SW Talent Point Blank

Star Wars – Talents of the Galaxy

Passive Talent – Point Blank

Specialisations

You can only take this talent once per tier, and it counts as being taken in all other specialisations in that tier.

• Tier 1 Talents – Mercenary Soldier (tba)
• Tier 2 Talents – Gadgeteer (tba), Mercenary Soldier (tba)
• Tier 3 Talents – Marshal (tba)
• Tier 4 Talents – Marshal (tba)
• Tier 5 Talents –

Specialisation – Gadgeteer (Crafting)

Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook (sw-ffg-ee-cr-69)

• SW Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will), Mechanics (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag)
• SR Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will), Mechanics (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag)
• Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
• These skills become additional Career skills.
• Tier 1 Talents – Brace (AR), Defensive Stance (AR), Intimidating (AR), Toughened (PR),
• Tier 2 Talents – Disorient (AR), Jury Rigged (PR), Point Blank (AR), Spare Clip (P),
• Tier 3 Talents – Armour Master (P), Intimidating (AR), Stunning Blow (A), Toughened (PR),
• Tier 4 Talents – Deadly Accuracy (PR), Jury Rigged (PR), Stunning Blow – Improved (A), Tinkerer (PR),
• Tier 5 Talents – Armour Master – Improved (P), Crippling Blow (A), Natural Enforcer (A), Tinkerer (PR),

(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent

Specialisation – Marshal (Investigation)

Edge of the Empire – Far Horizons (sw-ffg-ee-fh-30)

• SW Career Skills – Coercion (Will), Knowledge – Underworld (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag), Vigilance (Will)
• SR Career Skills – Coercion (Will), Knowledge – Shadowrunners (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag), Vigilance (Will)
• Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
• These skills become additional Career skills.
• Tier 1 Talents – Grit (PR), Hard Headed (AR), Street Smarts (PR), Toughened (PR)
• Tier 2 Talents – Bad Cop (PR), Durable (PR), Good Cop (PR), Quick Draw (A)
• Tier 3 Talents – Good Cop (PR), Grit (PR), Hard Headed (AR), Point Blank (PR)
• Tier 4 Talents – Bad Cop (PR), Durable (PR), Point Blank (PR), Unrelenting Skeptic (P)
• Tier 5 Talents – Good Cop (PR), Hard Headed – Improved (A), Natural Marksman (A), Unrelenting Skeptic – Improved (A)

(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent

Specialisation – Mercenary Soldier (Combat)

Based on Star Wars Edge of the Empire – Core Rules – Hired Gun – Mercenary Soldier p 79.

• SW Career Skills – Discipline (Will), Gunnery (Ag) Leadership (Pr), Ranged – Heavy (Agil)
• SR Career Skills – Discipline (Will), Gunnery (Ag) Leadership (Pr), Ranged – Heavy (Agil)
• Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
• These skills become additional Career skills.
• Level 1 Talents – Command (PR), Point Blank (PR), Second Wind (AR), Side Step (AR)
• Level 2 Talents – Confidence (PR), Point Blank (PR), Second Wind (AR), Strong Arm (P)
• Level 3 Talents – Command (PR), Field Commander (A), Lethal Blows (PR), Sniper Shot (AR)
• Level 4 Talents – Field Commander – Improved (P), Grit (PR), Lethal Blows (PR), True Aim (AR)
• Level 5 Talents – Command (PR), Deadly Accuracy (PR), Natural Marksman (A), True Aim (AR)

(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent

Fantasy Flight Games Rules

• Talent – Point Blank – 10 XP
  • Activation – Passive
  • Ranked – Yes
  • Trees – Gadgeteer, Marshal, Mercenary Soldier
  • Once per round on the character’s turn, they may perform a Precise Aim manoeuvre before attempting a combat check and suffer strain up to ranks. They then decrease the target’s defences (ranged and melee) by one per strain suffered for that combat check.

Genesys Rules

In the Genesys system this becomes a Tier 2 talent.

• Talent Tier 2 – TBA – 10 XP
  • Activation – Passive
  • Ranked – Yes
  • Once per round on the character’s turn, they may perform a Precise Aim manoeuvre before attempting a combat check and suffer strain up to ranks. They then decrease the target’s defences (ranged and melee) by one per strain suffered for that combat check.

Design Details

Content Updates

• 2022-06-27 – Linked in the Gadgeteer, Marshal, Mercenary Soldier tree.

SW Talents

Tier 1 – Adversary (R), Bacta Specialist (R), Black Market Contacts (R), Brace (R), Bypass Security (R), Command (R), Convincing Demeanour (R), Cutting Question, Defensive Stance (R), Dodge (R), Expert Tracker (R), Fearsome (R), Feral Strength (R), Forager, Frenzied Attack (R), Gearhead (R), Good Cop (R), Grit (R), Galaxy Mapper (R), Hard Headed (R), Hard-Boiled (R),Hidden Storage (R), In the Know (R), Intimidating (R), Iron Body (R), Lethal Blows (R), Machine Mender (R), Outdoorsman (R), Overwhelm Defences (R), Parry (R), Point Blank (R), Positive Spin (R), Precision Strike, Rapid Reaction (R), Rapid Recovery (R), Second Wind (R), Shortcut (R), Side Step (R), Smooth Talker (R), Stalker (R), Speaks Binary (R), Stimpack Specialisation (R), Street Smarts (R), Surgeon (R), Toughened (R), Up the Ante (R)

Tier 2 – Bad Cop (R), Bought Info, Confidence (R), Debilitating Shot, Deft Maker (R), Disorient (R), Durable (R), Eye for Detail (R), Full Throttle, Hunter (R), Jump Up, Jury Rigged (R), Knockdown, Martial Grace, Planet Mapper (R), Positive Spin – Improved, Precise Aim (R), Quick Draw, Quick Strike (R), Second Chances (R), Spare Clip, Strong Arm, SurSwift

Tier 3 – All-Terrain Driver, Anatomy Lessons, Armour Master, Bad Motivator, Bad Press, Double or Nothing, Enduring (R), Field Commander, Fortune Favours the Bold, Grapple, Heighten Awareness, Loom, Offensive Driving, Precision Strike – Improved, Skilled Jockey (R), Sniper Shot (R), Speaks Binary – Improved, Street Smarts – Improved, Stim Application, Stunning Blow, Talk the Talk, Targeted Blow, Unarmed Parry, Well Rounded (R)

Tier 4 – Blooded (R), Clever Solutions, Contraption, Deadly Accuracy (R), Double or Nothing – Improved, Field Commander – Improved, Hunter’s Quarry, Informant, Let’s Ride, Mind Over Matter, Nobody’s Fool (R), Overbalance, Redundant Systems, Speaks Binary – Supreme, Stim Application – Improved, Stunning Blow – Improved, Tinkerer (R), True Aim (R), Unrelenting Skeptic, Walk the Walk

Tier 5 – Amour Master – Improved, Bring it Down, Coordination Dodge, Crippling Blow, Double or Nothing – Supreme, Hard Headed – Improved, Heroic Fortitude, Hindering Shot, Hold Together, Hunters Quarry – Improved, In the Know – Improved, It’s Not that Bad, MASTER (Doctor, of Shadows), NATURAL (Brawler, Charmer, Doctor, Enforcer, Hunter, Marksmen, Negotiator, Outdoorsman, Rogue, Tinkerer), Reconstruct the Scene, Reroute Processors, Shortcut – Improved, Soft Spot, Stim Application – Surpreme, Superior Reflexes, Supreme Precision Strike, Unrelenting Skeptic – Improved

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