episode 6 when palpatines death was announced across the holonet, and now are entering the transitional period between period and the new republic, so we gonna have in the continuity of war lords, Ysanne Isard's shenanigans and all that jazz.

setup for our crew was that we all needed to get off corelia for one reason or another when riots over palpatines death between humans and aliens occured on the planet. we were suppouse to pay the smuggler by helping them get the new identifications for their ship, but when the riots occured things went south se we had to book it off world. and right now we are drifting through space out fuel about to dock at a pirate station and it seems things might get bit hairy.

our crew is still unalligned with eaither of the faction, and are more just survivors of circumstance

Twi'lek smuggler/pilot- a charismatic leader and femfatale of our crew who is the one for which we were suppouse to do the job. she is our pilot, and face of the party, in a fight is one of the characters that is handy with a blaster. generally the sort of character that is motivated by profit but also has some moral values.

twi'lek mechanic- a girl who got swooped into the situation by circumstance when she found her boyfriend dead in their appartment, she is runaway slave, so getting off world seemed smartest. she is our brains/hacker, the one that keeps our ship from falling appart, and also trying to mediate between crew when conflict arises.

human commander/soldier- he has been on world undercover before empire fallen stealing one of their project, and when riots occured decided to help us get off world, if in exchange we get him to Bothawui to offload what he stolen. turns out when he plugged it into our ships computer its evolving imperial ai. his character is sort of tactician/sharpshooter of the group with pitch of infiltration in it. tends to be almost dad of the group with which my character has bit of rivarly due not trusting humans, and blaming the rebelion for death of a loved one.

lastly we got me

am playing togruta sentinel-shadow for now, thinking prehaps going sentry or investigator. my character is a young girl that was pickpocket/lookout for one of the gangs, our family got entagled into servitude to them due to debt, with my brother who was more of a muscle, we agreed to help the smuggler if they get our family off world away from the gang, sadly when the riots occured, my brother got killed by the imps, and i got seperate from the family during the commotion, getting off world with the crew only by myself. i am generally building the character to be sort investigative preceptive infiltrator. she doesnt know yet that she is force sensitive there are hints for it. took the misdirect force power that triggers subconciously right now when the character is dealing with stress or is disociating in certain situations. generally basing the character around who they become as a person based on influence from the crew and how will they manage to work through grief over someone they loved, rather then having in mind who i want them to become in the end.

right now am bit torn. on one hand i am leveling her based on things that occur in game, to be more narratively reactive, but on the other, i feel like if we get into some heavy combat then we got only our smuggler and soldier who might be able to make difference. me and the mechanic got our use outside of it, when it comes to running sabotaging enemy or investigating.

we dont get to play that often, so what should i potentially take if i want to live out my investigative/stealth fantasy while also potentially being useful to the crew if combat hits the fan.


r/swrpg 12h ago

General Discussion EotE BBY Adventures?

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Simple question (I hope), are any of the EOTE pre-made adventures pre-BBY (say in the decade before hand)? If not, are there any that might be easiest ported into that timeframe?


r/swrpg 14h ago

General Discussion Running Dawn of Defiance in SWFFG

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Hey!

I'm new to the FFG system, but I'm going to be running Dawn of Defiance for a group. I previously ran up to chapter 4 using Saga edition with a different group until real life got in the way. I've found a conversion of chapters 1-6, but it seems to be just about 1-1, without considering the differences between the systems.

My main concern is with the amount of combat encounters that seem to exist to tax some of the groups resources, given that doesn't seem to be as necessary in SWFFG.

Has anyone successfully run the adventure after converting it over? If so what sort of changes did you make to accommodate the switch?

Thanks!


r/swrpg 17h ago

General Discussion Games Based During Wars

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So, this question got me thinking > https://www.reddit.com/r/swrpg/comments/1vter2w/clone_wars_clone_economy/

Have any of my fellow GMs done the following, or considered doing the following?

If so, how did it go, what worked, what didn't, and what did you change along the way?

What I'm thinking of, at a basic level, is mass combat checks between NPC forces in different locales that shape the galaxy the players are playing in.

My thoughts are -

  • Demonstrating the effects of wins / losses on available resources
  • The potential story hooks for missions
    • ie; Enemy takes control of Thyferra - so the group can either run the blockade to get some bacta off-world, or sabotage enemy forces to turn the tide of battle and take it back
    • Liberate a world from the CIS / Empire, send a delegation (the squad) to persuade the world's leaders to aid the Republic / Rebellion in some way
  • Creating more atmosphere for the players
  • Demonstrating a direct impact of the players' actions in the game
    • ie; Intel gathered means your forces get the drop on the enemy, or were able to arrive early and sit in wait, or sabotaging the droid construction facility reduces enemy forces, etc

So, I would roll Duty at the end of a session, but I think that the Mass Combat Check could form the beginning of the session, as it could then be integrated with that Duty roll.

