"Would somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?"


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Well the title says it all! I am planning on playing Chewbacca like PC in an up and coming game. I will be Bacca and am allowed to play a Sasquatch from bestiary 3. I have my human companion Holo San who will be some sort of rogue. We will be piloting a river boat or airship depending on DM's decision. My question is all the builds online are for Star Wars d20 and none of the classes match up with Pathfinder... What would be a 20 level build be for our friendly Walking Carpet?

Rules
- 20 point buy in + racial stats.
- Core / APG / UM / UC and possible 3rd party stuff if it not too crazy.
- I am not looking for optimization, just 20 levels it can be a mixture of base classes / archetypes and PRC's. just not sure what classes fit our big lug here... In Star Wars he mostly fighter, scout with maybe a few Rogue levels... found alot of different build for him online.
- Stick with the flavor of "Chewie" hence: Crossbow and great axe as weapons.
- he was a pilot (do ride expert maybe?) and had skills like engineering.
- Not looking for super specific builds general idea with any good feats or archetypes that would really fit and do justice to our furry friend.

Thanks.

Chewbacca

Spoiler:
(or "Chewie", as he was known by his friends) was a legendary Wookiee from Kashyyyk and co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. He was the son of Attichitcuk, the husband of Mallatobuck, and the father of Lumpawaroo. Chewbacca carried with him the name of an ancient Wookiee hero, the great Bacca, first of the great chieftains of Kashyyyk, and the creator of a sword that denoted leadership among the Wookiees. This name placed Chewbacca in a noble lineage, which was further supported by his role in the Battle of Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars and during the Galactic Civil War.
Chewbacca was a wise, sophisticated being of great strength and loyalty. As technologically savvy as the brightest Academy graduate, he was also a skilled mechanic. Chewbacca, like many Wookiees, was able to understand Basic, but he could not speak it due to his species's vocal structure. He instead spoke Shyriiwook, the main Wookiee language, composed largely of growls and grunts, to his non-Wookiee companions who typically replied in Basic.


How many class levels is the Sasquatch taking up?
I would guess he would have barbarian levels, and maybe some skilled classes to show skills he had. I would have him take crafting skills to show his mechanic ability. He was pretty smart.

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Its a CR 2 creature so The DM using the confusing buy offs will allow me to gain 1 level back 1/2 way between 3 and 4 and gain full character levels at half way between 7 and 8.

We plan on having clock work constructs on the ship to repair it.
another PC will play a Magus (guess who hes going to be?) and we also have a Drow Rogue who is friends from way back with Holo San

Would a level or two of NPC class Expert work to get some class skills I need?


I would just go rogue. I can see Chewie disabling a trap.

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I am thinking he would have rogue levels but he also has to be able to fight, intimidate and use a crossbow... he is a complex PC, more then I thought when I volunteered to take his "slot" in the game.


One of Ranger archetypes perhaps?

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wraithstrike wrote:
I would just go rogue. I can see Chewie disabling a trap.

I can see him disabling devices... The hard Way lol Didn't the Undeatable Feats from that 3rd party have a disable device ability that required you to damage the lock but it opened? I think it was under fighter section.

Undefeatable...

BREAK AND ENTER
- Subtlety is not your style: you use brute force to
disarm locks and traps.

Prerequisites: Str 13+, 3+ ranks in Disable Device

Benefit: You may use Strength as the key ability
for Disable Device rather than Dexterity. When
you do, if your check succeeds, you break the
device and it cannot be re-locked or reset. You may
not study a trap and bypass it without disarming it.
In addition, as long as you have a weapon, you are
not penalized for lacking thieves’ tools.

Normal: Dexterity is the key ability for Disable

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Drejk wrote:
One of Ranger archetypes perhaps?

Not a bad idea... very scout like, switch hitter from Axe to Crossbow


WhipShire wrote:
wraithstrike wrote:
I would just go rogue. I can see Chewie disabling a trap.

I can see him disabling devices... The hard Way lol Didn't the Undeatable Feats from that 3rd party have a disable device ability that required you to damage the lock but it opened? I think it was under fighter section.

Undefeatable...

BREAK AND ENTER
- Subtlety is not your style: you use brute force to
disarm locks and traps.

Prerequisites: Str 13+, 3+ ranks in Disable Device

Benefit: You may use Strength as the key ability
for Disable Device rather than Dexterity. When
you do, if your check succeeds, you break the
device and it cannot be re-locked or reset. You may
not study a trap and bypass it without disarming it.
In addition, as long as you have a weapon, you are
not penalized for lacking thieves’ tools.

