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This series follows the trials, tribulations, successes, and failures of a fairly inexperienced GM who has recently picked up the hobby after a long time away. It aims to assist new GM\u2019s by examining what worked, didn\u2019t work, and what failed miserably as he spins up new campaigns, modules, encounters, and adventures for his friends and family in Fantasy Flight Games\u2019 Edge of the Empire\/Age of Rebellion\/Force and Destiny system.<\/em><\/p>\n

A year ago, I began playing RPG’s again for the first time since college<\/a>. \u00a0The Star Wars RPG lines sucked me in. \u00a0Let’s face it, the biggest reason we play these games is because they’re fun. Secondarily, because there are generally a lot of laughs at the table. \u00a0Since coming back to this hobby over a year ago now, I’ve had my fair share of laughs. \u00a0Everyone at my tables has. \u00a0I’m lucky that I get to play with friends and co-workers. \u00a0It helps to be familiar with each other, share private jokes, know each other’s sense of humor, etc. \u00a0The result has been an amazing amount of dramatic fun with the campaigns, but also, a lot of laughs.<\/p>\n

So, to keep with and conclude our week of humorous writing, I present to you my favorite, funny moments from my campaigns, ranked in descending order. \u00a0Some of these things may be “had to be there” moments but I hope to write them up well enough to be amusing:<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0Surprise!<\/strong><\/p>\n

My son is a Force-sensitive who has invested in the Misdirect talent. \u00a0During one early campaign mission, the group had to infiltrate a prison and free a Rebel spy who had critical information regarding an Imperial plot. \u00a0So, halfway through the adventure, the team stood outside a guard room, but rolled a lot of Threat during a Stealth check. \u00a0So, the narrative result of that was \u00a0a squad of soldiers made their way to the guard room they had to penetrate. \u00a0So now the room was full of bad guys. \u00a0My son only had Force Rating 1 at the time, and could only fool one target at a time. \u00a0But one of his teammates (a pilot named Aden) \u00a0had an officer’s uniform and put it on. \u00a0Using Force Misdirect outside the room, my son fooled the sergeant that his teammate was a visiting admiral. He succeeded on the check, and Aden flew through the door, “Surprise inspection, bitches!” \u00a0He rolled many successes and advantage on his accompanying coercion check, so I allowed the Misdirect to work on the entire room for just a brief moment for the team to rush in and get the drop on everyone.<\/p>\n

Since then, “Surprise inspection, bitches!” became a quote we throw around the table!<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0Weekend at Bernie’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my groups had to save a group of Twi’lek slaves that had been sold to a Hutt, waiting for transport off world. \u00a0They intercepted a train full of the slaves, guarded by slavers, at a train station. \u00a0As the group ousted several slavers as they pushed towards the train, they realized the slaver’s leader was in a train car with his blaster pointed at a group of slaves. \u00a0The group became nervous about storming the car, worried that the slaves would die in the firefight or as soon as they breached the car. \u00a0The scene was almost out of the Untouchables, including the next funny moment! \u00a0So, one of my players, the drill sergeant of the group, picks up one of the dead bodies of the slavers killed outside, presses him up against the glass window of the train so the leader could see, and began using him like a puppet, telling him that’s what he was going to get if he didn’t drop his gun. \u00a0We rolled a coercion check with a lot of boost thanks to the\u00a0Weekend at Bernie’s<\/em> usage of the dead body, the leader dropped his gun and surrendered, scared to death of these insane liberators!<\/p>\n

3) Demolition Derby<\/strong><\/p>\n

An early mission for Viper Squad, a Rebellion SpecForce unit, was to jump an Imperial convoy and kidnap an Imperial officer. \u00a0The plan was hatched and one of the best sessions we’ve had kicked off. \u00a0The team approached from multiple angles, stealing speeders, jumping on speeder trucks, hanging on the side of vehicles, lightsabers slicing down the length of trucks… all out fantastic chaos. \u00a0But then about 2\/3 of the way through it, the Despair results start happening. \u00a0With the first Despair, I had a speeder crash. \u00a0It made narrative sense. \u00a0Then, two speeders jockeying for position,\u00a0both<\/em> rolled Despairs. \u00a0Two more crashes. \u00a0At that point it became comical. \u00a0Two more Despairs were rolled, and the final two vehicles in the convoy and chase crashed. \u00a0By the end, it was an old-fashioned demolition derby, with crashed vehicles (PC and NPC) everywhere. \u00a0Since then the convoy mission is referred to as “The Demolition Derby.”<\/p>\n

2) “…a\u00a0complete and total barf-o-rama!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

My main campaign has been going for over a year and the PCs have over 500 XP, so they’ve gotten pretty powerful. \u00a0Several of them have invested in a Signature Ability as well. \u00a0One such player is a mechanic who purchased the Inventive Creation Signature Ability from\u00a0Special Modifications<\/em>. \u00a0His first use of the talent became quite creative, and hilarious. \u00a0It took place during our recent in-person game<\/a>\u00a0with everyone at the table.<\/p>\n

The group was being blocked from escape by several groups of Stormtroopers. \u00a0The group was fighting them off fairly well. \u00a0The mechanic was keeping some kids safe and decided it was time to use his astromech droid, R1-SE (Rose) and the Inventive Creation ability. \u00a0(This friend is “Keeper Jon” from d20 Radio’s\u00a0Miskatonic University \u2013 Call of Cthulu RPG Podcast<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and is a writer for the same RPG, so let’s just say he knows how to narrate!) \u00a0So after succeeding his check and finding parts laying around, he built himself a mini-projectile of sorts attached to a wire running to his droid friend. \u00a0When fired, the projectile launches towards all the Stormtroopers as the wire unspools behind it like a TOW-missile. \u00a0When the projectile strikes the ground around the troops, that’s when the humor kicks in!<\/p>\n

The projectile emitted a sonic pulse that caused all the Stormtroopers to immediately begin vomiting in their helmets! \u00a0They all became disoriented and immobilized and useless for a couple rounds while they dealt with what became a total barf-o-rama! \u00a0Two minion groups out of the picture, and a hilarious (and useful) use of the Signature Ability.<\/p>\n

1) The Walking Target<\/strong><\/p>\n

This last one is less of a single moment, and more of a humorous trend. \u00a0My son is a Guardian Armorer, and has a high soak and a lightsaber, making him a natural meat shield for the group. \u00a0In fact, all other characters specialize in ranged weapons, making him the only melee fighter on the team. \u00a0So naturally, when fighting begins, my son is up-close and personal, while the others keep their distance and fire away. \u00a0So, occasionally, when a red die is included in the ranged attack checks, the threat of a Despair becomes a reality. \u00a0And with that comes, as per the rules as written, the engaged teammate being shot… namely my son! \u00a0With a year into the game, it’s become a running gag as everyone in the party has shot my son at least once, and with the amount of yellow dice they roll into the checks, they never miss! \u00a0It’s funny as it happens so often, and because he can take it because he’s an Armorer. \u00a0It’s funny when you have to use the Reflect talent against your own teammates!<\/p>\n

So there you have it… five of the humorous things going on in my games. \u00a0How about you? \u00a0Every one of these games has humorous moments and the narrative dice system really lend themselves to describing those moments. \u00a0What are some of the best funny moments in your games?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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