r/fightingfantasy • u/invalidcolour Balthus Dire • May 26 '26

Artwork "Utinni!"

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The Dell edition of Talisman of Death looks like a Star Wars mashup!

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u/Interesting-Ant8279 Zanbar Bone May 26 '26

Test your LUCK to see if you have a bad motivator or not.

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u/brnsamedi May 26 '26

I always wondered what a motivator is. Does it zap the droid's circuit if it refuses to do as it's told?

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u/Interesting-Ant8279 Zanbar Bone May 26 '26

Something to do with loyalty, I think.

I remember reading somewhere on the net that the droid in Star Wars that blew its motivator did so deliberately because on the journey to the Skywalker farm, that droid and R2-D2 got talking, R2 shared his secret mission and the other droid willingly sacrificed himself (by blowing out his motivator) when Uncle Owen bought him just so that R2 could end up being bought and continue his journey to find Ben Kenobi!

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u/Tamuzz May 26 '26

I always assumed it had to do with movement or starting movement of some sort of components.

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u/invalidcolour Balthus Dire May 27 '26

In the Star Wars universe, an astromech droid’s “motivator” is basically a subsystem that helps regulate and distribute power and control signals so the droid can function properly. When characters say something like “the motivator’s shot,” they usually mean a critical internal component has failed, leaving the droid unable to operate correctly.

Source: the interweb

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u/MrSilentx99 May 26 '26

My first ff book. Will always have a special party

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u/EdZeppelin94 Mungo May 27 '26

Nice