In episode 3, Cara refers to it as a Pulse rifle, which made me think of a Pulse Cannon which does have stats stats that fit remarkably well. There are no FFG stats for that crazy tuning-fork that I could find. Astute fans will recognize both the rifle, pistol and even overall look is a nod to the Star Wars holiday special. His rifle posed an interesting challenge. We see this on screen when he is tracking the (warm?) footprints of Cara Dune outside the backwater tavern in which they first meet. There are also templates for novice and veteran Mandalorian armor (2 Soak, 1 Defense) in the excellent Gadgets and Gear sourcebook, which provided details for the integrated tracking system that mechanically provides another rank of Vigilance. This provides the weapon stats for the wrist-mounted flame thrower and whipcord Mando uses in several of the episodes. Luckily, a few of these were already started up in Boba Fett’s gear in the Allies and Adversaries sourcebook. As one would expect, the Mandalorian has several tricks up (or on) his sleeve. This left 40 XP to buy up a few more ranks in Ranged skills, Piloting (Space), Vigilance, and Athletics. These talents are well represented on screen by the amount of abuse he can take, his versatile gear (more in on this in a moment), and how often his armor saves his bacon. Making a bee line down the talent tree (with a few detours) for 200 XP I chose two ranks of Toughened, Jury Rigged, Armor Master, Tinkerer, Dedication (Agility), Point Blank, Spare Clip, and Improved Armor Master. I boosted Brawn, Agility and Willpower to 3 with the starting XP, leaving me 15, which I used to pick up a rank of Mechanics and Melee. I choose to build him out with 200 earned XP to represent his experience as a hunter before we meet him in the show. For initial skills I chose Perception, Piloting (Space), Piloting (Planetary), Ranged (Heavy), Ranged (Light), and Brawl. I chose Gunnery since that is missing from the core skill set of the Gadgeteer. I used the Mandalorian species from Friends Like These which provides all 2s for characteristics, 105 starting XP, and one rank in any combat skill or one rank in two knowledge skills. This is actually a pretty tough talent tree due to diverse characteristics for core skills and not great for people looking for an optimized build, but I felt it fit the character to a T. I looked at a lot of careers and specializations, but ultimately went the most obvious route of Bounty Hunter: Gadgeteer from the core Edge of the Empire book. Let me walk you through my process for Mando. This is the first post of a series that will eventually make a complete party of six characters: Din Djardin, Cara Dune, IG-11, Kuill, Greef Karga, and of course, The Child. The first few episodes focus on the titular character, but by the end of the first season, there are several characters that could make excellent PCs for an Edge of the Empire game. We’re going to be discussing characters and plot points, so again, you have been warned. SPOILER WARNING: If you haven’t seen the first season of The Mandalorian, just pony up for a month of Disney+ and devour all eight episodes. Most fans were cautiously optimistic, and even some critics of the recent movies were swayed by this return to a gritty, compelling mix of eastern (samurai) and western (cowboy) influences in a live action, episodic show. It is difficult to find a bad review of the flagship Disney+ original The Mandalorian.
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