Apologize in advance for this n00b post :)  I got the beginner game last night, pored through it and really like the mechanics.  Seems worlds better than SWSE, which I mostly enjoyed playing but I don't like D20 in general, so it was only 1/2 great.  Looking forward to the real core book.  I've been reading the forums here for a while, but I have some questions I can't find answers to.  Is there a FAQ that outlines:

- apparently there are three books planned?  Any more detailed info on the other two?

- are there any Force rules in the EotE book, or do I have to wait until book 3?

Thanks…

There's no FAQ, and probably won't be until the EotE corebook is published, if then.

As for your questions.

- Three Core Books: Right now, information is pretty sparse, other than release years (2014 and 2015) and focus (military-style compaigns for Age of Rebellion, Jedi and Force-usage in general in Force & Destiny)

- The EotE Beta has stats for lightsabers (though they've been nerfed a bit, check the Final Week Update for the revised stats) as well as a Force-Sensitive Exile (self-taught Force-user) universal specialization and three core Force powers (Sense, Influence, and Move).  How much more than that we'll get in either the EotE corebook or in later supplments is unknown by anyone who's not working for FFG.

Thanks, I'll patiently await the book then.

One last question I forgot to ask before:  the beginner book doesn't have much for character creation (distributing attribute points, etc), what I'm wondering is if attributes will be upgradeable, something you can spend XP on to, say, boost your Brawn.

Outside of character creation you can't upgrade attributes directly without a very specific Talent or the proper cybernetics.

Andrew Tatro said:

To clarifiy, you can spend XP to improve attributes, but only during character creation.

-WJL

whafrog said:

Only at character creation, which as you noted the Beginner Box doesn't cover.

After character creation, the only way to boost a Characteristic is via a specific talent (Dedication, or at least that's what it's called in the Beta) that's pricey to acquire (25 XP) and you have to purchase a lot of other talents to reach it.

The pre-gens offered in the Beginner Box all spent the majority (if not all) of their starting XP budgets on increasing their Characteristics rather than buying extra skill ranks or talents.  Interestingly enough, when I ran the Beginner Box adventure for a different group of players that created their own PCs using the Beta rules, the Beta-made characters seemed to perform a bit better, even with having spent some of their starting XP on talents and an extra skill rank or two.

Thanks all, I figured the upgrade would be expensive (since you're effectively bumping up all your skills), nice to know there's some flexibility at CC.  Cheers…