This was unexpected ...

Hutt space book? I was pretty sure this or the Mandos would be the next sector. Hutt PCs? Now that is a bit shocking.

I did call the next book being a region book

Yep, I was saying the same.

This looks so awesome. Please announce the smuggler book..thank you.

Yeah I want this one too... and BH book. Unfortunately I have a feeling they are 2 lame ones, then one everyone wants. (example Explorer, Colonist, Hired Gun)... It kind of makes sense for them to space out the more exciting ones.

Didn't the Hired Gun book come out before the Colonist book?

At any rate, it just depends on your playstyle. Our entire campaign was inspired by all the material in Enter the Unknown, and reading Far Horizons really makes me want to run a Colonist campaign. To be honest I wasn't that interested in Dangerous Covenants.

I really hope they finish the source books before they move on. While not necessary to play, I have enjoyed the effort that people are putting into the books.

I don't think playing a Hutt is going to be as big as a challenge as everyone is saying. Sure, playing Jabba would be difficult as he's basically a giant, unmoveable mass of fat. However look at the hut in the announcement. While he's clearly pretty large I don't have too much of an issue justify him doing most activities another character could.

Hmmmm, a Hutt bounty hunter who works with a more agile/mobile partner. The hutt mostly does the thinking/plotting/social work and the partner is a runner, man on the ground. When they find their target, then they both setup the ambush together, playing on each other's strengths. Kind of a Nero Wolfe setup.

... aaaand there are now two new NPCs in my game.

A Hutt PC sounds extremely problematic to me, mainly because it would necessitate a lot of splitting the party and missing out on stuff the rest of the group is doing. For example, in Beyond the Rim, sorry Hutt PC, you're not going to be able to explore the Sa Nalaor for very long, first broken floor you encounter has you stopped. It seems like something you have to go out of your way to cater for when writing adventures, making sure that there isn't a point where the PCs need to climb or squeeze through or sneak by anything, or else the Hutt just gets to hang out on the ship.

A Hutt PC sounds extremely problematic to me, mainly because it would necessitate a lot of splitting the party and missing out on stuff the rest of the group is doing. For example, in Beyond the Rim, sorry Hutt PC, you're not going to be able to explore the Sa Nalaor for very long, first broken floor you encounter has you stopped. It seems like something you have to go out of your way to cater for when writing adventures, making sure that there isn't a point where the PCs need to climb or squeeze through or sneak by anything, or else the Hutt just gets to hang out on the ship.

I really don’t see the problem with this… Why can’t a hut try to cross a broken floor? They are huge (not as big as Jabba was, he was gigantic even considering other Hutts) so that broken floor is no big deal for him, the chasm isn’t even that far and he might even serve as a bridge for the other PC’s (he’ll make them hear about it later of course) plus they are incredibly strong so even if he trips and falls down a strength 5(?) will definitely be able to hold that weight.

No, he won’t be able to sneak, but why should he? He is a hutt. Hutts don’t sneak. Or they suck at it. But every character sucks at something...

Climbing? I have seen gravbelts and the like mentioned a few times but if there is a good GM at the table then who knows, the slope might be just right for a hutt and that corridor you need to squeeze to might be just wide enough. Heck, isn’t that what destiny points are for?

I see a lot of „ No” here instead of „Yes, and…”

Could be that the (possible? probable?) limits imposed on Hutt PCs in the book are the reason we're getting four species, instead of the usual three. A sort of case of, "here's your three species, and then , if you like..."

Really happy to see Sakiyans, though. I played one a couple years ago. Talk about playing against type! That guy was so bereft of honour or morals that it was getting kicked out of his own family that set him on the path to adventure in the first place!

[EDIT: for anyone interested in another look at the species, here's an illustration of that character, Inex Jonn, by the ever-wonderful board member hishgraphics :]

Didnt you know?....All Rodians are bounty hunters, all Aqualish are short tempered and violent, all Twi'Lek females are exotic dancers, all Gamoreans are squealing slave thugs to the Hutts (who are all Gangsters...even Panaka says so in episode 1 ). Also, don't forget that all Mandalorians are combat experts with jetpacks, all stormtroopers are taller than average humans (or clones) who can't shoot, all jawas are scavengers and all Imperial officers are evil Nazis with British accents...oh, and all Bith are musicians.

