Su'cuy gar! Welcome back to GarNau'ur Kad te Adate (or You Build the Character for those of you who don't speak Mando'a).
This month, put on your helmet, strap on your jetpack and grab the biggest weapon you can find. We're going Mandalorian. Your challenge is to build a Mandalorian character - barbarian, crusader, supercommando, protector, doesn't matter. You can even build one of those peace-loving New Mandalorians if it takes your fancy.
You can even enter multiple times, provided you follow the rules below.
You have until 11.59pm (PT) on Thursday 31 January to post your RPG stats, and any notes you want to post explaining your decisions. Once submissions have closed, all forum members will have until 11.59pm (PT) on Thursday 14 February to vote for their favourite. Whichever build receives the most votes will win.
The prize for winning is having your stats enshrined in the YBtC Hall of Fame, as well as the bragging rights.
The following rules apply to all submissions:
All builds must be created according to RAW, with no house rules (no single Athletics skill, no bonus feats for bloodlines etc).
You may use "unlimited" point buy for ability scores, provided each score is between 3 and 18 at first level (before racial and age adjustments).
You are free to use material from all official Saga Edition books, up to and including The Unknown Regions.
You may enter more than once. An entry can consist of up to three characters. Each individual forum post containing stat blocks counts as an entry unless otherwise specified.
You may not enter more than one set of stats for the same character.
You may not enter a character who has already been the subject of their own competition.
When creating stat blocks, use the species traits from official WotC sources. If a species never received official stats, you may create your own, but make sure to include them with your stat block.
You may change your stats at any point up until submissions close, at which point any edited stats will be disqualified.
Have fun everyone, and may the Force be with you. Or should I say, nar dralshy'a.
Josh Cheesman - journalist and Star Wars fan.
Visit the YBtC Hall of Fame to see the winners of the Praxeum's regular You Build the Character competitions.
"You were at Galidraan…tell me, how did one mere man kill so many of your kind?" "With his bare hands."
―Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus, speaking about Jango Fett
Jango Fett CL 14
Medium Human (middle aged) Soldier 5/Scout 2/Scoundrel 1/Gunslinger 2/Elite Trooper 4 Force 13; Dark Side 4 Init +15; Senses low-light vision; Perception +10 Languages Basic, Huttese, Mando'a
Defenses Ref 34 (flat-footed 31), Fort 30, Will 27; Vehicular Combat HP 132; second wind +33/66; DR 2; Threshold 30
Speed 4 squares Melee combat gloves +14 (1d6+10) or Melee combat gloves +12 (1d6+10) and flamethrower +12 (3d6+7) Ranged blaster pistol +16 (3d6+8) or Ranged blaster pistol +11/+11 (3d6+8) with Double Attack or Ranged blaster pistol +14 (3d6+8) and blaster pistol +14 (3d6+8) or Ranged blaster pistol +9/+9 (3d6+8) and blaster pistol +9 (3d6+8) with Double Attack or Ranged wrist blaster +16 (3d4+8) or Ranged wrist blaster +11/+11 (3d4+8) with Double Attack or Ranged wrist blaster +14 (3d4+8) and wrist rocket launcher +14 (3d6+7) or Ranged wrist blaster +9/+9 (3d4+8) and wrist rocket launcher +9 (3d6+7) with Double Attack or Ranged flamethrower +15 (3d6+7 fire, 6-square cone) or Ranged concealed dart launcher +15 (1d4+7 stun + poison) or Ranged wrist rocket launcher +15 (3d6+7 ion) Ranged missile launcher +10 (6d6+7, 2-square burst) Ranged wristchord +15 (special) Base Atk +12; Grp +15 Atk OptionsDouble Attack (pistols), Dual Weapon Mastery, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot Special ActionsConditioning, Improved Quick Draw, Shake it Off
Abilities Str 15, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 13 Special QualitiesDelay Damage, Trusty Sidearm +1 TalentsAcute Senses, Armored Defense, Exotic Weapon Mastery, Improved Armor Defense, Improved Quick Draw, Jet Pack Training, Mandalorian Glory, Spacehound FeatsArmor Proficiency (light, medium), Conditioning, Double Attack (pistols), Dual Weapon Mastery I, Dual Weapon Mastery II, Martial Arts I, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Quick Draw, Shake it Off, Vehicular Combat, Weapon Focus (pistols), Weapon Proficiency (pistols, rifles, simple weapons) Primary Skills Climb +9 (may reroll but must keep the result of the reroll even if worse; may take 10 even when distracted or threatened), Endurance +13 (may reroll but must keep the result of the reroll even if worse), Initiative +15, Knowledge (tactics) +14, Jump +9 (may reroll but must keep the result of the reroll even if worse), Mechanics +14, Perception +10 (may reroll but must keep the result of the reroll even if worse), Pilot +15, Survival +13, Swim +9 (may reroll but must keep the result of the reroll even if worse) Secondary Skills Acrobatics +10, Deception +8, Gather Information +8, Knowledge (bureaucracy) +9, Knowledge (galactic lore) +9, Knowledge (life sciences) +9, Knowledge (physical sciences) +9, Knowledge (social sciences) +9, Knowledge (technology) +9, Persuasion +8, Ride +10, Stealth +10, Treat Injury +8, Use Computer +9 Possessions: anti-security blade, blaster pistols (twin WESTAR-34's), combat gloves, medium Beskar'gam (+7 armor, +1 equipment) w/ climbing claws & jet pack (w/ integrated flamethrower & missile launcher), twin wrist gauntlets (w/ BlasTech DUR-24 laser, Velocity-7 concealed dart launcher, Kelvarex MM9 miniaturized missile launcher & wristchord), Slave I- Firespray 31 Patrol Craft Destinies Fufilled: Champion [Mandalorians] +2 CHA
