New Species Idea

By HistoryGuy, in Game Masters

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Didn't know where else to put this so I will put it here.

I have a player wanting to make a strong unarmed fighter but didn't want to make a Wookiee. I remembered being impressed with Brianna from KOTOR II. So I tried to make the Echani. Here's what I got so far:

Echani

3/3/1/1/2/2

WT: 11+ Brawn

ST: 12+ Willpower

Starting XP: 70

Special abilities:

Echani begin the game with one rank in Brawl and Coordination. They still may not train Brawl or Coordination above rank 2 during character creation.

Echani begin the game with the Martial Grace talent. (Once per round, the character may suffer 2 strain to add additional damage equal to their ranks in Coordination to one hit of a successful Brawl combat check.)

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I dont think there is much reason to give a near-human race such non-human stats, and Martial Grace is a bit strong for a starting talent.

If you want to make an Echani, a baseline human is a good start point. Going with two stats at level 1 smacks a bit of minmaxing.

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Your racial Talent is too good I think. That's a great default hand to hand character without having to spend any xp at all on a spec.

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Ok. That was my first idea but I figured it was a little OP. This was my second.

Echani

3/2/2/1/2/2

WT: 11+ Brawn

ST: 12+ Willpower

Starting XP: 90

Special abilities:

Echani begin the game with one rank in either Brawl or Coordination. They still may not train either Brawl or Coordination above rank 2 during character creation.

Echani receive a boost die to Brawl checks.

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I think it's more of a Brawl dice pool only approach. I think Brawl covers their martial art element in the write up. You don't do anything for their ability to analyze and predict their opponent, I think a rank of Dodge would be more appropriate.

Honestly the species is supposed to be near human, so I'd leave the stats as is for humans. Drop the xp make Brawl a Career Skill for them with 1 rank, and give em a rank of Dodge and call it done.

Edited by 2P51
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This is what I threw together when one of my players wanted to play one.

Echani

BR: 2 AG: 2 IN: 2 CU: 2 WP: 2 PR: 2

- Wound Threshold: 10 + Brawn

- Strain Threshold: 10 + Willpower

- Starting Experience: 100

* Begin with a free rank in Melee or Brawl (which can still not be trained above rank 2 at character creation).

* Once the character has been engaged in melee combat with a given individual; they may add a Boost die to any subsequent roll to use or resist Deception, Perception, Coercion, Charm, or Negotiation with that individual.