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The next great set to be released for the Star Wars Miniatures Game is Bounty Hunters, coming your way this fall. But today, we've got the first in a series of previews of the new minis. First, Gary Sarli details the massive mobile weapons platform known as the Basilisk War Droid. Then Sterling Hershey shows how the simple Quarren Bounty Hunter shines with some help from his Black Sun friends. Basilisk War Droid
The war droids could operate both in atmosphere and deep space, lifting their rear wings to expose a set of high-boost engines. The droids also featured a pair of laser cannons, a pair of shatter-missile launchers, and set of shockwave generator rods whose plasma burst could rupture a starship's hull. In addition to this formidable weaponry, their heavy forward claws were used to smash through obstacles as well as enemy infantry. In the Star Wars Miniatures Game, the Basilisk War Droid is one of the most mobile Huge figures. It can move across the battle map very quickly to take advantage of an opponent's maneuvers. Even better, it does more than just move -- its Huge size and impressive damage allow its Strafe Attack to cut a swath through enemies as it goes. In fact, given its speed, the Basilisk can potentially attack up to 60 enemies in a single turn! Star Wars Miniatures Stat Card Preview Faction: Mandalorian Star Wars Roleplaying Game Statistics Basilisk War Droid: Huge flying war droid soldier 5; Init –1 (–1 Dex); Defense 18 (–2 size, –1 Dex, +5 class, +6 natural); DR 5; Spd 8 m, fly 20 m (average); VP/WP 57/42; Atk +12/+12 melee (1d8+12, 2 claws), +10 ranged (3d10 x 2, fire-linked laser cannons); SQ space flight (maximum speed in space: 6 squares), shatter missiles (+10 quality, 3d10 x 2 damage), shockwave generator rods (breach hull in DR/10 rounds); SV Fort +10, Ref +0, Will +1; SZ H; Face/Reach 6 m x 6 m/4 m; Rep +1; Str 30, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 4, Wis 10, Cha 9. Challenge Code E. Equipment: Heuristic processor, 2 claw appendages, 5 weapon mounts, external seat for one rider, empathic link (+10 bonus to Sense Motive checks to anticipate rider's commands). Skills: Sense Motive +7 (+17 to anticipate rider's commands). Feats: Armor Proficiency (light), Multiattack, Power Attack, Skill Emphasis (Sense Motive), Weapon Focus (claws), Weapon Group Proficiency (blaster pistols, blaster rifles, simple weapons, vibro weapons), Weapon Specialization (claws). Quarren Bounty Hunter
In the Star Wars Miniatures Game, the Quarren Bounty Hunter embodies a typical low-level criminal operative. He has some skill of his own, but he works best when augmented with equipment and a command structure provided by his criminal organization -- in this case, Black Sun. Between the Universe and the Bounty Hunters sets, Black Sun is almost its own mini-faction within the Fringe, thereby providing needed support for characters such as this. The stats and abilities of 11-point-cost characters are fairly widespread. Compared to other units at this level, the Quarren Bounty Hunter has more abilities, but a lower Defense and only 20 Hit Points. With a 14 Defense, the Quarren Bounty Hunter will need to stay under cover. His Attack score is also low, but thanks to his Careful Shot and Bounty Hunter +2 abilities, he can still threaten high Defense, Unique targets, under the right conditions. The Quarren Bounty Hunter benefits greatly in squads with a Black Sun Vigo or Xizor. Not only does this activate his Black Sun ability (giving him Grenades 10), he also typically receives the Vigo's commander effect, which further increases his usefulness at a low point cost. Star Wars Miniatures Stat Card Preview Faction: Fringe Star Wars Roleplaying Game Statistics
Equipment: Blaster rifle, 2 frag grenades (4d6+1), vibroblade, comlink, credit chip, datapad. Skills: Computer Use +5, Gather Information +2, Intimidate +4, Jump +6, Repair +5, Search +3, Read/Write Basic, Read/Write Quarrenese, Speak Basic, Speak Quarrenese, Spot +4, Swim +6. Feats: Armor Proficiency (light), Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Track, Weapon Group Proficiency (blaster pistols, blaster rifles, heavy weapons, simple weapons, vibro weapons). About the AuthorsSterling Hershey has been a full-time architect and freelance game designer for over 10 years. He authored and contributed to many of West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game products and later contributed to Star Wars Gamer Magazine. These days, he writes regular Star Wars Miniatures scenarios for the Wizards of the Coast website, and he also wrote the Scenario Book for the recently released Attack on Endor Scenario Pack. Gaming in a galaxy far, far away is the focus of his starwars.com blog, Delusions of Grandeur. Sterling lives in the Midwest with his wife, Mary. Gary M. Sarli is a freelance writer and editor whose credits include Ultimate Adversaries (Star Wars), City of Splendors: Waterdeep, and Power of Faerūn (Dungeons & Dragons). He also moderates on the Wizards.COMmunity message boards as WizO the Hutt, cheerfully feeding Code of Conduct violators to the Sarlacc. Gary still works as a staff member for SWRPGNetwork, three-time ENnie Award winner in the Best Fan Website category and host of the Star Wars RPG Frequently Asked Questions. | ||||
During the Sith War, four millennia before the rise of the Empire, Mandalorian warriors rode into battle on the backs of Basilisk war droids. Massive mobile weapons platforms, the Basilisks served as loyal allies and faithful mounts for the Mandalorian riders. In fact, Basilisks were attuned to their masters' emotions so that they served almost as an extension of their riders' bodies.
Quarren are another species native to Mon Calamari (not surprisingly, the other is the Mon Calamari themselves). Strife between the idealistic Mon Calamari and the pragmatic Quarren is well known, and a major reason some Quarren prefer to live elsewhere in the galaxy. Many of the outsiders end up in organizations of dubious morals.
Quarren: Male Quarren soldier 3; Init +1; Defense 14 (+3 class, +1 Dex); Spd 10 m; VP/WP 20/10; Atk +4 melee (2d6, vibroblade) or +5 ranged (3d8, blaster rifle); SQ Breathe Underwater; SV Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +1; SZ M; FP 1; DSP 2; Rep +1; Str 14, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 8. Challenge Code B.
