----- Original Message -----  From: "Tim Hall" 
> Chris Tutty wrote:
>
> >Nope but conversation on rpg-create did mention that they'd
> >introduced rules specifically for Star Wars.  I think hit points
> >were divided into what your body could handle and what was
> >there because you're a hero.
>
> I've read that in reviews; characters have split hit points called
> 'vitality' and 'wounds'.  It's sounds *exactly* like a DnD house rule
> suggested in White Dwarf (anyone remember when it was an RPG mag?)
> about 20 years ago.

Sorta, but the VP have other uses too, such as powering Force abilities.
(Anyone going "UH?!?" at that is forgiven.  And I'm going to need a while to
supress the urge to count BODY on damage...)

We also get some other related strangeness...you know the Toughness feat
from DND3?  The one that gives 3 HP each time you take it?  Well, now we
have "Quickness"...which gives 3 Vitality Points.  (Again with the "UH?!?"
Murphy's Rules fans, take note--the better you are at avoiding damage, the
stronger you are in the Force!)  Then we have "Infamy", a feat of dubious
value if ever I've seen one.  (I suppose it's useful in some situations, but
it strikes me more as a "silver lining" thing.)

There are, of course, conversion rules for the old WEG version in the back,
thus providing for the bulk of the old material to still be used some way or
another.  I just wish the info on the background (incl. major characters)
wasn't of such dubious quality--although I can't say if that was
intentional, or just plain sloppiness on the part of the staff.  (Note to
WotC:  When adapting an established setting with a rather strict "canon",
check the facts you publish for accuracy!  The Sun Crusher was NOT a
prototype Death Star!!!)

The original art wasn't bad, though it could (should?) have been better.
I've heard some people complain about some of the fonts and such, but it
doesn't seem that bad to me.  Overall presentation is good quality, I just
wish they'd spent a little more effort on the contents.  Not that it will
stop me from actually giving it a whirl playing it, mind you;  it's just
that it's a little kludgy in spots, and one suspects the creative team
wasn't as familiar with some of the books as they should have been if they
were going to cover them.

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