What is this server?

Our community is being built so that fans of DnD, Star Wars, and persistent worlds can come together, both in cooperation and competition, to explore the galaxy and further the goals of their characters and factions. We draw heavily from West Marches style of gameplay, yet something that makes Star Wars so iconic are its factions, and the diametric opposition of these factions plays into the central tension of our RPG. This calls for a type of game that is a little more varied than your average West Marches.

Who can I play?

As the player of a new first level character, you are in a great position to play as a low ranked faction member or initiate, such as a Padawan, who is embarking to prepare for or find the trials that will see them promoted. At this point your experience is 0, reflective of a PC who has trained or overcome enough adversity to be considered a gifted combatant, keen explorer, or powerful presence. But their true tests lie ahead of them still. Create your backstory accordingly. This is to say that you may begin as an older character, but higher ranks and character levels will be given out sparingly and at faction DM discretion.

Who are the major NPCs?

As you can imagine, the Jedi Grand Master, Guild Marshall, and Sith Emperor are all very high level characters. Such characters and the retinue of NPCs they trust most (and are also high level) will be busying themselves outside of the scope of the game. The faction lieutenants whom you will be dealing with will be in the second tier, and will be wardens, teachers, and others who are dutifully staying within their faction headquarters to help the players in their faction.

Which Star Wars era are we in?

995 BBY, but in character, let's call it 5 After the Ruusan Reformations (5 ARR). The Galaxy knows relative peace, and the Jedi and Republic have vastly demilitarized in the hope of returning to the role of keepers of said peace. It is a time of much growth, opening new regions of exploration on worlds all over, and allowing the rise of nefarious new threats seemingly lost to Legends history.

So there is faction PvP?

To begin with, most missions will be contained and have nothing to do with another faction, but depending on the will of the members, you may choose to grow more aggressive towards, or have an opportunity to attain something from, another faction. This would likely begin as you and your party doing battle against NPCs from another faction. Perhaps it may begin to look like two groups who have to complete opposing tasks. And at its most extreme, it will be direct player vs. player conflict. We intend to host special events where players can sign up to partake in special missions of these types, yet player agency is also important to this style of game, so feel free to share ideas with your faction members and DMs about what your character wants to do.

But I don't want my character to die! Why would I do that?

Character death is an unfortunate reality in all DnD games, but I understand the concern when it comes to PvP. By no means will you ever have to partake in PvP (perhaps unless you're a Sith, who thrive on inter-faction PvP). But we do intend to incentivize in such a way that makes it worthwhile, while keeping the stakes high

How does experience work?

You collect experience at the end of a session based on the encounters you have defeated. Characters with a lower level are entitled to a slightly larger share than others. And characters with no intention to help do not get any of the share. Social encounters, explorative challenges, and similar challenges may also award xp based on the challenge.

Player Kill XP

A PC's experience pool is equal to 1 CR for every four levels rounded down. This is further broken down into four quarters which are acquired in PvP over three steps.

1. Just for engaging another Player in meaningful combat, you attain the first two quarters.
2. You attain another quarter of the xp pool if you incapacitate or defeat them in any manner other than killing.
3. You attain the final quarter only if you gave your all against an opponent and were killed.

If you are slain in such a manner by an enemy PC, and revival is not an option you have or prefer, you can create a new character at your new total XP, as long as they work for the same faction, and are of an opposing faction to your killer. If only one of these conditions is met, you can create a new character at 75% xp, as opposed to 50% as usual. Note that you are given no additional XP beyond half the pool if you slay a PC. In fact, by doing so you are typically making the opposed faction stronger.

Can I play multiple characters?

You can! You may begin with two characters, your alt character must be 2 levels below your main character on this server. They may still gather xp, but their effective level will always be 2 below your main character's level. You can switch mains by telling any involved faction DMs and committing to only be a reserved character for missions, able to gain xp and use downtime freely, yet capping their max effective level until overtaken by double on your new main. You may create an additional character when your main reaches level 10. This character must remain two levels below you first alternate.

What happens if my character dies?

Aside from the Player Kill exception, death with no means of revival is the end of the road for your current XP pool. If this happens, you are able to create another character with half the value of XP of the deceased character. If you remain in the same faction, you get an additional 25% of the pool. If your character death saved other member of the team (a teammate would have a high chance of dying had you not sacrificed yourself) then you receive another 25% of the character's xp pool. Let us know in #character-tracker (in Discord) if you are switching mains with the advent of your new character.

XP through Session Summaries

While their are many ways to gain experience through role playing and encounters. Another way to gain experience points for your character is by writing summaries of the sessions that you partake in. Once you write a summary of the session please send it to the DM that ran the session for you to approve and post on the respected channel. Only one person can write a summary at a time so please contact your DM to be approved to write up the summary. Exp earned through the summary method will vary by your characters level. Every level = 25 experience points (Example, level 5 character would receive 125 experience points for writing the summary, 5 * 25 = 125)

The Star Wars galaxy is incredibly expansive, so to quickly find locations of planets and stars use the following star chart.

Sometimes we don't agree with rules as written (or we just want everyone to have really cool and overpowered characters...). See this document below for the most up-to-date version of our Homebrew + Variants rules, or scroll a bit more to see it all on this page.

Instead of 'rolling' our characters, we 'draw' them. This system allows for partially randomized ability stats that still give you ultimate control of your array, and makes a balanced character for every newcomer to our server.

See the official character creation ruleset below.