I’m
toying with a random generation system for character species in Shards of
Tomorrow. You roll for four different qualities of your character, receiving
1d4 results in each quality. The final category, dispositions, is the tendency
and reputation of a species; you don’t have to be these things, but they should
flavor your decision making in character design. Maybe your species is
arrogant, but you’re the outlier who just happens to be really self-conscious
and self-deprecating. I rolled up a species to see… and rolled 4/3/3/4 for
numbers of qualities in each category. Wow. This is going to be an exceptional
species…
Abilities:
+1d4 DEX, +1d4 CON, +1 AC, +1d6 hp
Talents:
Chameleon, Flight, Shape Change
Characteristics:
Webbed hands and feet, scales instead of skin, mammalian appearance
Dispositions:
Violent, spartan, self-disciplined, tolerant
Description
(made up based on what I rolled above):
The
Volok consider themselves a vastly superior species, but they show a remarkable
patience with the ‘inadequacy’ of lesser species. In their natural form, they
are a scale-covered people that resemble flying monkies, but they are
continually changing form and color, blending in with their surroundings and assuming
the forms of other species. They are highly prized as spies and assassins, but
are also greatly feared for this. Some planets have enacted laws requiring
Volok to retain their ‘natural’ appearance at all times, making the activation
of their natural abilities an illegal act. In general, suspicion of Volok runs
high among most species, and a Volok in his or her natural form is likely to be greeted with suspicion in most places.
Notes
I
like this. It feels a little more like the supers game in terms of character
building, but it definitely hews towards the source material (which is Star
Wars. Duh). I have struggled in the past with creating game balance between
Wookies and Ewoks; now I don’t bother. Wookies are awesome, and Ewoks are lame.
That’s just how it goes.
It's a galaxy with thousands of stars, and tens of thousands of planets. There are a lot of species to choose from.
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