I am both rational and instinctive. I value self-knowledge and understanding of the world; my ultimate goal is self-improvement and improvement of the world around me. At best, I am focused and methodical; at worst, I am obsessive and amoral.
I am both rational and emotional. I value creation and discovery, and feel strongly about what I create. At best, I'm innovative and intuitive. At worst, I'm scattered and unpredictable.
We summoned a devil once. All we used was the D&D books, too. It was pretty kwazy.
God of Arrested Development and Intelligence Resident Left Hand of Stalin and Banana Stand Grandstander Pie-Cooling-On-A-Windowsill of the House of Trolls In the morning HK'll be sober but you'll still be a meatbag. I know I misspell "Danke" in my posts. It's an inside joke. "Ten cents gets you nuts." -George Michael Spoiler:Show
''Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.'' —Bill Clinton
You are not a moral man. There are not enough middle fingers in the world for you.
"Heroes"...I wish I had those. I remember in my first-ever campaign one PC went around shootin all the unconscious baddies in the head to gain Dark Side Points...
Whaaaaaat?!??
Wow...way to waste perfectly good potential slaves.
Er...no wait I mean..uh...something not evil!
(Quotes screwed up on the next one, won't give the poster's name. It's in the Best Lines thread on the D&D forum)
First, an experience from a game I played in a few years back. Our DM didn't like 3.5 as a whole but liked parts of it. So he hands us a big ass rules packet for his modified FR campaign, complete with quotes from important NPC's on the front. I can't remember most of the HRs, just that some how gods like Cyric and Bhaal existed at the same time, despite the obvious problems there. In the end the game became a problem more because of the railroading than the HRs, but it ended with this classic line, after our ranger tried to disarm the strange woman following us WITH HIS BOW: DM: You just killed (insert random noble sounding name here) JP: Was she important? Jack: Dude, she's quoted on the front of the rules packet!
"Why in the wide,wide, world of all things irrational would I help you? -Daniel Jackson "Fun will now commence." -Seven of Nine
Cut the last encounter on your way out after dealing with the Darth. He's the BBEG. Treat him as such. Play up that Darth Revan is THAT much of a badarse. When the shuttle landed, I had no less than 13 JEDI MASTERS step off the shuttle. The PCs were slack-jawed. After the meetup with Bastila (as she's carrying Revan's body), only TWO jedi masters remained with her. Let me tell you, the player whining about not getting to fight Revan himself shut up pretty quickly when he saw that.
1. Cleric cast protection from fire on Tank. 2. Tank goes in and get surrounded by enemies. 3. Wizard cast fireball and blows them up. 4. ??? 5. Profit
I go by the saying," If it ain't friendly fire then it's not working."
Shae Vizla was a Human Mandalorian female who lived during the Great Galactic War and the subsequent Cold War that resulted from the peace established between the two warring factions, the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire. Working as a bounty hunter, Vizla was often employed by the Sith Empire, who made use of her martial skills when undertaking the most risk-intensive missions. Shae Vizla was part of the Imperial force charged with attacking theplanet of Alderaan, and later launched a strike on a Republic political envoy. During the assault, Vizla's brother was killed by the Jedi Master Aurei Eadon, and Vizla subsequently developed an intense hatred for the Jedi Order. When the Empire elected to mobilize an attack on the galactic capital world of Coruscant, Vizla was contracted to disable the planet's defense grid, located within the Jedi Temple. In conjunction with a frontal assault by the Sith Lord Darth Malgus, Vizla infiltrated the Temple, proceeding to kill several members of the Temple Security Force during the resultant battle between the assailing Sith warriors and the defending Jedi Knights. She successfully completed her mission to disable the defense grid, allowing Darth Angral's Sith armada to strike at Coruscant, and when the attack was over and the Jedi defeated, Vizla briefly lingered until receiving the professional approval of Lord Malgus. She then utilized her jetpack to fly away from the Temple.
