Starting Attributes

[DarthMortis]

[Rerun941]

[Ankhanu]

[garhkal]

True. Lobaca had that issues in the young jedi knight series.
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[DarthMortis]

Wookiee's may be emotional, but they aren't stupid. If a Wookiee thought it couldn't make it as a Jedi, AKA, if a Wookiee didn't think he could keep his emotes in check I doubt he would try for the path that could some day lead him to the Dark Side. It also seems that Wookiee's have good relations with Jedi for the most part

But I guess for the most part I wasn't thinking about the emotional as much as the focus on skills.
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"I believe the Jedi are weak so they give up their emotions. I believe the Sith are weak so they give up to their emotions. I lay somewhere in the middle, not afraid to keep my emotions, but afraid to lose myself in them." - Daroth Mortanis

[Esoomian]

[Delkarnu]

With their low knowledge attribute and strong emotions, they would need a lot of D in Willpower to keep the Berserker Rage in check, plus how many DSPs they would earn before they made the perception check to get out of it, especially once a Dark Side Jedi goes after them or their close friends (large Strength doesn't help you resist most Force Powers) and they get horrible visions through the force.

[Ankhanu]

Esoom and Del make pretty good points concerning the lacking stats Wookiees suffer from regarding Force use (and remaining light side, that is), but a character is so very much more than Attributes and skills; those numbers mean so very little when considering what makes a species or individual suited for a particular path. A species' disposition is not reflected in the numbers placed on the character sheet, it's something that's intrinsic to the esence of playing or representing the species, something that you as a player (and your GM if they actually care about character) have to take into consideration. It's all about the age old gamer schism between roleplay and rollplay.

While there are some minor drawbacks or difficulties to playing a Jedi Wookiee based on dice, they're absolutely minor compared to the difficulties posed by the intangible (stat wise) aspects of Wookiee nature/disposition. A Jedi Wookiee is constantly in battle with their instinctive nature; they have to fight and control their impulses even more than, say, a human. Getting inside that mindset, that perspective, to play the character and the inner conflict well poses a lot of challenges for the player and the character. You won't always play something that is to your, as a character, advantage, but is sensible to what the character would do in a given situation. It can be tough making those decision that you as a player know are bad, but your character might think are good or sensible, or natural.

Of course, these things don't really come up in a rollplay game; it's all about the stats and finding the most efficient and advantageous course of action, whether it's something your character would come up with or not. It's all in your style of play.

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[jmanski]

Thats what roleplaying is all about. I think we all get a little too carried away with the roll playing. Its nice to focus on the character sometimes, too.
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[Delkarnu]

Yeah, my post sounded more rules lawyering than role playing, but I meant it more that the stats a player puts down on a page should reflect the personality of the character.

If the player has CP to spend and chooses to increase their lightsaber skill rather than their willpower, would show to me as a GM that the character is focused on improving their power, not themselves(and rollplaying as opposed to roleplaying). I would hold them more at risk of going into a rage as they struggle to keep their increased abilities in check.

If the character is committed to controlling their emotions, and fighting their biological nature, when CP's are available, a good roleplayer would increase the characters willpower in my opinion, to reflect the characters struggle to control his/her emotions.

I would love to have a player play a Wookie Jedi, starting with a low ability to keep his emotions in check, and struggling (and sometimes failing) and improving with time. That type of player will always be allowed to Roleplay over rollplaying in a game I'm running.

If a player decided to play a Wookie Jedi put his STR and Dex at max, and skimped on their perception and knowledge, and put their CP into force skills and combat abilities, I would Rollplay them exactly how they are rollplaying.

[Lostboy]

One of the strangest force users i have ever encountered was a dathomirian rancor named "Blarp" now that was a rollplaying experience.

[DarthMortis]

[Delkarnu]

[Ankhanu]

[Esoomian]