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The Tech Specialist

RODNEY THOMPSON, GARY M. SARLI

(PDF CONVERSION BY CRAIG ‘GRIBBLE’ BISHELL)

A favored archetype of long-time Star Wars gamers,

the tech specialist is a character that focuses on

modifying and enhanced fantastic technology to fit

his or her needs. Tech specialists range from brilliant

engineers to prodigious outlaw techs, though all

share a love for the guns, gear, and gadgets found

in the galaxy far, far away.

This web enhancement includes a few rules (cut

from the Saga Edition core rulebook for space) that

allow heroes to take on the role of the tech

specialist. Additionally, you will find sample heroic

characters -- a Zabrak engineer and a Mon Calamari

outlaw tech -- that illustrate two ways to build

tech-oriented characters for your own campaign. Of

course, these are just two examples, and a hero who

wants to tinker with machines and electronics has a

number of options available across many different

classes.

Additionally, these rules will be featured in an

upcoming sourcebook for reference at the gaming

table, and will be expanded upon with more talents

and rules to further enhance your game.

New Talent Tree

THE OUTLAW TECH

The following new talent tree is intended for use by characters with the

scoundrel class. Scoundrels learn a variety of tricks that allow them to

squeeze more life out of ailing technology, and they can enhance their gear

in ways the manufacturer never intended.

Fast Repairs: Whenever you jury-rig an object or vehicle, the vehicle

gains a number of temporary hit points equal to the result of your

Mechanics check. Damage is subtracted from these temporary hit points

first, and temporary hit points go away at the conclusion of the encounter.

Prerequisites: Trained in the Mechanics skill.

Hot Wire: You can use your Mechanics check modifier instead of your

Use Computer check modifier when making Use Computer checks to improve

access to a computer system. You are considered trained in the Use

Computer skill for purposes of using this talent. If you are entitled to a Use

Computer check reroll, you may reroll your Mechanics check instead (subject

to the same circumstances and limitations).

Prerequisites: Trained in the Mechanics skill.

Quick Fix: Once per encounter, you may jury-rig an object vehicle that is

not disabled. All normal benefits and penalties for jury-rigging still apply.

Prerequisites: Trained in the Mechanics skill.

Personalized Modifications: As a standard action, you may tweak the

settings, grips, and moving parts of a powered weapon you wield, tailoring it

to your needs. For the remainder of the encounter, you gain a +1 equipment

bonus on attack rolls and a +2 equipment bonus on damage rolls with that

weapon. You can use this talent only on powered weapons (those that

require a power cell to operate), including weapons connected to a larger

power source, such as vehicle and starship weapons.

New Feat

Tech Specialist

The new Tech Specialist feat allows a hero to make custom modifications to

weapons, armor, droids, devices, and vehicles so that they function beyond

their normal specifications.

Prerequisite: Trained in the Mechanics skill.

Benefit: You can modify a device, suit of

armor, weapon, droid, or vehicle so that it gains a

special trait. Specific traits are given on the Tech

Specialist Modifications table below. You may

perform only one modification at a time. Unless

noted otherwise, you cannot grant more than one

benefit to a single device, suit of armor, weapon,

droid, or vehicle, and you can't apply the same

benefit more than once.

Before beginning the modification, you must

pay one-tenth the cost of the device, suit of

armor, weapon, droid, or vehicle you wish to

modify or 1,000 credits, whichever is more. Com-

pleting the modification requires 1 day per 1,000

credits of the modification's cost. At the end of

this time, make a DC 20 Mechanics check; you can't take 10 or take 20 on

this check. If the check succeeds, the modification is completed successfully,

and the object gains the desired trait. If the check fails, you lose all credits

spent making the modification, and the object doesn't gain the desired trait.

However, you may start over from scratch if you wish.

Other characters trained in the Mechanics skill can assist you, reducing

proportionately the time needed to complete the modification. At the end of

modification process, they can make a Mechanics check to aid your check.

The market value of a modified item is equal to the base cost of the item

plus double the cost of the modifications made to it (not including credits

wasted on failed modification attempts).

Special: This feat is considered a bonus feat for the noble and scoundrel

classes.

Encrypted Transmission: The

Outlaw Tech Talent Tree

The Outlaw Tech talent tree fills some niches left by the existing

Mechanics rules and options for repairing broken pieces of technology.

Here's a behind-the-screen look at the design decisions that went into

creating these talents.

Fast Repairs is designed to make jury-rigging more appealing to tech-

oriented characters. As it stands now, jury-rigging an object or vehicle

moves it up the condition track but does not provide temporary hit

points. If your ship is at 0 hit points and you jury-rig it, it's still disabled

from hit point loss. This new talent alleviates that problem, while still

making jury-rigging useful for ships pushed down the condition track by

other means (such as ion damage).

Quick Fix builds on Fast Repairs and gives a techie character a way to

restore some hit points to a vehicle that's still in the fight, but brings

with it the threat of becoming disabled at the end of the encounter. This

new talent also gives ship engineers something else to do in combat,

especially in desperate situations, and it can bring a vehicle back up to

full fighting form very quickly.

Hot Wire is similar to the other skill-substitution talents and makes

sense for a techie who may not be the best slicer around.

Personalized Modifications is designed to give a scoundrel another

means of activating some of his other talents. For example, many of the

scoundrel's talents from the Misfortune talent tree rely on a successful

attack roll to activate. Combined with the Tech Specialist feat below, this

new talent gets the scoundrel a small boost to attacks that can

compensate for the difference between low base attack progression and

Defense progression, even at high levels. The scoundrel might still need to

work closely with his friends against tougher foes, but this talent is

designed to capture the feel of tweaking your own weapon while still

synergizing with many of the Misfortune talents.

