r/sw5e • • Jun 14 '25

Mod Post Big Official SW5e Announcement *cheers*

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"Steev Palpatine ‘Galiphile’ has resigned

to form a new UNBOUND REALM

In his absence, a new Emperor,

Drake Ryzer, has risen from

the ashes of Discord

and will not rest until

SW5e, a Star Wars conversion,

has been revived.

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Little does the SW5E COMMUNITY know but

Drake Ryzer has secretly

begun construction on new

systems and rules even

more powerful than the first

STAR WARS 5TH EDITION.

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When completed, this ultimate

system will spell certain enjoyment

for the small band of Star Wars fans

seeking to make engaging stories

In the Star Wars galaxy..."

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Hello everyone, your friendly neighborhood “starship lord” (maniac xD) here, sorry this is not a website update, but hopefully something that will be just as good.

To start off, I have been given full control of Star Wars 5th Edition’s Reddit and Discord on top of the future development of the SW5e system. Galiphile (known as Steev on the Discord) has unveiled his new venture called Unbound Realms, leaving SW5e’s future up to myself as well as some of the still active Council. If you enjoyed the content made through SW5e from its onset and up to now then I highly suggest checking it out if you want more of it. Unbound Realms website and they also have their own Discord.

I know it’s been a long, and frankly quiet, road but I am committed to bringing new content to the SW5e system to provide all our current and future game masters and players an even greater Star Wars conversion built using Dungeon & Dragons 5th Edition.

And with that all said, these are the initial steps and goals for the future of SW5e:

The Future of SW5e:

We are working on a new website that will house the rules as well as a built in character creator for SW5e. As you guys know from when Galiphile/Steev left the community a few years ago; some of the website team from Mass Effect 5e has graciously taken management of our current website. In the process of learning how it works, it was decided that making a new website would be for the best, using the ME5e site as its base. Our current website relies on an information Parser built for GMBinder specific coding which allowed us to make PDFs and update the website in an easy workflow. Unfortunately that has also made it hard to continue using that format (and came with its own bugs).

Additionally, to making usable PDFs using GMBinder (or even Homebrewery) takes a lot of effort to format correctly for both PDFs as well as the current website, especially when dealing with such large documents as entire rulebooks. Effort that I frankly just do not want to spend time and energy on anymore and was taken into account when deciding to begin construction of a new website. And until the new site is completed we won’t be pushing new “Official” releases in an effort to keep confusion down as much as we can (I know SW5e is kind of a mess everywhere). I will update everyone when we have new information to share on the new SW5e website and I hope the community can be patient with us as we work through this new management.

However in the meantime, we have a working solution to help alleviate some confusion as well as to give the community a better look into what is coming…

Decrypted Lore:

Myself and some other members of the community are currently working on a project using GitHub Pages which will effectively be the equivalent of D&D5e’s “Unearthed Arcana”. We are currently calling it “Decrypted Lore” and it will be a ‘website’ that houses all future content releases as well as revisions that are slated for release to the official system. As it is a big project (and something I only thought of a few months ago) we are still far, far away from a public release.

Once it is up and running we will be using it not only for the time before the new website but also going further into the future for any and all changes we want to make to the SW5e system. I know the constant changes and shadow dropping of content we used to do were not without their controversies and I hope to mitigate that by giving the community a heads up on what is coming; but also a chance to voice your opinions and possible changes to that content. And of course we will let everyone know when that opens up for public viewing.

The Old Council:

I would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Galiphile/Steev as well as all the Council who have served over the years. Everyone that served in the Council roles over the years have poured their time, energy and creativity into making SW5e what it is today. Without them we wouldn’t have this cool and engaging conversion to make epic Star Wars stories and battles with. But with great times there also comes sadness. Most of the current Council have moved on to bigger and better things for their own lives and have long since grown distant from the SW5e Community. After asking each of them their opinions and what they want to do, many will be stepping down from Moderation and Development Team roles and have given their best wishes for the SW5e system. 

A New Council:

I plan to reform many of the Discord Roles with clear roles they will play in the future of SW5e.and part of that will be establishing a new team of moderators and development members over time based on who I think will fit best in each role. I will make announcements with updates as they come up.

A Reworked Discord and Subreddit:

The SW5e Discord is huge, like really huge xD. And of course that also makes it confusing to navigate, especially for new members. To combat this, I will be adding Discord’s Onboarding feature to the Discord. Adding new roles that can be chosen to access the different channels depending on what each member wants to see. This means reformatting channels, channel categories, and the intent for each of them; including archiving many; in an effort to make a cohesive space for the community to use to create and chat.

