So we have a wookiee Gadgeteer in the party that is a brawler and mechanic. He recently took Marauder as well, and it feels like the game entirely panders to melee over brawl. In a recent fight against a Nikto bounty hunter, they got locked in a epic battle of fisticuffs (wookiee's brass knuckles vs Nikto's metal clad claws. The wookiee won, but also lost an arm and a leg in the process (maimed twice). As a trophy he took his opponents hands.

So I went looking through the book at items and attachments. Considering the wookiee is in a severely poor place right now and also taking into consideration that the book does very little to accommodate for Brawl weapons, I was thinking this could be a great time to have some fun.

Brawl by itself can be very nasty in EotE, if you've got the right Talents (Pressure Points from Col:Doctor and or Deadly Accuracy from BH:Assassin/Gadgeteer and HG:Merc Soldier).

That said, cybernetic claws seem appropriate for the grimier setting (though as your guy's a Wookiee, he may be accused of being a madclaw - simply replacing his climing claws for cybernetic ones isn't likely to convince his people that this isn't the case). How do your stats match up to Tradoshan claws? Personally, I'd use them but add Piercing 1.

I like this idea. Though 4 Hard Points seems incredibly high.

Brawl by itself can be very nasty in EotE, if you've got the right Talents (Pressure Points from Col:Doctor and or Deadly Accuracy from BH:Assassin/Gadgeteer and HG:Merc Soldier).

That said, cybernetic claws seem appropriate for the grimier setting (though as your guy's a Wookiee, he may be accused of being a madclaw - simply replacing his climing claws for cybernetic ones isn't likely to convince his people that this isn't the case). How do your stats match up to Tradoshan claws? Personally, I'd use them but add Piercing 1.

I was taking the madclaw thing into consideration, and most of our players aren't EU junkies, so I was just going to let it slide.

4 Hard Points is high (next highest for melee weapons is 3), but a lot of the rifles have 4 hard points, and with the supplement books coming out with crazy awesome sniper rifles, pistols, and some very interesting melee weapons, I figured the Brawl department needed a little love.

I'm not sure rifles (being as large as they are) having four hard points can justify brawl weapons (being small by comparison) having four. Two is probably the most I would give them, and that's assuming the item is a full glove with blades or some sort of weapon attached. Otherwise, more than one is just too much.

Seeing as brawl weapons are one handed, you shouldn't have 4 CHP. Brawl weapons are inherently auto fire (see ruels on duel wielding Pg 210-211 CRB.

So...a Wookiee has claws, but can't use them because of social restrictions. But it's okay if he uses cybernetic claws? Hmmm...

Is there something wrong with the existing Brawl weapons already playtested and approved for being in the game?

I mean, add 100c to the cost, give them the Pierce 1 quality, make sure they deal Wound damage, and keep all other stats the same?

Check out the cybernetic claws in Beyond the Rim, that might give a better place to start.

I'd say let him go with His opponent Claws, with cybernetics arm.

That can be As Trophy from worthy opponent, wich he shall use in combat.

Of curse, that is slippery line becoming a madclaw, but i think that would be more logical if he used his opponent weapon and could go off without being rejected by his own kind.

So...a Wookiee has claws, but can't use them because of social restrictions. But it's okay if he uses cybernetic claws? Hmmm...

From a fluff standpoint this indeed feels weird.

Of curse, that is slippery line becoming a madclaw, but i think that would be more logical if he used his opponent weapon and could go off without being rejected by his own kind.

I'm not sure what's slippery about it. If a priest molests a child with his prosthetic arm, he doesn't get a pass.

It is just fluff, but if I were GMing I'd ask the player if they actually wanted to play a madclaw...because that's how other Wookiees will be treating them wherever they go.

I'm not sure what's slippery about it. If a priest molests a child with his prosthetic arm, he doesn't get a pass.

It is just fluff, but if I were GMing I'd ask the player if they actually wanted to play a madclaw...because that's how other Wookiees will be treating them wherever they go.

You have a dark sense of humour, whatfrog. Well played.