Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second edition
Attribution information
Author(s)	Bill Smith
Illustrator(s)	John Paul Lona, Allen Nunis and Mike Vilardi
Editor(s)	Ed Stark
Publication information
Publisher	West End Games
Publication date	October 1992
Type	Hardcover
Pages	176
ISBN	0874311810

The rulebook for the second edition of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game was written by Bill Smith and published by West End Games in October 1992. It contains rules and guidelines for gamemasters and players as well as the setting, character templates, tips on how to design adventures and a number of adventure hooks.

This edition supersedes the first edition of the rulebook and itself was revised and expanded into a new edition four years later.

Publisher's summary

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

Experience the drama and epic scope of the greatest space fantasy of all time! Adventure in a universe of epic heroes, fearsome villains, amazing technology and strange aliens.

Pilot an X-wing against the Empire's devastating TIE fighters! Trade blasterfire with vicious bounty hunters! Smuggle contraband cargos through Imperial blockades! Learn the ways of the lightsaber-wielding Jedi Knights, and master the powers of the Force!

This 176 page rulebook features:

• Sophisticated yet simple rules covering all aspects of the Star Wars universe! Completely revised, with a conversion system for first edition materials.
• Extensive information on the Star Wars universe, with guidelines on designing your own adventures set during the time of the movies or after the Battle of Endor!
• Includes a beginning adventure.
• Detailed skill descriptions with many new skills and special abilities for aliens!
• New movement, chase and combat rules covering everything from landspeeders to Imperial Star Destroyers!
• 16 full-color pages, with never before published material.

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Beginning Characters
  • 1.1: Advanced Characters
  • 1.2: Star Wars Skill List
• Chapter Two: Gamemastering
  • 2.1: Scenes and Rounds
  • 2.2: Designing Adventures
  • 2.3: Running Adventures
  • 2.4: Adventure Hooks
• Chapter Three: Basic Mechanics
  • 3.1: Combat and Injuries
  • 3.2: Combined Actions
  • 3.3: Scales
• Chapter Four: Attributes and Skills
• Chapter Five: Movement
  • 5.1: Vehicles
• Chapter Six: Space Travel
  • 6.1: Starships
• Chapter Seven: The Star Wars Universe
  • 7.1: Aliens
  • 7.2: The Force
• Chapter Eight: Equipment
  • 8.1: Weapons
  • 8.2: Droids
• Appendix One: Roleplaying Basics
• Appendix Two: Second Edition Conversion
• Charts and Tables
• Character Templates

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Ace (First mentioned) Gial Ackbar (as Ackbar) Wedge Antilles Bennova (First mentioned) Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Airen Cracken Biggs Darklighter Darth Vader Dermeg (First mentioned) Draughckt (First mentioned) Drebble (First mentioned) Casta Farnib (First mentioned) Boba Fett Garoush (First mentioned) Gerrick (First mentioned) Greedo Hist (First mentioned) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Darvon Jewett (First mentioned) Jiuk'chtna (First mentioned) Talon Karrde Obi-Wan Kenobi Beru Whitesun Lars (Indirect mention only)

Owen Lars (Indirect mention only) Lobot Mitth'raw'nuruodo (as Thrawn) Mon Mothma Bail Prestor Organa Leia Organa Palpatine Ploovo Two-For-One Max Rebo Reeveid (First mentioned) Luke Skywalker Sy Snootles Mali Starslinger (First mentioned) Han Solo Vorrin Tal (First mentioned) Wilhuff Tarkin Tiethiagg (First mentioned) Tirog (First mentioned) Kruus Toran (First mentioned) Treetor (First mentioned) Venarian (First mentioned) Xim Yoda

Organisms

Bantha Bird (as avian) Cephalopod Cracian thumper (as Cracian Thumper) Dewback Exogorth (as Space Slug) Gundark Insectoid Kethriak marauder Lecknag Beast Mynock Rancor Reptile (as reptilian) Slug Snake Tauntaun Wampa

Droid models

Droid Assassin droid (as assassin Droid) Astromech droid (as astromech Droid) R2-series astromech droid (as R2 Astromech Droid) R2-D2 Explorer droid (as explorer Droid) 9G Explorer Droid Fifth-degree droid First-degree droid Fourth-degree droid Industrial droid (as Industrial Droid) Labor droid (as Labor Droid) Maintenance droid (as maintenance Droid) Messenger droid (as messenger Droid) Power droid (as power Droid" and "power generator Droid) Probe droid (as probe Droid) Protocol droid (as protocol Droid) 3PO-series protocol droid (as 3PO Human-Cyborg Relations Droid) C-3PO GT-9R (First mentioned) Second-degree droid Security droid (as security Droid) K4 security droid (as K4 Security Droid) Third-degree droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Endor Battle of Hoth Battle of Korseg IV Battle of Tatooine Battle of Yavin Destruction of Alderaan Hevvrol Sector Campaign Battle of Glom Tho Rescue of Princess Leia

