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Life on Tatooine

Climate

To say that Tatooine is hot and dry is an understatement. With two suns, temperatures soar at midday to 65° centigrade. While it becomes colder at night, “colder" is relative; the temperature remains quite high. The temperate zone of Tatooine—where most settlements are located—is somewhat more comfortable with an average high of only 43° centigrade.

There is no rain on Tatooine. The moisture in the atmosphere evaporates quickly, absorbed by Tatooine's hardy plant life—or by the vaporators of moisture farmers. Although there are places (usually underground) where water manages to condense and form natural pools, they are rare, usually hidden, and always jealously guarded by whoever found them first—which generally means the Sand People.

Geography

Tatooine manages to remain largely unmapped for two simple reasons: The periodic sandstorms erase useful landmarks, and no one really cares what's outside the civilized regions anyway. These “civilized regions" consist of a comparatively tiny cluster of Spaceports and moisture Farms at the edge of the Dune Sea. Everything else is drifting sand and featureless rock, hardly interesting enough to warrant a geographical expedition.

Still, the indigenous Jawas somehow manage to scrounge all manner of useful material from the unmapped reaches of Tatooine, proving that there is in fact something out there—even if it's only spaceship wreckage.

Jundland Wastes

The Jundland Wastes consist of a rocky region between the Western and Northern Dune Seas, incorporating the western end of the Great Mesra Plateau. No settlements are built there. Jawa sandcrawlers pass through the region fairly often. but only Sand People—and a few lunaties—call it home.

Nearby cities include Bestine and Arthout at the eastern edge of the Wastes, although a few brave moisture Farmers have pushed out a little farther to take advantage of the cheap land and lack of nearby competitors. Few survive long enough to prosper, but they do serve as a barometer for trouble with the Sand People. If news stops coming From the outlying moisture farms, it's a sure sign that Tusken Raiders are encroaching on civilized lands again.

The Jundland Wastes are also home to a number of native creatures including dewbacks, krayt dragons, and roving packs of womp rats. Krayt dragon encounters are relatively rare, but nearly always fatal. Womp rats, on the other hand, are far too common. Although one or two are easily dispatched, they generally appear in far greater numbers. Travelers whose vehicles break down in the Jundland Wastes rarely survive a night in the open.

Beggar's Canyon

The only real attraction of the Jundland Wastes is that its winding gorges make an excellent race course For youthful swoop jockeys and ambitious skyhopper pilots. Beggar’s Canyon, in particular, attracts racers for its difficult terrain, including Dead Man's Turn, the Bottleneck, Diablo Cut, and of course the Stone Needle—a long column of stone featuring a prominent “eye" at the top like a sewing needle. The eye is lined with jagged outeroppings, which serve not only to narrow the opening, but also render it more hazardous.

Local custom among racers says that "threading the Needle" is the only fair shortcut on the race course.

Dune Sea

Evidence exists to suggest that the Dune Sea was once an actual sea, but the punishing heat of Tatooine evaporated the waters long, long ago. Now it is a trackless waste, regularly scoured and reconfigured by powerful sandstorms. Banthas, Sand People, and water prospectors wander through the wasteland. The heat is all but unbearable, and few willingly brave its depths. The terrain consists of rolling dunes, dotted every so often with wrecked spaceships—victims of pirate battles or Tatooine's unpredictable sandstorms. Many more ships lie buried by the storms, forgotten except as legends among the scrap-hungry Jawas.

Great Pit of Carkoon

In the center of the Western Dune Sea lies the Great Pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the awe—inspiring Sarlaec. The Sarlacc may not be native to Tatooine at all, but an accidental visitor from another world. It is a massive, fearsome monster that hides itself under the endless sand and drags in unwary passersby to slowly digest them over the course of several centuries. Criminals Frequently use it to dispose of victims or rivals, and Jabba the Hutt finds the screams of the Sarlaee's meals particularly soothing.

Adult Sarlacc

Gargantuan beast, unaligned

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 464 (32d12+256)
• Speed 0 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
27 (+8)	11 (+0)	27 (+8)	3 (-4)	11 (+0)	6 (-2)

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• Saving Throws Str +14, Dex +6, Con +14, Wis +6
• Skills Stealth +6, Perception +6
• Damage Resistances sonic, energy, ion, and kinetic from unenhanced weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone
• Senses tremorsense 300 ft., passive Perception 16
• Languages —
• Challenge 21 (22,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance. (3/day). If the Rancor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Gargantuan Strength. The sarlacc's weapon attacks are considered enhanced.

Buried. The sarlacc is resistant to damage from sources beyond 60 feet and immune to damage from sources beyond 120 feet.

Grasping Tentacles. The sarlacc can have up to eight tentacles at a time. Each tentacle can be attacked (AC 18; 40 hit points; immunity to psychic damage). A tentacle can also be broken if a creature takes an action and succeeds on a DC 22 Strength check against it. Destroying a tentacle in either way deals no damage to the sarlacc, which can extrude a replacement tentacle on its next turn, but it causes the sarlacc to spend a legendary action for no effect. If the sarlacc has no legendary actions remaining this turn to spend, the sarlacc regains one fewer spent legendary actions at the start of its next turn than it would otherwise regain. The sarlacc can be forced to spend no more than two legendary actions in this way.

Actions

Multiattack. The sarlacc makes three tentacle attacks, each of which it can replace with one use of Bite.

Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 60 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (4d8 + 8) kinetic damage. The target is grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained. The sarlacc has eight tentacles, each of which can grapple one target.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 30 (4d10 + 8) Kinetic damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the sarlacc can't bite another target.

Swallow. The sarlacc makes one bite attack against a Large or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target takes the bite's damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the sarlacc, and it takes 35 (10d6) psychic damage at the start of each of the sarlacc's turns. A creature reduced to zero hit points this way stops taking the psychic damage and becomes stable.

If the sarlacc takes 40 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the sarlacc must succeed on a DC 23 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the sarlacc. If the sarlacc dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.

Pheromones (Recharge 5-6). The sarlacc releases pheromones in a 300 ft. radius. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save the creature is charmed by the sarlacc for 1 minute. While charmed this way, the target tries to get as close to the sarlacc as possible, using its actions to Dash until it is within 5 feet of the sarlacc. A charmed target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns and whenever it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature has advantage on saving throws against the sarlacc's Pheromones for 24 hours.

Surviving Tatooine

Only the most rugged or determined survive Tatooine's harsh environment. If the heat or lack of water isn't lethal enough, the lack of vegetation provides no break to the winds that scour the world's surface. Tatooine's strong winds produce sandstorms and the even more dangerous gravel storms and, quite often, vicious cyclones the locals call sandwhirls.

Gravel Storms

Sometimes the winds on Tatooine are so strong that more than just sand and dust are picked up and blown about. Tatooinians refer to these strong winds as gravel storms.

As with sandstorms, perception is impaired. Listen, Search, and Spot checks suffer a —8 penalty. Missile attacks are impossible, and energy weapon attacks are useless beyond a range of 3 meters. Starships and air vehicles attempting to fly through gravel storms suffer a —6 penalty on all Pilot skill cheeks.

Characters caught in the open during a gravel storm lose ld8 Vitality points each round and suffer the same chance of suffocation as in a sandstorrn. When a gravel storm has finally passed. everything in its wake is buried under 3d10 centimeters of dust, sand, and loose gravel.

Sandwhirls

The winds of Tatooine sometimes form huge, swirling fields of wind and sand known as sandwhirls. Like sandstorms, sandwhirls block vision. hinder ranged energy weapons, and prevent missile weapon fire; the same modifiers apply. Due to the ferocity of the wind, starships and air vehicles attempting to fly through sandwhirls suffer a —8 penalty on all Pilot skill cheeks.

These storms have a shorter duration, however, and although they move considerably slower than a sandstorm, their internal winds are as much as ten times as powerful. Sandwhirls smash buildings and hurls even banthas about. Light starships have been dragged as much as half a kilometer by sandwhirls.

Characters within 200 meters of a sandwhirl may be pulled from their feet and into the central funnel. Any creature in this area must attempt a Fortitude save (DC 20). The DC is +l for each 10 meters the creature is closer than 200 meters; the DC is further modified by the creature's size. (A Colossal creature at 200 meters, for example, would need to make a Fortitude save against DC 12. white a Diminutive creature would need to make a save against DC 24.) Creatures secured in some fashion receive a modifier at the Gamemaster's discretion.

Failing the saving throw means the creature is pulled 1d10 x 1d10 meters closer to the Funnel. If a creature ever comes into contact with the funnel, it is picked up and whirled about For ld1O rounds, suffering 6d6 points of vitality damage each round, before being thrown clear of the sandwhirl from a height of 2d10 x 2d10 meters.

Sandwhirls are regarded with terror for two reasons. First, sandwhirls occur with little warning—there are no atmospheric indicators aside from a sort of circular disturbance on the ground. Beings in proximity to a developing sandwhirl may attempt a Spot check against DC 15 (or alternately, a Computer Use check. if using sensors on a starship or vehicle) to notice the phenomenon before it affects them. Those who succeed have ld4 rounds to seek cover or otherwise avoid the sandwhirl. Those who fail have only one round.

Second, one cannot simply move beyond the outer edge of its winds to escape its effects; each round, the sandwhirl moves in a random direction. Fortunately. sandwhirls only last 3d10 minutes before dissipating, leaving everything in the area of the funnel covered with 5d10 centimeters of dust, sand, and debris. Anyone still trapped in the funnel's winds when the sandwhirl disappears immediately falls.

Natives of Tatooine

Tatooine has two indigenous, sentient species; Jawas, small, foul-smelling humanoids who subsist on a "scrounge-and-trade" economy, and the Sand People, also known as Tusken Raiders.

Tusken Brute

Medium humanoid, chaotic dark

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• Armor Class 10 (heavy combat suit)
• Hit Points 68 (8d8+32)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	18 (+4)	10 (+0)	13 (+1)	9 (-1)

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• Skills Survival +3
• Senses passive Perception 11
• Languages Tusken
• Challenge 2 (450 XP)

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Agressive. As a bonus action, the tusken can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.

Actions

Multiattack. The tusken makes two gaffi stick attacks.

Gaffi Stick. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 8 (1d10 + 3) Kinetic damage.

Tusken Chieftain

Medium humanoid, chaotic dark

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• Armor Class 16 (durasteel armor)
• Hit Points 93 (11d8+44)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	12 (+1)	18 (+4)	10 (+0)	13 (+1)	13 (+1)

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• Saving Throws Str +6, Con +6, Wis +6
• Skills Intimidation +3, Perception +3, Survival +3
• Senses passive Perception 13
• Languages Tusken
• Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

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Agressive. As a bonus action, the cheiftain can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.

Actions

Multiattack. The chieftain makes two gaffi stick attacks.

Gaffi Stick. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 9 (1d10+4) kinetic damage.

Cycler Rifle. Ranged Weapon Attack +3 to hit, reach 150/600 ft., one target. Hit 6 (1d10+1) kinetic damage.

Battle Cry (1/Day). Each creature of the chieftain's choice that is within 30 feet of it, can hear it, and not already affected by Battle Cry gain advantage on attack rolls until the start of the chieftain's next turn. The chieftain can then make one attack as a bonus action.

Jawas

Jawas are intelligent scavengers of short stature. They may be the only truly native sentient species on Tatooine. Dressed in their distinctive dark hooded robes covering all but their characteristic glowing eyes, Jawas are found in seemingly every dark nook and cranny of Tatooine. They survive by scrounging for scrap, which forms the basis of their economy, and hiding from the predators that make being a small rodentiike scavenger on a desert world so difficult.

Though not particularly advanced technologically, they have a gift for discovering unusual ways to make things work—at least for a little while. Their clans are organized by scavenging groups, about half of whom all live together on the same sandcrawler. The remainder dwell in walled forts, safe from the depredations of Sand People and worse—but waiting for their chance to go exploring in the clan crawler. Sandcrawlers are both symbolic and utilitarian to Jawas. They represent not only the home of the traveling members of the clan, and therefore the source of the whole clan's livelihood, but one of their species' first major technological achievements: adapting the castoff vehicles of early offworld miners to their own use, and actually keeping them running.

Jawas have a well-deserved reputation as thieves and swindlers, although they would hardly consider these words insults. Jawas are proud of their ability to lay their hands on what others obviously no longer need and sell things that only work for a short time. (No one will buy merchandise that doesn't work, but people will buy things that require regular maintenance and replacement parts.) When a Jawa sandcrawler rolls up to a community, the citizens quickly stow all their possessions safely away—but also line up to see what the Jawas have for sale. Though most people despise the Jawas for their underhanded practices (and unpleasant odor), they also realize that Jawas occasionally lay their hands on priceless treasures.

Once a year. just before the storm season, all the Jawa clans gather in the great basin of the Dune Sea for a gigantic swap meet, trading for the best scrap and sharing rumors of valuable deposits. Much of the inter-clan business is accomplished at these meets, including comparing navigational data on the ever—changing Dune Sea, and arranging marriages—which are conducted with every bit as much intense trading as bartering for scrap. Many Jawas achieve wedded bliss only through the medium of shrewd haggling.

Jawas use a complex language, one that is all but incomprehensible to non—Jawas. It consists of almost meaningless syllables that only make sense when combined with pheromonally produced emphasis. (Even when a is not actively conversing, his specific scent can tell others what mood he is in.) When bargaining with non—Jawas. they use a simplified "Jawa Trade Language." Non—Jawas cannot learn the full Jawa language unless they possess enhanced olfactory senses enabling them to distinguish subtly individualized scents.

