My First attempt at an alien race--The Desmodites

By DaveBlewer, in Game Masters

Hi,

In an upcoming game (I am laying the seeds for it tonight) the heroes will be investigating the disappearance of a Patron's Granddaughter.

This all happens on a world of my own creation. Shard.

Shard is on the farthest edge of the Outer Rim and is mostly unexplored. Millennia ago some catastrophe destroyed Shards three moons and now the planet is permanently surrounded by an asteroid field caught in the planets gravity field.

Bit silly, I know, but hopefully this sort of thing is Star Warsy.

Two sentient species exist on this planet The Galagoans: A humanoid Bush baby like alien race who live in gigantic towers of rock that smashed into the earth during the catastrophe described above, and the Desmodites.

Desmodites are roughly humanoid bat-like creatures who can fly with patagium, and have a venomous bite which injects a venom which makes the victim first placid, and later with repeated injections susceptible to suggestion.

The Desmodites are much rarer than the Galagoans, but are much more dangerous and live nomadically, laying waste to a Galagoan settlement and then working the survivors to death before moving onto a new area.

I think that is enough from me for one post, the next will have a Desmodite raider, but I suspect I'll bugger it up so some guidance will be gratefully received!

Desmodite Raider (Rival)

Brawn 2

Agility 4

Intellect 2

Cunning 3

Willpower 2

Presence 2

Soak : 2

Wounds: 12

Defence M/R : 0/1 (when in the air)

Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 2, Coordination 3, Discipline 2, Ranged Light 2, Skulduggery 2, Stealth 2, Vigilance 1

Talents: Dodge 1 (upgrade ranged attacks, by level—causes level in strain)

Abilities : Flight (can fly); Venemous bite (if the Desmodite inflicts an injury with it's brawl attack , it can then make a Discipline -v- Discipline roll. Any NPC becomes placid an quiet, but a PC is made of sterner stuff and suffers a Black die for a number of rounds equal to the Desmodites successes

Equipment : Wrist mounted blasters (Ranged (Light),, Damage 6, Critical 3, Range Medium, Stun Setting) Venemous bite (Brawl, Damage +1, Critical 5, Range Engaged)

Edited by DaveBlewer

Sounds interesting, I like the idea of GM's creating their own worlds within the larger Star Wars Universe.

Does this planet have any contact with other races from other planets?

Who are their main trading allies? Are their any groups hostile to these species or looking to take control of the planet for themselves?

What kind of technology do these races have access to?

What kind of government do they have?

Are they long lived or short lived species?