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WHAT IF C-3PO WAS YOUR DM

What if C-3PO was your DM? He's always commenting on events snarkily, spouts the odds of critical events before they happen, we know he tells a great story to Ewoks...

What if, when you were DMing, you were C-3PO? Instead of doing a hundred voices and maintaining some level of neutrality, you did one, and you were horrified at all the adventure your players were insisting on having? Wouldn't that be fun?

So, I cooked up a super short zine TTRPG to explore that. It's called NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS. One player is the DM (Droid Moderator), played in character in universe as a protocol droid. The other players can be here on Earth, out in a galaxy far far away-- this could be a game your own PCs play in between sessions of your other Star Wars RPGs, honestly.

So grab your Corellian chance cubes, mark down your skills and abilities, and get ready to tell that shell-headed sonuvabitch that's insisting your attempt to slice into the Imperial mainframe has a liklihood of success of 7350:1...

NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS

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Yeah, it's a little unclear. It goes like this:

  • DM chooses Dice and sets a target #.
  • You roll the dice and hope to roll the same #.
  • If its a check for a skill you have, you can add or subtract your skill bonus up to the full amount.

IE:
"Sir, I regret to inform you the chance of successfully slicing into this Imperial mainframe is 20:1."
"Okay, what's the target?"
"You must hit a 15 to succeed, sir. Oh, I can't watch..."
[roll a 13 + 2 from your 3 skill at Slicing]
"Oh wonderful sir! I looks like you make it! I never doubted your ability for a moment. Tell me what files you find when the locks go down."

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