Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

Step 6: Invest Experience Points

E

xperience is the primary means by which players

customize their characters. Each player starts with a

beginning pool of experience points that can be used

to improve aspects of his character. Players also re-

ceive additional experience as they play EDGE OF THE

EMPIRE, which can be spent to improve their characters.

STARTING EXPERIENCE

POINTS

Characters begin with a budget of experience points

based on their species. The experience points used

during character creation are the same as experience

points received during play. If a player chooses to

spend fewer experience points during character cre-

ation than his budget, those points carry over into the

game and the Player Character starts with more ex-

perience points to spend once his adventures begin.

Players may spend experience points in the following

primary ways to improve their characters. These are also

detailed on Table 2-4: Spending Starting Experience

NEED MORE EXPERIENCE?

R

emember, a player can always increase his

character's starting experience by taking

on additional Obligation as described under

Starting Obligation on page 40.

IMPROVING

CHARACTERISTICS

During character creation, raising a characteristic to the

next highest rating costs ten times the value it is being

raised to. For example, raising a character's Brawn from

3 to 4 would require 40 experience points.

TABLE Z-4: SPENDING STARTING EXPERIENCE

Each improvement must be purchased separately.

This means that raising a character's Brawn from 3 to

5 would cost 90 experience points (40 for raising it

from 3 to 4, then 50 more for raising it from 4 to 5).

During character creation, no characteristic can be

increased higher than 5. During the course of play, no

characteristic can be increased higher than 6. Char-

acteristics may only be purchased with experience

points during character creation, not at any later time

(During gameplay, characteristics can be increased by

purchasing specific talents, however).

SKILL TRAINING

Each skill has five ranks of training available. A char-

acter may have already acquired several ranks of skill

training from his starting career and profession for

free. Characters may train additional skills and gain

additional ranks during character creation. However,

it is important to note that, regardless of any species

or career bonuses, no skill can be raised higher than

rank 2 during character creation.

The cost for training skills falls into one of two cat-

egories—career skills and non-career skills. The char-

acter should have check marks next to a number of

skills based on his starting career and profession.

Training a career skill to the next highest rank costs

five times the rank it is being raised to. For example,

training a career skill from rank 0 (untrained) to rank 1

requires 5 experience points. Improving a rank 1 career

skill to rank 2 requires 10 experience points. Each rank

must be purchased separately. This means that acquir-

ing a rank 2 career skill during creation costs 15 experi-

ence points (5 for raising it from zero to rank 1, then 10

more for raising it from rank 1 to rank 2).

Options Cost Character Creation Limits

May spend experience to increase

characteristics. This is the only time

characters can increase characteristics

with experience points.

Ten times the purchased rating in experience.

Each rating must be purchased sequentially.

May not purchase any

characteristic above 5 during

character creation.

May spend experience to purchase

ranks in skills.

Five times the purchased rank in experience.

Each rank must be purchased sequentially. (Each

rank in a non-Career skill costs 5 additional XP)

May not purchase any skill above

2 during character creation.

May spend experience to purchase

talents within specializations.

Depends on talent's position within

specialization tree.

No special limits, only standard

limits apply.

May spend experience to purchase

new specializations.

Ten times the number of purchased

specializations including new specialization (non-

Career specialization costs 10 additional XP).

No special limits, only standard

limits apply.

CHARACTER CREATION

EDCE OF THE EMPIRE