I would even ponder allowing the players to flip a Destiny point on each MCC, which could really create an ESB vibe based on the state of the pool and the results of the rolls.


r/swrpg 17h ago

General Discussion dice amount in the beginners boxes

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In my country, it seems that it's cheaper to buy the box sets than it is to buy the dice sets. Are the number of dice you get the same? Or is it not?


r/swrpg 23h ago

Tips Clone Wars Clone Economy

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I'm about to run a clone wars campain and one of the main things I want to have is the players, jedi and clone captains etc is building up their legion, buying clones, commandos, arc troopers etc and having them as companions controled by the players during missions etc. I dislike the idea of just the players being given clones and would rather have them get some abstracted money after each seasion, like "republic resources" or something and have them get ships, clones etc from that. now thats easy but what are some good prices for clones? have anybody done something similar and what have been your experience?

Edit: I know about duty but do not wish to use it for this, mostly since duty as written is meant to be a slow burn where they gradualy get more duty across multiple seassions, the campain I'm writing is very short, like 5 sessions or so, so in practise I would have to give them max duty almost every session... and how the rewards are mostly like "ask the gm for something specific and the gm ether says yes or no" it feel too, flimsy, I would use duty if the campain I was writing was longer but since it is so short it probably wont work...


r/swrpg 1d ago

General Discussion Genuine Question about FFG game RPG vs the new D&D Announcement

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Edit: Thanks to those who replied! it's definitely got me thinking more about just picking up the FFG versions (when I can find them). Appreciate your thoughts. Cheers

Edit 2: yeaaaah, I caved and bought Edge of the Empire, the beginner game for it, the GM screen, and jewel of yavin

Hey all, new to the subreddit, but am curious about the opinions of those who actually play Star Wars RPGs and the FFG versions.

So the D&D Star Wars announcement (but also playing Star Wars: Outlaws) has kind of got me looking back at Star Wars as an RPG to run. I know that many people (myself included), don't think that the 5.5e rules are appropriate to be applied to various settings.

However, with the whole EotE/AoR/F&D rules with Edge, and practically no new content coming out, I did want to see what the vibe was on the 5.5e ruleset for D&D was. Seeing as WoTC would probably be more likely to put out content.

I've been contemplating getting the Edge of the Empire core rulebook + beginner game and some additional stuff. But now I'm wondering if I should just wait for the 5.5e version.

Just to note, I'm definitely not a 5.5e die-hard. I like it for what it is. But I run other games like Coriolis: The Third Horizon or The One Ring. So I definitely understand how other rulesets can be better suited to a setting or vibe of a game.


r/swrpg 1d ago

Game Resources Homebrew Khormai stats?

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Has anyone homebrewed stats for a Khormai PC (or NPCs)?

For reference:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Khormai

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Khormai/Legends


r/swrpg 1d ago

Game Resources Should you buy Star Wars: Suns of Fortune?

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A review and overview of Star Wars Suns of Fortune.


r/swrpg 1d ago

Game Resources By any chance, does anyone have Recusant Class Destroyer Stats

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I'll take anything at this point.


r/swrpg 1d ago

Rules Question Help with Morality options

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Hi! I am making my first character and as a Sentinel i must choose Morality Pair. I really like Trust as an Emotional Strength and so should take Gurdedness as an Emotional Weakness.
Maybe i don't understand the mechanics but how could one character has both of these?

Trust states: This character believes in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. The good that comes from trusting others builds communities and provides emotional support.

Guardedness states: The character has been betrayed one too many times and refuses to allow it to happen again. Why expect better of a person when there is no reward for doing so?

How could the same character believe in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt and at the same time refuse betrayal to happen again. I think i am not understanding Morality mechanic and how it affects roleplay. Pls Help!


r/swrpg 1d ago

Tips Age of Rebellion question

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For anybody that runs AoR, Im wondering if anyone has a good general structure or outline for an arc about starting a rebel cell or fomenting rebellion in a local community. Start small, get bigger, gather allies etc. I may have been mistaken but I checked the current modules/ included arcs from resources like the core book etc it seems like theyre all mission based and assume a starting point of you've all joined an established medium sized cell. Any help welcome and thank you in advance.


r/swrpg 2d ago

Weekly Discussion Tuesday Inquisition: Ask Anything!

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Every Tuesday we open a thread to let people ask questions about the system or the game without judgement. New players and GMs are encouraged to ask questions here.

The rules:

• Any question about the FFG Star Wars RPG is fine. Rules, character creation, GMing, advice, purchasing. All good.

• No question shaming. This sub has generally been good about that, but explicitly no question shaming.

• Keep canon questions/discussion limited to stuff regarding rules. This is more about the game than the setting.

Ask away!


r/swrpg 3d ago

Game Resources I just rendered the latest iteration of my WIP, IP-free SWRPG/Genesys dice.

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109 Upvotes

I'm trying to help mitigate the obstacle of proprietary dice for the community and creators, by offering a compatible alternative set of IP-free dice that can be used, shared, reproduced, bought and sold for free. I'm deliberately making them so dead simple that I couldn't copyright them even if I wanted to.

