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Skaff Toxian Captain
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 654 Location: Nowhere.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject: Mandalorians |
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Are Mandalorians a Near-Human species or just Humans with anoher name? I'd say a Near-Human, since they have a serious battle-lust, are stronger then normal humans and come from another part of the Galaxy.
What do you think? |
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Trusty Commander
Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 273 Location: North Little Rock, AR
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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I think the original Mandalorians were aliens, but the "Mandalorian" term over the centuries became a label moreso than a race. _________________ Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional! |
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Skaff Toxian Captain
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 654 Location: Nowhere.
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Trusty. Just because they play a part in my KOTOR book. |
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Boomer Captain
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 688 Location: Terra Sol
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Mandalorians are human. They originally crashed into the inhospitable world, which became known for their great warrior leader, Mandalore. The planet and leader share the name of Mandalore.
For quite a long time, since before the clone wars I know, the location of Mandalore has been hidden. Mandalorians on Mandalore rarely travel from their home, and few of the Mandalorians scattered throughout the galaxy know of their home's location.
They no longer hold the position the Jedi took from them. They are no longer the Knights of the Old Republic...
...the Jedi will pay. _________________ My backpack has jets!
I'm Boba the Fett!
And I bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt,
to finance my 'vette! |
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Trusty Commander
Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 273 Location: North Little Rock, AR
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Boomer wrote: | Mandalorians are human. They originally crashed into the inhospitable world, which became known for their great warrior leader, Mandalore. The planet and leader share the name of Mandalore.
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Are you sure??? Everything I read is that they were a species (like the Sith originally were), but later their culture became the dominant aspect of Mandalorian life and not so much the species and over the years more different species became "Mandalorian" and adopted their ways. _________________ Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional! |
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Boomer Captain
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 688 Location: Terra Sol
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:04 am Post subject: |
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I have read several things. From it being explorers, to a cruise ship crashing on a desert world, to them having been more feline/simian and they interbred/engineered themselves with human for enhancments.
They can't all be true. But, whatever. Since pretty much every Mandalorian ever spoken of has been a human, why not make them all human. That is what I did.
...hell, there is one story where they live in trees on Mandalore, another where they live in halls of stone...
Another where the leader is called Mandal and the planet is called Mandal.
Boba Fett wasn't a Mandalorian for two decades, now suddenly he is. I have yet to see any story that confirms he is, or that his Mandalorian Styled armor may or may not be made of MandalMetal, but it is popular to beleive he is.
Really... no one has ever laid down anything concrete for them. _________________ My backpack has jets!
I'm Boba the Fett!
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Trusty Commander
Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 273 Location: North Little Rock, AR
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Boomer wrote: | Since pretty much every Mandalorian ever spoken of has been a human, why not make them all human. That is what I did.
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True. GM's should do whatever they like anyway. I make stuff the way I want it all the time as well. FOr me, the Star Wars universe is a great place to play an RPG...but everything ever printed or shown in theaters is just resource material for me anyway. I take what I want/need for the campaign and to hell with the story itself...I make my own. _________________ Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional! |
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Skaff Toxian Captain
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 654 Location: Nowhere.
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the great answers. You're right, both Boomer and Trusty, I think i'll just make it the way i want to. |
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Jamfke Admiral
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 4675 Location: Tennessee
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Boomer Captain
Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 688 Location: Terra Sol
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Jamfke. That's a lot more comprehensive.
They leave out the Mandalorian place in the Great Jedi Purge though. _________________ My backpack has jets!
I'm Boba the Fett!
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14171 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:07 am Post subject: |
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For those who know of the mandalore. What is their stats (MINUS armor and such)... _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Boomer Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Apparantly the stats are the same as whatever species they are from. Preffered template is Bounty Hunter. _________________ My backpack has jets!
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Trusty Commander
Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 273 Location: North Little Rock, AR
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Skaff Toxian Captain
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 654 Location: Nowhere.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:45 am Post subject: |
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Well, I found alot of Mandalorian stats at the D20 SB that just needs converting. But I consider that offer. Thanks Trusty. |
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Revan Sub-Lieutenant
Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Unknown Regions beyond the Outer Rim
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Mandalorians came from a planet called Malachor V, they were a nearly-human alien tipe.
Thei had a clan-based society leaded by a leader choosen among the bravest warriors of their kind called Mandalore (Mandalore is a title, not a person).
They attacked the Old Republic looking for a fierce opponent, which let to their destruction.
The Republic and some Jedis under the leadership of Revan fought a battle with the Mandalorians for some years.
The mandalorians were nearly extinguished once they were beaten by Revan, at the end of the war the Mandalorian clans were scattered through the universe, their planet laid in ashes and was just a shadow of what it once were.
The Jedis and republic soldiers who followed Revan to the last battle at Malachor V, disappeared from known space.
Revan returned 2 years after the end of the war now as a sith.
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I hope this helps you! _________________ There's no such a thing as the Force's own will. You are it's will. Use it, to impose your will upon reality. Master it, and you shall master the universe. May the Force serve you well. |
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