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a problem i see is that thousands will want to be jedi or sith i believe it is the moderators choice if you are to be either or

OoOo....so restrict on how many Jedi/Sith/whatever can anyone play....the rest either have to be a merc/senator/citizen etc. That may work, but I doubt it'll be all that popular.

what I have to wonder about after reading this is: what about force adepts? the force witches, the sorcerers of tund, the hippies of the ithorians? do force users who aren't jedi, and thus have no lightsaber, have no place in this RP? or would there be a possibility of having a small group to represent the few force sensitives who manage to find thier own way? It would certainly bring up a good bit of RP to have force sensitives who (with DM permission) develop thier own capabilities. Granted, they wouldn't get any lightsabers....and that would be why fewer would want to be them. one of the big draws to being a jedi is the lightsaber. no lightsaber, there's still force powers...but to be a force adept you would have to have your character develop almost thier own religion on thier view of the force and how it works. There would still be a light side and dark side, but how would that individual see it? anyway...if well RP'd, would anyone be willing to allow force adepts?

I know exactly what you mean Honh. It's one of my fears of 'neutral' Force Users (Yes, I'm using that term very loosely).

My biggest problem with it, however, is them having little or no role within an RP. Let's take the example of Nightsister. If they were implimented in an RP alongside Jedi and Sith, what would they do? Hover on Dathomir all the time? It'd basically be a side-story, and have little or no effect on the main story (unless Dathomir was needed that is).

Other than that, they're just going to be another faction that do the same and either the Jedi or the Sith. It'd only break people up into smaller groups.

It's not always bad to have small groups. when you have a few people, it's easier to get things going and keep them going, since you don't have to rely on as many people being on or keeping track of your RP. In any case, I didn't mean the limited use nightsisters, I meant more along the lines of...say...a self taught 'adept'. and by adept I mean just that. They would never have the ability to get a lightsaber unless then went jedi (which would require rearranging thier own belief system...like changing your faith.) and at the very least, MOST force powers would be restriced/powered down/inaccessable to a force adept. Granted, If I were to implement them, I'd have them able to get different, somewhat unique powers. For example: let's say that a force adept gets no access to things like force lightning...now let's say instead, they get a unique capability of...starting a rainstorm? now...a rainstorm can't really be used to directly attack anyone. but it would certainly be a useful thing to have on a backwater planet where people still farm (instead of hydroponics or the like). or perhaps you restrict the power of force healing...maybe instead they can comprehend anything they can hear. In any case...it would be more for allowing unique capabilities, instead of allowing people to BS and have stupidly powerful characters.

well, it wouldn't exactly be 'anyone can make up powers for force adept'. it would be more like 'if your on the list of approved force adepts, you have a bit of leeway, but before you can go making anything new up, pm it out with a crew member'. For example: let's say all force adepts are unable to use this list:
Force Crush
Destruction Orb
Force Cloak
Battle Meditation
Advanced Force Projection
Lightsaber forms (or lightsabers)
Saber Throw
Force Concealment

Now, continuing the example...let's say a Force Adept player wants to make a new power called 'Comprehend languages'. The first step would be to figure out how the power would work, and PM both the request and explanation to a crew member. If the explanation sucks 'they use the force to understand all languages', then it's a no go. however, if they actually put some thought into it, maybe 'they resonate thier mind with the midicholoreans in both themselves and thier speaker to form a rapport with the force.' it might be fiesable..

Now, step two, after getting approval from a Crew would be working out the kinks, and making sure it's a balanced, even if useless, power. Step three would be making a good number of posts, decided by the crew member and player during the kink working out process, that would cover the learning and formulation of the technique. What RP reason would thier character have to come up with this tech? How do they make it work? etc etc.

Step four would be the final step....Step 4 would be 'final approval'. Final approval would consist of getting at least one to two other crew members to sign off on approval of the power. if they don't, then you might not get the power. After all, if you get a custom power and only one crew member knows about it, you might get in trouble with another who didnt know about it and notices you using it.

hmmm....maybe, but there's always an exception...what about the guys with no formal training? Ya know, the ones who don't know they're force sensitive, or at least, didn't know what the force was, but never had anyone to train them? It is possible to be self-taught, though that would be difficult to say the least. Just wonderin'.