Jawa Species Traits

Jawas are only common on Tatooine. if a player wishes to play a Jawa character—and the Gamemaster allows it—the player should prepare an explanation for why the Jawa has left the comfort and safety of his clan to journey out among the stars in the company of giant aliens.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.
• Age. Jawas are considered adults when they make their first sale and live less than a century.
• Alignment. Jawas tendency to steal and swindle causes them to tend towards the dark side, though there are exceptions.
• Size. Jawas stand around 3 to 4 feet tall and weigh about 40 lbs. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Small.
• Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
• Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
• Grovel, Cower, and Beg. As an action on your turn, you can cower pathetically to distract nearby foes. Until the end of your next turn, your allies gain advantage on attack rolls against enemies within 10 feet of you that can see you. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
• Tech Dabbler. You know the ion blast at-will tech power. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the repair droid tech power once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the hold droid tech power once per day. Intelligence is your techcasting ability for these powers. You do not require use of a wristpad for these powers.
• Thieves. You have proficiency in Sleight of Hand.
• Tinker. You have proficiency with tinker's tools. You can use these and spend 1 hour and 100 cr worth of materials to construct a Tiny Device (AC 5, 1 hp). You can take the Use an Object action to have your device cause one of the following effects: create a small explosion, create a repeating loud noise for 1 minute, create smoke for 1 minute, cause a small electrical fire.
• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Jawaese. You can understand spoken and written Galactic Basic, but your vocal cords do not allow you to speak it. Jawaese blends quickly spoken, semi-meaningless syllables with scents to be understood.

Jawa Scrapper

Small humanoid (jawa), neutral

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• Armor Class AC
• Hit Points 13 (3d6+3)
• Speed 30 ft. walk

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
8 (-1)	14 (+2)	12 (+1)	11 (+0)	10 (+0)	8 (-1)

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• Skills Stealth +6
• Senses darvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Jawaese, understands but doesn't speak Galactic Basic
• Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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Nimble Escape. The jawa can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns.

Actions

Ion Blaster. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 40/160 ft., one creature. Hit 3 (1d4 + 2) ion damage.

Ion Grenade (3/day). The jawa throws a grenade at a point it can see within 20 ft. Each creature within 10 feet must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 2d4 ion damage on a failed save, or half as much as on a successful one. Any electronics within the blast radius are disabled until rebooted.

Sandcrawlers

Long ago, the Jawas took possession of giant mobile refineries left behind by an offworld mining concern. With typical Jawa resourcefulness little desert scavengers quickly converted the refineries to rolling fortresses. This kept them safe from hungry krayt dragons and marauding Sand People while the Jawas scoured the wastelands for valuable strap.

The sandcrawler is the key to a Jawa clan's livelihood and prestige. Sanderawlers house as many as several hundred clan members, packed together in a rat's nest maze of sleeping quarters, storage compartments. scrap piles, ventilation ducts, walkways, and machines whose original purposes have long been forgotten. Though Jawas do not truly understand the technology of the sanderawlers, they have had several centuries to come up with workable solutions—even if the correct method was actually far simpler.

Jawas operate sandcrawlers according to some Jawa logic that is all but incomprehensible to anyone else. Sanderawlers roam the surface of Tatooine, searching for wreckage dredged up by the scouring winds, usually the remains of ships that crashed on the desert planet decades or centuries or millennia ago. Powerful metal-detecting sensors guide the sandcrawler in the right general direction. Jawas in the cockpit act as spotters, scrutinizing the landscape with electrobinoculars, seeking the merest glimmer of sunlight reflected off processed metal.

The Jawas make for the scrap deposit with all the haste the ponderous sanderawler can muster. Once the clan leader is satisfied that it's safe. he calls for a Jawa salvage team (usually, whatever Jawas happen to be near the boarding gantry when the sanderawler comes to a stop) to investigate. If the find turns out to be a dud, the Jawas scramble back aboard the sandcrawler, wary of a trap.

But if the find proves to be something the Jawas can use, the clan leader signals for the opening of the main ramp, and the Jawas swarm out, usually amid much high-pitched bellowing from the Jawa salvage bosses. The Jawas are actually quite eager to work, but their efforts are frequently unfocused. Each Jawa wants to be the one to find the rare treasure that everyone else overlooked, and getting them all to cooperate on the job at hand requires a determined taskmaster.

The Jawas work quickly and sloppily, their efforts punctuated with animated arguments and discussions. When the scrap has all been gathered up and loaded into the appropriate hold, the Jawas scramble back aboard the sandcrawler, fearful that they are not truly safe until the giant vehicle is sealed up tight.

Sandcrawler

Size, Alignment

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• Armor Class AC
• Hit Points Hitpoints
• Speed Speed

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Str (Mod)	Dex (Mod)	Con (Mod)	Int (Mod)	Wis (Mod)	Cha (Mod)

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• Saving Throws saving_throws
• Skills skills
• Damage Vulnerabilities damage_vulnerabilities
• Damage Resistances Resistances
• Damage Immunities Damage_Immunities
• Condition Immunities condition_Immunities
• Senses Senses
• Languages Languages
• Challenge Challenge and Xp

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Actions

Multiattack. The Creature Name makes Number and type of attacks

Ability Description. Attack Style: Attack Bonus to hit, Reach/Range, one target. Hit: Damage Damage Type damage

General Ability Description. General Attack Description

Creatures of Tatooine

The creatures encountered on Tatooine are generally predators, scavengers, or beasts of burden. Most are native; a few have been imported from other worlds to aid in the "conquest" of the desert planet.

Adult Bantha

Huge beast, unaligned

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• Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 126 (11d12 + 55)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
24 (+7)	9 (-1)	21 (+5)	3 (-4)	11 (0)	6 (-2)

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• Senses passive Perception 10
• Languages —
• Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)

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Trampling Charge. If the bantha moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the bantha can make one stomp attack against it as a bonus action.

Actions

Ram. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7) kinetic damage.

Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone creature. Hit: 29 (4d10 + 7) kinetic damage.

Eopie

The eopie is the most useful of Tatooine's indigenous creatures. lt provides meat, leather, and highly nutritive (if extremely perishable) milk, and its splayed feet make it an excellent mount or pack beast. Eopies' long snouts, adapted for rooting sandlichens from Tatooine's sandy dunes, also make them particularly effective at controlling water-sucking weeds on and around the world‘s various moisture farms. Eopies can survive for weeks without water and are undeterred by even the worst of Tatooine's sandstorms, plodding steadily on through the swirling dust and howling winds. Even better, they have imperturbable dispositions, reacting to surprises with mild curiosity rather than panic.

Even with all their positive qualities, eopies see considerably less use than banthas or dewbacks. Both larger animals are capable of bearing heavier loads, and both move more quickly than the eopie. Still, eopies are gaining in popularity for two reasons: They are better able to travel through the sands than dewbacks are; and there are no religious fanatics preaching the sanctity of the eopie (as the Dim—U do with the bantha). They are also considerably less expensive to purchase and keep. Some settlers have fairly large herds of eopies. (One of these is Jabba the Hutt, who enjoys the taste of eopie meat)

Krayt Dragon

Krayt dragons are titanic reptiles that prowl the mountains bordering the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine. Fierce, aggressive, and ravenous, they sometimes attack herds of banthas, but their primary prey is the dewback. Ultimately, anything that moves across a krayt dragon's field of vision is fair game, and the Sand People rightly live in fear of these monstrous predators.

When a krayt dragon attacks a creature smaller than itself, it begins by slamming its prey to the ground with a single swipe of its massive foreclaw. Once the victim is prone—and perhaps unconscious or even dead—the dragon scoops it up in its tooth-filled mouth, working its jaw backward and forward until the poor victim has disappeared down its gullet. Viciously single-minded. a krayt dragon will pursue a foe until it has its meal or the prey escapes the boundaries of the mountains. On the open desert sands, the dragon is vulnerable to long-range attacks. it much prefers to attack from among the rocks, where an opponent must come within range of the dragon's claws to launch an attack of its own.

Most sensible people fear krayt dragons, though some hunters actively seek them. hoping to discover the fabled "dragon pearls"—ordinary stones polished to priceless perfection in the dragon‘s stomach. A single such stone could fetch well over l00,000 credits. If the legends are true, any krayt dragon will have several (ld4+2] in its gizzard. Jabba the Hutt has long been interested in capturing a krayt dragon—originally because of the rumor of the dragon pearls, but in later years because he wanted to see how his pet rancor would fare against one of the giant lizards.

Adult Canyon Krayt Dragon

Huge beast, unaligned

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• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 262 (21d12 + 126)
• Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
25 (+7)	10 (0)	22 (+6)	6 (-2)	14 (+2)	17 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Str +12, Con +11, Wis +7
• Skills Perception +7, Stealth +5
• Damage Resistance energy, ion, and kinetic from unenhanced weapons
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages —
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance. (3/Day): If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half it burrowing speed and leaves a 15-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.

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Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7) kinetic damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) kinetic damage.

Tail Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d8 + 7) kinetic damage. The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 ft. of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Venom Spray (Recharge 5-6). The dragon spits poison in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 56 (16d6) poison damage damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

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Legendary Actions

Krayt Dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Krayt Dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of their turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Swat Away. The dragon makes a claw attack. If the attack hits, the target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be pushed 15 feet in a straight line away from the dragon. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target falls prone.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail stinger attack.

Rock Wart

Named for its natural environment and the profile it presents, the rock wart is an insectlike creature evolved to survive the rigors of desert life—including predators for which it is food. The rock wart itself is primarily a carnivore preying on smaller creatures, but like many creatures, it prefers to lay its eggs in larger creatures, providing larval rock warts with sustenance when they hatch.

The rock wart is equipped with a devastating neurotoxin that helps it accomplish both of these functions. Any creature damaged by the rock wart must attempt an immediate Fortitude saving throw (DC 14). If the save is successful, the creature is unaffected by the venom. If the save fails. the creature loses ld6 Strength, then must attempt another save 1 minute (10 rounds) later. If the second save fails. the creature loses an additional ld6 Strength. If this reduces the creature's Strength to 0 or lower, it dies, and the rock wart—after enjoying a meal—lays its eggs in the creature‘s carcass. The eggs hatch 4 days later, producing another 4d6 larval rock warts. Larval rock warts are mostly harmless until they mature after another 6 days.

Ronto

Towering beasts of burden, rontos are mammals prized for their ability to shrug off Tatooine's intense heat, although they do require large amounts of water. Their size makes them particularly effective at discouraging predators, and their sense of smell is acute enough to detect krayt dragons up to a kilometer away. But they are also somewhat skittish in urban environments, where their poor eyesight cannot adjust quickly enough to the sudden movements of smaller creatures and vehicles

Their first instinct when confronted with such potential threats in close proximity is to get away, regardless of any burdens or passengers they may be carrying. A spooked ronto will often throw its riders to the ground, then lumber off in a random direction until it can no longer sense the threat. Although Jawas are particularly fond of the easily trained animals, the little scavengers are also poorly suited to controlling a panicked ronto. Tatooine’s settlements frequently enjoy the amusing spectacle of rontos rearing at the sudden appearance of a swoop or landspeeder, hurling its riders to the ground—then calming down again a moment later when the vehicle passes out of the ronto's sight, leaving the Jawas cursing in frustration.

Scurrier

Scurriers are the urban vermin of spaceport towns throughout the galaxy. Persistent scavengers, they dart from trash heap to trash heap in search of food and material with which to line their nests. Sometimes they find their way into the cargo holds of docked ships, spreading like a plague from port to port.

Fortunately, scurriers are more annoying than dangerous, fleeing at the first sign of threat—although they can be fierce in defending their nests. The most frustrating fact about scurriers is that they constantly pick apart objects—including machinery—searching for material for their nests. They have been known to disable vital systems in their quest for scraps.

Scurriers stand on a pair of broad. sturdy hooves, making them surefooted on most terrain. They manipulate objects with dexterous forepaws. The males possess large, curved horns, which they commonly use in mating rituals, but are not above employing against intruders in their nests.

In their nests, scurriers will be encountered in packs of 3d6+6. Away from their nests, they hunt in much smaller groups of 2d4+4 beasts.

Womp Rat

Womp rats are Tatooine's indigenous pack hunters, vicious, carnivorous rodents that can reach 2 or 3 meters in length. They prowl the regions of the planet. chasing down dewbacks and occasionally culling the weakest banthas from the herd. Fearless predators, womp rats attack even well-armed settlers and Sand People, as well as Jawas—although they avoid the Jawas' massive, ponderous sandcrawlers.

The settlers of Tatooine regard womp rats with a feeling somewhere between contempt and terror. Reasonable precautions can keep one safe from a pack of womp rats, but anyone caught out in the open is as good as dead. Consequently, there are no local laws protecting womp rats from extinction, and many settlers make a sport of shooting at the predators from fast-moving vehicles. Beggar's Canyon, near Anchorhead, is a particularly popular spot for “womp runs," in which lightly armed skyhoppers race through the narrow defile picking off womp rats for points.

A pack consists of 3d4+3 womp rats.

Worrt

The worrt is a toadlike predator native to the rocky regions of Tatooine. It “hunts" by blending in among the rocks and waiting patiently for something resembling food to pass by, at which point it shoots out its long tongue to ensnare its prey. If the attack is successful, the victim must attempt a Reflex save (DC 15) or be immediately pulled into the worrt's mouth. Obviously, this attack is only truly effective against creatures smaller than the worrt—typieally insects, rodents, and other Diminutive or Tiny creatures.

