The book starts with a very nice foreword by Dave Filioni himself and quickly gets into the nitty-gritty of life during The Dark Times. Additionally, there is a lot of individual gear in these stat blocks that do not get full write-ups in the equipment section (like Lasat bo-rifles, energy slingshots, and various blaster models). These are truly new creations and will certainly give me a lot of new options and surprises to throw at my PCs. Up until now, the special abilities in each book had essentially been variations on a few established mechanics. Primarily because many of these NPCs have a unique special ability or two (which have presumably been playtested) that can be repurposed and reskinned into my own creations. Though I was initially turned off by this policy change, I came around after reading through the book.

To be fair, there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book that can be paraphrased as “these stats are subjective and the GM should add to or modify them to their heart’s content.” The fact is that some people are going to be thrilled by this feature and some are going to hate it. It opens a whole can of worms where PCs begin to measure themselves against those iconic characters (and there is the old adage “if it has stats, I can kill it”).

I will say that I was a firm supporter of this policy and think that it was wise for them to stay away from that territory. I figure I will address this right out of the gate FFG has deviated from their previous policy on not providing stat blocks for canon characters. The Bantha in the Room (Canon character stats): Below I will touch on the highlights of each section and attempt to avoid the “wall of text” that a review of a book with this much content could turn into.ĭawn of Rebellion is a densely packed book with a lot to offer both GMs (numerous modular encounters, adversaries, faction information, and even a guide to how to structure your story like a television season) and PCs (Six new universal specializations, four new species, and tons of new equipment). I will provide a review of the contents and their value to a gaming group, but there is too much in this book for me to go through each item and stat block individually. Dawn of Rebellion is the first of FFG’s new Era Sourcebooks and dramatically breaks the mold of their various Star Wars RPG offerings to date.

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