I've got some B/X-inspired rules for Star Wars lying around (currently I call them Deathstars and Droids), and I've been thinking of running a few games in them soon. One of the things I have been thinking about was to redo The Keep on the Borderlands as The Bastion on the Outer Rim, and have […] - ThreadSky

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy • 8 days ago

I've got some B/X-inspired rules for Star Wars lying around (currently I call them Deathstars and Droids), and I've been thinking of running a few games in them soon.

One of the things I have been thinking about was to redo The Keep on the Borderlands as The Bastion on the Outer Rim, and have […]

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kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

why Keep on the Borderlands?

Well, because it's easy to mod. I just take the Keep and name everything in a Star Wars way, then run it basically the same. Except the Keep is where the bad guys are, while the Caves of Chaos are now the local rebel camp.

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

controversial opinion time: I think Keep on the Borderlands is the best thing Gary Gygax ever did.

(this is gonna piss off the people who don't like his disgusting politics and those who think ADnD is holy writ at the same time)

AndreasDavour.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@kyonshi I'm not arguing against Gary having some serious issues, but I do want to suggest you are wrong about this being a controversial statement. I'd say it's just how it is.

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

hmm, if I go that way of switching roles then the local priest in the keep now is the sith inquisitor, while the jovial priest is a local rebel contact.

not sure what to do about the cult in the caves though.

Printdevil.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@kyonshi have you read the return to keep on the borderlands scenario? I think because some things in it are referred to historically you might find the cult in the cave ties into a "fallen sith" or "remnant jedi" plot

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@Printdevil I did, I didn't find it really worthwhile. Maybe I should look into it again.

there were a few neat ideas in there but it was as usual for 2nd edition completely overwritten

Printdevil.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@kyonshi Well I wasn't advocating the 2nd Ed, but I was thinking the historical variance between the two and the whole "this is 25 years later" fits well into a Star Wars milieu so you can have backstory

and swap wraiths for forceghosts and stuff.

Printdevil.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@kyonshi I just remember (and it's been a long time since I looked at either) that they address the cult in the cave, and I think that plays into your SW idea.

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