However, a worrt rarely makes this distinction. Renowned for its stupidity, the worrt occasionally attacks creatures larger than itself, as well as rocks, vehicles, and in one recorded instance, its own reflection. Jabba the Hutt keeps several worrts as pets in his palace, though they lair outside, making stealthy approach problematic for potential thieves or assassins.

Settling Tatooine

Although Tatooine's population hovers at around 80,000 people, several billion have visited the world at one time or another. Some came as settlers, others as smugglers. The story of how Tatooine went from "remote hyperspace stopover" to "Hutt—ruled frontier planet" to "historic birthplace of Luke Skywalker" covers more than five thousand years of exploration and colonization of the harsh desert planet.

The B'omarr Monastery

Civilization truly began on Tatooine with the arrival of the B'omarr monks. A Human religious sect devoted to contemplation and self-exploration, the B'omarr had long sought a world where they would neither be disturbed nor distracted by the presence of settlements. Forgotten by the Republic and populated only by uncommunicative local tribes, Tatooine offered a perfect haven.

The monks of the B‘omarr arrived aboard half adozen cargo ships, which formed the basis of their original monastery on Tatooine. They covered their structure after their first sandstorm and enclosed it after their first encounter with the Sand People.

The period of B'omarr isolation ended with the arrival of an offworld pirate named Alkhara, whose callous treatment of the natives earned him the wrath of a group of Sand People. Seeking refuge from both the authorities and the vengeance of the Sand People. Alkhara seized the B'omarr monastery. Unbeknownst to Alkhara, previously bandits and smugglers had temporarily infiltrated the edifice, making use of rough corridors and halls apparently abandoned by the monks. Alkhara was surprised to find himself welcomed by the B'omarr and told to make their refuge his refuge. Alkhara and his followers moved in.

B'omarr Brain Walker

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B'omarr Enlightenment

Thanks to reliable anesthesia, the proccess of trasferring a living being's brain into a suitable container is painless. But it is certainly not easy, requiring a Treat Injury check (DC 30) to keep the brain alive long enough for transplantation. The B'omarr order has over the centuries developed numerous mechanical devices to assist in the procedure, giving them a +15 bonus to their Treat Injury checks when performing the enlightenment surgery. Failure on the check means that the brain does not survive and is discarded along with the lifeless corpse.

Once the brain regains consciousness after being separated from the body, psychosis is a distinct possibility. An immediate Will saving throw (DC 20) is required; failure means that the enlightened being's Intelligence score immediately drops to 1, as its awareness of its situation prompts it to scream—with, unfortunately, no need to stop for breath. The disembodied brain may attempt a Will save again each day. For each success, the brain regains one lost Intelligence point, up to its original total. Brains in this situation are usually distanced from other enlightened monks, to prevent disturbing their meditations.

Though extremely rare, it is possible for the B'omarr to transplant one of their enlightened members into a physical form again. The operation requires a Treat Injury check (DC 30) and, of course, a living receptacle. Unfortunately, the B'omarr have no specialized machinery to aid in this procedure, so it is considerably more risky than the original procedure.

Anchorhead

The Sand People continued to raid the colonists’ mining parties and temporary settlements, but they had suffered too many losses at Fort Tusken to mount another appreciable threat. When a second ship full of settlers arrived, the Tusken Raiders appeared outnumbered and seemingly vanished back into the desert sands. Colonists sighted them only rarely and learned to minimize the danger they presented by not traveling alone or at night.

The second group of settlers showed no interest in rebuilding Fort Tusken, but were keenly interested in the ruins of a much older settlement located beside a deep well at the southern edge of the Jundland Wastes. There they established the community of Anchorhead and immediately set up mining operations.

Because all their ships had landed intact, the people of Anchorhead were able to construct a spaceport in a very short time. All ore exported from Tatooine passed through Anehorhead. Anchorheaders prospered.

The Sandcrawlers

Both the newest and oldest settlement on the planet, Anchorhead gradually became the seat of government of Tatooine. Exports had been so profitable that Anchorhead mining interests purchased three dozen mobile refineries to facilitate turning rocks into money. A third of these were sold to the other miners on the planet; the rest they kept to make themselves even richer.

Soon, small fleets of “sandcrawlers” lumbered across the sands, loading raw ore by the ton and returning to scattered depots to disgorge processed metals for pickup and export. The ubiquitous Jawas watched the sandcrawlers with obvious interest. and while almost no one could understand their language, it was clear that they were profoundly excited whenever one came near.

Mos Eisley

In an effort to regain some of their former importance in the Tatooine settlers' community, the residents of Bestine voted to construct their own spaceport—and thus avoid the expensive export fees levied on them by Anchorhead mining concerns. Construction began not far away, at one end of the Great Mesra Plateau, centered on the heavily scavenged remains of the Dowager Queen.

A third group of settlers lent their support to this endeavor: Rodian refugees, fleeing clan power struggles on their own world. While their aid was greatly appreciated, they also brought with them much of the corruption that had plagued their own society for so long. The planned "ultramodern" Spaceport of Mos Eisley evolved into a seedy, half—finished den of vice and violence, a trap for Freighter crews and an embarrassment to the city planners. Worse still, the dirty money made by unscrupulous traders and local racketeers was beginning to attract the attention of the notorious Hutt crime lords.

Then the mining industry collapsed

The Mines Close

A short but spectacular series of space station and transport accidents was eventually blamed on the inferior ore coming out of Tatooine. Bulkheads crumpled. Hulls ruptured. And under just the right conditions, Tatooine metal became powerfully magnetic. in short, it was all but useless. Ore freighters stopped visiting Tatooine, the sandcrawlers stopped refining ore, and the miners stopped working.

A period of economic depression ensued all over Tatooine. Sensible colonists who could affordto leave did so without delay, seeking their fortunes else where. Those who could not afford transporte or who, through some misguided optimism, felt they could still make something of their desert homes—remained behind, desperately keeping Tatooine's support industry going.

The bare minimum survival occupation on Tatooine was moisture farming. Vaporator import and leasing jumped dramatically as hundreds of miners became subsistence moisture farmers. Water was still rare enough to fetch a high price, but it was also rare enough that most of the farmers had to keep every drop they gathered.

Many of those who managed to survive the first season found themselves unable to distill enough water to keep up with their vaporator payments. Lending organizations set up permanent offices in Anchorhead and Mos Eisley to handle debt collection. Things looked bleak for the latest of Tatooine's countless colonies.

This was when the Hutts arrived.

Podracing

The Hutts further fostered public distraction From their shady activities by building a massive 100,000-seat Podracing arena between the Northern Dune Sea and the Xelrie Draw, not far from Mos Espa. Podraeing was already popular on the Outer Rim, and the new course was spectaeularly dangerous, making for a further attraction. (For a full description of this track. see the chapter on Podracing.) Podracers and fans came to Mos Espa in droves, bringing in even more money. They also brought gambling, which put even more money almost directly into the hands of the Hutts. What money the Hutts couldn't make from the oFFworld visitors legitimately or through betting, they made by hiring thugs to rob big winners before they could take their money offworid. Those unwise few who were too cheap to hire bodyguards found themselves paying in other ways.

The Next Sixty Years

The Hutts insinuated themselves so well into Tatooine life that they became a part of it. Slavery became an accepted, if unfortunate, institution. Crime was just another danger to be avoided, like womp rats or sandstorms. Poverty under the Hutts was really no different from poverty as an independent miner.

The desert world changed very little over the next six decades, with a few exceptional events.

Cities of Tatooine

"We forge this city in the heat of twin suns, in memory of our forefathers, in honor of our living clans, and in hope for our children yet unborn."

Customs Official

Medium humanoid, neutral dark side

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• Armor Class 10
• Hit Points 10
• Speed 30 ft

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• Skills Investigation +3, Technology +3, Perception +3, Insight +3
• Senses 60 ft, Passive Perception 11
• Languages Galactic Basic, Huttese
• Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)

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Punch. Melee Weapon Attack: +1, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit: 1 (1d3) kinetic

Holdout Blaster. Ranged Weapon Attack: +1, range 30/120 ft, one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) energy

Commerce

Those who wish to do business anywhere on Tatooine require a merchant's license, but this practice drops off sharply during the Rebellion era. Licenses are conveniently sold by customs officials for l,000 credits [100 truguts). Temporary permits are available for 250 credits [25 truguts). The temporary permit must be renewed every month, while the license is good for one Tatooine year.

Either type of license is only necessary for selling unsolicited goods on Tatooine. Prepaid cargoes are exempt, and of course goods may be purchased without any particular licenses. Indeed, that is one of the factors that brings business to the desert world. For example, many worlds require expensive and difficult-to-obtain permits to buy weapons and pharmaceuticals, both of which are available at street vendor stalls in nearly every Tatooine city.

Law and Order

When the police of Tatooine's cities react to a crime in progress, they generally arrive in a force of three: two officers to arrest the offender, and one to watch their backs. The police rarely pursue a criminal who flees the scene, however; their main duty is to minimize the damage to the city's commerce.

The police are well paid, but not so well that they feel motivated to risk their lives—or retire. As a result, nearly all them are corrupt, taking bribes to allow Class Two or CLass Three perpetrators to go unnoticed or to “shoot high" when they are forced to act. As with customs officers, bribes generally cost half of the customary fine (for Class Three infractions) or, in the case of Class Two infractions, upwards of 10,000 credits.

This is not to say that Tatooine's police officers go out of their way to find infractions (and thus line their pockets). The police know that pushing the populace too hard will only get them shot in the back. Instead, they tend to patrol in covered landspeeders, except during the midday swelter, when they usually stop in the nearest cantina for lunch and a cold beverage.

Moisture Farms

Although water is regularly imported to Tatooine, it is prohibitively expensive for all but a select few. Consequently, the vaporator is a common sight in many Tatooine homes and businesses. And, as with any venture that produces something that many people need, an industry revolving around vaporators arose: moisture farms.

Few people come to Tatooine with the intent of being moisture farmers. Vaporators are expensive and require daily maintenance. Furthermore, they attract the attention of both Jawas and Sand People. Jawas try to scavenge water or loose parts, but are easily foiled by simple locks. Sand People frequently break into isolated vaporators for the water receptacle inside, but far more often destroy the machines altogether. Moisture farmers, when they bother to attribute this behavior to something other than "Tusken Raider hostility," believe that the Sand People simply hate machines. While this is partly true, Human misunderstanding of the complete situation means that moisture farmers and Sand People will continue to clash well into the foreseeable future.

Ubrikkian Luxury Sail Barge

Gargantuan construct, unaligned

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• Armor Class 8
• Hit Points 80
• Speed 50 ft hover (no more than 30 feet above ground)

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Circuitry. The Sail Barge has disadvantage on saving throws against effects that would deal ion or lightning damage.

Piloted. The Sail Barge requires an active pilot to take any actions, and if the pilot is subjected to any conditions that the Sail Barge is not immune to, the Sail Barge is also subjected to those conditions. The pilot may take their own action or one of the actions granted by the Sail Barge.

Vulnerable Interior. The Sail Barge's interior is vulnerable to damage done by grenades, mines and charges, unless it is immune to that damage. It also automatically fails all Dexterity saving throws from such effects that occur in its interior.

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Skiffs

Skiffs are repulsor vehicles used to move cargo and serve as low-speed, low—altitude transports. Often, skiffs are operated by labor droids. The most popular line of cargo skiffs is the Ubrikkian SuperHaul series. Jabba the Hutt owned a number of SuperHaul Model ll skiffs, as seen in Episode Vl: Return of the Jedi.

Skyhoppers

Skyhoppers are high-speed aircraft Frequently used by planetary militias and police forces. Tatooine's major cities periodically purchase them for use as patrol craft. They are also popular with planetary smugglers and hotshot racing pilots. Civilian models are sold without the laser cannons, and 2,500 credits cheaper. (The weapon mount remains. however, allowing civilian owners to install whatever light vehicle weaponry they desire)

Landspeeders

Tatooine sees a wide variety of landspeeders, from the fast, sporty models popular with hotshot pilots to larger, “luxury“ models owned by the rich. A common family landspeeder is the SoroSuub V—35 Courier, popular because of its enclosed passenger compartment (although the driver's seat is open). Couriers in use on Tatooine require regular maintenance, however; the repulsor generator and the air intakes clog easily in Tatooine‘s dusty environment.

Podracers

Podracers are large turbothrust engines attached by thin cables to a small control cockpit. They are used throughout the galaxy for the sport of high-speed Podracing—but most of them have been heavily modified From their original factory condition. Anakin Skywalker's Podracer is a heavily modified Radon-Ulzer 620C. Sebulba's Podracer is a Collor Pondrat Plug—F Mammoth (with Split—X ram intakes). Boles Roor's is a Bin Gassi Ouadrijet, with almost no modifications.

Sebulba's Podracer

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Boles Roor's Podracer

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Swoops

Swoops are high-performance racing vehicles, frequently adapted for military courier and scouting applications but more often piloted by pirates, criminals, and, most commonly, speed enthusiasts. Swoops consist essentially of powerful turbothrust engines, repulsorlifts, controls, seats, a seat belt, and nothing else. Pilots often must wear sealed flight suits to handle inertial stress and the low-oxygen altitudes that swoops are capable of reaching. Military and illegal models frequently include weaponry equivalent to blaster rifles.

The Rise of the Empire Era

Between the arrival of Jabba the Hutt and the rise of the Empire, Tatooine enjoyed a period ofrelative prosperity-for the Hutts, anyway. The slave trade was in full swing, and Podracing was nearing its zenith with the construction of the Grand Arena near Mos Espa. The Sand People were relatively quiet, and the only battles fought over the desert world were between pirates, smugglers, and the occasional aspiring crime lord.