I will also be doing similar work on the Subreddit to clean it up a bit and make it easier to find any needed or beneficial information regarding SW5e.

This is Where the Ending Theme Plays:

This is all the information I have for you guys at this moment. The SW5e dev team and myself offer our thanks in your patience as we continue to work towards offering a great space for new and fun ideas to make cooperative TTRPG stories within the Star Wars Galaxy. I hope to continue working on this great system using this great fictional universe called Star Wars and making awesome stuff with the community.

So get out there, make some stories, blast a few Stormtroopers, hunt down some bounties… and may the Force be with you.


r/sw5e • • Jun 22 '25

Utility SW5e Resources

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Important Links

Current State of SW5e

Important post by lead developer u/DrakeRyzer, regarding the future of SW5e!

Discord Server

The SW5e Discord is much more active than this subreddit.  If you want a quicker answer and smoother communication, join us!

Website

Everything on the site is perfectly fine for play, with a few notable exceptions:

  • Character Creator. We don't recommend that players rely on the character creator on the site. It can be used to assist with character creation, but it’s nowhere near as polished as its D&DBeyond counterpart. It has errors, is unfinished, and is really unreliable.  If you or your players want a digital character sheet option, try using the Form Fillable PDF on the SW5e website or the Google Sheet linked below.
  • Scum and Villainy. We don't recommend using Scum and Villainy on the site, nor do we recommend using the Scum and Villainy PDF. Both are very out-of-date. Many monsters have incorrect CR calculation or other errors. Instead, you should use this GMBinder doc (also linked below). If you're looking for even more stat blocks, check out Aziz's Hypdercodex
  • Starships of the Galaxy PDF. The rules for SotG on the site are perfectly fine, but the PDF listed under "Assets" uses old rules. Here's the PDF for the SotG rules if you want it.

Homebrewery Public Theme

If you want to make your own homebrew on Homebrewery using SW5e formatting, use this.

GMBinder Public Theme

If you want to make your own homebrew on GMBinder using SW5e formatting, use this.


Sponsored Content

Sponsored content is content created by members of the developer team that hasn't been officially adopted, but should still be considered for use.

Raye's Recommendations for New SW5e GMs

Drake's Shipyard and Other SotG Resources

Scum and Villainy Updated

Scum and Villainy Updated (Black and White, with code shared)

Aziz's Hypercodex (Community Made Stat Blocks)

Heresy's Species

Hugehuman's Tech Powers

Hugehuman's Force Powers


Sheets

Character Sheet - PDF

Character Sheet - PDF (Form Fillable)

Character Sheet - Google Sheets

Deployment Sheet - PDF

Deployment Sheet - PDF (Form Fillable)

Starship Sheet - PDF

Starship Sheet - PDF (Form Fillable)

Starship Sheet - Google Sheets


VTT Resources

FoundryVTT SW5e Dev Discord Server

Roll20 Tokens courtesy of u/Lord_Z

More Tokens by DevinB

Mandalorian Tokens by CommanderFett

Jedi/Sith Tokens courtesy of u/thetindog

Battlemaps (Miniature Maps (Jedi temple, space ports, dagobah, cantina etc.)


Other Resources

Sw5e GM Screen

SW5e SotG GM Screen

Adventure Codex A collection of adventures set in a variety of eras for SW5e.

Dozus' Guide to the Galaxy (Planet Generation and Settlement Mechanics)

Updated Toolkits by zeldafreak6245

Character Generator courtesy of u/keandelacy

Force Power Cards courtesy of u/Jerrybadger and u/HooptyD2

Tech Power Cards courtesy of u/Jerrybadger

Galaxy Map

Star System & Planet Generator

Name Generator

Form-Fillable Item, Weapons, Armor cards


r/sw5e • • 5h ago

Question Need help understanding Droid Customization rules

4 Upvotes

Hi! I'm currently working on making a Class II droid, and I had a question regarding the Droid customizations. In the rules it says, "A droid’s motor can support two droid customizations, and can be upgraded to support up to six customizations"

The way that I read this is that you start with 2 and can get another 4 later. My question is A. is this accurate and B. how do you get the other 4?


r/sw5e • • 22h ago

Pantoran Jedi I commissioned (done by LeBeauviollette)

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r/sw5e • • 1d ago

Comunidad hispana

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Buenas,
Hay gente de habla hispana que juegue a sw5e???


r/sw5e • • 23h ago

Episode 2 is live! (Mod Approved)

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Episode 2 of Remnants is now live!

