[Building Character: SWSERPG] Kaili Sorn

This is the second post in a new series called Building Character. The idea is to take a roleplaying game and build a few different characters for that game, writing about the process and posting the end results. I’ve found this to be a useful exercise for getting myself acquainted with a game’s rules mechanics. Plus, it can be a fun creative activity.

Last week, I posted a character I made for the Star Wars Saga Edition Roleplaying Game. This second one I’ve made is Kaili Sorn, a Jedi healer that’s gone mercenary after Order 66.

Process

In creating Kaili Sorn, I had in mind the concept of a young woman in the Jedi Medical Corps, who was assigned to an out of the way planet dealing with an epidemic there when Order 66 went into effect. Afterwards, she would cut her ties with the Jedi and find work on the fringes of the galaxy, hoping to avoid notice by the new Empire. So, right away, I knew she would be a Force-sensitive healer.

In the Star Wars Saga Edition Roleplaying Game, the Jedi class makes a logical starting point for any combat-ready Force-user. However, most of the medic abilities I wanted to give Kaili were attached to the soldier class, so after level one I immediately moved her into that class. In order to be an effective medic, she needs to be able to keep alive herself in addition to being able to effectively heal others. So in choosing how she would develop I tried to split her talents and feats between those two objectives.

Background

Kaili Sorn was born on Aldaraan, but was discovered by the Jedi at a very young age and taken to live at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. While she did have some ability with the Force, it never really developed too much as she grew. So, Kaili was never chosen to become a Padawan learner before she had become too old to begin the training. Though slightly dejected, Kaili wasn’t the type of person to feel sorry for herself. Like other children raised in the Temple who never became Padawans, Kaili was assigned to one of the Jedi Service Corps. Because she had an interest in biology, and had demonstrated deep compassion for others, Kaili was assigned to the Medical Corps. She was serving in the MedCorps, dealing with an epidemic far from the fighting of the Clone Wars, when Order 66 was given. The clone troopers didn’t at first turn on the Service Corps workers, because they weren’t considered full-fledged Jedi. By the time the Empire decided to purge them along with the rest of the Jedi Order, Kaili had cut her ties with the Jedi and gone into hiding on the fringes of the galaxy. On the crime ridden desert world of Tatooine, Kaili joined a small mercenary crew lead by Shara Koth where she could apply her medical background to keeping her new found allies alive on dangerous missions.

Personality

Kaili Sorn is like a cool breeze on a hot day, or a shelter in a storm. She isn’t too athletic, but she is very healthy and incredibly resilient. Mentally, she’s a step above average, being especially attuned to her surroundings and to other people. She has a natural charm, and a manner that exudes warmth and caring. She has a somewhat passive personality, and doesn’t feel comfortable in a leadership role, but she’s extremely reliable and loyal to a fault. She’s a good listener, and people tend to be naturally drawn to her. When conflict arises her first instinct is to try to diffuse it peacefully.

Game Statistics

I wanted Kaili to be a moderately experienced character so I made her level 6, putting her first level in the Jedi class and the other five in the soldier class. I chose Human as her species. I decided to use the optional background rules from the Rebellion Era Campaign Guide, instead of the standard destiny mechanics found in the core rulebook, and gave Kaili the medical background (which helps her out with a couple of skills). Kaili has below average Strength, only average Dexterity, but pretty good Constitution, and above average scores in all of her mental abilities. Her skills focus on the areas of endurance, medicine, and using the Force.

Combat Tactics

Kaili Sorn has pretty good Fortitude and Will Defenses, but her Reflex Defense is kind of low, so she’ll want to avoid getting shot at. She has a lot of hit points and a few other ways to keep herself alive, so she’s in pretty good shape when it comes to a battle. She’s fairly proficient with a blaster pistol or a simple weapon (such as a knife or grenade). She was never a full-fledged Jedi, but she has some basic skill with a lightsaber, and still keeps one hidden among her things.

Most characters in the Star Wars Saga Edition Roleplaying Game can take a “second wind” once per day. This allows them to recover hit points equal to one-quarter their maximum hit points, or equal to their Constitution score, whichever is higher. With the combination of the Tough as Nails talent and the Extra Second Wind and Unstoppable Combatant feats, Kaili can do this up to three times per day, and all in the same encounter if she needs to. Also, as often as once per round, if she takes no other actions, Kaili can use the “recover” action. Normally, this just allows a character to shake off a negative condition, but the Fortifying Recovery feat allows her to gain a few bonus hit points as well when she does this. All of this helps to make Kaili a durable combatant that is hard to take down.

Now, how does Kaili work as a healer for her allies? First of all, the Man Down talent helps her get right next to any ally that gets taken down so that she can use her Treat Injury skill to heal them. Her Battlefield Remedy talent lets her remove a negative condition from an ally with the use of first aid, in addition to the normal hit point recovery first aid provides. The Experienced Medic and Surgical Expertise feats allow her to perform surgery more quickly, and on multiple patients at once, if the situation gets really dire.

Beyond her mundane healing abilities, Kaili also has the Force as her ally. Once per round, she can use her Consular’s Vitality talent to grant a few bonus hit points to one nearby ally. These bonus hit points last until the beginning of her next turn and provide a slight cushion against enemy attacks. Twice per encounter, she can use the Vital Transfer Force power, which lets her transfer some of her own hit points to an ally at a 1:2 ratio, granting her ally twice as many hit points as she’s giving up. Also, because it is important for the medic to stay alive, once per encounter she can create and maintain a Force Shield around herself.

Here are Kaili Sorn’s game statistics in stat block form for use by a Game Master. Players can download her character sheet here.

Kaili Sorn (CL 6)

Medium Human Jedi 1/Soldier 5

Background Medical; Force 8

Init +8; Senses Perception +5
Languages Basic, Ithorese, Mon Calamarian

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Defenses Ref 17 (flat-footed 17), Fort 21, Will 19
hp 81; Threshold 21

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Speed 6 squares
Melee unarmed +5 (1d4+2)

Melee lightsaber +5 (2d8+2)

Ranged blaster pistol +6 (3d6+3)

Base Atk +6; Grp +6

Special Actions Consular’s Vitality, Man Down

Force Powers Known (Use the Force +10): Force Shield, Vital Transfer ×2

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Abilities Str 8, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 14
Talents Battlefield Remedy, Consular’s Vitality, Man Down, Tough as Nails

Feats Experienced Medic, Extra Second Wind, Force Sensitivity, Force Training (Force Shield, Vital Transfer x2), Fortifying Recovery, Surgical Expertise, Unstoppable Combatant, Weapon Proficiency (lightsabers, pistols, simple weapons)
Skills Endurance +11, Initiative +8, Knowledge (life sciences) +6, Treat Injury +10, Use Computer +6, Use the Force +10

Possessions blaster pistol, lightsaber, comlink, energy cells, medical kit, medpac, power packs, power recharger, surgery kit