Although nominally a part of the Republic, Tatooine was firmly in the grip of the Hutts. Not even the occasional visit from Republic patrol ships could loosen their hold. Always accustomed to bribing and extorting Republic officials who bothered to visit Tatooine, the Hutts actually found life somewhat easier for the two decades prior to the establishment of Imperial rule. The Hutts' best guess was that someone located close to the Republic Senate was diverting attention away from Tatooine for some unknown reason. But as long as they continued acquiring wealth, power, and prestige, the Hutts of Tatooine were happy to let the rest of the galaxy resolve its own troubles.

This was precisely the atmosphere of shortsighted self—interest that prevailed on Tatooine the year that young Anakin Skywalker won the Boonta Eve Classic Podrace.

Laws and Ordinances

Despite a fairly lawless appearance, Mos Espa does employ a full staff of law enforcement personnel, from police officers to judges. Of course, all are employed by the Hutts, meaning that their primary duty is to ensure that commerce flows smoothly. Thus, while Mos Espa has laws, most have a distinctly Huttese flavor. Some sample Mos Espa laws, and the penalties for breaking them, are listed here.

Jabba the Hutt

Jabba is the sluglike crime lord of' Tatooine. as well as an important figure in the Outer Rim underworld. His criminal empire covers all of Tatooine and extends in one form or another as far as Nal Hutta. the Hutt homeworld. Variously feared, despised, respected, and admired, Jabba rules his world from the comfort of a repulsor sled, the picture of an indolent worm. Inwardly, his keen criminal mind is constantly plotting, counterplotting, and dreaming of the tortures he will inflict upon his enemies—and the meals he will eat to celebrate their defeats.

Born Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Jabba was schooled in "the art of crime" by his father, the notorious Hutt crime lord Zorba. Jabba learned gambling. smuggling, slavery, bribery, contraband, and racketeering so well that Zorba eventually turned over to his young son one of his holdings: a converted monastery on the desert world Tatooine. Zorba invited his son to make a name for himself among the scum of Mos Espa or be destroyed by the other Hutts currently vying for control of Tatooine. Jabba accepted the challenge, and within a few years controlled all the crime and gambling of Mos Espa, including the highly profitable betting on the local Podracing circuit. Jabba made his father proud.

Jabba did not content himself with one city, however. He quickly seized nearby Mos Entha, then Mos Taike. With control over two of the world’s three largest spaceports, Jabba was slowly gaining dominion over Tatooine's smuggling concerns, radically reducing the influence of two of the other four Hutts on the planet. To draw attention away From his acquisition of power, Jabba graciously surrendered control of Mos Espa’s slave trade to his onetime rival Gardulla—just in time for the Republic to finally enforce its antislavery laws on the last few Outer Rim worlds that still allowed the industry. Gardulla was ruined, and Jabba was that much closer to controlling Tatooine.

While architects remodeled his monasteryturned-palace on the edge of the Dune Sea, Jabba temporarily relocated to a townhouse in Mos Eisley, "to be closer to the Spaceport." In a short time, Jabba had a death grip on smuggling in the Tatooine system, which provided him with his first real opportunity to expand to the rest of the Outer Rim. Controlling shipping—both legal and illegal—allowed him to finish edging out the rest of his competition, and soon Jabba was the only Hutt with any power for a hundred light years.

During his "conquest" of Tatooine, Jabba met two beings who were to become lifelong companions. One was Salacious Crumb. a Kowakian monkey—lizard with a penchant for bizarre antics. Jabba kept the creature on the grounds that it had to amuse him at least once each day, but Jabba's other associates found Crumb unbearably annoying.

The other was Ephant Mon, a Chevin mercenary-turned—gunrunner. Of all the people in Jabba's life, Ephant Mon would be the only one Jabba could truly consider a friend. Jabba had saved Ephant's life several years earlier, earning the Chevin's unswerving loyalty. Ephant Man‘s role in Jabba's organization became that of an informal "chief of security." The Chevin rooted out conspiracies against Jabba, uncovered spies. and foiled assassination attempts. (Ultimately, Ephant Mon earned Jabba's scorn because of his respect for the Jedi powers of Luke Skywalker — but that respect also enabled him to outlive Jabba.)

Jabba's organization also included several lieutenants, individuals who oversaw aspects of Jabba‘s empire without overtly threatening his control of it. The first was Naroon Cuthus, who was so efficient that Jabba ultimately had to eliminate him; he knew far too much to live. A pair of ambitious smugglers replaced Cuthus: Bidlo Kwerve, a Corellian, and Bib Fortuna, a Twi’lek. Jabba played them against each other to prevent either From becoming a threat to him, but Fortune eventually got the upper hand. Kwerve received the dubious distinction of becoming the first being Jabba fed to his pet rancor. By the time of Jabba's death, Bib Fortuna was Jabba's majordomo—and chief aspirant to Jabba's position.

Bib Fortuna

Bib Fortuna is Jabba the Hutt's conniving Twi‘lek majordomo—and, if his plots reach fruition, Jabba‘s replacement as crime lord of Tatooine. Much of Fortuna's life in service to the Hutt has been aimed at bringing about exactly that end. By the time of Han Solo's rescue from Jabba's palace, the Twi'lek is poised to eliminate Jabba and seize his assets all in one fell swoop.

Fortuna's career began on his homeworld, Ryloth, where he smuggled ryll, an addictive drug popular in the Corporate Sector. When the ryll trade got out of hand—bringing slavery, drug wars, and mass chaos to Ryloth—the Twi'lek government arrested and tried Bib Fortuna, sentencing him to death. But Fortuna escaped, eventually making his way into Jabba's employ on the nearby planet Tatooine. Although Jabba had a reputation for punishing failure with grisly, painful death, the opportunistic Fortuna saw ways to exploit the Hutt's weaknesses and not only survive, but prosper. Entertaining dreams of ruling Ryloth the way Jabba ruled Tatooine, Fortuna threw himself into the role of sycophantic lieutenant, plotting all the while.

He began by teaming with a grubby Corellian smuggler, Bidlo Kwerve, to make spice runs to Kessel on Jabba‘s behalf. Quickly recognizing that capture by the authorities was just a matter of time, and knowing that his luck would one day run out, Fortuna petitioned Jabba for a slightly different role in his organization: slaver. Jabba agreed.

Promising vast profits and exotic gifts. Fortuna returned to Ryloth at the head of a fleet of slave ships. After sacking seven cities and filling his holds with Twi'lek slaves—and capturing the orphaned and injured son of one of Ryloth's greatest families, Nat Secura— Fortuna had impressed Jabba enough to be brought into the Hutt's inner circle of advisers.

Recognizing that the other advisors were threats to his position, the Twi'Iek eliminated the most dangerous—Naroon Cuthus and his own erstwhile partner, Bidlo Kwerve-by manipulating Jabba with carefully chosen words and truth-edged lies. Soon, Bib Fortuna was Jabba's constant companion, always whispering in the Hutt's ear, always playing the obsequious servant. When the Twi'Iek wasn't actively advising Jabba, he was running the day-to-day operations of the Hutt‘s criminal empire. Still, Fortuna found time to nurture his own plots, while keeping tabs on the various other plots around him—always seeking ways to turn them to his own advantage.

Bib Fortuna's greatest opportunity also proved his downfall. He had begun negotiating with the B'omarr monks, the original inhabitants of Jabba's palace, who now dwelled in the lowest levels of the complex, where Jabba's people never went. For their aid in his schemes against the Hutt, Fortuna promised the monks the return of their monastery—afier the Twi'lek had stripped it bare of Jabba's treasure, of course. The monks even placed the brain of the dying Nat Secura into one of their containment spheres at Fortuna's request, in hopes that he could one day find a more suitable Twi'lek body into which they could transplant Secura for Bib Fortuna's triumphant return to Ryloth.

But as Fortuna's plans came together, a new element entered the scene. Friends of Han Solo—who was imprisoned in carbonite in Jabba's throne room—attempted to rescue him. In doing so, they incurred the Hutt's wrath. Jabba planned to execute them, but they had prepared for such a contingency, and instead killed Jabba. This of course delighted Bib Fortuna, who had been preparing to assassinate Jabba himself anyway.

But when he returned to the palace to seize his prize, he discovered that the B'omarr monks had concealed their own plans from him. Bib Fortuna soon found himself a disembodied brain floating in a containment sphere amid the most enlightened minds of the B'omarr. He remained there for some time, still plotting, until the visit of an old ally, Firth Olan, provided him with a replacement body.

Gardulla's Palace

Since the Besadii have been on Tatooine the longest, it is hardly surprising that their clan estate in Mos Espa is also the largest. An impressive, fortresslike edifice, the structure stands just off Mos Espa Way, like a monument to Hutt power and prestige.

The Besadii representative on Tatooine during the Old Republic era—Gardulla—lives in the palace, surrounded by bodyguards and slaves, keeping her both protected and entertained year-round. Few assassins or rivals dare to attack her in the Besadii palace. The resemblance to a fortress is not coincidental, given that Gardulla controls roughly half of the arms trade on Tatooine. The structure is even rumored to be further protected by shield generators installed just under the roof, rendering orbital bombardments a pointless proposition.

Despite her wealth and the size of her home, Gardulla is perceived as being less important than Jabba. This is a calculated illusion on Jabba's part: Jabba's city home is small, so the inhabitants and treasures packed into it seem far more numerous than they really are. Gardulla's home is huge, and despite having a larger number of residents and valuables, it often appears largely empty.

Gardulla the Hutt

Among Jabba the Hutt's rivals on Tatooine is an influential Hutt named Gardulla. One hundred standard years older than Jabba, but every bit as powerful, Gardulla is a constant source of intrigue. Drawn to Gardulla's power and confidence, Jabba feels at once compelled to woo her and dominate her. Gardulla, of course, realizes the effect she has on Jabba. She is thoroughly disgusted by his childish need to please her or, failing that, to conquer her.

Like Jabba, Gardulla was born on Nal Hutta to an influential Hutt family, the Besadii, with a long history of illegal endeavors. Gardulla's family fared nowhere near as well as Jabba's in the criminal power struggles that periodically shook Nal Hutta. When things looked bad for her family, she was sent to distant Tatooine for her own protection. Gardulla was furious, both at being treated like a helpless child and being forced to endure Tatooine's harsh environment. Determined to prove to her family that she was made of stern enough stuff to remain on Nal Hutta, she took her family's tiny criminal holdings in Mos Taike and rapidly expanded them into a fairly powerful kingdom of slaves, contraband, and protection rackets.

But Gardulla‘s plan backfired. Although her family was impressed enough to admit that she would be safe on Nal Hutta after all, they had learned that the Desilijic family had sent one of their own—Jabba—to oversee their own holdings on Tatooine. If Gardulla returned to Nal Hutta, the Besadii's holdings on Tatooine would swiftly fall to the Desilijiec. Gardulla had proven that the best course of action was to remain exactly where she was. As if that wasn‘t enough to fill Gardulla with rage, her family had the further aplomb to advise her to allow Jabba to court her—only until they were married, at which point she could dispose of him, of course—in order to increase Besadii control of Tatooine.

Gardulla decided that she could go through with the plan if she found Jabba attractive, but she was thoroughly disappointed to discover him a brutal, petulant thug interested only in his own gratification. Still, she made the appropriate overtures. Jabba responded by sending gifts, inviting her to his celebrations and feasts, and otherwise doing his best, in his own way, to court her affection. Over time, Gardulla began to see that Jabba cunningly concealed his true intellect behind his oafish exterior, but rather than make her more attracted to him, this simply made her realize what a threat he could be. She lost all interest in him as a mate.

Jabba seemed to take this as a sign that he should try different tactics. He set about what she referred to as "a campaign of annoyances.“ in which he would one day send her dwarf nunas—her favorite delicacy—then a week later send pirates to attack ships smuggling contraband for her. He seemed to be trying to both enhance his appeal and to make her more dependent on him. Gardulla merely loathed him all the more.

As time wore on, Jabba's tacties slowly weakened Gardulla's position on Tatooine. She fell victim to his scheme of getting her interested in Podracing. Gambling on the Podraces gradually drained away Gardulla‘s fortunes. and she found herself giving up various luxuries, such as slaves (including Shmi Skywalker and her infant son Anakin) on unlucky bets. Jabba tricked her into backing a Xexto pilot named Gasgano and betting heavily on him. Jabba already knew (by virtue of his astromech droid's odds-figuring skills) that Gasgano could never beat Sebulba—Jabba‘s favorite.

With her fortunes dwindling, Gardulla finally decided it was time to negotiate with Jabba. They entered into a limited partnership, in which Gardulla surrendered most of her smuggling and protection operations to Jabba, but in return gained complete control of slave trading on Tatooine and Ryloth. Unfortunately for Gardulla, Jabba had outmaneuvered her. Shortly after their arrangement was finalized, the Republic at long last put into motion its plans to end slavery in the Outer Rim. In short order, Gardulla was stripped of all her holdings, arraigned on charges of slave trafficking, and sentenced to life imprisonment. She has not been seen since.

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Watto's Junk Shop

Perhaps the most infamous legitimate business on Mos Espa Way is a large junkyard and parts shop owned by the Toydarian merchant Watto. Renowned for his abrasive salesmanship and overall ill temper, Watto has customers only because his selection of new and "reconditioned" vehicle parts is second to none. What he does not have somewhere on his shelves can often he found somewhere in the vast junkyard he keeps behind his shop.

