DIFFICULTY CHECKS EXPLAINED

CAVEAT: Star Wars Odyssey has its roots in WEG's D6 System. However, role-play is the most important factor in SWO. Do not let the D6 System take priority over role-play. Nothing in this article has been fabricated - the content was taken from various WEG sourcebooks themselves.



The player has to tie with or beat the difficulty number for a given task to accomplish it. If the player's roll is lower than the difficulty, the player fails.

Very Easy - Almost anyone should be able to do this most of the time.

Example: Hitting a target with a blaster at point-blank range. Driving a landspeeder across Very Easy terrain, like a good road. Knowing that Coruscant is the capital of the New Republic and was the capital of the Empire.

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Easy - Most characters should be able to do this most of the time. While these tasks aren't too difficult, there's still a chance of failure.

Example: Hitting a target with a blaster at short range. Driving a landspeeder over somewhat rough terrain, like a choppy lake. Knowing that Coruscant's major "industry" is government and that billions of people live there.

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Moderate - This kind of task requires skill, effort and concentration. There's a good chance that the average character could fail at this type of task, but most highly skilled characters can succeed at something this hard.

Example: Hitting a target with a blaster at medium range. Keeping control when jumping a landspeeder over a big ditch (or other obstacle). Knowing which neighborhoods in Imperial City are safe and which are dangerous at night.

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Difficult - Difficult tasks are hard and "normal" characters can only succeed at them once in a while. These tasks take a lot of skill... and luck doesn't hurt either.

Example: Hitting a target with a blaster at long-range. Driving a landspeeder at high speed around moving pedestrians and other obstacles. Knowing a safehouse in Imperial City where your character can hide during a manhunt.

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Very Difficult - Even professionals have to work to pull off Very Difficult tasks. Only the most talented individuals in the galaxy (like Luke, Han, and Leia) succeed at these tasks with any regularity.

Example: Hitting someone with a blaster at long range who is mostly hidden behind cover. Safely driving a landspeeder at high speed through a traffic jam by taking to walkways and making "insane" maneuvers. Knowing which bureaucrats in Imperial City can facilitate the acquisition of weapons permits.

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Heroic - Something that's almost impossible and calls for extraordinary effort and luck. Even "heroes" have a tough time pulling off Heroic tasks.

Example: Shooting a proton torpedo into a small exhaust port without the benefit of a targeting computer. Flying the Millennium Falcon at all-out speed through a dense asteroid field.

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