rancor player characters

ifurin · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 208

ok i have a new player entering one of my games and he wants to play a dathomirian rancor. (i let him look at gry's aliens book... bad move on my part) i have stipulated that he had better come up with one hell of a good back story before i allow this, but i have a question. what do i do with the extra 1D+1 attribute dice? the rancor has 14 attribute dice with the +6D gained from being a player character that leaves extra dice. the player has no interest in becoming a jedi or even being force sensitive. so where should he place the dice? i'm thinking of increasing the mech attribute.

Esoomian · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject:

Well you could just rule that rancor PCs don't get a bonus 6 dice because of all the other advantages they get.

Otherwise I'd be tempted to shove it in knowledges as I can't see a rancor ever using mechanical skills.
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vong · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

yea, cant say id allow a rancor as a PC. ask him to find something other the Norghi Wink

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Gry Sarth · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

Alright, since it seems I'm partially to blame for this, here's my feedback.

First off, the Dathomirian Rancor is HIGHLY unrecommended as a player species. It's in the book because, well, because WEG did it. But you can read on some other thread around here a discussion where everybody made it pretty clear that it's nigh impossible to keep a serious, balanced campaign going with a rancor player character.

Second, it's your campaign, your rules. Just because your player found the species in my book, it doesn't mean he can play it. That's entirely up to you, and you shouldn't feel the tiniest bit bad about saying flat out NO.

Then, if he DOES play a rancor, he should know there are consequences to being a giant monster. People will flee screaming at the sight of him. Local authorities and big-game hunters will be constantly after him. He won't fit anywhere. Etc, etc, etc...

Finally, as a PC, the Dathomirian Rancor does have 1D+1 extra dice beyong the species maximum. I guess you can simply discard those, he already has dice to spare.
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PsiberDragon · Commander Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 260

wow...

That REALLY goes back to the topic of "Large Characters"...

How DOES Fluffy get around the galaxy, anyway???
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Ray · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

Fluffy is the "Cargomaster" of a Ghtroc Industries Empress-class Super Freighter named "The Grey Barn", a former Pocket Starfighter Carrier.

scott2978 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:55 am Post subject:

While my first inclination is to give anything a try, it really seems unplayable as a PC.

however...

What about letting your player roll up the rancor as a PET for a real player character? He could then role play the Rancor when in suitable situations and play his "normal" character the rest of the time.

Lor-Pbk · Ensign Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 35

wow...

Phalanks Balas · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:26 am Post subject:

Ray · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:06 am Post subject:

Well, in most areas, a Wookiee would be considered a "Pet", and an odd one at that.

And as much as I doubt Chewie would like a Collar, I'm willing to bet Fluffy and his Kin would hate it even more!

Fluffy gets lots of looks, indeed, but he has all his papers (He passed the New Republic Citizen Test, albet barely) and the force of weight behind any arguements with Animal Control.

They give him issues, he sits on their van.

ifurin · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 208

Ankhanu · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:33 am Post subject:

I'd either just give them the Species Attribute Dice, as Dathomirian Rancors are already exceptional examples of Rancordom, give them standard 18D Attributes, or, failing that, toss the remaining dice above the species maxes. Of course, I wouldn't allow the Rancor to be a player character anyway. I've allowed them as a companion, but not as a player.
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cheshire · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject:

Wow. I'd thought about having a Dathomirian Rancor PC in a slapstick adventure I was going to do just to pass some time between campaigns. I think it's funny that someone is actually doing it.

Really, I would just say that that you can do one of two things. 1) call it a wash and discard the remaining. 2) Follow WEG rules for advancing attributes. Make him roll for each increase beyond the maximum. Except at generation, if he looses the roll, then he looses the pip. When he looses the roll, he gets nothing back.

garhkal · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

Mogul76 · Ensign Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 28 Location: Switzerland

I wouldn’t allow him to play a Rancor.
To me this looks similar to letting someone play a very big dog in another game. Wuf, wuf... How can the Rancor properly interact with other characters in your game? Woooaaaa... grrrrr...?
The 0D/1D attribute scores for knowledge, mechanical and technical show how limited a Rancor’s intelligence and communication skills are...

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