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GALAXY GUIDE 14

THE DARK SIDE

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Introduction

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"The Powers of control and destruction weren't

the only things I found in the Dark Side... I also found

great isolation and sadness... I found fear. These are

the feelings my father felt... The feelings even you feel,

in your moments of darkest triumph."

-Luke Skywalker to Emperor Palpatine

This latest reference guide is for use with the Star

Wars: Roleplaying Game, Second Edition . Its purpose

is to provide detailed information for player characters

and game masters to create and play dark jedi charac-

ters, as well as providing necessary information in how

these characters should interact with the rest of the

galaxy. In a variety of roleplaying adventures, dark side

characters can be seen lurking in the shadows, watch-

ing every move the pc’s make, or manipulating certain

aspects behind the scenes without the characters ever

knowing about it. Many dark side characters are sub-

jects of the emperor. His pawns in his quest to rid the

galaxy of the jedi. While others are independent, want-

ing to overthrow the emperor and erect their own dark

and grim design of how they want to shape the galaxy.

Either fighting the forces of light, or plotting against

their enemies, Dark Jedi Characters are an important

and fundamental part of the Star Wars Galaxy.

Galaxy Guide 14: The Dark Side is tomb for

players and game masters alike. Contained within the

pages of this guide is a compendium of information

from a variety of different source, including extracts

drawn from novels, information from ancient Sith

holocrons, and classified data scripts from the Emperor

himself. Dark Jedi, and their mysterious counter parts

the Sith, have been the topic of speculation and myth

for centuries. This book will provide the answers to the

myths and many other questions about the most dan-

gerous and possibly unexplored part of the star wars

galaxy.

The Dark Side.

~A mandate of The Dark Side~

Nature of the Dark Side

Control The Power

Does the Force use the Jedi, or the Jedi the Force?

-The universe is full of power, to release it, you must

harness the emotions of hate, anger, fear, and aggres-

sion. Release your own anger and the anger of infinity

is released. By itself, the Dark Side is a thing of chaos

and irrationality. It has no control, no conscience, no

restraint. But domination is its goal. There is a bargain

to be made with it. It gives you power and exacts its

price. In order to let the power flow through you, you

must let the destructive emotions flow through

you.But that is not all. It is a great danger to those who

cannot control their emotions. Only with a strong will

can you control your rage and make the power your

servant. When anger is controlled intelligently,

there is nothing you can not do.-

Extracted from the Emperors Tenants

The Universe is an angry morass of power. To release

that power, one must harness one's primal emotions:

hate, anger, fear, aggression. By releasing one's own

anger, one releases the anger of eternity. Only when

filled with hate can one perform the most hateful of

acts. The will and the force are as one.

That is the choice of the Jedi: serenity or hatred;

peace or war; calm or anger; freedom or tyranny;

learning or power; the Light or the Darkness.

Because the use of the Force and the way the Force

uses its user are one, the choice is inescapable. A Jedi

who starts down the path of the Dark Side will

forever be dominated by it.

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Time Frames

Challenges

Much of the Information contained within this

book is easily adaptable to most periods in the Star

Wars universe (Seeing that the Sith have been around

for countless generations, even dating back before the

Old Republic),this supplement is focused more

towards after The Empire Strikes Back , even though

certain parts of this book could even be used during

the Tales of The Jedi Companion era. During the time

after The Empire Strikes Back , the Dark Jedi are in

full force in a time called the “great jedi purge” where

the emperor has sent his followers of Dark Jedi to kill

the last remaining Jedi that lie in seclusion.

The day to day challenge of the Dark Jedi is

one of isolation. Even then Dark Jedi must battle to

control his position and power, for there is always

another, more hungry, more blood-thirsty, more will-

ing to strike you down. You must constantly fight

against the darkness as it rips your very soul from

you, slipping you farther down into madness. Can you

escape the dark side? Or will you control it?

Power of The Dark Side

Indeed the grip of the dark side is strong. So

strong is it few if any manage to control it for long.

Many of the great dark jedi have at one time learned

to control it. Otherwise, it is a long slow, and deadly

slip into oblivion. Even if you do manage to somehow

manage the control and will to keep the dark side at

bay, it exacts its cost. There is always a price to pay

for power, and the dark side always collects in one

form or the other. Even the emperor, who claimed that

he had master the dark side was subject to its wrath.

