Pet Bogwing (and Others)

By Grayfax, in Game Masters

In Beyond the Rim , Page 16, Reom is listed as having the following under Equipment: pet bogwing ("Mordekai")

Other than the picture of Reom the Twi'lek and Mordekai on page 17, is there anywhere else that a "pet bogwing" is mentioned or detailed?

Also, if there are pets like this, are they mentioned anywhere else? I don't have many books yet, but am working on it and would like to take a look at some of them. This is not necessarily a focal point in my purchasing, it is more of a curiosity and interest. Certainly don't need Druid Pets or anything like that, just looking for companion animals to add a bit of detail to the in-flight scenes of the ship. It would be good if it had locations found and if they have any food restrictions. Sure I can make something up, but if there is already something there, I would rather use it or base mine off of that.

If you mean literally anywhere, Bogwings are on Wookieepedia and, according to Legend, were kept by Gungans and released to signal half-time during gulliball games. So that's kind of a pet I guess :)

But as to the game, there is another pet bogwing in published material: Kasuni Tamm, the Togruta Seeker which was a pregen included with copies of the Force and Destiny Beta , has Vaxim, a bogwing, as an animal companion.

As to other "pets," there are two sources I can think of:

  1. The FaD Beta had some creatures and, more interestingly, the ability to bond with and control animals through the Force.
  2. Stay on Target has rules for taming/using beasts as riding mounts.

I knew of the Ace Beastmaster aspect, and that's something I will be interested in at some point, if I ever get to play a character. I'm not expecting these pets to be anything useful like Familiars or Companions in other systems. But I know my wife would like an interesting animal to interact with on board the ship (as well as giving me something that can occasionally get in trouble). This could be anything from housecats and dogs to the Fire Lizards of Pern or anything in The Beastmaster.

Yes, I can gather information from Wookieepedia or create my own, but I was more hoping for listings in the FFG Books, or any other sightings that might be common pets. Thanks for adding Kasuni Tamm's bogwing Vaxim.

There are a number of creatures listed at http://swrpg.viluppo.net/adversaries/creatures/

IMO, anything that is a Minion or a Rival could potentially be a pet/mount.

However, note that there is no F&D Beta material on that site.

Edited by bradknowles

Yeah, I have seen that list, but those would fall under "powerful animals that could help the party if you could tame them"... which ain't bad, just different than Fluffy the Bunny or Azrael the Housecat. No big deal if there isn't, but since I saw that one as I was prepping last night, I wondered if there were others for choice...