Star Wars D6- Lars Nellon

Lars Nellon

Character Type: Failed Jedi

Character Name: Lars Nellon
Player Name: Steve Race
Height: 5'6"
Weight: Unknown
Sex: Male
Age: 50 - ish
Physical Appearance: Short, balding with a grey, bushy beard. His robes are looking extremely worn and dog - eared.

DEXTERITY: 2D+2, Dodge 3D+2, Melee Parry 4D+2, Lightsaber 4D+2
KNOWLEDGE: 3D+1
MECHANICAL: 2D
PERCEPTION: 3D+1
STRENGTH: 2D+2,
TECHNICAL: 2D
CONTROL: 1D
SENSE: 3D
FORCE POINTS: 1

Equipment: Lightsaber (5D), robes, bottle of rotgut, 250 credits.
Personality: Cynical, foul mouthed and pessimistic, but with a heart of gold.
A Quote: "Kids? Gah, kids! You wanna learn how to use the force or not? Where's the whiskey?"

I have a good feeling about this......

It feels good to be excited about Star Wars again. Like most males my age, and some females, my first experience of Star Wars is indelibly burned in my brain. It was around my 11th birthday so I assume early January 1978. My memory might be failing me, but I believe in those days, movies would often take months to cross the pond. I remember my parents had bought me the novelization and I had devoured that before my dad took me to see it. We saw it in Leicester Square. I think it was playing at the Odeon and i have a strong memory of queuing for hours, along with a bunch of long hair types, you know, sci fi fans. Bizarre side note, but I remember we queued for so long that my dad had to nip to a bakers and get us Cornish pasties to eat.

Like most people, the opening moments of the movie had me hooked on the saga within seconds. The music and that iconic imagery which blew all other cinematic experiences up to that point out of the water. I was in love with Star Wars, big time.

So we all know how the rest of the story goes. I saw all three movies at the cinema multiple times. The first movie we owned on vhs tape was Star Wars. I went and saw the special editions in 1997, and the feeling of disquiet began. Sure it was cool to see the movies on the big screen again, but those changes niggled.

Then the prequels came out and I went like everyone else I knew. After all the rationalization and discussion, I realised, you know what, they're just not that good. The reasons vary but I then began to fixate on the original movies again. I was determined to own the original editions and only watch those. You've heard it all before .

So here we are in a new era in a galaxy far, far away. I've heard a lot of negativity but also a lot of positivity regarding the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney. I'm definitely in the positive camp. I see no reason the believe that Disney will dumb down Star Wars any more than Lucas already had. Star Wars is a fairytale like any other and predominantly will, and should, hold appeal for the young. Disney know how to walk the fine line of appealing to the kids and pleasing the adults. Disney also know how to make money in a variety of ways. Anyone who has been to a Disney park in recent years will have seen the vast range of Star Wars/Disney related merchandise you can get. From Jedi Mickey statues to Clone Wars crossover t-shirts. It's high quality product and does nothing to dilute the brand of Star Wars.

I believe that Disney will bring all of their creative and financial might to bear on making Star Wars Episode VII the biggest and best movie of 2015. Shame that New Hope title has already been used. I'll be in line, as i'm sure most of you will be. What is exciting to me that this looks to be only the beginning of a new chapter in the Star Wars saga. Hopefully I can get past all the bad feeling and disappointment of the last few years and look forward to new adventures which will blow my mind all over again.

Punch it, Mickey.

Necessary Evil Redux - Part 1

Here's a link to the Necessary Evil thread on my forum. The write up for the first session is on this page.
Bear in mind this is not the beginning of the campaign, rather a restart. Hopefully you'll get a flavour of it, though.

Necessary Evil on Renny's Game Forum

Cake...eat it.

I've started up a blog on Wordpress for no other reason than I fancy messing about with that tool. So far i've simply set up a page and duplicated some of the posts from this blog. It was that process which prompted the redesign of the header on this page, actually. Moving forward, i'll probably cross post on both.

Renny's Game Corner on Wordpress

You can’t go home again, or can you…?

So the cliche goes. This week I returned to the gaming table with some of my regular gaming group, and one friend I haven’t gamed with for a while. Things have been shaken up recently, as our long – running AD&D campaign has come to an end. This state of affairs may or may not be permanent, but the gap gave us a chance to revisit a campaign we last touched in 2009. The campaign is Necessary Evil for Savage Worlds, a game set in a world where alien invaders have killed all of the superheroes and it’s up to you, the super-villains to save the world. We had a ton of fun playing this when we started the game, but for one reason or another it had come to an end. This was the single most requested game to revisit since our old Justice Associates days. The enforced break in the AD&D game gave us a chance to pick up where we left off. Suffice to say, this game went great. Everyone seemed invested in it, and pleased to be there. The characters were as much fun as we remembered and even my last minute decision to run without maps and miniatures seemed to pay off. It was gratifying and a great experience. Hopefully, this time around, we’ll be able to keep the game going for a while longer.

Sgt Christopher Bourne, Unit Soldier

This is a character for the Dr Who: Adventures in Space and Time RPG.

Sgt Christopher Bourne - Professional - Unit Soldier 1970's.

Background Concept

Sgt Bourne is a seasoned soldier with extensive experience, much of it against the alien nasties who seemed to make it their business to invade the home counties during the 1970's.
He's a steadfast soldier, and not much rattles him, although he was briefly captured by a Silurian war party and the memories of that experience still trouble him somewhat. Generally another brew and a fag will steady his nerves though.
 
Native Space Time

20th Century, 1970's, Earth

Attributes

Awareness: 3
Co-Ordination: 4
Ingenuity: 2
Presence: 3
Resolve: 4
Strength: 4

Good Traits

Brave
Face In The Crowd
Military Rank (Minor)
Tough
Voice Of Authority

Bad Traits

By The Book
Dark Secret (Minor - Flashbacks)
Dependency (Minor)
Obligation (Major)

 
Skills and Areas Of Expertise

Alien Culture 2
Athletics 3
Convince 2
Fighting 4
Knowledge 2
Marksman - 4 (Automatic Weapons)
Subterfuge 2
Technology 1
Transport 3

Herbert Leech, Victorian Police Detective.

This is a character for the Dr Who: Adventures in Space and Time RPG.

Herbert Leech - Professional - Victorian Police Detective.

Background Concept
 
Herbert Leech was a police detective, working in Victorian London in the 1890's.
Whilst investigating a bizarre series of murders with apparent links to a strange religious cult with unsettling rituals, he fell in with a mysterious stranger who identified himself only as a "traveller". This traveller possessed a strange conveyance which has since transported Herbert and his other  companions through no end of strange goings on. Through it all, Herbert has displayed the solid, dependable behaviour and sometimes insightful pursuit of wrongdoing which characterised his police work.

Native Space Time

19th Century, Earth

Attributes

Awareness: 4
Co-ordination: 2
Ingenuity: 3
Presence: 2
Resolve: 5
Strength: 3

Good Traits

Brave
Face In The Crowd
Indomitable (Major)
Keen Senses (Major)
Tough

Bad Traits

Code Of Conduct (Minor)
Technically Inept

Skills and Areas Of Expertise

Athletics: 2
Convince: 3
Fighting: 2
Knowledge (Criminology):4
Marksman: 3
Subterfuge: 3