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Ok, so. Here's my situation.

I am running an EOTE game for a few friends, and so far it's been your classical smuggling sort of business of dashing rogues and hard fights. They started out working for Jabba, but on good terms, sort of in the same sense of respect that Boba might have, but not quite that level. But still, Jabba respects them for their work and thinks they're useful so he'd rather keep them around. Their first session was them stealing the yacht he later uses in ROTJ, more of a gag thing to get the campaign going more than anything else.

Now, my players have started to become interested in joining the Rebellion, and are considering trying to cut their ties with Jabba. Now, Jabba likes them for what they're worth, but I made it abundantly clear that one does not simply leave Jabba's service if he wants to keep you. They have an idea of offering him a deal and a sort of "one mission to end all missions" John Wick style.

So what are some crazy, nigh-impossible shit that I can throw at my players to challenge them? I don't want to necessarily stop them from doing what they want, but at the same time I don't want them to get off easy.

>>51710144
Races:

Clawdite +1 Cunning -1 Willpower, 1 rank in resilience, changeling (spend strain to shapeshift ability)

Devaronian: +1 Cunning -1 Presence, 1 rank in survival or Deception, Auto success in resilience.

Kallerian: +1 Brawn -1 Presence 1 rank of streetwise, start with heightened awareness.

>>51712024
Maybe have them take out another Hutt in a neighboring system for Jabba? One with all the similar equipment and protection and enforcers that Jabba has. They have to go up against all that and bring the house down, they maybe they can walk free. ...and maybe Jabba becomes worried about their ability to demolish another Hutt wholesale and sends another team of bounty hunters after them. Have them kill him and run, cutting ties and maybe a small group obligation for the whole process.

Just a thought, pulling shit out my ass honestly.

>>51706387
Lionel Johnson "turns". Actually his true loyalties just come to light.

Alpharius was the good guy all along.

>>51706387
Russ turns traitor

>>51706387
Corax Traitor because he's an emo git no one cares about.
Alpharius loyalist because not a daemon.

>>51683552
Regular ol Jews, not really. Maybe something like the giants of Gath and Hinnom in Dominions though.

>>51683648
WAT

Guessing the chaplains are Rabbi's?

Do you guys make world maps set over longer periods of time? Like, one map made for every 100 years of history of your world?

>>51660839
>How does mining happen in your setting/country?
The Underground has a pretty large series of natural tunnels. Mining groups tend to ride around the upper levels, looking for visible veins of any given material. The most valuable of which is unrefined Mercurium.

>Who does the mining?
Generally, either a government department or a company that is overseen by them in some way.
My setting's WWI was fought over mining rights, so nations are anal about who mines where, and where it goes after.

>What do they mine?
Unrefined Mercurium is the main item of value. Its refined version acts as the world's main fuel, powering all modern innovations. It's also used to make Mercurial Amber, which is the main material of what are essentially magic CPUs.

>Are there any creatures living in mines that are dangerous or require attention?
The upper levels are generally safe. The deeper you go, the more resource-rich the tunnels are as well as the more danger. As the upper levels are still generally profitable, few people explore below.

>Anything else?
Unrefined Mercurium is unique in that, while having properties like metal, it's actually a resin formed by tiny burrowing plant swarms. So veins naturally grow, and suddenly "appear" once a vein hits a tunnel.

>>51660882
I don't. It's not something I view as all that necessary. The point of a map in my games is just so players have an idea of where things are, so a map from 200 years ago is just a lot more work than saying "City X was owned by Country Y 200 years ago." That said, I do have a timeline of how borders have changed and such. But that's just text, since it's easier to make and change compared to an actually nice map.

Is it viable to go single class samurai fighter?

>>51735480
Yes. It's 5e. Everything is viable.

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Napkin math.

>>51721654

I mean

It would immediately collapse into a round world unless you posit magic, at which point it really depends on what magic you're using.

>>51721654
Everyone talks about the world being flat but nobody is pointing out how retarded it is to beleive its just some huge head that creates wind?

Or never following up what they beleive is holding up the world so you get a "its turtles all the way down." scenario.

>>51721890
>how retarded it is to beleive its just some huge head that creates wind
It's really easy to feel superior over people thousands of years ago that hadn't access to modern education.

>>51720702
Highly sexual

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>>51720709
agreed

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old school

Clunky system, but I enjoyed it back in ye day.

>>51671057
This. It was the first RPG I ever played, god help me.

Probably couldn't go back to it, but I have fond memories.

>>51670983
It's great fun as long as you ignore most of the crazy rules. The world is amazing and chock-full of wild, zany ideas.

sounds like fun. too bad there's no crypts in my-
wait a minute.
the old abandoned streetcar tunnel down by the fort. there's only a chainlink fence in the way...

>>51730056
Probably not hard, my man. It's all about just taking the initial step of commitment to start on your adventure. It'll take some time of investigating, probably travel for weeks before you find your seed, but adventures are real

me and a few friends of mine are into exploring all the abandoned shit in our city. To date we've broken into: a closed down dorm, an old factory that turned out to be full of junkies, and this one tunnel a friend found when he fell into a river playing pokemon go.

We had to fight a junkie in the factory, it was not fun

>>51729667
>how careful do i have to be about the glass breaking?

If you're afraid of the glass breaking, stick more glass on it

Put it under a pane of glass. Even if just for the drinks that will eventually be spilled.

>>51729692
Alternatively to get some plexiglass cut at a hardware store, it'll be cheaper

>>51728627
>How would you run an FTL game?
>What system would your use?

Classic Traveller, get a set of deck plans for each side, use Starter Traveller space combat. Set up counters for the location of crew members and homebrew the transporters and stuff.
For interior gun battles, I'd use snapshot, since it adapts the Book 1 combat from range bands to a grid, and is super fun.

>And how would you deal with the constant deaths?

It's Classic Traveller, deaths are part of the game. Bring a backup, and be ready to roll up a new guy. (It doesn't take long at the table, you can do it in five minutes easy) Alternately, since crew members aren't important, the referee can just do up some index cards with guys premade, and shuffle the deck and draw a couple when new recruits are available.

Stars without number. It's OSR.. in space! so it's made to be deadly.

>>51728627
>constant deaths?

recruit only dwarf fortress players thus ensuring that everyone knows losing is fun!

>>51715600
Ummmmm..........
Hmmmmmmmmm...........
I suppose Saint Celestine could do it. Or anyone about her power level.
(About any character 200+ points)

>>51715600
Some random chaplain in a tracksuit

>>51715640
>AP3

For one they kill slaves fucking constantly. Two breeding slaves is in no way more efficient because now there is a 7 year waiting period before they can even do basic labor. That kind of long term planning is not Dark Eldar in style.

>>51709792
But wouldn't raising them in a lifetime of pain be more efficient in the long run?

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>>51709768
The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

>>51734650
Why? We didn't want it either.

I'm sorry 4e. You were an amazing game that was misunderstood, slandered, then intentionally crippled and taken before your time. You were too good for this world, and we may never see your like again.

>>51734650
I have nothing to apologize for.

>>51731302
>What's your character's origin story?
Last noble born son of an ancient house caught between two forces that have been manipulating his family for generations.

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>>51731302
Uh...
...I dunno.

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Continued. Double kukri TWF warpriest, with a possible Vigilante gestalt. What's some good advice I can take, particularly as it relates to TWF? Merits of Strength vs Dex? Good Archetypes?

Pretty limited 3pp. Definitely no spheres or PoW. Jolly's vigilante stuff I could probably slide, anything I should look at there?