Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

STARTING EXPERIENCE POINTS

Characters begin with a budget of experience points
based on their species. The experience points used dur-
ing character creation are the same "currency" as expe-
rience 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 PC will begin with more experience points
to spend once his adventures begin. More information
on spending these experience points can be found in
Chapter II: Character Creation on page 92.

IMPROVING CHARACTERISTICS

Raising a characteristic during character creation

costs ten times the value of the next highest rat-

ing. During character creation, no characteristic can

be increased higher than five. During the course of

play, no characteristic can be increased higher than

six. Characteristics may only be purchased with ex-

perience points during character creation, not at any

later time. During gameplay, characteristics can only

be increased by acquiring specific, high-tier talents.

For more on raising characteristics, see page 92.

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. Regard-

less 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 catego-

ries—career skills and non-career skills. Training a career

skill costs five times the value of the next highest rank.

Training a non-career skill costs five times the value

of the next highest rank plus 5 additional experience

points. Characters may purchase ranks in skills during

character creation or later during gameplay.

ACQUIRING TALENTS

Talents are acquired from a character's available tal-

ent trees, generally provided by their specialization

choices. A character can purchase any talents he is

eligible for. An eligible talent is any talent in the top

row (which cost 5 experience points each), or any tal-

ent that is directly connected to an already acquired

talent. Talents cost a variable amount, based on which

tier the talent is on. Similar talents may cost different-

ly for different characters based on their specializa-

tions. Characters may purchase talents during charac-

ter creation or later during gameplay.

ACQUIRING NEW SPECIALIZATIONS

Each character starts with a single specialization within

his chosen career. However, characters may purchase

additional specializations, giving them access to a

broader range of skills and talents. There is no limit as

to the number of specializations a character possesses.

Acquiring a specialization allows the character to

spend experience points in the new specialization's

talent tree, in addition to any he already has access

to. Also, most specializations have one or more career

skills. These skills now count as career skills for the

character. Characters can purchase specializations from

any career. Purchasing an additional specialization

within a character's career costs 10 times the total

number of specializations he would possess with this

new specialization. Purchasing non-career specializa-

tions costs 10 times the total number of specializa-

tions he would possess with this new specialization,

plus an additional 10 experience.

PLAYING THE GAME

EDGE OF THE EMPIRE