Hello FFG community. I'm a long time fan, first time writer. While I haven't gotten the chance to actually play a EotE game I have the beginners box set and core rule book, and have been dying to play. I built a Jawa character using the fan made unofficial stats, and I'd like to hear any feedback.

Concept- Little Guy/ Big Gun

Character name: Tusken Hater

Real Name: Unknown

Species: Jawa

Career: Hired Gun (Mercenary)

Obligation: Obsession (with killing Sand People)

Brawn-2 Agility- 4 Intellect- 2 Cunning-3 Willpower-2 Presence-2

Wound Threshold- 11 Strain Threshold- 12 Defense- 1 Soak-3

Ranked Skills- Athletics 1, Brawl 1, Discipline 1, Mechanics 1, Resilence 1, Vigilance 1, Ranged (Heavy) 1, Survival 1

Career Skills- Melee, Piloting (Planetary), Ranged (Light), Gunnery, Leadership

Talents- Utinni!

Weapons- Blaster Rifle, (3) Frag Grenades

Equipment- Armored Clothing, Macrobinoculars, (4) Stimpacks, Fusion Lantern, Tent, Utlity Belt, Power Droid companion.

You weren't expecting to be able to look over your hired gun. Then again you've never heard of a Jawa mercenary. Yet there he is before your eyes. Standing a meter tall, in red robes, firing a blaster rifle that's as tall as he is. One by one he's blasting the Imperial Stormtroopers away. With a discipline and precision that could have only come from a life time living by the gun. You can't get a read on him as you look at those focused glowing yellow eyes. Rumor has it his family had a salvage yard outside of Anchorhead on Tatooine. Nothing fancy but it was theirs, until a Tusken Raiding party attacked. The Sandpeople lay waste to the shop and everyone in it, except him. His life was spared by hiding in the husk of a damaged R1 astromech droid. There he stayed for two long days amongst the wreckage and corpses of his family. He was rescued by a posse made up of moisture farmers, bantha ranchers, and hired guns. They were tracking the Sandpeople war party that attacked. Feeling bad for the little orphan they took him in. His childhood ended and he started his journey with the gun fighters. Doing odd jobs for the group, except cook, not after the first time. But he was handy fixing anything mechanical and not bad with a gun. A job opened up off world and he joined them, vowing to come back home an wipe out the Sandpeople. The posse is since gone, and only he remains. Traveling from job to job with his big gun and a clunky power droid he uses as a gun rack. No one knows his name but everyone calls him, Tusken Hater.

I don't know it it's an effect of the player-made stats for Jawas, but with a Brawn of 2 and Armoured Clothing your Soak should be way above 1.

Otherwise it looks like a fun concept, but fair warning: having an Obsession for killing Sand People might become a problem (as in, it's going to be difficult to do anything to reduce your Obligation) since they can be found only on Tatooine. If your game is going to take place mostly on Tatooine that's fine, but once you move into the greater galaxy you may find your Obligation increasing due to lack of opportunity to reduce it.

Sounds like a fun, offbeat character.

How would one reduce that Obligation, I wonder? He kills so many that he feels he's done enough killing a la Jeremiah Johnson? Or he reluctantly starts to see them as something other than faceless objects of his vengeance, as with the Sandpeople village scenes in the 'Knights of the Old Republic' game?

Interestingly enough, the new 'Beyond of the Rim' adventure has a whole planet where Jawas are the most populous species...

I think that you should eventually increase your brawn to 3 and get a Light Repeater with a weapon sling.

Make it even more hilarious.

Considering Jawas are, in fact, the best, I absolutely adore this idea.

Interestingly enough, the new 'Beyond of the Rim' adventure has a whole planet where Jawas are the most populous species...

WAIT ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHAT IS THIS PLANET'S NAME!?

I WANT TO GO THERRRRE

I don't know it it's an effect of the player-made stats for Jawas, but with a Brawn of 2 and Armoured Clothing your Soak should be way above 1.

I'd like to say that was a typo but really I was just being a bone head. I was just counting the soak from his armor. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

I was thinking, in regards to working off his obligation, that he can work it off by getting the means to kill Tusken Raiders. Not just the killing. He can work it off by getting better weapons, a vehicle, mercenaries, or do jobs for scum that will help get those.

