I'm getting ready to run a d20 star wars rpg and could use some advice aside from what I have posted

Okay so here it is. For a little background for you it is for level 2 characters first level in a class other than jedi and the next in jedi.
the campaign is set in the new republic, about 5-8
years before the vong invade and will conclude at the end of the new jedi order book series.




Possible Campaign Ideas (GM eyes only!!!)


By the way the place the heroes are at is the yavin 4 jedi academy.

Startup possiblities for PC relations

1.The heroes do not know of each other yet and meet up with each other as they fufill their various tasks and quests for lightsaber parts.
2.A small handful of the PCs know each other and the rest meet similiar as described above.
3.Everyone knows each other.(Yeah, Right!!!!!)

Possible Lightsaber Quest Villains

Lightsaber quest as in the search for the gem needed as well as the other parts needed.

A crashed force adept from a previous decade who has been studying the sith lore in the surrounding jungle temples

Force Adept 4 Iniative+2 defense16(+4class,+2dex) Spd10m
VP/WP 30/15 Atk+5 (1d8+2 spear) Atk+5 (3d6 Blaster Pistol)
saves: fort+4 ref+6 will+8 FP2 Dsp4 rep+0
Str14 Dex14 Con15 Int12 Wis16 Cha14
Skills
intimidate+4 spot+5 Listen+6 sense motive+5 Suvival+6
Force Skills
illusion +8 move object+4 affect mind+7 battlemind+4
force stealth+7 see force+4 Alchemy+2 force lightining+4
grip+3


Dianoga as described in the core book


gundark as above


Zanisk
Predator Lv6 defense22(+5armour +7dex) iniative+11
VP/WP 45/15 SZmedium DR5 +9/+4 melee(1d8+3 bite)
+9/+4 melee(2d4+3 claws) +13/+8 ranged(sticky stuff)
saves: fort+5 ref+12 will+3
Str16 Dex24 Con15 Int2 Wis10 Cha6
Skills
Balance+6 Jump+8 Survival+10 Spot+8 Listen+12
Hide+10 Move Silently+12
Force Skills
See Force+4 Force Stealth+6
Feats
Track Force Sensitive Control Improved Iniative
Special Qualities
Chamlion +10 to MS andHide

FS6
Jedi Academy Friends and Foes

Calista is an orphan who was brought to the academy earlier than the PCs.
She has adopted the consular's way and can use some skills of the force that
others cannot. She will help the heroes when they need it, but, otherwise
stays in the Medical Ward where she uses the rare jedi art of healing.


Callista
Lv3 jedi consular Lv1 jedi healer Defense17(+5class +2Dex)
iniative+2 VP/WP 38/14 SZmedium atk+3melee(2d8+1 lightsaber)
Saves: fort+6 ref+4 will+9 FP4 DSP0 rep+2
Str12 Dex14 Con14 Int16 Wis19 Cha18
Skills
Sense Motive+11 Diplomacy+11 Treat Injury+11
K(jedilore)+5 K(medical)+6 C(lightsaber)+4 Computer use+4
Force Skills
Empathy+10 See Force+7 Heal Self+13 Heal Another+18
Plant Surge+10 Malacia+10
Feats
Force Sensitive WP(L) WP(S) WP(BP)
Skill Emphasis(heal another)
Force Feats
Alter Control Sense Compassion
Cure Disease Cure Poison


Waroo is a jedi in training from the planet of Kashyyk. He gets there
just as the PCs do, maybe a little earlier. If he likes them, he will try to become
friends with them. He also enjoys navigating the jungle outside the
academy. He is 15.

Waroo
Lv1 scout Lv1 jedi guardian Defense14(+5class -2multiclassing +1Dex)
iniative+5 VP/WP 26/18 SZmedium atk+6melee(2d6+5 Ryk Blades)
Saves: fort+7 ref+4 will+3 FP2 DSP0 rep+1
Str20 Dex12 Con18 Int14 Wis12 Cha10
Skills
Computer use+7 Survival+4 Climb+13
Repair+5 Pilot+6
Force Skills
Battlemind+9 Enhance Ability+9 Empathy+3
Heal Self+4 Move Object+4
Feats
Control Track Improved Iniative


Andre Hagan, a quiet, yet impulsive student. Unknown
to all but Master Luke Skywalker, he is the prince to the
Hagan Star Cluster, a place that is only rumored about in drunk spacer tales.
His impulsiveness can get him in over his head however.
His high force skills are do to a hidden power he has no control
over yet. This power gives him a +4 misc bonus to all force skills.
However he may overpower a test or something equally as bad by accident
until he learns to control his power. He also has a twin sister. He also likes Calli

 

For one of the lightsaber quests you could have them go to one of the abandoned Sith temples on the planet to retrieve a Corusca gem for their sabers. The hook being that the temple is haunted by another Sith spirit who wants to try and corrupt them to the darkside so he can take over their bodies. They won't realise he's there at first and can't understand why they suddenly have all these dark impulses.