Locations

Alderaan Ansillivog Besero Bespin system Bespin Cloud City Boeus sector Borderland Regions Bright Jewel system (as Ord Mantell system) Celanon Chandrila Colonies Novoil Cluster Core Worlds Corellian system Corellia Corporate Sector Coruscant Galactic City (as Imperial City) Dac (as Calamari) Dagobah system Dagobah Dancing Dewback Dantooine system Endor system Endor Expansion Region Fether Gamorr Gemthrop City Gettiarn Space Station Glom Tho Hevvrol sector Hoth system Hoth Echo Base Echo Post 64 Inner Rim Issagra system Issagra Issagra space station Kanziwck Amphitheatre Kashyyyk Kessel system Kessel Spice Mines of Kessel Korseg IV Flare Base Lianna Mid Rim Ottega system Outer Rim Territories Questal system Seltos Sullust Tatoo system (as Tatooine system) Tatooine Beggar's Canyon Jabba's Palace Mos Eisley The Slice Unknown Regions Yavin system Yavin 4 (as Yavin) Great Temple

Organizations and titles

Admiral Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Fleet Atgar SpaceDefense Corporation (as Atgar) Bespin Motors BioTech Industries (as BioTech) BlasTech Industries (as BlasTech) Bounty hunter Bureaucrat Bureau of Ships and Services (as BoSS) Captain Clan Bk'trugh Colonel Commander Con artist Corellian Engineering Corporation Corporate Sector Authority Cybot Galactica Dark Lord of the Sith DeepSpace Diplomat Doctor Drearian Defense Conglomerate Engineer Explorer First Mate Forger Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor Imperial Academy Imperial Army Imperial Army trooper Imperial Commerce (as Bureau of Commerce) Imperial Navy Imperial Security Bureau Imperial Taxation Bureau (as Bureau of Taxation) New Order Scout trooper Stormtrooper Zero-G assault stormtrooper (as Zero-Gee Stormtrooper) Galactic Republic Galactic Senate Gallofree Yards, Inc. (as Gallofree) Gambler Gangster Gefferon Pleasure Craft General Ghtroc Industries Golan Arms Governor Grand Admiral Grand Moff Gunner House of Organa (as Alderaanian royal family) House of Tagge Mining Company (as Tagge Mining Corporation) Ikas-Adno Incom Corporation (as Incom) Industrial Automaton Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire Jedi Jedi hunter (as Jedi Hunter) Jedi Knight Jedi Master Koensayr Manufacturing (as Koensayr) Kuat Drive Yards Loan shark (as loanshark) Max Rebo Band (as Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band) Mercenary Merchant (as trader) Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. Moff Neuro-Saav Technologies (as NeuroSaav Technologies) New Republic Minister of Defense (New Republic) Novoil Cluster StarGoods Officer Pilot Pirate Princess Programmer Rim Securities Scout (profession) Senator Sienar Fleet Systems Sienar Ships Smuggler Soldier SoroSuub Corporation (as SoroSuub) Supreme Chancellor (as President of the Republic) Talon Karrde's organization Ubrikkian Industries (as Ubrikkian) Viceroy

Sentient species

Bothan Devaronian Duros Ewok Gamorrean Human Corellian Hutt Iotran (First mentioned) Ithorian Iyra Jawa Mon Calamari Near-Human Revwien Rodian Sluissi Stalk-eyed species (First pictured) Sullustan Tusken Raider Ugor Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Airspeeder T-47 airspeeder (as T-47 Airspeeder) Cloud car Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car (as Storm IV) Death Star DS-1 Orbital Battle Station Death Star II Landspeeder 9000 Z004 landspeeder (as 9000 Z004) Sail barge Eclipse Skiff SuperHaul Model II Speeder bike 22-B Nightfalcon Starfighter A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter BTL Y-wing starfighter BTL-S3 Y-wing starfighter RZ-1 A-wing interceptor T-65 X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter TIE/IN interceptor TIE/LN starfighter TIE/sa bomber Z-95 Headhunter Starship Battlecruiser (as battle cruiser) Blastboat GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat (as Skipray Blastboat) Bulk cruiser Cargo hauler Container ship Corvette CR90 corvette (as Corellian Corvette) Tantive IV Cruiser Carrack-class light cruiser (as Carrack-class cruiser) Guardian-class light cruiser Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC80 Star Cruiser Strike-class medium cruiser (as Strike-class cruiser) Dropship (as drop-ship) Freighter Action VI transport Class 720 freighter YT-1300 light freighter (as YT-1300 transport) Cool Shot Heroc's Slayer Millennium Falcon Frigate EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate (as Nebulon-B Frigate) GR-75 medium transport (as medium transport) Ithorian Herdship (as Ithorian herdship) Orion-style spacecraft Passenger liner (as cruise liner) Scout vessel (as scout ship) Lone Scout-A Shuttle Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer (as Imperial Star Destroyer) Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (as Imperial I Star Destroyer) Victory-class Star Destroyer (as Victory Star Destroyer) System patrol craft (as patrol ship) Torpedo Sphere (as torpedo sphere) Yacht Swoop Skybird Walker All Terrain Armored Transport (as AT-AT) All Terrain Scout Transport (as AT-ST)