For motivation I rolled religious/ spirituality. I figure on playing him like the sniper in Saving Private Ryan. Only instead of praying to a god or the force, he'd pray to his parents, or his gun.

Interestingly enough, the new 'Beyond of the Rim' adventure has a whole planet where Jawas are the most populous species...

WAIT ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHAT IS THIS PLANET'S NAME!?

I WANT TO GO THERRRRE

Yes! Agreed! I want to go there! It must smell awesome!

The planet is Raxus Prime. It's basically a planet made entirely of garbage.

A bunch of jawas migrated there, and bred like rabbits, so they are now at 63% the most populous species on the whole ball of trash.

The adventure actually has a bunch of Rodian thugs cosplaying as jawas to ambush the PCs at one point. Which I hope will play as awesome as it sounds.

(As a seven year old in the cinema, I remember I didn't really care about finding Owen and Beru dead, but I cried like a baby when they were dumping the cute lil' jawas on the bonfire...)

According to Wookieepedia, and it's source Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale; "Jawas were renowned for their incredibly potent odor. Repulsive to most species, this odor contained incredible amounts of information such as other Jawas' identity, health, clan lineage, last meal, maturity, arousal and even their mood."

I think that a great line to throw out during a game involving Jawas would be, "it smells very informative in here."

The planet is Raxus Prime. It's basically a planet made entirely of garbage.

A bunch of jawas migrated there, and bred like rabbits, so they are now at 63% the most populous species on the whole ball of trash.

The adventure actually has a bunch of Rodian thugs cosplaying as jawas to ambush the PCs at one point. Which I hope will play as awesome as it sounds.

(As a seven year old in the cinema, I remember I didn't really care about finding Owen and Beru dead, but I cried like a baby when they were dumping the cute lil' jawas on the bonfire...)

Oh my god. I love Raxis Prime, and I'm so glad that we have official word that Jawas ******* swarm the place. I'm in love.

Alternate build with a bigger gun!

Concept- Little Guy/ Big Gun

Character name: Tusken Hater

Real Name: Unknown

Species: Jawa

Career: Hired Gun (Mercenary Soldier)

Obligation: Obsession (with killing Sand People)

Motive: Religious/ spirituality

Quote: (unintelligible in a Jawa/ basic pidgin) "the only good Sandpeople are the ones dying and leading me to their friends."

Brawn-3 Agility- 3 Intellect- 2 Cunning-3 Willpower-2 Presence-2

Wound Threshold- 12 Strain Threshold- 12 Defense- 0 Soak- 5

Ranked Skills- Athletics 1, Brawl 1, Discipline 1, Mechanics 1, Resilence 1, Vigilance 1, Ranged (Heavy) 1, Survival 1

Career Skills- Melee, Piloting (Planetary), Ranged (Light), Gunnery, Leadership

Talents- Utinni! Point Blank, & Side Step

Weapons- Light Repeating Blaster, (1) Frag Grenades

Equipment- Padded armor, weapon sling, Macrobinoculars, Utility Belt, Power Droid companion.

I'm digging this build cos a little guy with repeating blaster is just insane. Plus he's the most ripped Jawa in the system. Yes Master Yoda he did get big eating food of this kind.

This is ridiculous in the best way possible. I love it.

Make sure you get a weapon harness or sling or whatever, since the LRB has cumbersome 4!

But I love it!

EDIT: Nevermind, just saw that you already did. In that case, I just love it! XD

I hope this is the build of the guy who watched us play on Wednesday and is wanting to join our group. Love it and it will fit well!

(except for the droid companion)

I hope this is the build of the guy who watched us play on Wednesday and is wanting to join our group. Love it and it will fit well!

(except for the droid companion)

Oh man I'd love to join your group, I'm having the worst time trying to get 6 people together for a game.

No love for the gonk gonk? I envision the power droid as a Tusken Hater's walking weapons rack that he can ride when he gets tired. Other than that it's pretty much useless and for flavor.

Eventually Tusken Hater will get shock gloves. With his Brawn up to 3 I love the idea of a Jawa boxing a stormtrooper or Hutt.