 

The corisca gem search is a good idea. I'm doing a very similar champaign of my own that started on Yavin 4, with Two corisca stone divers (brother and sister) working for Lando Calrisian. One of the hooks for story developement was that the PCs found a technique for getting an unusual though superior corisca stone from Yavin while diving along the trailing edges of major vortexes. The stone's quality and natural beauty were so apparent that it became the first of a new subcatagory of corisca gem, known as a Ticaris stone(named after the brother and sister's family name). The unique feature was that the stone was swirled in the gas giant's vortexes. This caused layering to take place which resulted in the inner most core of the ticaris stones to appear from a light rose color to a rich blood red from end to end (the stones tended to be elongated). Also the core was mostly made of chrystalized hydrogen which in turn was super conductive (this in turn was what cause the red appearance in coloration). Heat and light that enters in from the stone's periphery can easily be tapped into to cause a lasing effect. It also can be tapped into for Force adepts as a natural force channel or wand if you will. As for light saber use, it is very powerful! I wish you good creativity in your campaign. It's a good place to start for developing characters. I should imagine that you'll have your campaign's PCs built up enough to weather the Vong invasion when your game reaches that point.

Vangarian out.

 

Have a plan, but be prepared to be flexible and run off on tangents.

Expect the gamers to throw you off course of do things you'd never have thought of yourself.

Good luck

 

the campaign is set in the new republic, about 5-8
years before the vong invade and will conclude at the end of the new jedi order book series.

In my opinion, you are shooting for too long a time period. You're talking about 10 years game time there. A lot of things happen in the galaxy in that time frame, and you are going to have a lot of work ahead of you to incorporate it all. When I GMed my last campaign, a year didn't even pass in game time in a dozen adventures.

I would suggest starting smaller, about the first 1-2 years, because the PCs actions are certainly going to take your plans off track in a larger time scale.

 

Yeah, in short I was thinking about having something
else happen as a major event set earlier than the vong
and I think I'll give it more thought. Thanks to the rest of your comments as well I'm pretty sure I'll use them. I'll have more info on some of the adventure hooks I'll be using, but one of them might
be the shadow academy attack as described in the young jedi knights series. but I've also created a hutt crime lord who is on the rise named draxil the hutt. see you tommorrow with the info.

 

Here is some more.

Early Adventure Hooks/Plots




Zanisk Troubles
The zanisks have been getting closer and closer to the academy in their
hunts more and more often. Now they are begining to attack students as
well. The heroes must find a way to stop them, hopefully without killing them.

Shadow Academy Attack
The heroes are present during the attack as described in the young jedi knights
book series.

Shadow Academy Student
Lv4 Jedi Guardian Defense18(+4Class +2Dex +2Dodge)
Iniative+2 VP/WP 42/14 SZmedium atk+7(2d8+3 Lightsaber)
Saves: fort+6 ref+6 will+3 FP3 DSP4 rep+1
Str16 Dex14 Con14 Int15 Wis12 Cha11
Skills
Balance+3 Climb+2 Tumble+5
Computer Use+3 Jump+4
Force Skills
Battlemind+9 Enhance Ability+6 Force Strike+6
Grip+5 Force Lightining+2 Move Object+4
Feats
Force Sensitive Power Attack
Expertise
Force Feats
All Basic Lightsaber Defense


Mid To Later Level Enemies/Rivals




Draxil The Hutt
Draxil the Hutt is a crime lord on the rise and you don't
want to get on his bad/mean side he is a NPC that you could use
again and again. He owns assets from Nar Shadda to Tantooine
to Corellia, but, his base is on the world of Coruscant.
He has recently seized several smaller crime lords assets
resulting in his array of assets.