Normal: Dexterity is the key ability for Disable

That is pretty cool. I like that.

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The UndeFEATables were a 3rd party set of feats, cheap PDF's added some cool aspects to the classes but some were really unbalanced.


I would imagine Chewbacca being a Ranger/Rogue in Pathfinder. Start off Rogue to get more class abilities and the ability to disable magical traps, and multiclass Ranger for the switch hitting. The other possibility would be Rogue/Barbarian. He'd be very a very skilled mechanic, however this quote would still apply:

Star Wars: A New Hope" wrote:

Chewbacca: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!

C-3PO: He made a fair move. Screaming about it can't help you.
Han Solo: Let him have it. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee.
C-3PO: But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid.
Han Solo: That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that.
Chewbacca: Grrf.
C-3PO: I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookiee win.

Hmm, in thinking a little more, I think either option is viable. Possibly even Ranger/Barbarian. He'd still be skilled, unable to disable magical traps, but he'd be better at combat.

I should note, that in the movies, Chewbacca did very little fighting. While he carried his crossbow, and could probably tear people apart, he was more often seen piloting and fixing things, than truly fighting.


I would definitely have him at least a few levels in barbarian, and if you're going to stick true to your source then you'll have to find a way to go without armor, I'd suggest a highish wisdom along with a high dex and have a level in monk simply for the boost to AC without armor or a shield. Be careful with monk though don't ever use your claws to attack or you'll be branded a mad claw and rejected by your people


WhipShire wrote:

Well the title says it all! I am planning on playing Chewbacca like PC in an up and coming game. I will be Bacca and am allowed to play a Sasquatch from bestiary 3. I have my human companion Holo San who will be some sort of rogue. We will be piloting a river boat or airship depending on DM's decision. My question is all the builds online are for Star Wars d20 and none of the classes match up with Pathfinder... What would be a 20 level build be for our friendly Walking Carpet?

Rules
- 20 point buy in + racial stats.
- Core / APG / UM / UC and possible 3rd party stuff if it not too crazy.
- I am not looking for optimization, just 20 levels it can be a mixture of base classes / archetypes and PRC's. just not sure what classes fit our big lug here... In Star Wars he mostly fighter, scout with maybe a few Rogue levels... found alot of different build for him online.
- Stick with the flavor of "Chewie" hence: Crossbow and great axe as weapons.
- he was a pilot (do ride expert maybe?) and had skills like engineering.
- Not looking for super specific builds general idea with any good feats or archetypes that would really fit and do justice to our furry friend.

Thanks.

I'd say the Wild Stalker Ranger archetype, which basically trades the Favored Enemy class Trait for the ability to Rage. I seem to remember Chewy losing it a few times...


Joegoat wrote:
I would definitely have him at least a few levels in barbarian, and if you're going to stick true to your source then you'll have to find a way to go without armor, I'd suggest a highish wisdom along with a high dex and have a level in monk simply for the boost to AC without armor or a shield. Be careful with monk though don't ever use your claws to attack or you'll be branded a mad claw and rejected by your people

Bandoleer of Protection?


what does chewbacca actually do?
he fires a laser pistol that looks like a crossbow, he can walk, doesn't run, doesn't speak (any understandable language, but Han understands him, or is a lucky guesser) and he's a damn good pilot.

We have:
Crossbowman, a fighter archetype, high dex, some int for skills, and you've got everything.

Sorry, but Chewbacca doesn't offer much to go with, he may be an alchemist for all we know, growing mysterious and deadly deseases in his furr.

Grand Lodge

I play in a Star Wars Saga game. The wookie is the most useless character. I play a probe droid noble, and I've killed more foes than him.


Wiggz wrote:
Joegoat wrote:
I would definitely have him at least a few levels in barbarian, and if you're going to stick true to your source then you'll have to find a way to go without armor, I'd suggest a highish wisdom along with a high dex and have a level in monk simply for the boost to AC without armor or a shield. Be careful with monk though don't ever use your claws to attack or you'll be branded a mad claw and rejected by your people
Bandoleer of Protection?

I can definitely see that.

