Hi all

Has anyone come across a fan-made bestiary for Star Wars? Not for playable aliens but for the various monsters of the Star Wars universe. I would love to see an "educated guess" for the stats of "common" Star Wars monsters, since part of the flavor of the setting is encountering not only Baddies with Blasters ^TM but also various beasts.

More specifically I wonder what sort of stats a Nexu ( http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nexu ) would have in this game. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm slowly starting to plan the first stages of a campaign I intend to run after introducing my players to the game through the basic module (and possibly a sequal). In an opening scene designed to introduce the characters in the group to each other I plan to have them encounter a beast of some sorts, and Nexu would fit the bill perfectly, if it isn't to powerful for a group of new characters.

Since one player has an interest in playing a Bounty Hunter repo-man (specialized in reclaiming spaceships to settle debts, usually without the owner's concent) I plan to have him and another character start the game infiltrating the ship of a vicous bounty hunter late on his payments, where they will meet the other characters imprisoned by the hunter. Also imprisoned is a monster of some sorts, although the characters are likely to find out about that particular passenger after opening a cell they should not have opened. So the critter can't be too big, has to be "valuable" but still should be killable by the characters (I will make sure after they kill it that they find out that a live one would fetch about 500.000 credits from the right buyer. I'm evil that way). If the Nexu seems too potent for a group of new characters (3 or 4 characters) I could have the "poor" Nexu wounded after the encounter with the bounty hunter to give the characters the edge they need to come out on top.

The upcoming adventure, beyond the rim, is said to contain Nexu stats.

Hi all

Has anyone come across a fan-made bestiary for Star Wars? Not for playable aliens but for the various monsters of the Star Wars universe. I would love to see an "educated guess" for the stats of "common" Star Wars monsters, since part of the flavor of the setting is encountering not only Baddies with Blasters ^TM but also various beasts.

More specifically I wonder what sort of stats a Nexu ( http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nexu ) would have in this game. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm slowly starting to plan the first stages of a campaign I intend to run after introducing my players to the game through the basic module (and possibly a sequal). In an opening scene designed to introduce the characters in the group to each other I plan to have them encounter a beast of some sorts, and Nexu would fit the bill perfectly, if it isn't to powerful for a group of new characters.

Since one player has an interest in playing a Bounty Hunter repo-man (specialized in reclaiming spaceships to settle debts, usually without the owner's concent) I plan to have him and another character start the game infiltrating the ship of a vicous bounty hunter late on his payments, where they will meet the other characters imprisoned by the hunter. Also imprisoned is a monster of some sorts, although the characters are likely to find out about that particular passenger after opening a cell they should not have opened. So the critter can't be too big, has to be "valuable" but still should be killable by the characters (I will make sure after they kill it that they find out that a live one would fetch about 500.000 credits from the right buyer. I'm evil that way). If the Nexu seems too potent for a group of new characters (3 or 4 characters) I could have the "poor" Nexu wounded after the encounter with the bounty hunter to give the characters the edge they need to come out on top.

i second this...some beast stats would be very helpful

Nobody willing to share some home-brew beast stats?

I'm not exactly the best at home brewing stats but if you want to collaborate on some kind of bestiary, I would be down to help on it, sure.

I fear I don't have the experience with this particular system just yet. I am currently learning the rules and planning a campaign for my players. I have done extensive conversion work for my Star Wars campaign using the GURPS system, so once I'm comfortable with the system I'll be better able to make up my own stuff for more than just home use.

Nexu is in Beyond the Rim. And it can be NASTY if a party's not ready for a fight.

Cool, can't wait. Nexu might be just too nasty for begining characters, perhaps I'll go with a Gundark instead. At least the stats for those are in the book.

I really hope some experienced GMs colaborate to make a bestiary for the non-playable aliens out there

The stats for a Gronk cat are in the home-brew adventure 'A Much Larger Galaxy' (I think that's its name). They'd work.

That could work, yes. I did not know about this adventure, so this was a two-for-one special for me, stats for the kitty and an adventure to get inspiration from. Thanks for that!

We ran through the adventure, but due to only one person talking to the key character in the adventure (and I'm not talking about Piell), it turned out a little differently, with the crew blasting their way out of the town on their own ship, after having been attacked in the streets by stormtroopers. It was... an interesting twist on the players' parts. And they got their butts kicked.