One of my players in my new campaign wanted to make an Otollan Gungan. I really like his concept, but of course, Gungans don't exist in the rules yet. So, what I've done is use the stats for Nautolans, but changed the numbers to all 2s for Characteristics. Everything else is Nautolan.

Br 2, AG 2, IN 2, CU 2, WP 2, PR 2

Wounds 11, Strain 9, XP 100

1 rank of Athletics (no more than 2 to start with), Amphibious

Does this seem reasonable? Would you do something different here?

The character is not on Naboo, but I wanted to go ahead and create their weapons for future use. This is what I've come up with...

Electropole. Same as any force pike from the core rulebooks.

Personal shield. Same as the riot shield from Far Horizons.

Plasma sphere. The booma, simply thrown. Ranged (Light) Skill, Damage 10, Crit 5, Short Range, 1 Enc, 0 HP, Cost 60 ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: Blast 5, Stun Damage, Limited Ammo 1.

Plasma sphere, Atlatl launched. The one-handed launching club. Ranged (Light), Damage 10, Crit 5, Medium Range Skill, 2 Enc, 1 HP, Cost 60 ® (plus a one-time cost of the atlatl for 75 more), Rarity 7, Qualities: Accurate, Blast 5, Stun Damage, Limited Ammo 1 (the atlatl, of course, is used over and over).

Plasma sphere, Cesta launched. The two-handed launching staff that hurls larger boomas. Ranged (Heavy) Skill, Damage 12, Crit 5, Long Range, 3 Enc, 2 HP, Cost 80 ® (plus a one-time cost of the cesta for 120 more), Rarity 7, Qualities: Inaccurate (at Long Range only), Blast 8, Stun Damage, Limited Ammo 1 (the cesta, of course, is used over and over).

Atlatl as a melee weapon. Melee Skill, Damage +1, Crit 4, Engaged Range, 2 Enc, 1 HP, Cost 75 ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: none.

Cesta as a melee weapon. Melee Skill, Damage +2, Crit 4, Engaged Range, 3 Enc, 2 HP, Cost 120 ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: Disorient 2.

Macuahuitl sword. My player wanted a sword and we decided Gungans would not have a metal or vibro sword. I suggested something like the wooden Aztec swords would fit the people better, and he agreed. So this is a heavy, flat wooden club lined with sharp opee teeth. Melee Skill, Damage +2, Crit 4, Engaged Range, 3 Enc, 2 HP, Cost 500 ®, Rarity 8, Qualities: Concussive 1, Knockdown, Vicious 1.

I made the prices as Restricted simply because the Gungans don't sell these items; they can only be found for sale on the black market. Also, I made the Rarities a bit higher because the items only really come from one place, and the Gungans create the plasma spheres from energy bubbling up from Naboo's core.

Do these stats for the weapons seem reasonable? Would you do something different here?

For the species you could go AG 2 CU 1?

Edit: that was supposed to be AG 3 CU1

I would go Pr 1 and Will 3. They're isolated from the rest of the planet (and consequentially the rest of the world), but they're brave warriors who will stand up against an overwhelming army of droids just to buy some time for their new allies.

we don't see the spheres explode, so id get rid of blast. the damages are pretty high too. remember, a grenade is 8

stat wise, PR 1, agility 3. 90XP

I'm not so sure that the various Boomas should be limited to doing Stun Damage. I'd consider normal damage and replacing Blast with a Stun X (you decide what X value is best) perhaps with a limit that the Stun can only be activated upon targets subject to ion damage (droids and cyborgs).

All good points. I just spent the past couple hours watching The Phantom Menace to watch the boomas in action. It had been some time since I've watched the movie. (You know what? I really like Episode 1 having watched it again. It's got some directorial and story problems, but overall it's a good prelude to what's to come.)

I think AG 3 and PR 1 is a good choice for the Otollan Gungans. Maybe WP 3 and PR 1 for the Ankuran Gungans. They seem to be more socially influential than physical. So perhaps give them 1 rank of Discipline instead of Athletics.

I like the suggestions on the weapon changes too. Definitely get rid of the Blast. My memory played tricks on me thinking the goop went everywhere. Only the big catapult-launched boomas have a Blast radius. The boomas do actually do some physical damage, but not a lot compared to the electrical discharge that shorts out the droids.