Weapons and technology

AA-1 VerboBrain Alluvial damper Antigrav Arc welder Armor Bounty hunter armor Stormtrooper armor Arrow Bacta tank Beckon call Blast door Blast helmet Blast vest Blaster Blaster artillery 1.4 FD P-Tower Blaster cannon Blaster carbine QuickSnap 36T Blaster pistol DL-18 Blaster Pistol (as DL-18) Blaster rifle Stormtrooper One blaster rifle (as [Stormtrooper One Blaster Rifle) Heavy blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol (as DL-44) Hold-out blaster Q2 hold-out blaster pistol (as Q2 Hold-Out Blaster) Repeating blaster E-Web heavy repeating blaster (as E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster) Light repeating blaster T-21 light repeating blaster (as T-21) Sporting blaster Defender sporting blaster pistol (as Defender) Sporting blaster rifle "Light Sport" Hunter (as "Lightsport" Hunter) Blaster power pack Bomb Borg Construct Aj^6 (as Cyborg Construct Aj^6) Bow Crossbow Longbow (as long bow) Short bow Bowcaster Breath mask Broadband antenna (as broad-band antenna) Cheater (as cheater chip) Circular saw Cloaking device Comlink Computer Concussion missile Datacard (as data disk) Datapad Deflector shield Detonite Enviro-suit (as vacuum suit) Fission Chamber (as fission chamber) Fire extinguisher Fusion disk Fusion disk launcher Glowrod (as glow rod) Grappling hook Gravity well projector Grenade Fragmentation grenade Grenade launcher Heat baffler Holo-imaging technology Holorecorder (as holographic/audio recorder) Holoprojector (as holographic projector/recorder) Holovid (as holo-vid) HoloNet Hyperdrive Backup hyperdrive Hyperdrive motivator Hyperwave (as hyperradio) Image sifter Intercom Ion cannon v-150 Planet Defender Ion drive Hoersch-Kessel ion drive Jetpack (as jet pack) Laser cannon Lightsaber Macrobinoculars Macro-binocular mini-comp Medpac Melee weapon Axe Bayonet Club Gaderffii Knife Sling Spear Sword Vibro-ax (as vibroaxe) Vibroblade Mine Land mine Vehicle mine (as anti-vehicle mine) Miniature proton torpedo launcher (as personal proton torpedo launcher) Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System Navigation computer Photoreceptor (as visual sensor) Portable beacon (as landing beacon) Power converter Power coupling Power harpoon launcher Power pack (as power cell) Powersuit Proton torpedo Proton torpedo launcher Radiation signature micro-sensor Ray shield (as energy shield) Recording rod Repulsor field Repulsorlift Sensor Atmosphere sensor Motion sensor (as movement sensor) Sensor decoy Servomotor Servoprocessor Slug (as bullet) Slugthrower Assault rifle Black-powder pistol (as black powder pistol) Machine gun Matchlock Musket Pistol Rifle Wheelock Subspace transceiver (as subspace radio) Sure-Sight Surge breaker Synthflesh (as syntheflesh) Targeting computer Thermal detonator Tractor beam Tractor beam projector TranLang III communications module (as TranLang III Communication module) Transponder code Turbolaser Vocabulator (as vocabulator speech/sound system)

Miscellanea

Adrenaline Asteroid Asteroid belt (as asteroid field) Astrogation Atmosphere Bacta Bootlegger turn Boxing Candy Cantina Carbon Carbon-freezing Corellian Run Credit chip (as cred chip" and "cred stick) Credit coin Cubic meter Cybernetics Cyborg Era of Rebellion Fete Week (as festival-week) Fizzyglug Force-sensitive Galactic Basic Standard (as Basic) Galactic Credit Standard (as credits) GalactiDroid Architecture Gervi fruit Hyperspace Imperial cargo voucher Jedi Code (as Jedi code) Journal of the Whills Kessel Run Language Bocce Ewokese (as Ewok) Huttese Jawaese (as Jawa) Shyriiwook (as Wookiee) Tusken (as Tusken Raider) Mass shadow Methane Metric ton Nega-ball New Republic Weapon Class III permit Oxygen Paper Perlemian Trade Route Planet Gas giant QuikSeal patch Radiation Sabacc Slavery Spaceport Spice Standard Clear Frequency Standard day Standard hour Standard month Standard second Standard week Standard year Tarkin Doctrine (as Doctrine of Fear) Tattoo The Force Dark side of the Force Force power Control Accelerate Healing Control Pain Emptiness Hibernation trance (as Hibernation Trance) Reduce Injury Remain Conscious Resist Stun Tutaminis (as Absorb/Dissipate Energy) Sense Life Detection Life Sense Magnify Senses Receptive Telepathy Sense Force Alter Injure/Kill Telekinesis Control and Sense Lightsaber combat (as Lightsaber Combat) Projective Telepathy Control and Alter Accelerate Another's Healing Control Another's Pain Return another to consciousness (as Return Another to Consciousness) Transfer Force Control, Sense and Alter Mind trick (as Affect Mind) Light side of the Force The galaxy Tibanna Tyia Tyia amulet Unarmed combat (as martial arts) Water Wood

Sources

• The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Notes and references

In other languages

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