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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Blackferne » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:30 pm

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Whiteness wrote:I keep forgetting about force points, would one have helped me haggle the snot-nosed brat at Czerka's?
Unless you force point persuaded him to ignore the large sign on the wall and past his epic apathy probably not. Czerka Corp is large enough that they will never haggle.
From the customer service, assumed it was a Best Buy.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Blackferne » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:32 pm

Whiteness wrote:Am I wrong in thinking that adding a vocabulator will let this thing speak Basic? I would think mechanic-Syric would know better than Whitey. Just wondering whay the kid is confused.
It can understand basic, but cannot speak it. The vocabulator will only let you give a voice to robots capable of speaking the language. And it would be really weird to throw one on a utility droid anyway since I imagine you will just hook it up to the ship for instructions on what to clean/repair.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:47 pm

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Whiteness wrote:Am I wrong in thinking that adding a vocabulator will let this thing speak Basic? I would think mechanic-Syric would know better than Whitey. Just wondering whay the kid is confused.
It can understand basic, but cannot speak it. The vocabulator will only let you give a voice to robots capable of speaking the language. And it would be really weird to throw one on a utility droid anyway since I imagine you will just hook it up to the ship for instructions on what to clean/repair.
I took it to mean the vocabulator was standard on droids that speak the language, so it could be added to other droids to allow it to emulate speech that it already understands. I didn't see any restrictions in the book but if it won't work in any forseable way then let me know so Syric can notice the incompatibility and get his booze money back.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Bulwark » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:50 pm

If it doesn't work on the droid, maybe we can try it on the gungan.

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Gandolfini » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:52 pm

Bulwark wrote:If it doesn't work on the droid, maybe we can try it on the gungan.
Or on your rock?
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:54 pm

Gandolfini wrote:
Bulwark wrote:If it doesn't work on the droid, maybe we can try it on the gungan.
Or on your rock?
good call, let's try it on the intelligent life form first
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Between 6-10 squares of Syric: +1 Diplomacy

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:59 pm

Let's see you mind rape me from space!
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Between 6-10 squares of Syric: +1 Diplomacy

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Gandolfini » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:59 pm

Whiteness wrote:
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Bulwark wrote:If it doesn't work on the droid, maybe we can try it on the gungan.
Or on your rock?
good call, let's try it on the intelligent life form first
Yeah, that rock could make it to master smuggler in less than a year. :wink:
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:04 pm

Gandolfini wrote:
Whiteness wrote:
Gandolfini wrote:
Bulwark wrote:If it doesn't work on the droid, maybe we can try it on the gungan.
Or on your rock?
good call, let's try it on the intelligent life form first
Yeah, that rock could make it to master smuggler in less than a year. :wink:
Well, <insert witty retort> :shun: :rave:
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Between 6-10 squares of Syric: +1 Diplomacy

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Post by Blackferne » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:21 pm

I'm delaying teh take off of Sweet Delia because Arrican said he wanted to do some shopping before leaving Tat. He will do that when he gets home, and then up up and away.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:12 pm

So I've been stuck at work and was researching the vocabulator thing, and I think I should be able to add it. I haven't found anything to imply that it functions differently from how I read it, everyone seems to treat it as just another droid accessory. It is the hardware that lets them speak. If R2 had one we could have heard him speak. Thoughts?

Not trying to beat a dead horse, I'm just bored and stuck until our long distance trunk comes back up so our call center can take calls again.


http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vocabulator
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Blackferne » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:22 pm

Whiteness wrote:So I've been stuck at work and was researching the vocabulator thing, and I think I should be able to add it. I haven't found anything to imply that it functions differently from how I read it, everyone seems to treat it as just another droid accessory. It is the hardware that lets them speak. If R2 had one we could have heard him speak. Thoughts?

Not trying to beat a dead horse, I'm just bored and stuck until our long distance trunk comes back up so our call center can take calls again.


http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vocabulator
Well on page 193 of the core rulebook it describes the Vocabulator like this:
Vocabulator: The droid is equipped with a speaker that enables it to emulate speech rather than simply spout machine code. This device is standard if the droid has the ability to speak any language other than binary.
And you droid: (pg 89 Kotor supplement)
Languages Basic (understand only), binary)
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"Cheap, relatively skilled, and capable of operating quietly and subtly around living beings..."
The reason I was saying the clerk was confused was that the droid you bought is used to being a quiet roomba/repair bot so anyone wanting it to talk would seem strange. And they "(understand only)" description in the languages made me think it was not programmed to express thoughts in basic, just receive commands in basic.

If you really want to have a vocabulator on the droid I suppose we can allow it, a use computer and mechanics checks (DC 15 on each) to get it installed.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Bulwark » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:39 pm

I read the (understand only) to mean that it did not have a vocabulator. If one was installed, it would not have that restriction.

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:42 pm

Bulwark wrote:I read the (understand only) to mean that it did not have a vocabulator. If one was installed, it would not have that restriction.
This is what I was trying to say.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Gandolfini » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:45 pm

I "found" PDFs of two other manuals (Scavenger's Guide to Droids and Jedi Academy Training Manual). Is there a place for me to drop them so everyone can download a copy if they wanted?
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Post by Bulwark » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:26 pm

Gandolfini wrote:I "found" PDFs of two other manuals (Scavenger's Guide to Droids and Jedi Academy Training Manual). Is there a place for me to drop them so everyone can download a copy if they wanted?
Send them here: https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/report/add.aspx?

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Post by Gandolfini » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:28 pm

Bulwark wrote:
Gandolfini wrote:I "found" PDFs of two other manuals (Scavenger's Guide to Droids and Jedi Academy Training Manual). Is there a place for me to drop them so everyone can download a copy if they wanted?
Send them here: https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/report/add.aspx?
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The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Reese » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:33 am

In reference to the small fortune of medical supplies being purchased, I have +7 to heal since I'm trained in it. Other than real serious injury it is likely I can roll to perform field work with no more than a medkit.
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Post by Arrican » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:35 am

Reese wrote:In reference to the small fortune of medical supplies being purchased, I have +7 to heal since I'm trained in it. Other than real serious injury it is likely I can roll to perform field work with no more than a medkit.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Gandolfini » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:31 pm

Since we just started working with dates, what was the date that Porkchop was kidnapped?
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Gandolfini wrote:Since we just started working with dates, what was the date that Porkchop was kidnapped?
December 22nd let's say.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Bulwark » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:58 pm

again, the gungan loses his accent.
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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Gandolfini » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:04 pm

Bulwark wrote:again, the gungan loses his accent.
+1 darkside point.
Maybe he uses the accent to cause others to underestimate him and loses the accent when he needs to impress others?

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Whiteness » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:10 pm

Bulwark wrote:again, the gungan loses his accent.
+1 darkside point.
Shouldn't it be +1 for everytime he used his accent on us?
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Between 6-10 squares of Syric: +1 Diplomacy

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Re: The Taris Event Chapter 2 OOC Thread

Post by Dood » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:12 pm

Whiteness wrote:
Bulwark wrote:again, the gungan loses his accent.
+1 darkside point.
Shouldn't it be +1 for everytime he used his accent on us?
I think he should get +1 darkside point every time he speaks, regardless.
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