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For questions about "Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game", a tabletop RPG published by West End Games from 1987 to 1999. It is set in the Star Wars universe, and is built on the D6 System mechanics. The first edition was published in 1987, and the second edition was released in 1992. WEG continued to publish products for this RPG until the company declared bankruptcy in 1998. (See also: the [star-wars] tag.)

For questions about Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, a tabletop RPG published by West End Games from 1987 to 1999. It is set in the Star Wars universe, and is built on the D6 System mechanics.

The first edition was published in 1987, and the second edition was released in 1992. WEG continued to publish products for this RPG until the company declared bankruptcy in 1998.

(See also: the tag.)

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Could a lightsaber deflect a laser blast from a TIE Fighter?

Could a lightsaber deflect a laser blast from a non-personal source like a TIE Fighter, a Scout Walker, or even a Turbo Laser such as the ones on the surface of the Death Star (RAW)? It seems like this would be covered by the Scaling rules (personal…
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Are there any ship design rules for star wars ships?

I THINK I have seen them in the past once, but not sure any longer if I'm not confusing it with the D20 version. Were there any ship design rules published for the star wars D6?
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What happens to maneuverability when a ship's controls are frozen?

This has to do with Controls Ionized effects and Ion Cannon damage. Controls ionized means the ship loses -1D from maneuverability, shields and weapon fire control and damage for the rest of that round and the next round. If the ship has as many…
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Are there rules for playing as a child?

I'm thinking of making a character akin to Anakin from episode 1: a slave child who's really good with the Force (although I'm not a pod racer or the Chosen One, or annoying). Are there rules for playing as children? I'd like to follow official…
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Star Wars D6 Skills and Advanced Skills

Using 2nd Ed Rev and Exp. If you do not have a skill can you just use the Attribute dice which govern that skill? Advanced skills, not much in the book about which (A) skills. Medicine is defined and that's about it. How do they work? Thanks guys!
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WEG's Star Wars 2nd Ed. d6 system simplification?

We're preparing for a nostalgic one shot with WEG's d6 Star Wars system, the one with the "Vader cover", so it's the basic 2nd edition, not the revised one. The system seems somewhat dated these days (I'm being diplomatic here), yet we like some…
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Are Character Points as used for advancement and as used for increasing a roll the same thing?

The Star Wars D6 (revised and expanded) rulebook mentions character points in two usages for character points: Character points may be used to improve my character (by increasing skills, attributes, force powers, etc.) Character points may be used…
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