In a matter of years it sapped him of his age, and

strength, but in returned unlocked the galaxy. King

Ommin to, suffered the same fate, and was stricken

with a strange illness that robed him of all movement,

unless he was in a special exo-skeleton. That is how

the dark side works, it lives off the corruption, and

decay of living things, while the opposite is true for

users of the light side.

Misconceptions

Despite that these characters are indeed dark,

evil cold-blooded killers, readers of this guide will

soon see another side that typically is not shown by

these characters. Although evil or malicious by the

influence of the dark side, many of these characters

have long deep backgrounds, and deep hidden secrets

that the dark side uses against them to make them do

its bidding. Sure the dark side offers power, but past

that, readers will soon realize that these individuals

are sad, or unhappy that they are so helpless against

the power of the dark side. Indeed even Vader had his

dark secrets and felt guilty, but in the end he realized

how wrong he was and was able to break the grasp of

the dark side.

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When playing a dark side character one must realize its

consequences. The glamour of having an all powerful

dark jedi soon wears off when the cost starts to come

into play. Who want to look like 300 years plus at 40?

The following table below is a small sample of what

game masters should actively impose upon the players

as they progress down the dark side. However they are

not the only price that the dark side demands, some

can be far worse...

Blood thirsty: Soon after falling to the dark side the

character is overwhelmed at wanting to kill anyone or

thing in his way. The hunger for death comes so great

that only feasting upon the victims blood satisfy the

urge. Obtaining dark side points for these acts makes

the hunger go away, for a short time that is...

Game notes: Once an adventure the character must

make an opposed difficulty role against wanting to

kill. It becomes harder and harder for them to not want

to shed blood. (Very easy skill roles plus amount of

dark side point the character has: Ie 3(difficulty)+6

(dark side points)

If the character fails and does kill, they need not spill

blood for at least one adventure.

Dark Side Costs

*Note this table is merely a small sample of various penalties that the dark side enacts for a

player who has fallen to the dark side.

Advanced age: The character starts to age rapidly

by the dark sides influence on the character. At first

it is not noticeable, but in a few short months after

the character falls to the dark side, he / she begins to

look far older as the corruption of the dark side fills

their being. Soon the character finds that they are far

older as rapidly their body begins to fall apart. This

can only be combated one of two ways: The first of

which is to gain more and more dark side points,

while the second involves using transfer life power

on a clone or a un-willing host. (The Emperor)

Suicidal: Somehow, the dark side begins to infect

the characters thinking, judgment, and actions making

the character begin to think about nothing but killing

them self and others with them. (Extremely Rare)

Game notes: The character is filled with sadness and

guilt as the dark side infects his / her thinking. The

character is only happy when gaining dark side points,

but very sad and feels alone when not. He / She must

make a opposed willpower role at the end of an adven-

ture at a difficulty matching their number of dark side

points. If the character fails the roll, they decide to kill

themselfs, and other with them if they can. The char-

acter does not have to roll for this if they gain a dark

side point during the adventure.

Crippling illness or injury: Suddenly the character

is struck with a rare illness or injury that forces the

character to have extensive life support systems

attached to them as the dark side corrupts the body.

There is no cure for the sudden illness or injury.

Characters may become stronger, for a while only by

getting multiple dark side points. (Vader, King

Ommin)

Possession: Influenced by the dark side, the charac-

ter is forced to have his body periodical possessed by

the dark side spirits that make him do their bidding.

(this is rare)

Game notes: The GM rolls a die at the beginning of an

adventure if the character did not gain any dark side

points the last adventure. If it turns up a one, some-

time during the adventure a dark side spirit possess the

character for a number of rounds equal to the charac-

ters dark side points.

Memory loss: The character suddenly forgets many

things. Only by concentrating on the task at hand is

he able to function. Moments of clarity and memory

only exist when the character gets dark side points.

The character skills are reduced by -2D due to mem-

ory loss. Skill advancement costs three times the nor-

mal amount. This penalty goes away for short times

(usually one adventure) if the character gains at least

two dark side points the previous adventure.

Blindness: corruption of the dark side makes the

character go blind! It is a sudden occurrence, and

cannot be fixed. Moments of vision only exist if the

character gains dark side points.

(Jerec)

Tremors: soon after falling to the dark side the char-

acter develops nasty, pain full tremors on the face, and

small twitches. making it seem that the character is on

the verge of breaking at any moment. The twitching

can be stoped for the adventure by gaining a DSP.

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