Saturday, April 16, 2022

Weirdos of a Galaxy Far, Far Away

 I call my Star Wars d6 campaign "Misadventures in Huttspace" and I think it's a fairly apt title. The PCs are (for now) avoiding joining the Rebellion and just tooling around the Outer Rim and taking odd jobs from various entities, many of them criminal. It's a bit like the A-Team in Space. It's set about a year or so after the destruction of the first Death Star.


Here are the current characters in the campaign: 

WTF Mandalorian (aka Din Kenoby, aka Limeorian, aka Gordon Ramsay): This is my 14 year old's character. He's a human Mandalorian warrior (Bounty Hunter template), and his main goal has been to prove himself in battle and earn more beskar for his armor. My son can't quite decide on a name for him, so he keeps changing his code name every few sessions. There have been a few more code names, but this will give you a selection of them. 

Bulldog: This is my 7 year old's character. He's a bulldog-man Jedi (Minor Jedi template). His main goals are shopping for more stuff! He has used his ill-gotten gains to purchase speeder bikes, droids, painting supplies, computers, and whatever he likes, basically. My son is always asking if various random things are available for sale, and how much they cost. He's definitely having fun, even if the Jedi Council (were they still a thing) would not approve. 

SIMON SBD-4: This is Jeremy's main PC. He's a sentient and heavily modified super battle droid (custom droid build) and pretty much only optimized for combat. He does have a couple of non-combat accessories (climbing claws, enhanced visual sensors) but his main function is laying down the hurt with a light repeating blaster built into his arm.

Junivia: This is Jeff's PC. She's a young human Jedi (Young Jedi template) who is seeking to master the ways of the Force, and maybe find a bit of love on the side. Again, if the Jedi Council hadn't been slaughtered years before, they would not approve. But without them around, the remaining Jedi are on their own! 

Nito: This is Denis' character. He's a human rascal and smuggler (Smuggler template). At the start, his ship had been impounded by the Imperials, but after a few adventures they managed to steal it back. Now he's trying to scrounge up enough cash to make improvements to the ship. He's also the team's tech guy.

Easy Shobin: This is Justin's character. He's a Duros pilot (Brash Pilot template) and so far hasn't developed any strong motivations other than just helping out with whatever the party is deciding to do. He's fairly adept at getting the party into trouble, though. 

A few Former and Minor Characters: 

Y'lenic: This was Dean's PC and a stalwart of the game until Dean left Busan. He's a Caamasi Force adept (Alien Student of the Force) and he was mainly motivated to seek out various Force artifacts and information about the Force. He did a pretty good job of protecting the party and getting them out of trouble, but he was definitely not much for combat. 

Zylas Telsh: Dustie joined the game for a few sessions, and this was her PC, another human smuggler (Smuggler template). She didn't stick with the game long enough to really develop any goals other than making more money (Dustie isn't really into Star Wars), but she was a smooth talker and con artist in the party while she was there. 

Dyne El: This is my 14 year old's side character, for when he and his brother play alone with me. He's a Zabrak Jedi (Young Jedi template) and initially his goal was to find a kyber crystal so he could make a lightsaber. He finally found it, and made his saber (yellow blade), but we haven't played our side game since then. 

Mr. Mandalorian: This is my 7 year old's side character. Originally made for the main campaign, Mr. Mandalorian was sidelined when he made Bulldog. He's a Mandalorian pilot (Brash Pilot template) who likes to carry heavy weaponry and shoot things up when he's not flying starfighters.

Luna: This was Denis' daughter's PC for one session. She was a human space princess (Young Senatorial template), and helped with dealing with bureaucratic red tape and smooth talking people. She played in the adventure where the party liberated Nito's ship, and she was really useful for bluffing their way into the Imperial shipyards. 

Oink: This was the PC of Claytonian of the Kill it with Fire blog, who played in the first two or three sessions I ran of the campaign. He was a Gammorean bounty hunter (Bounty Hunter template) and didn't talk much. He was a bit of comic relief, but also muscle, in the party. 

Zaifr Shunt: Jeremy made this side PC for our most recent adventure on Coruscant, since a battle droid with integrated weaponry wouldn't be allowed at a high society function. He's a strange Umbaran Force User (Alien Student of the Force) with ties to the Hutt Syndicate, and I'm not sure if he'll be a one-off for that single adventure, or if he'll return in the future.

There were a few other PCs that have come and gone in the campaign. Since I run it irregularly (pretty much when I've got something prepared and need a break from running West Marches) quite a few players have come and gone.

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