Fantasy Monsters in Star Wars

CRMcNeill · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:45 pm Post subject: Fantasy Monsters in Star Wars

Has anyone ever crossed over any of the famous "fantasy monsters," specifically those of D&D fame? D6 Space has some interesting examples, most prominent being the Basilisk (a lizard which fires a paralyzing blast of focused radiation rather than literally turning its target into stone). The EU suggests that several others may also exist in the SWU (Chimaera, Hydra, Gorgon and Manticore), although it's possible they are exceedingly rare / extinct and remembered only in history books.

D6 Fantasy is also a treasure trove of fantasy creatures, and while their stats don't mesh with WEG Star Wars, there's a convenient conversion guide in the backs of all the D6 "Monster Manuals."

A few I've considered...

Any other thoughts or suggestions?
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Pel · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:30 am Post subject:

Giant spiders are always interesting. Make them intelligent and aggressive, considering humanoids a delicacy. Mayhem will ensue. We did this years ago and that's how I found out our Retired Imperial Captain's player is an arachnophobe. He REALLY hated that session, so we never revisted the topic. I had a few phase spiders as shock troops (instead of phasing, they just had really effective camoflage) and the leader was a modified drider (Rodian mad scientist who fused his body with a giant spider to achieve "perfection").

Other than the Anzati (SW Vampires), I'm hard pressed to recall another Star Wars species that likes to eat other intelligent species, so that's a good angle to exploit.
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:42 am Post subject:

Giant insects would actually be more plausible in a light- or zero-grav environment.

But yeah, not a lot of sentient-eating sentients in the SWU. There was an article in Polyhedron (#104 Dangers From The Dark Side) about a Force Vampire that feeds by draining Force Points.

I've long pictured Vampires as part of a Necron crossover (as part of a larger Space Fantasy crossover to the SWU), serving as infiltration and espionage units for the rest of the Necron race. I haven't decided if I want to go with a liquid-metal mimic (ala the T1000) that drains life energy to sustain itself, or a distributed architecture "infection" that takes over living hosts, but has to drain the blood of others of that species to maintain the host body's organs and the like.
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Sutehp · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:47 am Post subject:

As someone who has played Star Wars D6 and is presently playing Pathfinder (aka D&D 3.75), I heartily approve of any effort to combine the space opera of Star Wars with the fantasy genre of D&D. One must be careful, however, as the result of such endeavors can be...somewhat less than ideal. The opportunity to create something totally awesome or something extraordinarily cheesy and/or horrifying are both right there.

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Pel · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:50 am Post subject:

CRMcNeill · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:12 am Post subject:

I've got it in my head to fold the concept of Mind Flayers into the Enslavers from WH40K; personally, I think the floating tentacled orb looks way more creepy and alien than the bipedal octopus-head of the traditional illithid. And after all, an illithid would end up looking a lot like a Quarren...

Heck, there's even room for angels and daemons from WH40K as hyperspace-dwelling energy beings that attempt to influence the real world for their own inscrutable reasons.
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Whill · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:39 am Post subject: Re: Fantasy Monsters in Star Wars

CRMcNeill · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:08 am Post subject:

In the D6 Fantasy rulebook, there are stats for a generic lizard people. Might have some useful pointers...
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garhkal · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:25 am Post subject:

Zarn · Force Spirit Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Posts: 698

There's Jenet for wererats - Chadra Fan look more like werebats to me.

Then there's the mass changers - the Dazouri and the Lahsbees - that outright violate mass conservation. So if you need someone to hulk out, go for one of those.

Pel · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:02 pm Post subject:

Ring Wraiths have potential, and are probably what Sith Spirits were based on so you can play around with that.

Treants or Ents could also give your players pause and could run around with Ho'Din or Revwiens.

Sphinxes like riddles and tend to eat people who can't solve them, so that's always fun.

Star Wars doesn't have lycanthropes, so you can toss a were-wok at your party.
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MrNexx · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:35 pm Post subject:

When Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs came out, I wanted to include both the Athasian halflings (who used living technology) and the Kreen (mantis people) who apparently did a lot of modification of bodies..
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Zarn · Force Spirit Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Posts: 698

Try Neh-Thalggu (brain collectors) on for size. Add some organic tech, harvesting the nervous system of others for computers for instance, and you've got some pretty horrific stuff there.

Perhaps add a dash of Event Horizon as well, and introduce a singularity drive that is much faster than conventional drives - but every now and then (a double one on a Wild Die?) Lovecraftian stuff happens.

CRMcNeill · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:54 pm Post subject:

So how would you explain something like metamorphosis - particularly insofar as conservation of mass - in an SWU setting? Yes, the SWU has shape-shifters like the Clawdites and such, but even they have limitations.
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