Attributes, Skills, and Dice

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AVERAGE HERO


See page 89 of the 1E Core Rulebook.

2D - Average attribute for a human.

3D - Average attribute for a Player Character Hero.

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THE UNIVERSE STANDARD



From pages 47-48 of the Gamemaster Handbook For Second Edition.

With the universe standard, you can rate characters based on how they compare to other characters in the Star Wars universe.  This chart is handy, but there is additional information provided along these lines in that section of the handbook.  It's well worth reading.


1D  Below human average for an attribute

2D  Human average for an attribute;  average for skills

3D  Average level of training for a human

4D  Professional level training for a human

5D  Above average expertise

6D  Considered the best in a city or geographic area.  1 in 100,000 people will have training to this skill level

7D  Among the best on the continent.  About 1 in 10,000,000 people will have training to this skill level

8 D Among the best on a planet.  About 1 in 100,000,000 people will have training to this skill level  

9D  One of the best of several systems in the immediate area.  About 1 in a billion people have a skill at this level

10D  One of the best in the sector

12D  One of the best in the region

14D+   Among the best in the galaxy

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1D



5+  =  33%

10+  =  0%

15+  =  0%

20+  =  0%

30+  =  0%

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2D



5+  =  83%

10+  =  17%

15+  =  0%

20+  =  0%

30+  =  0%

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3D



5+  =  98%

10+  =  63%

15+  =  9%

20+  =  0%

30+  =  0%

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4D




5+ =  >99%

10+ =  90%

15+ = 44%

20+ = 5%

30+ =  0%

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5D




5+ =  100%

10+ =  98%

15+ =  78%

20+ =  31%

30+ =  <1%

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6D



5+  =  100%

10+  =  >99%

15+  =  94%

20+  =  64%

30+  =  2%

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7D



5+  =  100%

10+  =  >99%

15+  =  99%

20+  =  86%

30+  =  14%

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8 D



5+  =  100%

10+  =  >99%

15+  =  >99%

20+  =  96%

30+  =  38%

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9D



5+  =  100%

10+  =  ~100%

15+  =  ~100%

20+  =  99%

30+  =  65%

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10D



5+  =  100%

10+  =  100%

15+  =  ~100%

20+  =  ~100%

30+  =  84%

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D6 DICE ROLLER



CLICK HERE!  

This is a dice roller that you can use to help you as a D6 Gamemaster.

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This is very useful!

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STAR WARRIORS



Back in the day (the 90's, IIRC), there was an e-mail list (remember those?) devoted to the D6 game.  I remember a GM there complaining that his PCs were tearing up everything that he threw at them.  He said that he couldn't use the standard stormtroopers, because even a hoard of them would be no real challenge for his group.  He couldn't take foes straight from the books without having to buff them up.

I asked him to post one of his players' characters, and he did.  And, I quickly saw that he had allowed the PCs in his group to grow to very powerful levels.  The GM didn't really think he had done that, and I supposed it is hard to tell by just looking at dice levels.  6D and 7D doesn't quite tell the same story as a 20th Level character in D&D.

I looked at the posted character, and then I told him to compare that character to the various write-ups for Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Vader, Kenobi, and the rest.  His characters were better than these Star Warriors, where, in my view, the Star Warriors should be the ultimate heroes in the game.

The point is:  Look upon the heroes and major villains from the book as the ultimate examples of what characters can be.  Allow PCs to get stronger than those characters at your own peril.  Make sure that you know what you'll be getting if you do this.