| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
WookV3M0
Cadet
Joined: 09 Apr 2025
Posts: 2
|
 Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 10:55 am Post subject: Question about Starship Combat Initiative |
 |
|
Hi, I'm very new to the rancor pit forums but I've been a big fan of Star Wars, especially d6, RPGs for ages. I used to run a lot of d6 campaigns back in the day but had fallen out after I no longer had people to play with.
Anyway, I recently did a one-shot to introduce some friends to the ruleset and something I noticed that I can't find is anything regarding rolling initiative for starship combat.
I honestly cannot remember how I used to do it back in the day and since it's so long I'm basically relearning the game. So, I was wondering how this possibly works. Is there an initiative roll that happens like in ground combat? If so, what is it and what book/page could I Find it on. If not, how do I go about figuring out which side starts first?
Sorry if this has been asked multiple times. I searched through the forums but really sturggled to navigate through all the results. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
CRMcNeill
Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 16396
Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
|
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 2:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
AFAIK, the only official rule for initiative is the standard “roll Perception”. Anything apart from that would involve a house rule of some sort.
_________________
"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
garhkal
Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005
Posts: 14328
Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
|
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 3:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Welcome to the pit, wook.. Space combat is ran exactly the same as ground combat. Each side has one person (the one with the highest per D value) roll perception, to see which 'side' goes first. The 'combat in space' area, keeps mentioning 'refer to ground/vehicle combat' for how it works, but doesn't Expressly call out initiative rolling.
_________________
Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
WookV3M0
Cadet
Joined: 09 Apr 2025
Posts: 2
|
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 6:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thank you very much for this! I chose to go that route anyway in my recent game just because I was unsure and figured I'd default to the PER initiative. I'm glad I just chose to go with the way it's supposed to be anyway. I appreciate your help.
And thanks for welcoming me. I don't know how I hadn't heard of this place before. But I'm glad I found it now  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
