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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:46 pm    Post subject: Mandalorians Reply with quote

Are Mandalorians a Near-Human species or just Humans with anoher name? I'd say a Near-Human, since they have a serious battle-lust, are stronger then normal humans and come from another part of the Galaxy.

What do you think?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the original Mandalorians were aliens, but the "Mandalorian" term over the centuries became a label moreso than a race.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Trusty. Just because they play a part in my KOTOR book.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mandalorians are human. They originally crashed into the inhospitable world, which became known for their great warrior leader, Mandalore. The planet and leader share the name of Mandalore.

For quite a long time, since before the clone wars I know, the location of Mandalore has been hidden. Mandalorians on Mandalore rarely travel from their home, and few of the Mandalorians scattered throughout the galaxy know of their home's location.

They no longer hold the position the Jedi took from them. They are no longer the Knights of the Old Republic...

...the Jedi will pay.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boomer wrote:
Mandalorians are human. They originally crashed into the inhospitable world, which became known for their great warrior leader, Mandalore. The planet and leader share the name of Mandalore.


Are you sure??? Everything I read is that they were a species (like the Sith originally were), but later their culture became the dominant aspect of Mandalorian life and not so much the species and over the years more different species became "Mandalorian" and adopted their ways.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have read several things. From it being explorers, to a cruise ship crashing on a desert world, to them having been more feline/simian and they interbred/engineered themselves with human for enhancments.

They can't all be true. But, whatever. Since pretty much every Mandalorian ever spoken of has been a human, why not make them all human. That is what I did.

...hell, there is one story where they live in trees on Mandalore, another where they live in halls of stone...

Another where the leader is called Mandal and the planet is called Mandal.

Boba Fett wasn't a Mandalorian for two decades, now suddenly he is. I have yet to see any story that confirms he is, or that his Mandalorian Styled armor may or may not be made of MandalMetal, but it is popular to beleive he is.

Really... no one has ever laid down anything concrete for them.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boomer wrote:
Since pretty much every Mandalorian ever spoken of has been a human, why not make them all human. That is what I did.


True. GM's should do whatever they like anyway. I make stuff the way I want it all the time as well. FOr me, the Star Wars universe is a great place to play an RPG...but everything ever printed or shown in theaters is just resource material for me anyway. I take what I want/need for the campaign and to hell with the story itself...I make my own. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for all the great answers. You're right, both Boomer and Trusty, I think i'll just make it the way i want to.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Skaff, have you checked out this SITE?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Jamfke. That's a lot more comprehensive.

They leave out the Mandalorian place in the Great Jedi Purge though.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those who know of the mandalore. What is their stats (MINUS armor and such)...
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparantly the stats are the same as whatever species they are from. Preffered template is Bounty Hunter.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy at rpggamer.org came up with some nice npc stats for typical mandalorians.

http://rpggamer.org/stats.php?page=d6/d6mandalorian.html
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, I found alot of Mandalorian stats at the D20 SB that just needs converting. But I consider that offer. Thanks Trusty.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mandalorians came from a planet called Malachor V, they were a nearly-human alien tipe.
Thei had a clan-based society leaded by a leader choosen among the bravest warriors of their kind called Mandalore (Mandalore is a title, not a person).
They attacked the Old Republic looking for a fierce opponent, which let to their destruction.
The Republic and some Jedis under the leadership of Revan fought a battle with the Mandalorians for some years.
The mandalorians were nearly extinguished once they were beaten by Revan, at the end of the war the Mandalorian clans were scattered through the universe, their planet laid in ashes and was just a shadow of what it once were.
The Jedis and republic soldiers who followed Revan to the last battle at Malachor V, disappeared from known space.
Revan returned 2 years after the end of the war now as a sith.


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