We all know the list is a lot longer

I'm actually looking forward to making a Hutt character, precisely because it's a bad idea. A combat specialist he will not be but I'm sure that won't stop me from getting involved in all sorts of trouble, it's never a dull moment at our table

Didnt you know?....All Rodians are bounty hunters, all Aqualish are short tempered and violent, all Twi'Lek females are exotic dancers, all Gamoreans are squealing slave thugs to the Hutts (who are all Gangsters...even Panaka says so in episode 1 ). Also, don't forget that all Mandalorians are combat experts with jetpacks, all stormtroopers are taller than average humans (or clones) who can't shoot, all jawas are scavengers and all Imperial officers are evil Nazis with British accents...oh, and all Bith are musicians.

We all know the list is allot longer

*A lot.*

Actually, others were talking about how we have the freedom to make exceptions to the rule, and so I thought it would be nice to provide an example.

Didnt you know?....All Rodians are bounty hunters, all Aqualish are short tempered and violent, all Twi'Lek females are exotic dancers, all Gamoreans are squealing slave thugs to the Hutts (who are all Gangsters...even Panaka says so in episode 1 ). Also, don't forget that all Mandalorians are combat experts with jetpacks, all stormtroopers are taller than average humans (or clones) who can't shoot, all jawas are scavengers and all Imperial officers are evil Nazis with British accents...oh, and all Bith are musicians.

We all know the list is allot longer

*A lot.*

Actually, others were talking about how we have the freedom to make exceptions to the rule, and so I thought it would be nice to provide an example.

I was actually trying to point out how silly the generalizations have become....of course it's a good idea to break the so-called mold. That's where all of the most interesting stories will originate.

Ah, gotcha. And I did have a giggle at what you wrote -

"Happy birthday, infant Mandalorian! Here's your jetpack!"

Mandalorian mothers are as tough as they come. Giving birth to a helmeted baby is no joke.

....of course it's a good idea to break the so-called mold. That's where all of the most interesting stories will originate.

Okay. I'll admit that last bit is probably the most interesting.

Mandalorian mothers are as tough as they come. Giving birth to a helmeted baby is no joke.

Spartan mother to her son: Come back with this shield, or on it.

Mandalorian mother to her son: Come back with this helmet, or in it.

... aaaand there are now two new NPCs in my game.

You still posting up live-play sessions? I'd love to hear what kind of trouble your Nero Wolfe Hutt team have in store for your PCs.

I don't quite get the hate for Hutt PC's, but my wife would never play one, so moot for us.

Still, the thoughts of others are getting the creative juices flowing....

... aaaand there are now two new NPCs in my game.

You still posting up live-play sessions? I'd love to hear what kind of trouble your Nero Wolfe Hutt team have in store for your PCs.

Yeah, but we hop from game to game. After this current run (Hoard of the Dragon Queen) the group may be up for a little time with the Lazy Bantha crew once more.

No, he won’t be able to sneak, but why should he? He is a hutt. Hutts don’t sneak. Or they suck at it. But every character sucks at something…

Hutts are gastropods — like giant snails or slugs, but with arms, skulls, and some sort of a spine, instead of a shell on their back and eyestalks.

When was the last time you heard a snail or a slug moving? I wouldn’t be surprised if Hutts could choose to be surprisingly quiet, when they want to.

Climbing? I have seen gravbelts and the like mentioned a few times but if there is a good GM at the table then who knows, the slope might be just right for a hutt and that corridor you need to squeeze to might be just wide enough. Heck, isn’t that what destiny points are for?

Again, Hutts are gastropods.

Snails and slugs can climb trees. And they can squeeze into what would you would think should be impossibly tiny/narrow spaces. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Hutts could do the same.

Also I forget where, but I read that young hungry Hutts were capable of astonishing movement speeds.

Probably the old Han Solo books, it's about the only Star Wars books I've ever picked up (okay and early Zahn works).

All I know is if the book contains a picture of a Hutt with a lightsaber, I'm burning it...

Hey now, the Force surrounds and penetrates us all living beings... just some of us are a little harder to penetrate than others.

I never want to see the word "penetrate" while having a conversation about a hutt, again!

It is burned in there now... kill it with fire... make it stop!

Now on the disturbing side, I'm picturing a Hutt hedonist forcing Arcona slave girls to lick salt off of his belly.

Reminds me of my the "Shellback" initiation. Rather unpleasant.

Did you get your blue nose or golden shellback? I forget what you get for the dateline by itself