Watto is an inveterate gambler and makes most of his money at the M05 Espa Podracing arena. After the Battle of Naboo, the Toydarian is also famous for having lost all his money betting against his own slave, Anakin Skywalker, in the Boonta Eve Podrace. He also lost Anakin in the process, to a mysterious Human outlander rumored to have been a Jedi—but Watto got to keep Anakin's Podracer, which helped him recoup some of his losses.

Buying parts from Watto is often literally a gamble. The Toydarian has nearly every part imaginable in stock, but tends to charge full price. even for reconditioned pieces. When customers complain about the prices, Watto offers them a simple wager: he rolls his chance cube, and if it comes up blue, the customeronly has to pay half price. Of course, the cube is rigged to always come up red, and since Hutt law decrees that reneging on a bet is a Class Two Infractio, most people are forced to accept the higher price.

Understandably, Watto gets very little repeat business.

The Slave Quarter

Because slavery is still such a booming industry for the Hutts during the Old Republic era. Mos Espa has a significant slave population. There are so many slaves that the city needs its own "Slave Quarter," a long stretch of jumbled—together adobe-style homes along the outskirts of the city, paralleling Mos Espa Way.

Despite not being Free persons, the slaves are afforded a few basic necessities, such as cooling units and a daily water ration, but none are of any remarkable quality. Few of the slaves in the Slave Quarter are owned by Hutts, the Hutts preferring to keep their property close by. In fact, the Slave Quarter exists because so few slave owners can afford the space in their own homes to keep them. Still, owning slaves is a status symbol in Hutt culture, so the Slave Quarter swells a little more in population every year. New buildings are unfortunately added somewhat more slowly.

Shmi Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker's mother, Shmi, is a woman moved by destiny—some would say the Force—to bring about a great change in the galaxy. She does not know what that change will be, but she knows that it somehow involves her son. Although Shmi Skywalker loves Anakin very much, she recognizes that his destiny is not that of a slave. Sooner or later, she knows, he will leave her side. She did not know that it would be so soon, however. She hopes that whatever great destiny fate has in store for her son does not destroy the little boy she raised and loved for such a short time.

Shmi's own life has been strange and occasionally momentous, but hardly glorious. Captured by pirates as a child, she was separated from her family, sold into slavery, and shuffled from system to system by a series of masters to whom the sensibilities of a slave girl mattered not at all. When she was old enough, her duties switched from house servant to cleaning woman, until one master, Pi-Lippa, taught her technical skills, which he hoped would help her remain independent when he freed her.

Unfortunately, Pi-Lippa died suddenly. Shmi and her recently born son, Anakin, were sold to one of Pi-Lippa's relatives. Eventually, she found herself in the service of Gardulla the Hutt, who took her to Tatooine. A few years later, after Gardulla lost Shmi and her young son to Watto the Toydarian in a wager. Shmi and Anakin settled into life in the Mos Espa slave quarter.

Mos Espa Grand Arena

Several kilometers from Mos Espa spaceport, where the Xelric Draw joins the Northern Dune Sea, the Hutts have constructed a gigantic spectator arena specifically for Podracing. The arena was completed in record time, but it cost the lives of almost sixty slaves, who dropped from exhaustion and were simply incorporated into the construction. Local legend says that on moonless nights, the slaves can be heard wailing as far away as Mos Espa itself.

The purpose of the Grand Arena is simple; to drain as much money out of its patrons as possible. Admission is 5 truguts: a seat in the stands costs an additional 5 truguts. A box seat costs 15 truguts, and rental for a handheld viewscreen is another 5 truguts. When the cost of refreshments, shade awnings, travel to and from the arena, and tips to the strolling musicians are all taken into account, the average racing fan can expect to pay about 25 truguts for the pleasure of watching one of the most spectacularly violent sporting events in the Outer Rim.

The major draw of the Mos Espa Grand Arena is that the Podracing course is fairly lethal, and Podracing tends to appeal to those who find large explosions entertaining. The arena also generates a substantial gambling interest. Nearly every visitor to the arena makes a stop at the betting windows. Although a few have made fortunes gambling on the races, most of the money, of course, ends up in the coffers of the Hutts.

The most highly attended Podrace on Tatooine is, of course, the Boonta Eve Classic—held once each year since the Grand Arena was first constructed. The single most deadly Podracing event in the Outer Rim. it boasts a pilot mortality rate of over fifty percent (For full details of the Boonta Eve Classic course, see chapter on Podracing).

Fode and Beed

The Troig sportscaster Fodesinbeed—known more commonly as “Fode and Beed”—haiis from an only recently discovered system beyond the Koornacht Cluster. When their technology-poor world of Pollillus received ambassadors from the Republic, Troigs such as Fode and Reed eagerly took passage on outbound ships, hoping to see a larger universe. Fode and Beed have certainly not been disappointed. They have parlayed their charismatic personalities and fascination for fast vehicles into a successful career as a popular sportscasting duo, announcing Podracing play-by-play throughout the entire Outer Rim Podracing circuit.

Their most dynamic event so far was the Boonta Eve Classic on Tatooine, where the virtual unknown Anakin Skywalker unseated the reigning champion, Sebulba. From there the Troig proceeded to another race on Malastare, followed by a tour of the Outer Rim's most exciting courses. Fode and Beed hope to return to Tatooine again someday, perhaps to see young Skywalker in another race.

All Troigs have at least two heads (more than two is rare, and celebrated). The left head. or Saprah, is a separate entity from the right head, or Saprin; they just happen to share a body. Their interwoven nervous system also affords them a limited telepathy with one another. For instance, they can understand each other perfectly, even if one learns a different language. Because they share neural impulses, they are in effect always looking out for each other. This gives Troigs a +4 species bonus to Perception checks to avoid being surprised. Having two heads controlling two arms each also gives Troigs a certain facility with multitasking.

The Rebellion Era

When the popularity of Podracing began to fade, the attraction of the Mos Espa Grand Arena faded too, taking with it the allure of Mos Espa. Jabba the Hutt directed his energies into other endeavors, but without the Podraces, Mos Espa was really no different from any other Tatooine Spaceport. In short order, ships began gravitating elsewhere. When Jabba moved to a spaceport offering more opportunity, Mos Espa faded in prominence, but acquired a newer, more respectable reputation.

The scum of Tatooine settled in Mos Eisley. The citizens of Mos Eisley, upon seeing the arrival of the Hutts and their piles of money, fell prey to the same weaknesses as the citizens of Mos Espa had. Those who could not be bought off were driven off, or simply disappeared. In the space of a few years, the Hutts of Tatooine had moved their base of operations to Mos Eisley. The formerly sleepy township quickly became the spaceport For smuggling and vice.

Laws and Ordinances

The laws of Tatooine during the Rebellion era shift focus away from loyalty to the Hutts, in favor of loyalty to the Empire. Although the Hutts still have their own internal rules for maintaining order and obedience within their criminal organizations, the police forces of Tatooine are no longer required to enforce them. Imperial law is enforced by the police or by small local stormtrooper garrisons.

Prefect Talmont

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Liutenant Harburik

The chief of police in Mos Eisley is Lieutenant Harburik, a thoroughly detestable bully with a simultaneous hatred for the nonhuman races he is supposed to serve and protect, and a taste For the power and prestige his position provides him. The only real thorn in his side is that he answers to Prefect Talmont, whom he sees as a "little Moff" overstepping his bounds and presenting a prime target for a fatal but mysterious "accident."" The more Talmont bypasses Harburik ("in the name of expediency"), the closer the lieutenant gets to arranging that accident. Harburik despises the prefect.

Most of the police duties of Mos Eisley fall to Harburik and his stormtroopers He investigates incidents with a ruthless efficiency, ofien interrogating witnesses as brutally as he interrogates suspects. Those who break the law in the Spaceport, if they stick around long enough, eventually find themselves pitted against Harburik’s ruthless tactics and callous disregard for life—especially alien life. He frequently clashes with agents of Jabba the Hutt. and rather than accept a bribe from them as Talmont would, Harburik throws stormtroopers at them until the criminals are in custody or he runs out of stormtroopers. As one might expect, he is not terribly popular with the Hutt—or with his troops.

Mos Eisley Stormtrooper Garrison

In addition to the local police force, the Empire maintains a small garrison of stormtroopers trained for desert operation: sandtroopers. Their base of operations is the Mos Eisley police station. There are a dozen troopers in all, half of whom are assigned to patrol the city. The other half patrols outside the city at roughly a 10-kilometer range.

Garindan

A Kubaz from the arid world of Kubindin, Garindan [also known as "Long Snoot") is a leading spy in Mos Eisley. He works mostly freelance, but he rakes in huge payments from both Prefect Talmont and Jabba the Hutt. Neither trusts the robed and hooded alien with secrets of his own.

Garindan has the rough-textured, greenish-black skin and bristly hair common to his species. Under Tatooine's twin suns, he wears protective goggles to shield his sensitive eyes. His eyes adjust readily to darkness, though, and he spends a great deal of his time checking in at Mos Eisley‘s various cantinas, looking for tidbits of information that may eventually prove valuable to one of his many clients. His ability to pay instantly for good information has led to rumors that Garindan is hiding a huge stash of money somewhere. His ready blaster keeps most of Mos Eisley‘s pickpockets from trying to lift it off him.

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The Wreck of the Dowager Queen

The original ship that brought modern colonists to Tatooine still lies in the middle of Mos Eisley, a monument to their determination and misguided optimism. All its useful components have long since been stripped away, leaving little more than the superstructure of the old freighter.

The Queen is now little more than a centerpiece to the marketplace of “old” Mos Eisley (“new” Mos Eisley being located closer to the central power and water distribution plant). As a gathering place for local merchants and shoppers, it also makes an ideal base for the dozens of vagrants, street hustlers, con men, and Jawas who beg, borrow, or steal from the crowds of passersby. These scum make their meager livings here only because they are beneath the notice of both the police and the local crime lords.

In addition to the wretched refuse who live in the gutted remains of the Dowager Queen, the aid ship also houses numerous street-corner preachers. These self-proclaimed holy men line the open hatchways or hull openings of the Queen, shouting their divine messages at the passing crowds, who have largely learned to ignore them. Chief among the groups present in the wreckage are the Dim—U monks.

The Dim-U

The Dim-U Brotherhood is a loose collection of religious zealots who believe that banthas are sacred creatures, creatures to be worshiped, even emulated, but never slaughtered. Most sentient beings throughout the galaxy consider the Dirn-U to be a bunch of harmless, if annoying, lunatics. They stand on street corners or market squares, wherever passersby gather, and shout their message of bantha perfection for everyone to hear.

In Mos Eisley, the Dim-U Monastery provides a handy front for a group of computer slicers and starship mechanics who provide the kind of services that would raise questions if conducted aboveboard. Operated by a disabled scoundrel named "Abbot" Drayk, the group slices into the Mos Eisley Bureau of Ships and Services mainframe computer (conveniently located next door), appropriating clean ship transponder codes to sell to smugglers and pirates. They also perform custom starship alterations, installing restricted military-grade weapons, shields, and sensors on privately owned ships—for about double the usual price of the equipment. Up front. But they are discreet.

Drayk is fully aware that the nature of his business attracts clientele on the “wrong" side of the rebellion against the Empire. Although he has no particular opinion about either the Empire or the Rebels, he supports the civil war; it brings in business.

Those needing goods or services that would otherwise invite imperial investigation can come to Drayk for help, without the unpleasant taint incumbent upon dealing with someone such as Jabba the Hutt. If Drayk cannot provide a given service, he has contacts with a vast network of smugglers, forgers, assassins, bodyguards, weapons designers, and ship builders—to name a few—who probably can help. All Drayk asks is a small finder‘s fee (as usual, up front).

Chalmun’s Cantina

Identified only by a sign over the door reading simply "Cantina," the establishment known variously as Chalmun's or (more commonly) the Mos Eisley Cantina is a popular hangout for spacers, smugglers, and Tatooine's never-ending legion of opportunistic lowlifes. Originally a shelter during Mos Eisley's construction, it later became an armory, and finally a cantina. Over the centuries, ownership has changed several times. The current owner is a Wookiee named Chalmun, who swindled the cantina away from a trio of dimwitted Gran developers.

Chalmun rarely puts in an appearance in the cantina—it's simply too violent for a Wookiee who's trying to avoid losing his temper. He leaves the day—to-day operation mostly to his bartender, Wuher, a disagreeable lout with an unbelievable gift for mixing drinks.

The cantina offers drinks and as much privacy as a packed bar can. Wuher's policy of “no droids, no blasters. no messes” means that the cantina is generally a safe place For smugglers to meet and conduct discreet business, but the place still suffers its fair share of violent disagreements. Wuher has recently hired a band—Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes—in hopes that soothing music will keep tempers from flaring and reduce the number of messes for him to clean up.

Chalmun

Chalmun is the proprietor of the most popular spacer's bar in Mos Eisley. He is a large tan-and-gray Wookiee, with a scar running from his left shoulder across the left side of his chest, a remnant of his days as a street thug. Since coming to own the cantina, he has distanced himself from the kinds of situations that provoke the violence he so enjoyed in his youth.

Chalmun is rarely seen in the cantina, and even then, he tends to socialize only with regulars. Many mistake him for a bouncer, owing both to his formidable appearance and his tendency to literally throw out anyone who causes trouble. Of course, owing to his history, he also admires people who cause trouble with style, which means making friends with him is a tightrope walk.

One reason Chalmun's cantina is so popular among spacers is the droid detector Chalmun installed in the foyer. For a long time, Imperial Sentry Droids made private discussions between smugglers and similar “businessmen" all but impossible in Mos Eisley. While the detector doesn't keep the Sentry Droids out of the cantina, it does warn everyone that their activities and discussions are about to come under imperial scrutiny, giving them time to compose themselves and present a perfectly innocent demeanor.

