Special Stormtrooper

[kelpie 89]

Hi everyone

i'm in need of some special (ie not standard) stormtrooper, i own some old WEG book, ie Rules of Engagement and Imperial Sourcebook, where they introduced some special trooper like radtrooper, aquatrooper etc.

for most of them, i can just create a new stormtrooper armor with some special mod (ie rad trooper armor is similar to sandtrooper but reduce setback dice from radiation). However some of them are radically different

 

in particular: Storm Commando and Royal Guards

the first one should be rival, not minion, and have some different skill set and/or talents. I found a couple of posts here detailing their stats but they are very high profile and honestly maybe too much of talents and skills. Also, i fail to found an official source, if there are any, and even if someone pointed me to AoR Beta, but i fail to found stats here too.

 

the second one should be nemesis, and there is no official source afaik

 

so... did someone else have done that before? what's their stats?

[SEApocalypse 4,439]

Cavetrooper Hidden Depths Page 11

 

Darktrooper Droids A-CRB-421

 

Sandtrooper  A-CRB-422

 

Scouttrooper A-CRB-422

 

Snowtrooper A-CRB-422

 

 

Imperial guards are super special, according to Legends they are force sensitives, trained by Vader and brainwashed into absolute loyalty to the emperor. Trained usually in pairs with only one of them surviving the training, etc

I might use the inquisitor rules to build them or build them as complete kickass nemesis characters. As I said, they are special, and they kickass. Carnor Jax and Kir Kanos would to two examples of Royal Guards. 

[Donovan Morningfire 9,998]

Royal Guards (the guys seen in RotJ) are covered in the Force and Destiny core rulebook.  They're not Force users, but they do have the Parry talent which lets them reduce the damage of melee attacks, making them a definite challenge for a saber monkey to face.

 

While we've not seen official storm commandos (yet), their armor is covered in Forged in Battle*.  Though I suspect we'll see storm commandos covered as a new adversary in the eventual Spy sourcebook.

 

Edit: Had the wrong splatbook listed initially.  Thanks to Ghostofman for the correction.

Edited November 10, 2016 by Donovan Morningfire

[venkelos 565]

Yep, the Royal Guards are "just bodyguards", if such a thing can be said to describe them. Force pikes, heavy blaster pistols, under their robes, ceremonial armor, and Echani martial arts. Not sure how much of that actually gets covered in this stat block, or lost with EU, but that's how they used to be. That clown, Carnor Jax, and the other Force-sensitive ones, were Palpatine's Sovereign Protectors, tasked with guarding the cloning facilities, on Wayland, something Palpatine viewed as more important than guarding his own safety; he's the most powerful Sith there was, at the time, and the cloning facilities contained his future, his way to cheat death.

[SEApocalypse 4,439]

Yep, the Royal Guards are "just bodyguards", if such a thing can be said to describe them. Force pikes, heavy blaster pistols, under their robes, ceremonial armor, and Echani martial arts. Not sure how much of that actually gets covered in this stat block, or lost with EU, but that's how they used to be. That clown, Carnor Jax, and the other Force-sensitive ones, were Palpatine's Sovereign Protectors, tasked with guarding the cloning facilities, on Wayland, something Palpatine viewed as more important than guarding his own safety; he's the most powerful Sith there was, at the time, and the cloning facilities contained his future, his way to cheat death.

I stand corrected on the standard royal guards, totally missed them, thanks. While looking at the stats of those suckers on p 407 in FaD core book, I might try to forget them too. I am not a fan of cannon fodder nemesis characters. Though certainly more in line with the old senate guardsmen and red guards from the prequels. Works for me I guess, magnaguards seem a lot more scarier.

Edited November 10, 2016 by SEApocalypse

[Ghostofman 8,297]

While we've not seen official storm commandos (yet), their armor is covered in Endless Vigil, also for the Force and Destiny line.  Though I suspect we'll see storm commandos covered as a new adversary in the eventual Spy sourcebook.

 

I'm sure you meant Forged in Battle in the AoR line.

 

And while I suspect you're correct and we'll see them formally in the spy book, they are listed in the AoR beta book. While subject to change, I have used them, and they are serviceable.