I have not found it via searching and it seems a question unworthy of it's own thread so I will ask it here: Could someone be so kind as to perhaps which races can be found in which splat books? I have EotE and my friend has AoR, so we have those covered.

Thanks in advance.

EotE: Suns of Fortune:: Drall, Selonian, Corellian Human

FaD:: Cerean, Human, Kel Dor, Mirialan, Nautolan, Togruta, Twi'lek, Zabrak

AoR:: Bothan, Droid, Duros, Gran, Human, Ithorian, Mon Calamari, Sullustan

EotE:: Bothan, Droid, Gand, Human, Rodian, Trandoshan, Twi'lek, Wookie

Dangerous Covenants: Klatooinians, Aqualish and Weequay.

Enter the Unknown: Chiss, Toydarians and Duros.

Far Horizons: Gran, Chevin and Arconans (sp?).

Thank you both!

No problem at all, sir!

Maybe my brain doesn't work like everyone else's... but I'd expect FFG might have lawyers and they might have wanted to do this...

Lawyers = money. Lots and lots and lots of money. Probably not an expenditure that's worth it.

Lawyers = money. Lots and lots and lots of money. Probably not an expenditure that's worth it.

And even with those expensive lawyers, I'd be surprised if they could accomplish anything as they have a contract that is likely fairly specific on the subject.

Plus, taking legal action against another company you've partnered with is terrible for business.

If WotC didn't spend the money with their much deeper pockets I doubt FFG would have. Possibly the next time the contract is negotiated things may have changed.

The only work around is there are exceptions for "promotional and marketing materials" which is why free adventures can be PDFs, because you still need the paper book to actually use it.

Which is exactly why this would work, publishing ONLY the species data would be no different than publishing the character sheets as a promotional asset. You are not publishing a whole book you are only providing the Species data as a promotion for the books in which they are contained.

You learn all about that in 'Publishing' class at any university or in a copyright and cyberspace class like the ones offered at Stanford.

And if you take an introduction to business course like the ones offered at Arizona State University you'd know that you don't give away product you can sell.

There are people who will buy F&D not because it's got all that sweet sweet force stuff, but because it has rules for Kel-Dor (and oh by the way all that other force stuff as a bonus). In this system that Species info is cross-compatible, so giving it away can actually mean someone out there won't buy a core book because they already have one (just for a different aspect of the game).

On the other hand adventure modules are some of the hardest RPG products to move, simply because they have the least to offer. Unless you do something like Arda and include advanced rules, modules are largely optional, one-use products, that can only be sold to GMs. By comparison a core rulebook or splatbook has a pretty critical info, a longer play-life, and can be sold to players and GMs alike.

Giving away species rules is bad business sense because it sells on it's own. Giving away Adventures is not so bad because it's hard to sell anyway, requires the other products to use helping get new customers, and can be used to tease new material to the existing customer base.

I want to propose something, and this may need to be a topic of it's own but it's relative here for now.

What do you all think of this, and keep in mind it's just my thoughts and FF may not listen to me/us on this at all.

Like the specialization card decks, have a Species deck. One for each species and the deck includes a species miniature figure for use on maps. The mini would be Species specific career generic.

Before, minis were an issue because FF didnt have license to make character miniatures for gaming, but now they apparently have acquired those rights for Imperial Assault.

This would solve a few concerns.

1. People who want a specific species but do not want to buy the rule book it's in.

2. Provides quick access to Species rules without having to remember which book they are in and finding the page.

3. The figure provides incentive above and beyne ease of locating for those who have the rules already.

I just had this thought moments ago so I haven't thought through all aspects so comments and thoughts are welcome as long as they are in good spirit, even if they are opposed to the idea.