We hope you enjoy!


r/sw5e • • 1d ago

Question Trying to make fun balenced encounters for a hangover inspired one shot

2 Upvotes

Trying to adapt an one shot i ran in saga into star wars 5e, just confused as to what t9 use for thugs, cops and cat like critters or even if I can scale down a great dragon to be something the party can handle.

I got an idea for the stormtroopers at the end duo and maybe a cameo or two.

Party is starting at level 3 and will be 3 to 4 players


r/sw5e • • 2d ago

Question What's the point of the requirement weapons?

8 Upvotes

So I asked this before and did get a good answer...But in practice I'm just not seeing it.

Short of the absolute demon that is the Sniper Rifle(somehow made a Chiss Consular a card carrying ranged threat) and the Vibrobuster maybe, none of the weapons with requirements really...Do much. Take Vibrokatana, for example. They're a more unwieldy Vibrosword with slightly better accuracy in exchange for slightly worse damage? And we don't really do GWM, so what would be the point there?

Vibronodachi is as lackluster too, it's got a slightly better damage floor than most heavy weapons, but it's functionally a slightly better 2d6 weapon with marginally higher damage.

I understand their point, it's to give value to builds that don't hyperfocus, but...Idk, the reward feels lacking short of a few options. And upgrading these feels redundant because why not upgrade things better than this? It's a case of good concept, bad execution to me I guess. Do you agree? Do you disagree? If agreed, how do you improve them to justify the requirements? All feedback, positive or otherwise, appreciated


r/sw5e • • 4d ago

Fan Content Dawn of Defiance Ch 4: Almas Academy Ground Floor + Domain of Evil Level 1

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r/sw5e • • 3d ago

SW5e Clone Wars Campaign

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r/sw5e • • 6d ago

Question First time playing, sketch of my Nautolan Sentinel, and a question about force powers

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114 Upvotes

So I've played D&D before but I'm kinda overwhelmed with all the force powers. We are starting a game at level 1 and I have to choose 7 force powers. I have a Nautolan sentinel with a Jedi background, a formfighting dabbler feat, and a high dex/wis build. I want to avoid dark side powers. What are some good at will and first level force powers and how would you recommend splitting the amount of at-will and first-level force powers?

Anyway here is my character. The campaign takes place a couple years after the fall of the Empire, and she has this Jedi/Mandalorian thing going on.


r/sw5e • • 8d ago

Fun we might be cooked chat

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r/sw5e • • 7d ago

Fan Content Warehouse 1273 | NatFail | Remnants, Episode 1

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Episode 1 for a brand new star wars 5e dnd campaign is out now!

We cant wait to show you what we've worked so hard making!


r/sw5e • • 8d ago

Fun Battle Platform of Vandor

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Pretty sure my players won’t see this 😅

So my players are going to be inevitably facing off against a Grand inquisitor in my campaign. I’ve made 7 Inquisitors one of which is a lover of one of my players character who was forced into the dark side and the Empire. Through the use of Nameless blood.

They’ll also be fighting a sentient obelisk that the blood of the Nameless was passed through to change people from non force user to force user.

I’ve been 3D printing for 3 weeks straight make this battle map. It’s going to be a pretty tough encounter.

The platforms rise above a giant dish like device that transmits data.

Any ideas to spice up a battle like this would be awesome.

Let me know what you think!


r/sw5e • • 8d ago

Fun Reworking the EP7 crawl for the opener of my 2nd sw5e campaign, thoughts ?

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Not sure if I can put this here but my first ever campaign for sw5e is wrapping up in a few months and I'm working on my 2nd one for my friends, context currently it's 20aby and they've been dealing with the return of "thrawn" as some of them are fans of the films and TV shows and some of them are fans of the old books I've been working to merge the two together.

"Luke Skywalker has vanished, and the Jedi Order are missing. In their absence, the sinister First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the Jedi, and the New Republic have been destroyed.

The New Republic, still recovering from the Yuuzhan Vong war, is in disarray. Sectors have been lost, and worlds once part of the Republic have joined the First Order, some by choice, others by force. The Senate of the New Republic, not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the past, is unsure how to proceed. While they endlessly debate, the First Order continues its reign of terror.

