Roleplaying Handbook

This page serves as the official source for all recommended Roleplaying systems utilized in the Brotherhood's Roleplaying Society.

• For information on the Roleplaying supplemental society, and the trophy-based progression system, please see the Envoy Corps page.
• For information about the Exarch and Exarch Staff, see the Exarch page.
• The Exarch Staff can be reached at: exarch-staff@googlegroups.com

Shadow Academy Exams

The Shadow Academy is a great place to learn more about the Brotherhood's RP activities.

Activities 104: Roleplaying

• Course Notes and Exam- This course will show you how to quickly and easily join a roleplaying (RP) activity, set up an RP activity, as well as what to do when participating in a session, and how to run one yourself if interested!

Exarch Resources

You can find a folder of all the Exarch Resources on Google Drive at the link below:

• Exarch Resources Folder.

Adventure Kits

The following "kits" were made to help you run your first RP with some visual aides.

• RP Planning Template — A good template (make a copy) to use for “setting up” your activity.
• Bounty RP Template (Make a copy) — A good way to start with some pre-made fields for a Target/Bounty in an easy-to-share Google Slides format.
• RP Template (Make a copy) — A good way to start with some pre-made assets in an easy-to-share Google Slides format.

Players Tokens & NPCs

• Quickly Create Player Tokens

Map Making

• Star Wars Assets for Map Making
• Dungeon Fog — Browser-based map builder with slight learning curve.
• r/Star_Wars_Maps/ — Finding maps for reference in a session.
• Cartographers Guild — A forum thread of cool maps for reference use.

Creating an RP

It's highly recommended that you take the Activities 104: Roleplaying exam to better familiarize yourself with the technical steps needed for starting up your session, but it is not required. Any member is able to host or create an RP, but if you have any questions, please reach out to a member of the Exarch staff or email us at: exarch-staff@googlegroups.com.

Here is a quick list of commands and what they can do for RP activity:

<list of commands>

Roleplaying Policy

The following section contains policies created to help maintain the operation and integrity of Roleplaying Activities so that members can have fun and be safe while running and participating in these activities.

Types of Roleplaying Activities

When running and setting up the RP Typefield, for your RP these are the recommended "game types" or archetypes that can be used to help organize the types of Roleplaying activity you are running.

SOCIAL

• Suggested size: 3+ players
• Suggested run time: 1-4 weeks
  • Optional: Voice Session (2-4 hours)

Social RPs can be set up in a cantina, an event space, or any venue, really. They are usually treated as casual sessions, and are a good way to get as many members involved as they tend to be more free-form and less structured. They’re also great for focusing on interpersonal character drama and not getting bogged down in mechanics, turn orders, or awareness of Star Wars/Brotherhood lore. While dice rolls are not required, they can be used to help play games that make use of “drink points”, or casual attribute checks such as arm-wrestling, darts, billiards, etc.

ADVENTURE

• Suggested size: 3-6 players
• Suggested run time: 1-3 weeks
  • Optional: Voice Session (2-4 Hours)

Adventures function more like a conventional TableTop/DnD session. There will usually be a venue, an objective, and a more hands-on structure set by the DM and an overarching plot/story. While dice rolls are not required, they are what most TableTop players are accustomed to and tend to help keep members engaged and with more indication of what they can/can’t do.

CHARACTER

• Suggested size: 2-3 players
• Suggested run time: N/A

 Character focused RPs can be anything that focuses on character development and interactions with other characters in the Brotherhood. These can range from an overdue conversation between two characters meeting at a given location, to a slice of life outing, to sparring or training matches, and even for duels. The idea with Character RPs is that there is no impetus for scheduling or a DM, and the onus is placed on a small group of members to self-manage and enjoy writing together in RP format.

OTHER

• Covers anything that falls outside the previous three archetypes.

Rulesets and Systems

DM/GM's have the option of deciding what system they will use when running a session. The following list is a collection of suggested guides for running different kind of RP activities.

Rulesets
Author	System
Turel Sorenn	Starfighter PvE Guide
Teebu Nyrrire	Clan Taldryan d6 Source Book
Exarch	Brotherhood d20
Leeadra Halcyon	Drinking Game (D10)
Archenskov	Brotherhood Fate (Beta)
Aura Ta'var	Dice-less Social