Wuher

As bartenders go, Wuher is a genius. His knowledge of chemicals is exceptional—particularly as it applies to what substances are toxic, or merely intoxicating, to alien species. He is an expert at mixing the proper substances together to provide the most pleasant neurochemical reactions in his patrons. and what he can't remember is conveniently stored in a mixing computer behind the bar. Wuher even earns occasional praise from Jabba the Hutt himself—quite an accomplishment for an orphan whose sole training came from a bartending correspondence school.

Wuher's weakness is his grating personality. He doesn't truly like anyone and makes scant effort to conceal this. He has a special hatred for droids, who not only take up space in his bar, but cause all kinds of trouble when they show up—particularly those Imperial Sentry Droids, who seem to find about a thousand violations every time they poke their metal noses in the door.

Of course, the fact that Wuher was abandoned as a child on Tatooine, a Human among predominantly non-Humans, and the subject of all their derision and hatred—with only droids beneath him on the food chain—might also have something to do with it.

Kabe

Kabe is a notorious pickpocket and thief who has survived being orphaned on the streets of Mos Eisley so long by virtue of her longtime friendship with her massive partner.,Muftak. Still little more than a child, Kabe thinks of thievery as a game, leaving Muftak to watch out for her and prevent her from coming to harm.

One of Kabe's favorite scams is to dress up as a Jawa and frequent docking bays where ships have just landed. Pretending to be a representative of the Mos Eisley Merchant's Association. she sells trade licenses for 500 credits—a scam that infuriates the local Jawas, since they have to explain to the unfortunate spacers that there is no Merchant‘s Association, and the license they really need actually costs only 200 credits.

Kabe knows little of her heritage, but is nonetheless typically Chadra-Fan. She enjoys tinkering with mechanical devices (making her a terror to droids) and despises solitude. Kabe's compulsive pursuit of pleasant sensations also makes her something of an alcoholic. She is becoming addicted to juri juice, a strong drink even for a full-grown Chadra-Fan. Muftak frequently spends hours just watching over Kabe while she sleeps off her latest “sipping binge."

Labria

The shifty-eyed Labria—a Devaronian whose name means "cold food" in his own language—is Mos Eisiey's worst information broker. A notorious drunk and double-crosser, Labria is generally thought of in criminal circles as a useful disinformation broker. People tell Labria deliberate falsehoods, knowing that he will pass them on without verifying them.

No one on Tatooine knows that Labria was once Kardue’sai’Malloc, the ruthless Devaronian military captain responsible for the execution of over seven hundred men, women, and children at the Devaronian city of Montellian Serat. Labria tells no one of his past—he would like to forget it himself—and happily buys the cheapest ale available and drinks himself into a stupor every chance he gets. Even so, he has not truly forgotten his military training. He is a formidable opponent when threatened.

Labria's foremost passion is music, and he spends a good deal of his money buying the latest recordings of his favorite bands. His favorite band—Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes—plays at Chalmun's cantina. making it Labria's favorite watering hoie. The story of how Labria cunningly arranged that particular permanent engagement is the only bright spot in his otherwise worthless reputation.

Momaw Nadon

Momaw Nation is one of Mos Eisley's more tragic figures, an Ithorian nature priest exiled by his own people for selling agricultural secrets to the Empire. Though Momaw only did so to prevent an Imperial Star Destroyer from destroying the Ithorian herdship Tafanda Bay, the Ithorians were outraged at his betrayal. They stripped him of his title and position, driving him from lthor until the next big meeting of the lthorian herdships, when he could plead his case again—and possibly return to his wife and son.

Wracked by guilt, however, Momaw Nadon instead wandered the Outer Rim, eventually arriving on Tatooine. Once there, on a world with almost no vegetation, Momaw saw an opportunity to atone for his sins and promptly began cultivating strains of plant life that would thrive and survive on the desert world. He created an opulent indoor garden in a plush villa in the heart of Mos Eisley (and, if rumors are true, a hidden grove of Bafforr trees somewhere in the mountains south of the city). filled with flora from his homeworld, including a carnivorous and semi-intelligent Vesuvague Hanging Tree.

Beneath this tree is a secret shelter large enough to conceal six beings for up to two weeks. Momaw Nadon uses this space to hide Rebel operatives, for he has been a supporter of the Rebellion since his trial and banishment (The speech he gave at his trial, calling upon the Ithotians to forego their usual pacifism until the Empire was defeated and the Republic reinstated, stirred a tremendous amount of controversy among lthorians). Though still a pacifist himself, Momaw supports the cause of justice in the galaxy—and sees the Rebellion as the instrument of justice.

Momaw Nadon

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The Vesuvague Hanging Tree

Momaw Nadon’s vesuvague hanging tree is the guardian of his home—a carnivorous, semi-intelligent, semi-ambulatory plant. Though rooted in place, it can move its trunk to reveal the entrance to Momaw’s hidden sanctum, or it can move its vines to grasp and strangle intruders. It responds to Momaw’s simple commands, and is mostly docile while Momaw is present, but fear of it keeps Mos Eisley’s police and stormtroopers from examining his garden too closely.

Because the tree cannot move very far, all attack rolls made against it gain a +4 situation bonus. Also, the vesuvague senses movement by vibrations along the ground and through its leaves. Thus, despite having no eyes or ears, it can fight as well as an ordinary creature.

The tree’s sole means of attack is attempting to grapple opponents, which it can do up to 4 meters distant. If the tree succeeds in a grapple attempt, it inflicts damage every round—though it can only do so to two creatures at a time, making it somewhat vulnerable to concerted attacks.

Muftak

Muftak is Kabe's hulking Talz partner, protector, and devoted friend. Born on Tatooine and separated from his parents soon after, Muftak has grown up with no idea who his parents were—let alone what species he is. For all his life he has been something of a drifter, making a living selling valuable snippets of information, and occasionally resorting to burglary—mostly at Kabe's insistence.

With no idea of Talz history, Mufiak is unaware how the Empire has enslaved his species. and so has yet to choose a side in the Galactic Civil War. He is content to cohabit platonically with Kabe in an unused tunnel beneath Mos Eisley's Docking Bay 83, living off Kabe's endless stream of ill-gotten credits or frequenting Chalmun's cantina to catch little bits of gossip he could sell for the price of a few drinks and some groceries

Muftak's sole concern in life is protecting Kabe. He thinks nothing of going hungry for days on end if Kabe doesn't feel like working. Perhaps the only other thing that drives him—infrequently as it comes up—is the pursuit of information regarding his species.

Although Muftak is an imposing figure, those who know him well understand that he is a gentle soul with little interest in fighting and no apparent capacity for anger. The only real exception is when Kabe is in danger—which happens more often than he'd like. When faced with unavoidable violence. Muftak generally forgoes his rather unreliable hold-out blaster in favor of hand-to-hand combat.

The Lucky Despot

The Lucky Despot hotel and casino was originally the brainchild of offworld entrepreneurs hoping to capitalize off the huge Podracing crowds. They bought an aging cargo Freighter and towed it to Mos Eisley. where they buried it in the dirt halfway up its hull and refurbished the interior. The Lucky Despot opened a few weeks before the Boonta Eve Podrace, offering live video coverage for those of its patrons who had no interest in the long trek from Mos Eisley to the Espa Grand Arena.

For nearly ten years, the Lucky Despot was the most popular night spot in Mos Eisley. Drawing crowds of tourists from all over the galaxy. Unfortunately, when the bottom dropped out of the Podracing industry, the criminal scum who drifted into Tatooine claimed the Lucky Despot as their turf, chasing away the wealthy clientele the hotel lower level had been built to attract. When the owners could no longer afford to pay their creditors or their employees. they simply locked the doors and left it to the Jawas.

Several years later a female Whiphid calling herself Lady Valarian arrived on Tatooine and set about restoring the Lucky Despot.

Lady Valarian

Jabba the Hutt’s chief rival for control of crime in Mos Eisley is a female Whiphid named Valarian. “Lady" Valarian arrived on Tatooine during the early days of the Empire, and after a few well-placed bribes, secured the deed to the Lucky Despot. She swiftly refurbished the aging structure—but taxes, legal tangles, police raids, and regular acts of violence and vandalism frustrated her at every turn.

Valarian knew that Jabba the Hutt was the crime lord of Tatooine, but she hadn't realized how strenuously he would object to her little operation. She finally reached agreements with Jabba in which she paid him an exorbitant sum to leave him in peace and promised not to try to extend her criminal operations farther than the spaceport. Officially, they both honor their side of the bargain—but the truce between them is a shaky one. Each is constantly testing the other‘s defenses, seeking a way to eliminate the competition once and for all.

One such "test" robbed Valarian of her new husband, a renowned Whiphid hunter named D’Wopp. On their wedding night, Jabba sent agents to inform the proud warrior of the huge bounty on Han Solo's head. Predictably. D'Wopp decided to set out at once to collect the prize. Valerian objected—violently—to her new mate's poor timing (and choice of patrons,. and in the ensuing argument, she killed her own newlywed husband.

With Jabba's own death just before the Battle of Endor, Valarian finally had her chance to seize Jabba’s empire. Assuming that all Jabba‘s lieutenants had been killed aboard his sail barge—there certainly wasn‘t any news coming out of Jabba's palace—Valarian quickly took over Jabba's operations in and around Mos Eisley and began extending her reach into Tatooine’s other cities as well. Of course, without Jabba around to call the shots, most of the Hutt's smuggler contacts drifted to other patrons, notably the elusive Talon Kande.

Eefive-Tootoo

Eefive-Tootoo is Lady Valarian's errand droid—and a source of annoyance to Jabba the Hutt. When Jabba smeared meat all over the assassin droid and threw it to his rancor, all that was left was twisted scraps of metal and broken gears. Lady Valarian rescued the scrap and paid to have it rebuilt and reprogrammed—all because she knew it would spoil Jabba‘s fun.

While it lacks weaponry and its combat subroutines, Eefive-tootoo is still an intimidating presence. Even though its weapon mounts no longer hold the deadly heavy repeating blasters, ion cannons, or needle guns typical of its model, having the full attention of an assassin droid is still a frightening experience.

Jabba’s townhouse

As Mos Espa diminished in importance to offworld smuggling, Jabba's city home saw less and less of the sluglike crime lord. Jabba divided his attention between Mos Espa and Mos Eisley, with periodic visits to his palace to keep tabs on his underlings there. Finally, a few years prior to the Battle of Endor, Jabba abandoned his Mos Espa home altogether, moving to a slightly larger “townhouse“ in Mos Eisley.

The townhouse consists primarily of a heavily fortified exterior and a heavily defended interior. Equipped with state-of-the-art climate controls to keep the Hutt comfortable, the house is a renowned den of iniquity in the heart of Mos Eisley's Old Quarter, attracting all sorts of scum. Most of Jabba's guests are employees of one sort or another. From full-time bodyguards to indebted informers and independent contractors.

Eefive-Tootoo

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Ephant Mon

Perhaps Jabba's only true friend in the entire galaxy is a Chevin gunrunner named Ephant Mon. Of all the members of Jabba's organization, only Ephant Mon could voice contrary opinions without facing certain death in the rancor pit. Jabba trusted Ephant Mon so implicitly that the Chevin was his secret chief of security. It was Ephant's job to spy on the spies and to assassinate the assassins.

Ephant Mon's friendship with the Hutt crime lord began a couple of decades before Jabba's death, when the two spent a night keeping each other alive after a botched arms raid on the frozen moon of Glahka. They had worked together before, but since then, Ephant has been a more or less constant fixture in Jabba's court, effectively giving up his calling to remain at Jabba's side.

While unswervingly loyal to Jabba, Ephant Mon is hardly an exemplary individual. Throughout his long life, he has been a mercenary, a slaver, and has even tangled with the Jedi—once actually kidnapping the daughter of Cerean Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. The Chevin has survived for so long largely by betraying his business associates faster than they can betray him. Thus, his loyalty to Jabba is unusual.

Ortugg

Ortugg is the captain of Jabba's Garnorrean guards. Jabba employs Gamorreans because they work cheaply. As long as he keeps feeding them, they are completely loyal. Unfortunately. they are also violent, clumsy, and stupid. They cause a great deal of havoc, and those foolish enough to come to Jabba's attention while doing so tend to feed his rancor. Ortugg is perhaps the most intelligent of the lot. He carries a vibro-axe, but when Jabba wants prisoners, he tends to use his force pike.

Tessek

Tessek is Jabba‘s conniving accountant, a Quarren who both keeps track of the Hutt‘s money and channels some of it into his own accounts. Most of Jabba‘s court know that Tessek is plotting against Jabba, but the Quarren is so careful about how he does it that Jabba has yet to notice that some of his money is disappearing.

Tessek succeeds so well because, unlike most of Jabba's employees, he has no vices except perhaps for his lust for power—Jabba's money being the shortest route to that goal. He has a few allies within Jabba‘s court, of course, but each of them is playing Tessek. against their master, hoping to end up on the side that comes out ahead.

The Quarren is an oddity on Tatooine, where he must regularly soak in water to keep his skin from drying out (Like Mon Calamari. Quarren suffer a -1 penalty on their Will saving throws in dry or arid environments. Tessek is almost always uncomfortable on Tatooine). In a watery environment, though, Tessek is at home: he is able to breathe water and air equally well, and can actually withstand the pressures of extremely deep oceans with no discomfort.

Zutton

Although Zutton is a bounty hunter in Jabba's employ. the Snivian quietly resents the Hutt. If he did not have to care for his simpleton brother, Takeel, Zutton would have long ago found another employer—but he would still be a bounty hunter.