Shae Vizla CL11 Medium Human soldier 4/scout 4/bounty hunter 2/elite trooper 1 Destiny 1; Force 6; Dark Side 13 Init +13; Senses Perception +13, low light vision Languages Basic, Mando'a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defences Ref 32 (Flat-footed 29), Fort 26, Will 21 hp 102; Threshold 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speed 4 squares, fly 6 squares (with jetpack) Melee unarmed +9 (1d6+5) or Ranged blaster rifle +12 (3d8+5) or Ranged heavy blaster pistol +12 (3d8+5) or Ranged heavy blaster pistol +7/+7 (3d8+5) with Double Attack or Ranged flamethrower +12 (2d6+5) or Ranged flamethrower +7 (2d6+5) and flamethrower +7 (2d6+5) with Dual Weapon Mastery I or Ranged wrist rocket launcher +12 (3d10+5) or Ranged wrist rocket launcher +7 (3d10+5) and wrist rocket launcher +7 (3d10+5) with Dual Weapon Mastery I Base Atk +9; Grp +12 Atk Options Advantageous Attack, autofire (blaster rifle), Double Attack, Dual Weapon Mastery I, Point Blank Shot, Strafe Special Actions Force Blank Special Qualities delay damage, familiar foe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abilities Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 14 Talents Acute Senses, Ambush, Armored Defense, Force Blank, Improved Armored Defense, Improved Initiative Feats Advantageous Attack, Armor Proficiency (light, medium), Dual Weapon Mastery I, Double Attack (pistols), Exotic Weapon Proficiency (flamethrower, wrist rocket launcher), Point Blank Shot, Martial Arts I, Skill Training (Survival), Strafe, Weapon Proficiency (pistols, rifles, simple weapons) Skills Initiative +13 (can re-roll, must take second result), Perception +13 (can re-roll, must take second result), Pilot +13, Stealth +13, Survival +11, Use Computer +11 Possessions blaster rifle with standard targeting scope, heavy blaster pistol, 2 wrist rocket launchers, medium battle armor (built-in breath mask, helmet package, weapon mount [two flamethrowers]), flight suit, hip holster, jetpack, visual wrist comm, utility belt
Build Notes:
Most of the build is fairly self explanitory, representing things she did in the assault on the Jedi Temple. However, I will explain a few points of interest. The Force Blank talent (in addition to training in Stealth) is used to represent her ability to sneak into the Jedi Temple without being noticed. Her training in Use Computer allows her to disable Coruscant's defense grid. I thought Martial Arts I represented her Mandalorian heritage fairly well, and it allows her to add a level of elite trooper too. Finally, Advantageous Attack, Ambush, and Strafe were chosen to fit her particular fighting style.
I am both rational and emotional. I value creation and discovery, and feel strongly about what I create. At best, I'm innovative and intuitive. At worst, I'm scattered and unpredictable.
Submisiom Number One: Mandalorian Jedi Battlemaster.
Not even a in-story character, just me combinding my two favorite things in Star Wars: Jedi and Mandalorians.
This is a armored to the teeth, armed to the teeth Jedi Master. A master of Juyo and Soresu (Forms III and VII) and wearing real Beskar'gam armor, this one Jedi that is insanly hard to kill. High defenses combinded with Force Fortification and Soresu mean that if he cant block or deflect it, he take it very lightly. He excels at multi-person combat, but his true power is in a 1-on-1 duel. Great late campaign boss or NPC ally.