Something more like this then...

Plasma Sphere. Ranged (Light) Skill, Damage 5, Crit 5, Short Range, 1 Enc, 0 HP, Cost 60 ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: Stun 6, Limited Ammo 1.

Atlatl-launched Plasma Sphere. Ranged (Light) Skill, Damage 5, Crit 5, Medium Range, 2 Enc, 1 HP, Cost 60 + atlatl ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: Stun 6, Limited Ammo 1.

Cesta-launched Plasma Sphere. Ranged (Heavy) Skill, Damage 6, Crit 5, Long Range, 3 Enc, 2 HP, Cost 80 + cesta ®, Rarity 7, Qualities: Stun 7, Limited Ammo 1.

that looks good

And the macuahuitl sword? That's really the most important part since he has one. He's mostly a ranged combatant, but I know he'll use that sword when it's convenient.

use a cutless or ancient sword as your guide and go from there.

The stats for the sword were up in my original post, but I'll put them here again for easy reference....

Gungan Macuahuitl. This sword-like weapon is a solid, flat wooden club lined with sharp opee teeth. Melee Skill, Damage +2, Crit 4, Engaged Range, 3 Enc, 2 HP, Cost 500 ®, Rarity 8, Qualities: Concussive 1, Knockdown, Vicious 1.

Concussive is a very strong quality. I would not put it on this weapon.

I'd say you give him a sword made of fishbones, maybe a jawbone of one of the bigger fishes Qui-Gonn and Obi Wan encountered.

Sounds better than wood, to me at least.

And, since the Gungans seem to have some levels of technology, ie the shields protecting their city and army, those boom spheres and that submarine thingy, I'd adapt some of that shield disrupting technology of their spheres for your sword.

So I'd give the sword relatively low damage, but extra damage against droids.

But I don't think wood or bones really cut it, if you're fighting droids and stuff, you know, in terms of durability.

So maybe reinforce it with something metal.

its a wooden sword, you don't need rarity 8. 4 it 5 is more than high enough

its a wooden sword, you don't need rarity 8. 4 it 5 is more than high enough

Yeah, but if it is exclusive to the Gungan culture, that would make it pretty rare across the galaxy. The Wookiee Ryyk Blade is rarity 8.

its a wooden sword, you don't need rarity 8. 4 it 5 is more than high enough

Yeah, but if it is exclusive to the Gungan culture, that would make it pretty rare across the galaxy. The Wookiee Ryyk Blade is rarity 8.

And that was exactly the reason for the higher Rarity. Gungans don't sell these weapons - they're family heirlooms. If you find one for sale somewhere, you're very lucky. (Or you've got some connections.) I think I will remove the Restricteds off all the prices though. The weapons aren't illegal, they're just difficult to find outside of the Gungan city.

Concussive is a very strong quality. I would not put it on this weapon.

I agree with this. I was wanting a solid, stout weapon (not necessarily heavy such that it would require Cumbersome) that you would know you got hit with it. But looking at Concussive again, I think it is too much. I'll replace it with Stun 3. Good call!

I'd say you give him a sword made of fishbones, maybe a jawbone of one of the bigger fishes Qui-Gonn and Obi Wan encountered.

Sounds better than wood, to me at least.

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But I don't think wood or bones really cut it, if you're fighting droids and stuff, you know, in terms of durability.

So maybe reinforce it with something metal.

It's a flat wooden blade, lined with sharp teeth from one of those gnarly fish that Qui-Gon and Obi Wan encountered. The idea for this Gungan sword comes from the swords of the Aztecs, which are also called macuahuitl. (They had obsidian blades instead of fish teeth, but this is Naboo and Star Wars, so I want fish teeth.) Spanish conquistadors wrote about how fearsome these weapons were. They could behead a horse with one mighty stroke. Battle droids would be as wheat before the scythes.

Thanks, everyone! You guys are great for helping me refine my ideas.

none of that says stun.Peirce 3 yes, but not stun.

im sick, so please forgivemy lack PC tack. I don't see.what part of a wooden sword with sharp bits says it willknock someone in those @$$ or stun cause stun damage. pierce 3 will let it kill a horse in one hit. if you insist upon the vicious, something I don't think is needed, but won't argue you on, then bump the price up to 800. that's fair for a vicious weapon.