Working under the name “Snaggletooth,” Zutton is one of the Outer Rim's more efficient bounty hunters, with a pragmatic approach that other bounty hunters and even law enforcement agencies respect. Zutton will fight only when absolutely necessary, and actually shows his targets a certain amount of respect.

Zutton's private passion is painting. Much of his spare time is spent creating portraits of his acquaintances—largely Jabba and his entourage—and, if rumors are true, his targets.

Like all Snivians, Zutton has particularly thick skin, protecting him somewhat from extremes of temperature. It also affords him a small amount of natural armor.

Jabba's Palace

If any place on Tatooine could be said to be worse than all the rest, it would be Jabba's palace—the former B'omarr Monastery. Through seven centuries of existence, this impressive edifice on the edge of the Dune Sea has been the location for more scenes of depravity and horror than perhaps any place on the Outer Rim. It is little wonder that when Jabba the Hutt needs a place to lie low and relax, he comes here.

The palace is a great sprawling structure. For centuries, a parade of crime lords and pirate kings have occupied it—and added on to it. Jabba himself took possession of it from his father, little realizing that nearly everyone who lives in the monastery one day falls victim to surgical "enlightenment," administered by the monastery's true masters, the B'omarr monks. Like every resident before him, Jabba arrogantly believes that the monks are merely pacifistic scholars who suffer the series of occupations as only the weak truly can. Little does he know that the monks are planning to one day remove his brain and make him one of them

The full extents of Jabba's palace are mostly unexplored. except by the monks. Jabba himself uses only a few levels near the docking garage where he keeps his sail barge, a handful of utility skiffs,. and a few landspeeders. Most visitors enter and leave through the docking garage, while there are numerous doors of varying strength and size located around the monastery—as well as one or two secret entrances. There are countless guest and staff rooms in the monastery, but in the months leading up to Jabba's death just before the Battle of Endor, Jabba generally demands that all his employees sleep in the audience hall, where he can keep an eye on their activities.

Directly below the audience hall is a large natural cavern where Jabba keeps his pet rancor behind a massive durasteel door. Fascinated by the rancor's power and ferocity, Jabba periodically manufactures reasons to feed members of his household or organization to it via a trapdoor, while he watches through the grating in the center of the audience chamber.

Jabba also maintains a number of sizable treasure vaults in his palace, loaded with the spoils of his own conquests as well as the loot of the pirates and smugglers who occupied the monastery before him. After his death, treasure seekers from all over the galaxy mounted expeditions to recover it, though none seem to have found any particular success.

Weequays

Jabba has a small contingent of enigmatic enforcers called Weequays. Warty, brown creatures from the desert planet Sriluur, the Weequays are extremely efficient at spreading fear of Jabba through violence and cruelty.

Weequays worship the god Quay (their name literally means “follower of Quay") and often seek his portents from otherwise mundane occurrences and items—such as toys or kitchen appliances. This behavior is completely baffling to the rest of Jabba‘s organization, since the Weequay never seem to speak, but they understand Basie well enough (in reality, the Weequay speak aloud only in private; otherwise, they employ a complex pheromonal language to convey important information).

Unfortunately, an individual Weequay's name is only expressed through the pheromonal language, and when a Weequay gives a name at all, it is simply “follower of Quay"—meaning that they all answer to the name Weequay.

To further confuse things, individual Weequays are distinguished only by their elaborate topknots—and most beings don‘t like to stare at a Weequay enforcer long enough to determine which one he is.

Porcellus

Jabba's cook, Porcellus, is an award-winning chef who had the profound misfortune of coming to the attention of a Hutt crime lord. He lives in a constant state of terror. Not only do Jabba‘s cronies bully him around in his own kitchen, but should Jabba have even a glimmer of indigestion, Porcellus may find himself feeding Jabba‘s rancor next.

Before coming to Tatooine, Porcellus was a famous chef—three-time winner of the coveted Golden Spoon Award, and winner of the Tselgorrnet Prize for gourmandise, five years running. While Jabba certainly appreciates his talents, Porcellus finds that he spends more time protecting his culinary inventions from hungry Gamorrean guards and his filching kitchen-boy, Phlegmin. His best treats are always shielded behind an electric fence, so that when Jabba wants a sweet beignet, there will be one left for him—and Porcellus will live to cook another day.

Malakili

Malakili went from Corellian circus monster tamer to crime lord's monster wrangler in less time than it takes to tell the tale. Jabba's lieutenants, Bib Fortuna and Bidlo Kwerve, had just acquired a new pet for the Hutt—a rancor—and Malakili was brought to Tatooine to act as its keeper.

Consequently, Malakili lives on a razor's edge. Certainly, he is familiar with handling gigantic, vicious animals, but in addition to the danger of being torn to pieces or eaten alive, Malakili has to contend with Jabba's mercurial moods. He knows that at any moment, Jabba could order him killed.

He also knows that if the rancor fails to survive one of Jabba‘s many "contests" (in which the rancor is pitted against whichever new beast Jabba has acquired), his own usefulness will be at an end. Malakili worries about his own demise, but he also worries about the rancor. He has grown quite attached to his charge and would hate to see any ill befall it.

The Rancor

Jabba's lieutenants, Bib Fortune and Bidlo Kwerve, gave the rancor to their boss as a gift. Jabba rewarded Bib Fortuna by making him his majordomo—and rewarded Bidlo Kwerve by making him the rancor's first meal.

Jabba's rancor is actually somewhat small for its species; it has been in captivity for so long that it hasn‘t completely matured physically. But Jabba keeps its predatory instincts alive by periodically pitting it against other vicious beasts, as well as the occasional droid, unwanted visitor, and disloyal employee.

The rancor‘s keeper, Malakili, occasionally escorts the beast outside. where it runs free across the desert for a while before obediently returning to its pen.

Adult Rancor

Huge beast, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 250 (20d12+120)
• Speed 40 ft.

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23 (+6)	11 (+0)	23 (+6)	6 (-2)	11 (+0)	6 (-2)

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• Saving Throws Str +10, Dex +4, Con +10, Wis +4
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 12 (8,400 XP)

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Siege Monster. The rancor deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack. The rancor makes three attacks: two with its claws, and one with its bite. It can use its swallow instead of its bite.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 15 (2d8+6) kinetic damage.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 19 (2d12+6) kinetic damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the rancor can't bite another target.

Throw Boulder. Ranged Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 60/240 ft., one target. Hit 25 (3d12+6) kinetic damage.

Swallow. The rancor makes one bite attack against a Medium or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target takes the bite's damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the rancor, and it takes 21 (6d6) acid damage at the start of each of the rancor's turns.

If the rancor takes 25 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the Rancor must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the Rancor. If the Rancor dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.

Salacious Crumb

Jabba's court jester is a Kowakian monkey-lizard he has named Salacious Crumb. Crumb is nominally intelligent—just clever enough to know when he is in trouble, and when he can get someone else in trouble. He delights in the latter.

Crumb‘s job as jester is to make Jabba laugh at least once each day—or be eaten (either by the rancor, or Jabba himself). He has managed to survive years at Jabba's side. and everyone in Jabba’s employ hates him, so he has plainly done his job well (There are as many plots to kill Salacious Crumb as there are to kill Jabba himself).

Perhaps Crumb's most annoying “talent" is his ability to mimic the words of intelligent beings—in carefully selected and combined phrases. Were someone in Jabba's court to say. "Jabba makes me so angry sometimes that I want to kill something," Crumb might repeat the phrase as, “He wants to kill Jabba.” Most distressingly, Salacious Crumb would wait to repeat the phrase until Jabba and the speaker were both there to hear it.

The New Jedi Order Era

After the death of Jabba the Hutt, most smugglers and criminals had very little reason to stay on Tatooine. Previously, Jabba kept a tight leash on them, through debt or intimidation, so that they felt obliged to visit Tatooine often. But without Jabba threatening their livelihoods, most found employment elsewhere. Many went to work for the renowned smuggler Talon Karrde. A few stayed to take advantage of the hospitality of Lady Valarian. Those who felt actual loyalty to the Desilijie family—a small handful—left for Hutt Space.

The villainous tyranny of Jabba forced Lady Valarian to rethink her tactics. She had to either threaten her new employees just as much as Jabba had, or convince them that she was a more benevolent employer. She opted for the latter route, making arrangements with the local authorities to give those who moved her smuggled cargoes the freedom to come and go, and lavishing rewards and favors on her smugglers and thugs—in effect, buying their loyalty with a currency Jabba never used.

She was wildly successful—so much so that, when the New Republic established their governance of Tatooine, they had to negotiate with Valarian for power, water, shipping, and land rights. The arrival of the New Republic didn't make Valarian rich overnight, but it did create for her an ongoing source of income as a large percentage of completely legal commerce found its way into her hands.

Who's In Charge

Mos Entha has an administrative staff consisting of anmayor, a city council, and various public utility officers. The mayor's offices are housed in a large public building near the intersection of Mos Entha's Streets at the center of the city, but most public officials have offices in the more comfortable spaceport hubs. Each draws a respectable salary from the New Republic government.

Some would argue that the real power, as always, lies with organized crime—though Lady Valarian's activities are hardly recognizable as such. Valerian actually maintains an unofficial post with the city government as a representative of the business community, but it is something of a well-known secret that she bought her way onto the city council as part of her deal with the New Republic. Still, as long as her activities do not embarrass the mayor or the chief of police, Lady Valarian is allowed a voice in Tatooine's government.

For the most part, Valarian has honored this unofficial agreement and is even something of a local celebrity. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the Hutt families have been showing an increased interest in returning to Tatooine, meaning that Valarian has had to work harder to maintain control. She has had a progressively more difficult time staying disassociated from criminal incidents and has been the target of no less than seven recent assassination attempts—sorne of which originated within the ranks of her own organization.

It worries Valerian to no end that some of her employees have turned against her, and she sees herself in much the same position as Jabba was before his death: constantly fending off attacks, uncovering plots, and playing several conspirators against one another. As she grows older. Lady Valarian has been faced with the realization that all her hard work will have been for nothing should she pass away without ensuring her legacy. In hopes that her plans for Tatooine will survive her, Valarian has cultivated a protégé—a young Twi'lek woman named Shiri'ani. While Valerian grows more withdrawn, taking shelter in her increasingly fortress-like home in the center of the city. Shiri'ani selflessly attends to her mentor‘s business on and about Tatooine.

Laws and Ordinances

With the rise of the New Republic, the laws of Tatooine have achieved a certain amount of justice for all—rather than merely protecting the Hutts or the Empire. While there is still a fair amount of corruption, the law now focuses more on protecting the safety and rights of citizens and visitors, rather than lining the pockets of the Hutts or ferreting out traitors to the Empire.

Still, a great many laws revolve around the free flow of commerce, and there is still a great deal of corruption and “looking the other way”—mostly having to do with Lady Valarian's business concerns. Valarian and her protege Shiri’ani grease quite a few wheels in order to ensure that the only smuggling that goes on benefits them, and no one else.

The Lucky Star

The recognized nightspot in Mos Entha is the Lucky Star, a suspiciously familiar-looking club and casino on the outskirts of the city. Built from a decommissioned cargo freighter, it clearly resembles Mos Eisley's Lucky Despot casino hotel—and with good reason. The owner is none other than Shiri‘ani, the young protege of Lucky Despot owner Lady Valarian.

The Lucky Star has been in operation for just over sixteen years, showing a profit every year—largely because Valarian‘s agreement with the New Republic guarantees that neither she nor Shiri‘ani pays taxes on their operations. Offworld tourists find it a major attraction because the Star has a reputation as the place to see “the real Tatooine." To ensure that guests enjoy the thrill of a brush with danger—with- out ever actually being in any danger—Shiri'ani allows only a select group of Mos Entha's shadier figures (mostly gamblers in her employ) as "regulars." In reality, the security is extremely tight, despite the occasional shooting or back room murder—all of which add to the allure.

Like Lady Valarian and the Lucky Despot, Shiri'ani largely maintains the Lucky Star as a headquarters for her own smuggling and gambling operations. Scoundrels and ne'er-do-wells from all over the Outer Rim come to the Star looking for work.If they meet with Shiri'ani's approval, they ean expect a private audience in her secret office behind the bar's full-length—and one-way—mirror.

Shiri'ani

Lady Valarian‘s protege Shiri‘ani is at once Mos Entha's most desirable woman and a cunning criminal mastermind. Brought to Tatooine as a child by slavers, she was greeted with the good news that Jabba had just been killed and Bib Fortuna—her buyer—was missing. In the confusion Shiri‘ani escaped her keepers. Destitute but determined, she took to the streets of Mos Eisley, begging for credits to pay for transportation back to Ryloth.

Eventually Shiri‘ani came to the attention of Lady Valarian, who mistakenly believed the Twi'lek girl might know something about Jabba's treasure vaults. Shiri'ani impressed Valarian with her intelligence and drive, and the Whiphid offered Shiri'ani a job dancing in the Lucky Despot—complete with wages, tips, lodging, and no fear of being executed if she failed to please her audience.

The Twi‘lek girl rapidly demonstrated her shrewd grasp of business, advancing from dancer to bartender, then assistant manager, in less than a year. Valarian took special interest in educating Shiri'ani in the finer points of negotiation and manipulation, teaching Shiri'ani how to wrap smugglers, gamblers, thieves, and killers around her finger and keep them begging for more. By the time Shiri'ani reached adulthood, it was clear to everyone that Valarian was grooming her as her heir.