Mandalorian Jedi Battlemaster CL 17 Medium Human Solider 3/Jedi 7/Jedi Knight 5/Jedi Master 2Destiny *1; Force 5; Dark Side 1Init +15; Senses low-light vision, Perception +18Languages Basic, Bocce, Mando’a, Huttese Defenses Ref 34 (flat-footed 33), Fort 36, Will 33; Block, Deflect, Soresuhp 165; Threshold 36Immune fear Speed 6 squaresMelee lightsaber +22 (2d8+16)Melee lightsaber +19 (3d8+16) with Rapid StrikeMelee lightsaber +19/+19 (2d8+16) with Double AttackMelee lightsaber +17/+17 (3d8+16) with Double Attack and Rapid StrikeRanged heavy blaster pistol +19 (3d8+8)Ranged thermal detonator +19 (8d6+8)Base Atk +17; Grp +20Atk Options Cleave, Double Attack, Great Cleave, Juyo, Power Attack, Rapid AttackSpecial Actions Force Fortification, Redirect Shot, serenityForce Powers Known (Use the Force +22): Assured Strike, Battle Strike (2), Circle of Shelter, Deflecting Slash, Force grip, Force slam, move object, rebuke (2), surge, Vornskr’s Ferocity Force Secrets Devastating PowerForce Techniques Force Point Recovery, Improved Move Light ObjectAbilities Str 16 , Dex 14 , Con 18 , Int 14 , Wis 16, Cha 18Special Qualities fearless, serenityTalents Armored Defense, Block, Deflect, Force Fortification, Juyo, Improved Armored Defense, Multiattack Proficiency (lightsabers), Redirect Shot, Soresu, Weapon Specialization (lightsabers)Feats Armor Proficiency (light, medium), Cleave, Double Attack (lightsabers), Force Sensitivity, Force Training (3), Great Cleave, Power Attack, Rapid Attack, Skill Focus (Use the Force), Weapon Focus (lightsabers), Weapon Proficiency (lightsabers, pistols, rifles, simple weapons)Skills Initiative +15, Mechanics +15, Perception +18, Pilot +15, Treat Injury +16, Use Computer +15, Use the Force +22Possessions light Beskar’gam armor (climbing claws, helmet package, vacuum seals upgrade installed), Lightsaber (self-built), heavy blast pistol, 2 thermal detonators, utility belt, jet pack * He is considered to have fulfilled the Destruction destiny
Edits: (2/5/13) Change the about info to the front of the post, and updated the stats for error corrections.
I am both orderly and instinctive. I value community and group identity, defining myself by the social group I am a part of. At best, I'm selfless and strong-willed; at worst, I'm unoriginal and mindless.
I am both orderly and instinctive. I value community and group identity, defining myself by the social group I am a part of. At best, I'm selfless and strong-willed; at worst, I'm unoriginal and mindless.
We summoned a devil once. All we used was the D&D books, too. It was pretty kwazy.
God of Arrested Development and Intelligence Resident Left Hand of Stalin and Banana Stand Grandstander Pie-Cooling-On-A-Windowsill of the House of Trolls In the morning HK'll be sober but you'll still be a meatbag. I know I misspell "Danke" in my posts. It's an inside joke. "Ten cents gets you nuts." -George Michael Spoiler:Show
''Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.'' —Bill Clinton
You are not a moral man. There are not enough middle fingers in the world for you.
"Heroes"...I wish I had those. I remember in my first-ever campaign one PC went around shootin all the unconscious baddies in the head to gain Dark Side Points...
Whaaaaaat?!??
Wow...way to waste perfectly good potential slaves.
Er...no wait I mean..uh...something not evil!
(Quotes screwed up on the next one, won't give the poster's name. It's in the Best Lines thread on the D&D forum)
First, an experience from a game I played in a few years back. Our DM didn't like 3.5 as a whole but liked parts of it. So he hands us a big ass rules packet for his modified FR campaign, complete with quotes from important NPC's on the front. I can't remember most of the HRs, just that some how gods like Cyric and Bhaal existed at the same time, despite the obvious problems there. In the end the game became a problem more because of the railroading than the HRs, but it ended with this classic line, after our ranger tried to disarm the strange woman following us WITH HIS BOW: DM: You just killed (insert random noble sounding name here) JP: Was she important? Jack: Dude, she's quoted on the front of the rules packet!
"Why in the wide,wide, world of all things irrational would I help you? -Daniel Jackson "Fun will now commence." -Seven of Nine
Cut the last encounter on your way out after dealing with the Darth. He's the BBEG. Treat him as such. Play up that Darth Revan is THAT much of a badarse. When the shuttle landed, I had no less than 13 JEDI MASTERS step off the shuttle. The PCs were slack-jawed. After the meetup with Bastila (as she's carrying Revan's body), only TWO jedi masters remained with her. Let me tell you, the player whining about not getting to fight Revan himself shut up pretty quickly when he saw that.
1. Cleric cast protection from fire on Tank. 2. Tank goes in and get surrounded by enemies. 3. Wizard cast fireball and blows them up. 4. ??? 5. Profit
I go by the saying," If it ain't friendly fire then it's not working."
I am both rational and emotional. I value creation and discovery, and feel strongly about what I create. At best, I'm innovative and intuitive. At worst, I'm scattered and unpredictable.