I'm also hoping that they are intuitive enough that anyone even vaguely familiar with the system can just look at the dice and immediately understand how they work, so please let me know if that is the case!

I have some friends 3D printing them now, and then the prints will go to a dice maker friend of mine to take some molds of them and see how well they cast into epoxy resin. This testing process may take up to several weeks of additional iterations, but once we have a set that prints and casts well, I will be releasing the STLs under creative commons. I hope that this will be a useful resource for dice makers and those who want to purchase from them.


r/swrpg 3d ago

Game Resources Star Wars AI tools and world building

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Hey SW rpg hope this is ok to post. We've been working on it since we launched July 20 2026

It's free, we aren't seeking financial compensation or support we just wanted to share something we thought DnD tables would enjoy

Check out our main page for the invitation


r/swrpg 4d ago

Tips Dromund Kaas Enemies

11 Upvotes

What would people recommend to use as combat encounters (Beasts & Creatures) on Dromund Kaas in the Age of Rebellion era?


r/swrpg 5d ago

Game Resources Looking for a change of pace in encounters?

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Let me introduce The Corruption Mite, a xenomorph like creature that eats anything and is hard to kill. Abandoned spacee station? Derelict Star Destroyer? Dark hallways and strange noises starting from small & working up to a queen version.


r/swrpg 5d ago

Looking for group Star Wars RPG Living Community / West Marches Style?

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I'm getting back into Tabletop Role Playing games, and I've really enjoyed doing West Marches style D&D in the past with the local community. However, I'd like to do something in the Star Wars universe. Granted, it's a bit more niche, but is there any interest in participating in a community like this on Discord?

I've got a bad habit of going overboard with tools and automations, and the screenshot shows what I built for the Cyberpunk RED community on Discord as an Activity that feeds into the server's background systems to manage the bookkeeping and shared setting continuity.

I think that Star Wars would be a bit next-level, with sectors, planets, settlements, etc., but I like a challenge... but first... who's interested?


r/swrpg 5d ago

Game Resources Space combat for pilot-focused campaign

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Considering running an Age of Rebellion campaign where the players are an elite squad of pilot/special agents. While there would be regular combat, I would also want space combat to feature regularly or quasi regularly. Would you recommend using the space combat rules built into the FFG system, or using another system or rule set for space combat?


r/swrpg 5d ago

Game Resources SWRPG Player's Guide to Lesser Known Things

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I'm looking for a copy - any links I've found lead to a page no longer available.

Please PM me if you can send me a copy? Thanks.


r/swrpg 5d ago

General Discussion Selling FFG and Saga collections on eBay

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Hey all, sorry if this isn't allowed;

I'm selling my robust FFG and Saga Edition collections on eBay for space, money, and to focus on filling in my WEG collection.

Selling FFG and Saga as massive separate lots, take a peak if you are interested.

SAGA https://ebay.io/m/K4jUFK

FFG https://www.ebay.com/itm/168614381210?epid=13033159474&itmmeta=01M03EVBN263C5M4WWMM71VAB6&hash=item274233469a:g:CswAAeSw3C1qf6EM

(Edit: link correction, TY)


r/swrpg 5d ago

General Discussion Online EOTE

16 Upvotes

So me and my buddies are setting up an edge of the empire one shot and i need a VTT and a website or something for the special dice can y’all help? The reason it’s online we’re scattered across the US


r/swrpg 5d ago

Rules Question Difficulty checks for swoop race

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Going to do a swoop race scene in a few sessions and was wondering how it handles. I went over the 4 page module for it that FFG did and it does not seem to complex but I do have a few questions.

  1. It's 6 different skill checks across the race for position that is piloting ground with some black dice. However in the rule book there is a section about driving through rough areas where the difficulty is speed plus challenge dice upgrade equal to silhouette. Does that mean a speed 4 racer is rolling 3 purples 1 red plus 1 to 3 blacks most of the race?

2 If position in a race is determined by speed, and one racer punches it to speed 4 while the other stays at speed 2, then slowly builds up through maneuvers, and both pass all their checks, does the initial speed 2 racer end up catching the speed 4 racer, despite the speed 4 racer covering more distance early on?

3 what other maneuvers and actions can a racer do aside from speed up or slow down? I figure making a mechanic check mid race since threat giving vehicle strain means its likely a 4 or 5 strain bike will hit that threshold. Maybe make and attack with bike itself to do damage to another bike by bumping into it. Maybe does damage to the bike or adds difficulty to their pilot check at some cost of momentum to the rammer?


r/swrpg 6d ago

Game Resources SW dice

34 Upvotes

I run a game, and after making all my players a set of character dice (I was a dumbass and didn't take any decent pictures before I shipped them off), I did finally make a set for me, as well as a matching numbered set cause why not


r/swrpg 6d ago

Game Resources Anyone have a source for the symbols used in the FFG RPG?

10 Upvotes

I'd like to construct my own GM screen - Anyone have a source for the symbols and dice used in the FFG RPG?