General Leia Organa Solo has reorganised her Yuuzhan Vong resistance into the Galactic Alliance, as she plans to take on the First Order head-on in the hope of stopping them. She is desperate to find her brother Luke and his wife Mara. She hopes to gain their help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy."

This is what I've got so far.


r/sw5e • • 9d ago

Looking for a game but not sure how to find one

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Hello, I’m brand new to this system and would absolutely love to find a game to play In but have no idea how. I’m looked on r/lfg, group finder etc etc and haven’t been able to find anything. Any tips at all would be lovely thank you.


r/sw5e • • 8d ago

Question where my fave form??

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*Where's my fave form?

https://sw5e.com/searchResults?searchText=trakatta
No Trakatta??

Boooo!!


r/sw5e • • 9d ago

Question Good planet for a home

14 Upvotes

So I'm planning a campaign that takes place just before the Battle of Yavin IV for some friends where they're going to start as a mercenary company before transitioning to being agents of either the Empire or Rebellion (think like the beginning of the Star Wars Commander game) and I need a planet that will serve as a good first base for the group. I'm thinking something that has smaller imperial and rebel presence so that when the players eventually choose a side they won't get swamped by the opposing faction's more elite troops or large numbers (so far we have no force users planned).

Does anyone have any good planet suggestions that aren't super important to the lore?


r/sw5e • • 12d ago

Fun [ART] Drew a Player Lineup for our SW5E campaign!

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Introducing the Crew of the DU60N6 -- a special crew assembled by the Empire (different empire) to covertly escort the 8th Princess Kalachuchi on her pilgrimage to conduct the Ritual of the Covenant across the five inner planets of their binary star system. Their lives (and 10Million Credits) are on the line! Will they figure out the deep secret at the core of this empire, or will they simply keep the status quo?

While we're using SW5E, the setting for the is entirely homebrewed by me and is based on Filipino (Western Visayas / Panay specifically) mythos and culture. The wider SW universe exists in the periphery. Maybe if we continue using this system after this campaign concludes, I'll try to do something set more solidly in SW. =w= Thanks for reading this far!


r/sw5e • • 12d ago

Im New to sw5e and need help

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I'm a GM running a new space themed campaign and my players and I decided to use SW5e as a base for the system. Great! I have one big problem. I have only ever used Base D&D (5e mostly) and I am VERY overwhelmed by the system, especially the ship creation portion. I'm looking to create a Medium Freighter ship as my players ship but im having a hard time grasping how to create it past that. It's alot of reading that is difficult for me to digest. Ive also tried watching Dungeon Jedi masters tutorial but it wasnt helpful for me either. TLDR I need help haha.


r/sw5e • • 13d ago

The Engineer and Jedi

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I finally finished the first out of three pictures that portray my sw5e party. On the left is my kaminoan engineer who wants to create ships and droids. On the right is my friends' jedi ardennian. It's gonna be set 30-ish years after the battle of Yavin.


r/sw5e • • 14d ago

Fan Content Same Characters, New Story, New Moments! (Mod Approved)

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r/sw5e • • 15d ago

How would yall fix the mantle of the anomic to fit current sentinel?

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Got a player who i would like to award an enhanced item and given the circumstances this item is calling to me to give but the current state of it from what I can tell doesn’t match the newly updated sentinel so I need help adapting it


r/sw5e • • 16d ago

Question Armor + precog??

2 Upvotes

Why does armor negate battle precog??
Makes no sense IMO...


r/sw5e • • 21d ago

Need help to stop getting overwhelmed when being a GM

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Hello there I am a gm well I have became one last Saturday hosted a great one-shot for me friends and now they have a ship and has lots of things to do. I gm for 3 people and one of them were our vanilla dnd gm he wanted to play and I decided to be a gm and we said lets play sw5e its phenomenal btw. I insisted that the player should not make force caster characters because I just read Players' Handbook and Star ships of the Galaxy and have not able to memorize everything and its being one-shot does not made lot of sense give them to ability to use force(Yeah I know boring ) But I am getting overwhelmed because there is so much material which is good thing but shifting from player to gm yeah that take wee bit of toll on you. How can I make things like more casual and flowy and not trying to control everything. Yeah my past gm said everything was really great especially the soundtrack I have made it so every song aligns with the current situation but one complaint that its being kind of linear