The Dark Academy on Korriban

If you have questions ask away.

I'm guessing we don't have to pay for stuff like everyday clothing? Asking since I can't find any mention of clothes apart from Armor in Equipment.

Or are we forced to wear school uniform?

You can have cloths, there is a uniform for younger students but at this point in your training you are allowed to wear what you like. Most students tend to wear dark robes or clothing that is dark and aggressive in appearance. Obviously wealthy folks have more and slaves have less, but you have ample clothing.

How well known is the technique for making artificial kyber crystals?

I will have to check but for now the Sith have found a source of red and yellow crystals somewhere.

What rules will be used to build the mechanical parts of the lightsaber? I want to get started early!

I will post those in the days to come.

Synthetic Crystals is the norm for Sith lightsabers, as the places for lightsaber crystals (like Ilum) have Jedi presence... which the Sith for a long time preferred to avoid.

Under the creation rules it says we all have access to the lightsaber skill; but does that mean it functions as a career skill for the purposes of spending xp on it?

Yes, that is my intent I will make that more clear.

Could the Dark Council members be marked where they sit on the philosophical issues from what can be publically gathered? (i.e. who's Radical for instance). Is Malgus not on the Council?

I can do that, I don't think Malgus was a Dark Council member but maybe he was... in this setting he is a respected war leader.

A couple quick questions:

1. How is Force going to be treated in this setting? Do we still default to using light side results to power Force powers if we're over Morality 30, or are we going to be using dark side results to power Force powers because we're Sith in training?
2. How are Destiny points going to be handled, specifically for individuals using them to upgrade dice or power specialization abilities?

I apologize if either of those questions was answered elsewhere and I missed it.

The default for powering Force powers is Darkside for the Sith, if you get all Light pips then you need to flip Destiny points to power them and take strain for the number of Light points they wish to use.

I am debating how to do the Destiny points a huge pool, or assign each player one or two for the session. I have not decided how to do them yet though I will probably only flip Dark Side outside of event threads for my own sanity. Players are free to use Destiny as long as they note that in their roll.

I should add that if a player reaches 70 then they would shift to Light as they have dedicated themselves to living in Peace.

Not that it matters right now (more like me thinking ahead), but is there stats for the Chiss Race in the game, and an Imperial Agent-type career in any of the books?

Chiss are in an Edge of the Empire sourcebook and as for Imperial Agent probably could manage with Edge of the Empire or Age of Rebellion.

Yeah Age of Rebellion has a Career called Spy.

Alright, trying to break down and understand using force powers. I think I got it, but I wanna put it all up here and get a nod or a shake of the head to see if I got it right.

So, essentially,

Ex: Acolyte Bob wants to use Sense, having no Force Points he rolls a Force Check which is based off his Force Rating of one. Now, as a Dark Side character, he rolls a 7 which gives him two dark side points which are then turned into Force Points. Using the first on Sense, he now moves to use Force Jump on his next turn. As he already has the Force Point, he manages to perform the action while still keeping one committed to Sense.

Now that he has no Force Points, he needs to roll a Force Check again in order to call upon the force once again. However, because he still has a dice committed to sense his Force Rating is effectively 0 and he cannot roll another Force Check.

However, had he invested into his Force Rating a point and been Force Rating 2, he would have only been lowered to Force Rating 1. So instead of rolling two dice for a Force Check, he would only roll one. Allowing him to possibly gain more force points and call upon the force once again.

Pretty close, when you generate Force points with a Force roll you have to have an available Force die to roll, if it is committed then you can't roll it. So yes, that part is correct you would need a Force Rating of 2 to commit one force and then roll a Force Die that turn.

The part that is incorrect is what happens to unspent Force Powers, they are simply lost. You don't save them until spent. So say you use Sense and generate 2 points and spend 1, the other point is simply lost. You can't bank it.

A few questions:



Would a mechanics check not be logical if you salvage the parts? I understand Streetwise would be of use id you try to find a black market seller but salvaging fall under the mechanics skill



Daunting is a little harsh, no? The hilt is a simple device and even the corebook says that no check are required once you get the proper components. Jedi are supposed to build their lightsaber alone and the difficult part of getting light saber as always been getting the crystal. No?

And I would suppose that the proper knowledge is included in the curriculum



So you have to find the materials and still need to pay for everyting?


Great for the attachements but why the crystal?

You can mod the Crystal, so that is why I mention it.

I would allow Mechanics check to salvage materials, keep in mind I cribbed the rules from the standard setting which has people living under the shadow of the Empire and Lightsabers are nearly forgotten. Daunting is totally fine as the knowledge is very specialized and yes the Sith Academy covers Lightsaber construction so this is a moot point for the students. The extra cost from the Threat is essentially you used up more parts than you anticipated because of reasons which increases the cost probably more salvaging or scrounging for parts with another roll.

It's a little clunky I know.

Also:


Will dark side still generate conflict? Because if yes both the the use of light and dark will make you lose morality. If no then we will become angels real fast.

For now it will be only Light, if this needs to be adjusted I can make changes.

So light side gives us conflict and potential morality drop?

And the use of darkside does not generate conflict and thus might result in morality gain?

The way I am playing it is that using the Light will cause Conflict, let me think on the rest I will post this weekend how Conflict will be resolved.