want to make a chiss but dnt what tk make him was thinking bh assassin/survivialist but was also thinking of making explorer fringer/scout or bgh but im not sure cause his backstory is he was exiled from csilla for killing the men that killed his family and he roams the galaxy to find a sense of to his lowly life. in other than wanting tl use blaster pistols and vibroknives i got nothing

With that background, he could really be any career you want him to be. I'm sure that even scholars get some use out of blaster pistols and vibroknives in the galaxy.

Try to envision what your character did, who he was, before he exacted revenge on his family's killers. He could have been a brilliant scientist, and maybe the assassins were hired by an extremely jealous colleague. Or maybe he was a bounty hunter that killed or captured an important figure of a crime family, and they wanted to get back at him (think Marvel's Punisher). He could even have been a swoop racer that was approached to let his opponent win, but being the honorable Chiss that he is, he refused... and his family paid for that. The galaxy's the limit here.

Also, exiled for murder seems weird. Run and hide from prosecution, not so much. But then again, I'm not that familiar with Chiss society.

Scoundrel perhaps? It's a pretty nice specialisation, very popular in my group for some reason, thief could work also.

If you have access to the AoR beta you could have a look there. I mean, what is his background, except killing some guys? Why was he exiled and not put in prison (or executed if Csilla has that sort of archaic view of justice)? Exile isn't a much used punishment anymore, but it used to be quite popular amongst certain people and tribes - it was a sort of equivalent to a death penalty sure, but you could survive on your own, but you'd be all alone. In the Star Wars galaxy exile could be used also, particularly by species more isolated from the galactic community like the Chiss (at least they were in what is now SW Legends), their planet is ( or was ... Legends again) in an ice age, so exile from the settlements would be certain death, exile from their territories close to certain death... but you'd have a chance - but would they do this if you could become a threat to the Chiss Ascendancy? So some reason as to why he was exiled would be needed, but of course he could also have run away.

Other questions that could help you figure out career and spec: was he a part of the military? What sort of job did he have or aspire to? Was he part of some criminal underground network on Csilla (or some other Chiss colony)? Enforcer could be useful then.

well thats true so instead of an exile he was an underground pit fighter who was a long raining champion that couldnt be beaten so the pits controler a very important chiss diplomat who bet a against in lost to a black sun vigo. enraged about losing and his new outstanding debt so he investigated to he has a family and hires a assassin to kill the champion and family. family dies decides to seek vengence and kills diplomat and a number of other in the room in a violent kills the bs vigo and empties the knowing nothings left for.him there he flees his to avoid his crime to search the galaxy for answers to whats his next move constantly moving never staying to long. currently hes using his martial skills as a guild bounty hunter working steadily to pay his debts to black sun but they havent soon forgotten the death of one of their vigos.

Yep, that's a pretty solid backstory there. Although, if I could make a suggestion, let his starting career be a Marauder. Since he's a Pit Fighter, it seems more logical that his 'old' career would revolve around close contact combat.

well hes more of a pistoleer style fighter the pits did all ow slugthrowers pistols but he has some melee training as well

How is everyone dealing with Chiss in their games? How rare are they seen to be? (Does anyone notice how rare they are and ask why?) Are the few that are out there overlooked as "just another near-human"?

I'm asking because our GM is a bit mopey that they're a playable species at all.

(He'd have preferred no character (PC or NPC) knew anything about them until after Thrawn.)

They have not shown up in our game at all, but I would not be adverse to having a PC Chiss at all. He would get a lot of "What are you?" and "where are you from?" questions though...

There are so many species in the galaxy that the Chiss don't even cause a raised eyebrow when they're seen. After all, the truly rare species are the ones you don't see.

Well, all that is Legends stuff now but I'd allow a Chiss character, as long as the character could come up with a good reason for the character, I mean pretty much the same with male Selonians, a rarity for sure, but not unthinkable. That is the whole point of PCs I think. they are special and neat, playing rare and unique aliens adds to the game, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the species should suddenly a be common sight.

A Chiss character doesn't even have to know what species he or she is, it might be unimportant for him. There is an unknown quantity of species in the galaxy, some blue skinned and red eyed humanoid isn't really going to attract that much attention, unless someone read the Thrawn books most inhabitants of the galaxy doesn't know about all species, depending on where the PC is from the exposure to even twi'leks or rodians could be very exotic, the PC might not even know what species they are.

I mean pretty much the same with male Selonians, a rarity for sure, but not unthinkable.

One day I have to make Dirk Thistlebritches.

I like to think about when we first met Thrawn in Heir to the Empire. Of course in that book or the other 2 in that saga, we were never given his species name, but that's beyond the point.

when Han first saw Thrawn, he did not wonder at all what species he was. He made a note that he wore a Grand Admiral's uniform and had blue skin and red eyes. When he recounted what he saw to the rest of the heroes, they never wondered what species he was. This led me to think that new and interesting species are encountered every day by those that travel the galaxy. So some people might find a Chiss PC or NPC a curiosity, most will shrug and write him/her off as another near human.

I like to think about when we first met Thrawn in Heir to the Empire. Of course in that book or the other 2 in that saga, we were never given his species name, but that's beyond the point.

when Han first saw Thrawn, he did not wonder at all what species he was. He made a note that he wore a Grand Admiral's uniform and had blue skin and red eyes. When he recounted what he saw to the rest of the heroes, they never wondered what species he was. This led me to think that new and interesting species are encountered every day by those that travel the galaxy. So some people might find a Chiss PC or NPC a curiosity, most will shrug and write him/her off as another near human.

Blue skin and red eyes could easily decribe Duros. Probably some other races as well.

There is not any reason for us to think that Chiss were entirely unknown until Thrawn showed up. We just know that Han didn't recognize the species. No matter how well traveled Han is, the 'verse is a big place.

How is everyone dealing with Chiss in their games? How rare are they seen to be? (Does anyone notice how rare they are and ask why?) Are the few that are out there overlooked as "just another near-human"?

I'm in an AoR game where we have a Chiss. A "weirdness factor" hasn't come up at all at least with the PC group (I don't recall her backstory). She's just some blue near-Human woman who's pretty good at thinking strategically.

IDK, it's only weird if you make it weird or if the GM wants it to be weird. Otherwise, there's not much value in calling a species weird or unusual for the sake of weirdness. E.g. Wookiees are all supposed to be enslaved but nobody really bats an eye seeing one around.

(He'd have preferred no character (PC or NPC) knew anything about them until after Thrawn.)

Well at this point he'll be in for quite a wait in that case. The chance that Heir to the Empire etc is no longer canon (and won't be used in FFG products) is more than slim. It's telling that FFG chose to include the species in the OT timeframe of it's games. That's the new canon.