Taming the Bulletproof Wookie...

[theMagius]

So, here's the thing. When I've run past SW D6 games, we've come across some logistical problems. The biggest problem, however, remains the Bulletproof Wookie.

Now, things were bad back in the 2nd Edition (Darth Vader cover) days, when the maximum allowable racial strength for a Wookie (or Barabel, etc.) was 5D. It used to be that a slew of Stormtroopers could blast freely at a 5D STR wookie with their 5D blaster rifles, and most of the shots would do no damage whatsoever. Now, with the 'Revised and Expanded' version, a Wookies' strength tops out at a whopping 6D!

Now, tactically, an Imperial Navy officer could used his Command skill to have the Stormtroopers concentrate their firepower on the big, furry guy, and that would've put an end to him in a hurry. But, to be honest, our Wookies tear through lines of Stormtroopers faster than most Navy officers can react.

So, I've decided that, for my newest SW D6 game, I'm going to fix the problem. And I'm here to ask you (knowledgeable) Rancor folks if you would please review my 'fix'.

Ironically, it was West End Games' current D6 implementation that gave me the solution. Someone else there must've realized that there was a problem when health stats equaled weapon damage stats. Anyways, I went to this PDF, and found that the new wound levels have changed a bit:

[Darth_rockdawg]

I am not sure, but I ran into this same problem. I had a group that came up against some low level pirates, and were able to "soak" all damages that thier blaster pistols were doing. (This took place on a small ship.)
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[PC-032]

Although intersting, this could lead to problems down the track with your "Normal" strength scale characters, patctualy whan their Armor gets shot up, my solusion would be to remember the Squad baced heavy weapon and have that guy target the Wookie, or wright adventures where when the Tactical Squad gets taken out in short order, the next responders are the Assualt Squad all Veterens (+1 dice on the Skill Codes) with Light Repeating Blasters
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[cheshire]

[beaumont sebos]

I'm dealing with this myself. And add on top of that wookie rage and wookies are nearly unstoppable by conventional means.

But force skills and other mental attacks are good ways to stop a wookie.

And when in wookie rage, I always have the wookie try to do something that doesn't fall under strength, so he has to take the penalty. Especially running. I LOVE to make him run in wookie rage. Good for a few laughs.
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[garhkal]

[theMagius]

[theMagius]

[Kayle Skolaris]

It should be noted that the blue 'Darth Vader Cover' version of the 2nd Edition rules gives Wookiees a strength range of 2D+2/6D. This is confirmed in Alien Encounters. Nothing changed in R&E on that front.

[garhkal]

[theMagius]

[Camero]

Try this out

Another possible solution is the use of modified high-powered stun weapons. Based on the official R&E stun rules (which many do not like) if you hit your target with a stun blast and roll anything larger than a stun result then the character is automatically unconsious for 2d6 minutes! There is a stun weapon in Gry's Weapons Stats called the Deck Sweeper that does 6d stun damage and I am sure it can be modified to do more stun damage since Dengar the Bounty Hunter had a modified stun weapon doing 8d stun. (oh, one way to compensate for the seemingly over powerful stun rules is to include the d20 star wars stun rule that stun only works within 5 meters, or something - that way people don't go around only using stun but tough Wookies who run in for the battle can get nabbed)

Throw a couple instances of getting knocked unconcious by stun weapons - and then waking up with Wuzzy Wookie shaved in their chest fur - and they may learn some humility
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[vong]

well, as i kinda said with the hi level fights, you can have it so people target the wookie. one person yells their "command" and yells "KILL THE WOOKIE, KILL THE WOOKIE", and it would be a very easy task to do. as most smaller creatures are afraid of thoes who are bigger then them. so sure the wookie has higher strenght, but he also attracts blasterfire more often.

for every advantage there is a disadvantage.

[Kayle Skolaris]

There's a Riot Gun in the Star Wars Sourcebook that does 8D stun...

[Krayt]

I've used roit guns on wookies before. Although it didn't work so well. Our resident wookie got stunned into unconsciousness and was knocked prone... right off a clif into a spike pit. It just came to me that everyone in our group seems to die horribly and gruesomly . But yes, stun guns and riot guns work nicley against wookies, and so do thermal detonators...
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