Table: Tech Specialist Modifications

ARMOR TRAIT

BENEFIT

Agile Armor

Increases the armor's maximum Dexterity bonus 1.

Fortifying Armor

Increases the armor's equipment bonus to Fortitude Defense by 1.

Protective Armor

Increases the armor's armor bonus to Reflex Defense by 1.

DEVICE TRAIT

BENEFIT

Enhanced Strength

Increases the device's Strength score by 2.

Improved Durability

The device's damage reduction increases by 1, and it gains extra hit points equal to one-quarter of its base hit points.

Mastercraft Device

Skill checks made using the device gain a +1 equipment bonus, or the device's existing equipment bonus increases by

DROID TRAIT

BENEFIT

Enhanced Dexterity

Increases the droid's Dexterity score by 2.

Enhanced Intelligence

Increases the droid's Intelligence score by 2.

Enhanced Strength

Increases the droid's Strength score by 2.

VEHICLE TRAIT

BENEFIT

Enhanced Dexterity

Increases the vehicle's Dexterity score by 2.

Improved Speed

Increases the vehicle's speed by one-quarter of its base speed (minimum 1 square).

Improved Shields

Increases the vehicle's shield rating by 5.

WEAPON TRAIT

BENEFIT

Improved Accuracy

The weapon gains a +1 equipment bonus on attack rolls.

Improved Damage

The weapon deals +2 points of damage with a successful hit. If the weapon has a damage multiplier (for example,

6d10 x 2), apply the extra damage before applying the multiplier.

Selective Fire

An autofire-only ranged weapon can be set to fire single shots, or a single-shot ranged weapon can be made to have

an autofire mode.

Sample Characters

Languages Basic, Binary (understand only), Huttese, Mon Calamarian, Ryl,

Shyriiwook (understand only)

Defenses Ref 21 (flat-footed 19), Fort 17, Will 20

hp 39; Threshold 17

Speed 6 squares, swim 4 squares

Melee +5

Ranged heavy blaster pistol +8 (3d8+3)

Base Atk +5; Grp +5

Atk Options Careful Shot, Running Attack

Abilities Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 18, Wis 15, Cha 9

SQ breathe underwater

Talents Fast Repairs, Knack, Quick Fix, Personalized Modifications

Feats Careful Shot, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Running Attack, Skill

Focus (Mechanics), Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus (Use

Computer), Tech Specialist, Weapon Proficiency (pistols, simple

weapons)

Skills Deception +7, Gather Information +7, Knowledge (Galactic lore)

+12, Knowledge (technology) +12, Mechanics +17 (+18 when using

mastercraft tool kit), Perception +15, Pilot +10, Swim +15 (may reroll

Swim checks and accept the second roll; may take 10 even under

pressure), Use Computer +17 (+18 when using mastercraft datapad)

The Outlaw Tech

An outlaw tech is a master of making machines do what she wants them to

do. Operating far outside the bounds of manufacturer intentions (and

sometimes outside the law), she is able to hotwire starships and amp up

weapons to the point where her after-market modifications can be con-

sidered illegal.

An outlaw tech works well on her own without the need of other classes for

support. She can run-and-gun just as well as she can use a hydrospanner,

and her strengths lie in areas where her own actions are what save the day.

Though an outlaw tech has a less formal education than other technically

minded characters, she is a good fighter and a fast worker who can fulfill a

variety of roles.

Outlaw Tech

CL 7

Medium Mon Calamari scoundrel 7

Force Points 5

Init +5; Senses Low-light vision, Perception +15

Possessions heavy blaster pistol (improved accuracy), comlink,

mastercraft datapad, mastercraft tool kit, various personal belongings

Defenses Ref 21 (flat-footed 20), Fort 18, Will 22

hp 37; Threshold 18

Speed 6 squares

Melee +3

Ranged hold-out blaster +7 (3d4+3)

Base Atk +4; Grp +3

Abilities Str 8, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 13

Talents Coordinate, Inspire Haste, Trace, Wealth

Feats Linguist, Skill Focus (Knowledge [technology]), Skill Focus

(Mechanics), Skill Focus (Use Computer), Skill Training (Mechanics),

Tech Specialist, Weapon Focus (pistols), Weapon Proficiency (pistols,

simple weapons)

Skills Initiative +9, Knowledge (Galactic lore) +11, Knowledge (physical

sciences) +11, Knowledge (technology) +16, Mechanics +16,

Perception +10 (may reroll any Perception check and keep the second

roll), Persuasion +9, Pilot +9, Use Computer +16 (+17 when using

masterwork datapad or masterwork portable computer)

Possessions hold-out blaster (improved accuracy), comlink, masterwork

datapad, masterwork portable computer, personal holoprojector,

various personal belongings

The Engineer

An engineer is more of an academic designer than a jury-rigging mechanic.

He considers the outlaw tech's work to be a sloppy imitation of real

ingenuity and can use his knowledge to create more solid and reliable

designs. An engineer is much more of a team player, and many heroes find

that an engineer helps them get out of scrapes by encouraging them to work

together. Because he's familiar with coordinating teams, an engineer has the

knowledge and resources to create all-new (and significantly improved)

pieces of technology that function reliably under all conditions.

Engineer

CL 7

Medium Zabrak noble 6/scoundrel 1

Force Points 5

Init +9; Senses Perception +10

Languages Basic, Binary (understand only), Bocce, High Galactic, Huttese,

Mon Calamarian, Shyriiwook (understand only), Sullustese, Zabrak

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