Hey guys! Wrote up some new species stats at work today. I tried to focus on some of the more popular species out there, with a few of my own favorites thrown in for good measure. Hope someone out there finds this useful!

(NOTE: All characteristics [brawn, Agility, Intellect, etc] for all species are considered to be a 2 unless otherwise noted. Obvious, I know, but I wanted to clarify just in case.)

AQUALISH: +1 Brawn, -1 Cunning; free rank in Coercion; do not treat bodies of water as difficult terrain, and make Athletics check to swim as a maneuver rather than an action; ignore suffocation from being underwater; Wound Threshold 12 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 8 + Willpower; 100 XP

BARABEL: +1 Brawn, -1 Presence; free rank in Survival; natural armor (+1 soak); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 8 + Willpower; 100 XP

DATHOMIRIAN (FEMALE): +1 Cunning; Old Magics (If you have a Force rating, you can spend 10 XP to gain the ability to, once per encounter, use a Dark Side result on a Force die without flipping a Light Side Destiny Point. You must still pay the normal cost in strain.); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 90 XP or 80 XP (Old Magics option); Alternate Version (you may choose to use the stats for Humans instead of those presented here.)

DATHOMIRIAN (MALE): +1 Brawn, -1 Intellect; free rank in Athletics; add one Boost die to all Resilience checks; Wound Threshold 12 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 9 + Willpower; 100 XP; Alternate Version (you may choose to use the stats for Zabrak instead of the stats presented here.)

DEFEL: +1 Agility, -1 Presence; free rank in Stealth; light-sensitive (two Setback dice on all checks when not wearing protective goggles in bright light); shadowed (when in darkness or deep shadow, gain 2 Boost dice to all Stealth checks); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

DUROS: +1 Intellect, -1 Brawn; free rank in Astrogation; once per encounter, add two Boost dice to any Piloting (Planetary) or Piloting (Space) check; Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

GAMMORREAN: +1 Brawn, -1 Intellect; free rank in Brawl or Melee; free rank in Feral Strength; Wound Threshold 12 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 8 + Willpower; 100 XP

ITHORIAN: +1 Presence, -1 Agility; free rank in Knowledge (Lore) or Knowledge (Xenology); sonic bellow (you can suffer 2 strain to project your voice into a sonic weapon, using Discipline as the combat check; damage 4, critical rating 5, range short, blast 2, disorient 3, knockdown, stun damage); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 11 + Willpower; 90 XP; Alternate Version (gain free rank in both skills, remove sonic below, add +10 XP)

JAWA: +1 Agility, +1 Cunning, -1 Brawn, -1 Intellect, -1 Willpower, -1 Presence; free rank in Mechanics; add one Boost die to all Mechanics checks; free rank in Utini!; Wound Threshold 9 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

KEL DOR: +1 Willpower, -1 Brawn; free rank in Cool or Discipline; ignore up to two Setback dice due to stormy weather; if you have a Force rating, you can spend 10 XP to gain 1 rank in both Uncanny Senses and Uncanny Reactions; antitox breather (begin the game with an antitox breather, vocalizer, and eye protectors, but treat oxygen as dangerous atmosphere with Rating 8); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 11 + Willpower; 110 XP

MON CALAMARI: +1 Intellect, -1 Brawn; free rank in Perception; do not treat bodies of water as difficult terrain, and make Athletics check to swim as a maneuver rather than an action; ignore suffocation from being underwater; Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 11 + Willpower; 100 XP

MRLISSI: +1 Intellect, -1 Brawn; free rank in Knowledge (Education); free rank in Respected Scholar; Wound Threshold 8 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 12 + Willpower; 100 XP

NEIMOIDIAN: +1 Presence, -1 Willpower; free rank in Negotiation; ignore one Setback die on all Negotiation checks; Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

QUARREN: +1 Cunning, -1 Willpower; free rank in Deception or Negotiation; do not treat bodies of water as difficult terrain, and make Athletics check to swim as a maneuver rather than an action; ignore suffocation from being underwater; claws (Brawl +1 damage, critical rating 3); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

SULLUSTAN: +1 Agility, -1 Brawn; free rank in Perception; add two Boost dice to all Athletics checks made to climb; ignore Setback dice due to darkness or poor lighting; Wound Threshold 9 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

TOGRUTA: +1 Agility, -1 Brawn; free rank in Stealth; Echolocation (suffer 1 strain to downgrade the difficulty of a Perception check once); Wound Threshold 10 + Brawn, Strain Threshold 10 + Willpower; 100 XP

Let me know what you think, guys!

I really wanted to add Anzati, Cerean, and Iktochi, but I'm struggling a bit with all three for the moment. Standby!

Great work, man!

Not to burst any bubbles, but have you seen the Unofficial Species Menagerie? A few of your species are pretty close, no implications meant. Just thought I'd share a resource already out there as to see what they've done before you do a lot of work.

Thanks! I had no idea. Like I said I just doodled this up while answering phones at work. I'm a freelance writer on the side so I always do a few pages every day. It doesn't bother me if I did stuff that others have done. Hell, I'm glad I came so close!

I also made a large number of write-ups that can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jdp5u8uoqgk58kb/aZYDhU9zvw

There are some duplicates as to what you did here between mine and the USM too. Some of these are pretty good, but others you might want to re-check. I know you did them as just a pass-time and what not, but some seem a little too strong (i.e. Gammoreans can get 5 Brawn for half their Starting EXP? Too powerful for sure.) I wouldn't allow people to get above a 3 as a starting stat no matter the race. I mean, is your average gammorean truly stronger than your average Wookiee? I don't think so.

But, some interesting ideas here. If I borrow any of them for my own write-ups, I'll be sure to tell and credit you

For the record, I ABSOLUTELY didn't plagiarize anyone. If there are duplicates it means we were on the same page creatively, and I for one have no problem with that. After all, none of us technically created any of these species, nor did we write the rules themselves.

As for the races themselves, which ones do you think are too powerful? I wasn't too sure about Gammoreans myself, myself, but like the Barabel and Defel I reverse-engineered their stats as best I could from the the list of adversaries in the Core Rulebook (and even then it was from memory). Personally I don't think they're "too powerful" any more than 7 (out of 19) specializations that get weapon skills are "too powerful". Fighting is only one aspect of the game. Although if they had 50 XP (or even 40 XP) leftover they could easily raise two more characteristics to a "normal" level, I suppose...

LOVE your races, btw. I plan on making them available to my players.

Completely changed Gammorrean and simplified Ithorian. Let me know what you think!

Thank you . I'm glad you like them! Feel free to use anything in my dropbox to your heart's content. My only stipulation is that you have fun with it.

But I like those changes a lot more. The only real thing I was worried about was having a starting 4 in Brawn. That just gets too powerful, and it also really restricts what a race can effectively do, rather than just guiding it towards a few selections.