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Final days of the Clone Wars
PC
None, really. We only played the first session of this campaign, and we didn't meet any NPC's important to the plot yet.
Zamer Duktrofna, a closely monitored student at the Jedi temple, is leaning more and more to the dark side. Finally he unleashes a Force lightning upon another student during lightsaber combat training. He is then sent to master Yoda in order to receive his punishment.
Meanwhile, Rhiannon is also getting herself in trouble, but instead of wounding students through the dark side, she simply neglects her training, only following those classes which she finds interesting. These are the 'exciting' classes; lightsaber training and training in the force.
Finally, Zion, who has just attained the rank of knight, is ready for his first mission without guidance from a master.
This would-be campaign was really just meant to be a fun (it became hilarious), educational (not so much) first session of Star Wars RPG for me. It's too bad we never got around to continuing it, but unfortunately the rest of the group voted to continue 'to kill a conman', in favour of this one. Still I think this was probably the most fun session I ever played.
Zamer and Rhiannon, who have both gotten themselves into trouble, are summoned to master Yoda. Both of them are very close to being thrown out of the temple altogether; Zamer for his bad attitude and growing tendencies towards the dark side, Rhiannon for her neglecing her trainings and only doing what she wants, as opposed to serving the Jedi. They both sit outside Yoda's office, waiting for him to be able to receive them. While waiting, the talkative Trianii keeps on babbling about how she saw Zamer use for lightning on "that guy" (a padawan to Master Fisto) and how unbelievably cool that was. Zamer, quite the opposite of Rhiannon, only states he's happy to see at least one person appreciates his potential. Then Rhiannon starts challening Zamer to show what he can do with the force; can he make those papers on the desk in front of them move? Can he move that chair? That bench? That desk? The heavy plant basket? Zamer accepts all challenges and uses telekinesis liberally, mostly in a failed attempt to make Rhiannon shut up.
The are then asked to enter the room, where they find master Yoda waiting for them. Both are asked to explain their recent actions. Rhiannon replies by saying that the classes she misses are boring anyway, while Zamer expresses his frustration with the fact that, even though he can take most senior students, he is still prohobited from taking the advanced classes. He adds even those would probably hold no challenge for him. At that time Rhiannon stands a bit to the back, while Zamer and Yoda start a discussion in which Zamer says he should be rewarded for his efforts, while Yoda stresses that Zamer deserves no such thing.
Though the two students remain convinced that they're not doing anything wrong, Yoda sends the two of them out on a mission; they are to escort a group of ambassadors back to their home world, under the guidance of a jedi knight. Both were quite looking forward to this, though Rhiannon can't help but ask whether this trip is going to take long, and if she should call her mother to tape her favourite tv-show. Yoda dismisses the two students, who then go on their way to meet the jedi knight who will be guiding them
On their way through the halls of the Jedi temple, the two students once again start pulling pranks- which leads to both of them igniting their lightsabers to show the other their weapon's colour. Zamer, clearly more skilled in lightsaber combat than Rhiannon, even makes a feint in her direction and holds the lightsaber just inches away from her throat. That's when their guide, Zion, shows up. He urges them to deactivate their weapons and tells both of them them to come with him. Already he knows this mission is going to be much more difficult than he anticipated. The jedi then go to a heavily guarded embassy, and upon arrival, Zamer begins scolding the Clone troopers for the poor security measures in the building (in reality, he was just pissed off for not being able to understand some foreigners and takes it out on the first person he sees). Zion them tells him to calm down, to not give in to his frustration or anger. Zamer tells him that he didn't give in to his anger at all; if he would have, the troopershead would have come off. The trooper still being alive was a perfect example of him being able to control his anger.
Inside the building, the trio meets for the first time with the ambasssadors; small, insectile creatures, who speak a language even the 3PO-unit present has difficulty deciphering. Zamer mistakes the creatures for some wild predators on a world he heard of some time ago, and draws his lightsaber, shouting a warning to his fellow Jedi. The ambassadors look upon him in wonder, and Zion tells him to deactivate his weapon and shut up. Zamer walks to the nearby kitchen, followed by Rhiannon. There, they continu their childish behaviour when Zamer uses the force to lift a refrigirator, while Rhiannon is eating it's contents. Zion then gets a call from the Jedi Temple and, after walking through the kitchen with a very disturbed look on his face, discusses the mission with the person calling him on a private balcony. This person asks whether Zion still thinks he's up to the task, or if he needs any back-up. Zion expresses his doubts about whether he'll be able to control the two students, but thinks he'll manage. When the talk turns to discussing transportation, Zamer (who was eavesdropping on Zion) requests that he may fly his own starfighter, since he's a very able pilot and will be more useful protecting the ship from the outside. Zion declines, and Zamer, enraged, slams the door shut and locks Zion on the balcony. Zion starts banging on the door while Rhiannon tries to calm Zamer down (she briefly opens the door to tell Zion she'll talk to Zamer, then locks Zion out once more).
When Zion enters the kitchen again, he suggests they all sit down to meditate while they wait for their transport to arrive. While Rhiannon falls asleep during meditation, Zamer reaches a good state of rest. Zion on the other hand can't help but keep an eye on Zamer, leading Zamer to mock Zion by lecturing him on ways to concentrate harder.
With that we ended this session, which I thought was the most hilarious one I've ever played. Too bad we never finished it.