As far as what he did, well, he was muscle, no one wanted to mess with han cause they didn't want to mess with the giant wookiee behind him. So max out intimidate. He was co-pilot, he flew on a normal basis but when things got tough han was jumping in to do the crazy stuff. He was the mechanic, so put more ranks in craft "fix your boat" than ranks in "pilot your boat". He had the crossbow so that part you've got, wookiees have what is called wookiee rage, they're basically a race of barbarians so you need to have rage in there somewhere, some-how.


He did toss some of the best fighters of the galaxy, in the best armor available, around the room like a couple of rag dolls on multiple occasions. (movies 1 and 3)


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If you want to try and add some depth to the character there's a fan theory out there that tries to reconcile Chewbacca's presence in the prequels by suggesting that after the rise of the Emperor he becomes a deep cover rebel operative. That among other things he manipulates Solo into working with Jabba so he can keep an eye on Luke.

http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-ma ke-great-movies-better_p2/


What are the racial stats on this thing? Id love to play one in my campaigns


In Star Wars Sage, I believe Chewie a scout which would translate fine into a ranger archetype. I'm not so sure about his trap skills as he did trigger the most obvious trap set by ewoks.


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gourry187 wrote:

In Star Wars Sage, I believe Chewie a scout which would translate fine into a ranger archetype. I'm not so sure about his trap skills as he did trigger the most obvious trap set by ewoks.

Well that's pretty simple, Chewie has a low Perception. Disable Device would be used to dismantle and/or repair stuff, but he's not very observant. Especially since he triggered that trap, and in A New Hope he is super-scared of the trash compactor after they escape (low will save).


blackbloodtroll wrote:
I play in a Star Wars Saga game. The wookie is the most useless character. I play a probe droid noble, and I've killed more foes than him.

Well, I'm not really surprised. The wookie is a classic Big Strong Guy... in a setting where everyone either has psionic powers or uses rayguns.


Drejk wrote:
One of Ranger archetypes perhaps?

Chewie could easily be rendered as a Ranger or a Fighter or a Barbarian. Pesonally, and this only because you shouldn't make a Wookie mad, I'd think Barbie is the very best choice.

Sub-question: does Chewie have to be portrayed as a Sasquatch? Couldn't Han and Chewie both be represented by a Hu-mon Rogue and a Half-orc Barbarian? That'd be a lot easier to do, right?

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I would go Trapper Ranger. It fits the combative nature of a wookie, and it will allow you to quickly progress through the crossbow feats while also having a few melee ones. You'll also get his mechanical side and the rogue trapfinding ability.

Chewy was never the type to sneak attack, but I could definitely see him having favoured enemy: stormtrooper.

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I'm with Richard Leonheart on this one. Fighters have Knowledge (engineering,) and Chewbacca was basically just a tough dude with a trade-school education. Throw some ranks into disable device if you really want to, but I'd go straight fighter with maxed out Engineering and Profession (sailor, pilot, whatever,) maybe Savage Warrior archetype if you want to concentrate on pummeling opponents when you aren't steering the boat.

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Bacca?

Pleaeeeze: be original.

Gimmick names grow old fast.

Grand Lodge

Have I told you about my elf character? He wears blackface and is an outcast of a evil society. He wields two scimitars and his name is Draazt.

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Mike Schneider wrote:

Bacca?

Pleaeeeze: be original.

Gimmick names grow old fast.

Hey I did my homework, wikewookie history and.shortened an ancestral name. Not to deflate a poster but I admitted in the start of this post we were blatantly stealing from Star Wars. Rogue human friend, Magus friend, Drow old companion of rogue..... Your getting this right? Lol

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Tels wrote:
gourry187 wrote:

In Star Wars Sage, I believe Chewie a scout which would translate fine into a ranger archetype. I'm not so sure about his trap skills as he did trigger the most obvious trap set by ewoks.

Well that's pretty simple, Chewie has a low Perception. Disable Device would be used to dismantle and/or repair stuff, but he's not very observant. Especially since he triggered that trap, and in A New Hope he is super-scared of the trash compactor after they escape (low will save).

I so agree with pod/negs of this..... He awesome at repairs, tripped trapped based on his stomach, can intimidate like no other race and.shrug his shoulders afterwards..... Lol

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blackbloodtroll wrote:
I play in a Star Wars Saga game. The wookie is the most useless character. I play a probe droid noble, and I've killed more foes than him.

sega? Lol in the D20 worlds their pretty Kool.

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blackbloodtroll wrote:
Have I told you about my elf character? He wears blackface and is an outcast of a evil society. He wields two scimitars and his name is Draazt.

J'sul, Kel-Fen

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