Draxil The Hutt
Lv5 Scoundrel Lv2 Noble Lv10 Crime Lord Defense21(+12Class -2Multiclass +0Dex -1Size)
Iniative+0 VP/WP 153/19 SZmedium
Saves: fort+7 ref+11 will+13 FP5 DSP3 rep+14
Str14 Dex10 Con16 Int18 Wis15 Cha18
Skills
Intimidate+18 Diplomacy+24 Bluff+24 Sense Motive+22
K(streetwise)+7 K(blackmarket)+20 K(crimeworld)+22
Spot+18 Listen+12 Computer Use+15 Gather Info+16
Gamble+12
Feats
Infamy Shady Merchant Street Smart
Frightful Presence Influence
Improved Iniative Toughness


Zapes Masset is an infiltrator in the employ Draxil.
She is a Clawdite whose skills come into use
during her service.

Lv9 Soldier Defense23(+7Class +4 Dex +2Dodge)
Iniative+4 VP/WP 98/14 atk+13(3d8 Lancerifle)
Saves: fort+8 ref+7 will+5 FP5 DSP4 rep+0
Str12 Dex18 Con14 Int18 Wis14 Cha16
Skills
Tumble+12 Jump+10 Climb+6 Astrogate+14
Pilot+16
Feats
Low Profile Ambidexterity Two Weapon Fighting
Improved Two Weapon Fighting Mart Arts
Def Mart Arts Point Blank Shot Far Shot
Precise Shot


Kamith Freklo is a Dark Side adept also in the service of
Draxil. He is a very secretive person.

Kamith Freklo
Lv6 Force Adept Lv6 Dark Side Adept Defense22(+10class +2Dex)
Iniative+2 VP/WP 78/14 atk+7+2(3d8+2d4+1 Spear)
Saves: fort+8 ref+8 will+14 FP10 DSP20 rep+4
Str12 Dex14 Con14 Int14 Wis16 Cha14
Skills
Intimidate+8 Sense Motive+12 Survival+8
Force Skills
Affect Mind+17 Alchemy+14 Farseeing+7
Fear+18 Force Defense+17 Force Grip+13
Heal Self+11 Move Object+17 See Force+15
Force Lightining+15
Feats
Force Sensitive Skill Emphasis(Fear)
Skill Emphasis(Force Grip)
Skill Emphasis(Heal Self)
Force Feats
Alter Burst Of Speed Control Force Mastery
Dissipate Energy Sense

Any comments on these ideas?

 

Make Draxil's influence subtle. Jabba was just begging to have some imperial ISD show up and fire turbo-lasers into his Palace and Townhouse. Truly successful crime bosses are no where near that ostentatious. They have "friends" who help them with their "business interests". The successful mobsters don't attract FBI attention. Capone was a big splash guy, and has FBI hounding him for years. Sure, the party may encounter flunkies and hitmen, even an accountant or two, but it should be a long time before they find Draxil himself.

 

If your serious about having a shadow acadamy arc in your adventure, may I suggest as an extra interest the involvement of the Nightsisters who were being syphoned in from Dathomir as recruits for training as operatives. It should make for an interesting twist in your game.

 

Thanks Magellan I like that Idea it would let me use periodically, say one mission here and another mission there. Of course with misions in between.
I like your idea too vangarian, maybe I could could make a mission/adventure on that. Plus I could/should make a force adeptLv2/jedi guardian Lv2 as another basic enemy during the shadow academy attack because they did have some dathomir trainees.

Another thing I'm trying to do is to think of (creative) things for the heroes to do on yavin 4 because they will be spending lots of time there.
Of course I expect for the lightsaber stuff to help there but I was hoping for some help in this area.
(of course there will be times when they will go offplanet for amounts of time)

 

Yavin 4 is filled with lots of Massassi temples that your PCs can explore. Filled with traps, puzzles, dark side spirits...whatever you want.

Yavin 4 has always been depicted as a jungle planet rich with life. Make up any sort of creature you want to throw at the PCs

Also, remember that Yavin 4 is but a moon of a gas giant. There's some EU books that go into the other planets of the system, I think (someone help me out here). Maybe Master Skywalker would like the other planets in the system explored.

 

Galaxy Guide #2: Yavin and Bespin, has details of the 12 moons of Yavin. 3 are habitable: 4,8, & 12 (if I remember correctly.
You should be able to find that one on eBay.

 

Is Yavin in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds? I don't own it, but if so, it could help our inquisitive gamemaster.

 

Yes. Yavin is in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds.

 

Hey, thanks for all your help, I mean, I've GM'd before but I have never run a campaign quite like this, if you want I could let you how it goes, I think it will start in about a month or so, I'll keep you informed. Oh and I'll look into getting a copy of that book. If you want to, I'd appreciate any other ideas you get. e-mail me at andrehagan@yahoo.com.