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tetsuoh
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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: Debts and starting credits on known templates |
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as the title says, I'm simply wondering:
What is the highest debt you have seen on a published template.
And what is the highest starting credits/ biggest pile of stuff you have seen a template start with?
I have noticed that equipment varies outrageously from template to template, and often for no reason at all.
Have an other gms out there came up with a way to ease the playing field a bit in this regard? |
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garhkal
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20k, for debt though that was also for starting with a ship. 10k otherwise (started with 1d in medicine).
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Raven Redstar
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Biggest cash total I've seen is probably the high stakes gambler from the Tapani books, they start with a datachip holding a verified credit line of 10,000 credits and the Imperial Diplomat which starts with 10,000 cash.
The Holovid celebrity starts with 8,000 credits including a 4,000 advance on their next contract.
Other than that, you have the Imperial Noble, Classy Smuggler, & Rebel Conspirator at 5,000 credits, plus a little bit of gear.
Highest debt I've seen is 25,000 credits on the smuggler & imperial smuggler templates, but one of the Tapani templates, the disguise artist starts off with a stock civilian Y-wing fighter. Valued 135,000 new, 65,000 used. The New Republic Pilot's template has an X-wing starfighter included in the template valued 150,000.
Glancing through the template collection there's the Tramp Freighter Captain template which has a 40,000 credit debt to a loan shark.
Hope this helps with your situation.
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CRMcNeill
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The biggest cash equivalent that I have seen on a starting template is the Privateer Captain, who starts with a "modified Corellian Corvette". A stock, used Corellian Corvette has a listed value of 1.5 million credits, and this doesn't count however the ship is "modified". I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the modified Corellian Corvette is the one suggested in the Adventure Journal #2 Article "Rebel Privateers", where two of the forward turbolasers are replaced with an ion cannon and a tractor beam.
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Bren
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Debts and starting credits on known templates |
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| tetsuoh wrote: | I have noticed that equipment varies outrageously from template to template, and often for no reason at all.
Have an other gms out there came up with a way to ease the playing field a bit in this regard? |
It varies based on (1) allowing enough equipment and cash for the template function to function e.g. bounty hunter needs weapons and armor, freighter captain needs a ship, gambler needs a stake, rich noble needs some duds and cash to toss around and (2) template fluff.
It isn't supposed to be balanced. |
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tetsuoh
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| Raven Redstar wrote: | Biggest cash total I've seen is probably the high stakes gambler from the Tapani books, they start with a datachip holding a verified credit line of 10,000 credits and the Imperial Diplomat which starts with 10,000 cash.
The Holovid celebrity starts with 8,000 credits including a 4,000 advance on their next contract.
Other than that, you have the Imperial Noble, Classy Smuggler, & Rebel Conspirator at 5,000 credits, plus a little bit of gear.
Highest debt I've seen is 25,000 credits on the smuggler & imperial smuggler templates, but one of the Tapani templates, the disguise artist starts off with a stock civilian Y-wing fighter. Valued 135,000 new, 65,000 used. The New Republic Pilot's template has an X-wing starfighter included in the template valued 150,000.
Glancing through the template collection there's the Tramp Freighter Captain template which has a 40,000 credit debt to a loan shark.
Hope this helps with your situation. |
Has someone made a collection of all the published templates? |
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Bren
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Yes there is a PDF document that some of the folks on this site created that includes all the templates. Unfortunately I don't have the link handy.
There are also many NPC collections listed in the Character section of the site. |
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Raven Redstar
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| tetsuoh wrote: | | Raven Redstar wrote: | Biggest cash total I've seen is probably the high stakes gambler from the Tapani books, they start with a datachip holding a verified credit line of 10,000 credits and the Imperial Diplomat which starts with 10,000 cash.
The Holovid celebrity starts with 8,000 credits including a 4,000 advance on their next contract.
Other than that, you have the Imperial Noble, Classy Smuggler, & Rebel Conspirator at 5,000 credits, plus a little bit of gear.
Highest debt I've seen is 25,000 credits on the smuggler & imperial smuggler templates, but one of the Tapani templates, the disguise artist starts off with a stock civilian Y-wing fighter. Valued 135,000 new, 65,000 used. The New Republic Pilot's template has an X-wing starfighter included in the template valued 150,000.
Glancing through the template collection there's the Tramp Freighter Captain template which has a 40,000 credit debt to a loan shark.
Hope this helps with your situation. |
Has someone made a collection of all the published templates? |
Yes they have:
http://krapz.free.fr/data/The_Template_Collection_Vol1.pdf
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Raven Redstar
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| crmcneill wrote: | | The biggest cash equivalent that I have seen on a starting template is the Privateer Captain, who starts with a "modified Corellian Corvette". A stock, used Corellian Corvette has a listed value of 1.5 million credits, and this doesn't count however the ship is "modified". I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the modified Corellian Corvette is the one suggested in the Adventure Journal #2 Article "Rebel Privateers", where two of the forward turbolasers are replaced with an ion cannon and a tractor beam. |
Which book has the Privateer captain?
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CRMcNeill
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It's in Pirates and Privateers (page 125) and the Adventure Journal #2, (page 183).
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Raven Redstar
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Thanks, I just found it.
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