Shiri'ani's first step in reaching the same level as her mentor was to start her own club, which is how the Lucky Star came to be. Under Valarian's careful tutelage, Shiri'ani turned a derelict freighter into a near duplicate of the Lucky Despot. right down to the collection of fawning thugs and scoundrels who come begging for work—or Shiri'ani's favors. While Shiri'ani is extremely discriminating with both, she has learned from Valarian how to use promises and innuendo to keep them coming back night after night. Even if they don't find work~or true love—they still buy drinks.

If Shiri'ani has an interest in anyone. it is the mysterious Twi‘lek she has come to know as Firith Olan. Arriving at the Lucky Star shortly after its grand opening, Olan impressed her with his wit, charisma, cunning—and the fact that he had the brain of her most hated enemy. Bib Fortuna, in a jar. Shiri'ani still remembered the shame of having been purchased as a slave by Fortuna. She dreamed of one day finding him and having her revenge. Olan has promised her that revenge—one day—if she would but help him with a few schemes of his own. Her eagerness has blinded her, though, and she is allowing Olan to gradually turn her against Lady Valarian. With each passing day, she channels more of her resources into aiding Firith Olan instead of her mentor—never guessing that he secretly is Bib Fortuna, his brain implanted in Olan’s body.

The Crystal Moon Mos Entha

The fame of the Crystal Moon—a restaurant begun by two of Jabba's former lackeys, Porcellus and Malakili—attracted so many customers that they decided to open a second, then a third location. Eventually, they owned a small chain of Crystal Moon Franchises scattered along the Corellian Run trade route. Through sorne mismanagement and much misfortune. most of the restaurants closed within a few years, leaving only the original in Mos Eisley and the slightly larger one in Mos Entha.

The Crystal Moon Mos Entha survives mostly because of the covert patronage of Tatooine's latest Hutt crime lord, Herogga of the Nasirii clan.In the wake of Jabba's departure from the desert world, a number of Hutt clans had taken an interest in renewing their activities on Tatooine, but only Herogga has so far managed to maintain more than a token presence. This is primarily because he keeps a low profile, using the famous Crystal Moon restaurant as a front and operating entirely out of a suite of chambers located beneath the restaurant. Herogga pays Porcellus and Malakili considerable sums of money not to question his activities. Because they have long since retired from actively managing their restaurants (only occasionally making promotional appearances), Porcellus and Malakili are not yet aware that their mysterious benefactor is in fact a Hutt crime lord.

Herogga capitalizes on the tourist trade to lend the restaurant an air of respectability, and thus avoid any associations with criminal activity. Despite the never-ending flow of armed thugs and the occasional fatal firefight, most of Mos Entha takes the Crystal Moon at face value.

Herogga the Hutt

Herogga arrived on Tatooine eighteen years after Jabba's death, having made arrangements with Porcellus and Malakili to cover the operating expenses of the Crystal Moon Mos Entha in return for his privacy. “My master wishes only to sometimes make use of his favorite restaurant for private functions,” Herogga’s protocol droid told them. With the two entrepreneurs thus distracted and placated, he moved into the storage cellar under the restaurant, expanding it outward to provide enough room for his criminal operation to flourish.

The new Hutt on Tatooine has been successful so far because he has remained hidden. He only leaves the restaurant in his sealed landspeeder, parking it in a nearby garage connected under the street. He does most of his business through lieutenants and other intermediaries, avoiding public attention so no enterprising informer will reveal his presence to either the authorities or the competition. Meanwhile, he wages a continuing underground war against Lady Valarian and her understudy, the Twi'lek Shiri'ani.

In his underground hideaway. Herogga lives in opulence, surrounded by bodyguards and slaves. He feigns a reluctance to punish his underlings‘ mistakes, but never forgets them. Herogga rarely takes on new employees on Tatooine, and even more rarely in Mos Entha—most of his underlings come from Hutt Space. Those he does hire must pass grueling and often lethal inspections before he will trust them with the location of his hidden base.

In personality, Herogga is not that different from his predecessors on Tatooine (but few can match the excesses of the infamous Jabba). He is vicious and vengeful with his enemies, hiding his time until he can eliminate entire organizations in one bloody purge. He has no qualms about ordering the execution of even his rivals‘ children to ensure that they do not one day return seeking revenge.

Herogga's plans for Tatooine have recently experienced something of an upset. The Yuuzhan Vong have devastated Nal Hutta. The Hutts are fleeing their homeworld, and many are relocating to Tatooine. But Herogga has hidden his true feelings from his underlings; he is worried that he will be destroyed in the inevitable clan war that will result from so many Hutts trying to carve out empires from the limited resources of the same small planet. He has had to accelerate his timetable for controlling Tatooine and is seriously considering moving his entire operation to Jabba‘s old palace: the B‘omarr Monastery. From there, he feels certain, he could easily withstand any force the other Hutts might bring to bear against him.

Eidolon Base

While Tatooine was still under Imperial rule, Sate Pestage, the Emperor’s Grand Vizier. supervised construction of a hidden base at the edge of the Northern Dune Sea, far from prying eyes. Although Eidolon Base was captured by elements of Rogue Squadron a few years after Jabba's death, the New Republic had no real use for the facility. It lay unused and mostly forgotten by everyone except the occasional scavenging Jawa clan.

A decade after the destruction of the second Death Star, a group of former imperials—mainly refugees from the Fall of Coruscant and support personnel from Outer Rim garrisons—took possession of the empty base. With its life support and power systems refurbished, the base proved to be an ideal relocation point for hundreds of former imperial citizens unable or unwilling to make the journey to the star systems still in the hands of the Imperial Remnant. The New Republic graciously ceded the land to the new settlers—since, of course, no one else particularly wanted it.

A decade later, Eidolon Base is doing quite well for itself. The settlers maintain their own vaporators and import what food they cannot grow. Because of the base's location inside a remote mountain, the living conditions are quite comfortable. Tatooine's criminal community has little reason to visit, meaning that the settlers dwell in relative peace. Because Eidolon has occasional difficulties with pirates and raiders, the Tatooine government allows them two flights of four TIE fighters (eight starfighters in all) for use by the meager defense force. but they have a strict 100-kilometer radius jurisdiction. The militia is made up of about two dozen volunteers, only a few of whom actually served as Imperial Navy combat personnel—and those are getting old.

The single largest threat to the settlers is Tusken Raider attacks. The Sand People have taken objection in the last few years to the presence of outworlders in what they presumably consider their “sacred mountain." Eidolon‘s settlers have so far managed to avoid major losses of personnel, but the Sand People have destroyed numerous vaporators, droids, and vehicles.

Arajen Turmen

The leader of the imperial settlers on Tatooine is Captain Arajen Turmen, a former imperial Navy pilot and gunboat commander: Turrnen was stationed on Tatooine when the second Death Star was destroyed and was one of the original officers of Eidolon Base. His knowledge of the facility paved the way for settlers to move in and convert it for fanning and civilian habitation.

Captain Tunnen is in his mid-60s with close-cropped gray hair and a face full of wrinkles. He still wears his Imperial Navy uniform. At first this was out of a need For clear identification of his authority. Now he simply wears it out of habit. Although he owns a blaster pistol, he rarely carries it, preferring to negotiate rather than fight. His diplomatic skills are generally sufficient to defuse most situations. The other settlers hold him in high regard because he once convinced a group of pirates to trade with the settlers rather than raid them. Even when he is personally leading a TIE patrol in his TIE interceptor {the only one on the base), Tunnen tries to demonstrate his superior starfighter combat skills by averting dogfights, even if he knows he will most likely win. With the recent Tusken Raider attacks on Eidolon, Captain Turmen's job has become more difficult. He's figured out that the Sand People are growing restless, and he’s convinced that another incident like the destruction of Fort Tusken is coming, and soon. In his worst nightmares, he envisions Eidolon as a smoking hole, littered with gaffi sticks.

B’omarr Monastery

Formerly Jabba's palace, the B'omarr monastery has attracted a great deal of attention in the years since the Hutt's death. Various ambitious treasure-seekers—including Lady Valarian—have mounted expeditions to slip into the empty fortress and retrieve Jabba's rumored storehouse of plundered wealth, but none have returned. One speculation is that Jabba’s lackeys carted it all away when they heard he was dead. The other is that Jabba left behind some form of automated defense—perhaps a small army of droids—that protect his treasure vaults even after all these years.

Neither of these guesses is true, of course. Initially, anyone foolish enough to visit the site without sufficient firepower fell victim to the B'omarr monks, who surgically “enlightened" their visitors in short order. One or two thieves managed to slip in and out with as much treasure as they could carry, spreading tales of a vast palace stuffed with treasure and guarded only by spidery "maintenance droids." These stories have only served to attract more visitors, and thus swell the ranks of the B‘omarr brotherhood.

Bib Fortuna Returns

A few years after Jabba's death, a different group came, not to plunder, but to rescue. A large force of Twi'lek mercenaries-led by a vicious gangster named Firith Olan—overcame the B‘omarr monks, penetrated the monastery’s deepest levels, and liberated the globe jar containing the brain of Bib Fortuna. Because Fortuna had directed much of Jabba's money into his own secret accounts, the Hutt's former majordomo had collected vast amounts of interest. He was now wealthy enough to pay for rescue and reinsertion into a clone body.

Sadly for Fortuna, Firith Olan had other plans, and immediately fitted Bib Fortuna’s brain walker with a restraining bolt. He forced Fortune to surrender the access codes to all his accounts, whereupon the gangster assumed control of Fortune's “empire” and moved into the monastery—with a guard force sufficient to ensure that he did not suffer the same fate as his erstwhile employer. Unfortunately for him, in a moment of weakness Olan found himself at the mercy of Bib Fortuna. Now, with the aid of the B'omarr monks, the Twi‘leks have traded places, and it is Bib Fortuna who rules the monastery while Firith Olan is forced to watch from a transparent globe jar. Meanwhile, Bib Fortuna has not only his own funds and Jabba‘s mountain of treasure, but Firith Olan's accounts—as well as Olan's face, voice, eyes, fingerprints, and cell structure, for purposes of identification.

Since his “rebirth," Bib Fortuna has been quietly rebuilding his strength—mostly through Firith Olan‘s offworld contacts, who have no idea that they are not dealing with Olan. This includes Lady Valarian's protege Shiri’ani, who believes that she is dealing with Firith Olan, not the Twi'lek who enslaved her decades ago. She hates Fortuna so much that she secretly conspires with “Firith Olan" against Lady Valarian, largely for the pleasure of watching him torture the brain she believes is Bib Fortuna‘s mortal remains. Fortuna is content to let Shiri‘ani believe what she likes until he has crushed Valarian, at which point he will dispose of her—perhaps by selling her into slavery again, or letting the monks enlighten her as they once did him.

The Yuuzhan Vong

While the Yuuzhan Vong sweep through the galaxy, stabbing from Belkadan toward the Core Worlds, agents of the enigmatic aliens visit many, many worlds, easily disguising themselves as natives with their strange biotechnology. Even on the far side of the galaxy, the Yuuzhan Vong have operatives sowing dissent among the populaces of many worlds, subtly fostering rejection of technology and encouraging distrust of the Jedi.

With a comparatively low population, Tatooine is meaningless to the Yuuzhan Vong. Originally, they sent a research team to determine the planet's suitability as a breeding ground for dovin basals—the spherical organisms that propel and protect Yuuzhan Vong craft. Initial experiments encountered geological anomalies that rendered the dovin basals useless (The research team had discovered the same pseudomagnetic fluctuations that had shut down Tatooine's mining industry). The Yuuzhan Vong departed, apparently never to return.

However, recent events in Hurt Space may mean that the touch of the Yuuzhan Vang is still felt on Tatooine, after a fashion. Following the Hutts' failed alliance with the Yuuzhan Vang, the invaders introduced bio-agents into the atmosphere of Nal Hutta and its moon, Nar Shaddaa. Wiping out all traces of technology—and many Hutts as well—they converted both world and moon into something more suitable to the Yuuzhan Vong. ln desperation, the surviving Hutts have petitioned the Yuuzhan Vong for the right to relocate to Tatooine—a world in which the Yuuzhan Vong have claimed they have no interest.

For the time being, the Yuuzhan Vong have apparently agreed, and Hutt freighters have begun to trickle into Tatooine orbit. Herogga—the only Hutt already on Tatooine—is delighted that so many Hutts have survived the Yuuzhan Vong's wrath. But he would be much more delighted if they had chosen to settle on, say, Hoth or Dagobah. The interference of so many power-hungry Hutts on a world he has so carefully cultivated requires him to completely alter his strategy. And. frankly, Herogga is afraid that such competition will ultimately overwhelm him. He is considering relocating his operation from Mos Entha to a certain isolated fortress on the edge of the Dune Sea—the former citadel of the mighty Jabba.

Podracing

Podracing is an extremely popular sport in the Outer Rim Territories, and Tatooine is home to some particularly grueling courses. The most famous race on Tatooine is the Boonta Eve Classic. Every year, Podracers from all over the galaxy flock to this dry world for a chance at the first-place purse. These rules determine who takes the prize.

Speed and Temperature

Along the bottom of the template is a record-keeping section that tracks how fast the vehicle is moving and how hot its engine is running. Each racer should use tokens to keep track of his or her vehicle's current speed and engine temperature.

Race Track

On the right side of the template is the Race Track, which can consist of as many as thirty individual stretches. When the conditions of the track are generated, they're listed in order on the Race Track. After the race begins, the boxes are used to indicate which stretch the Podracer is in. A second token can be used to keep track of what lap the racer is on, for races longer than one lap.

Starting the Race

Podraces begin with all contestants on the starting line: the first box on the Race Track. At the beginning of the race, every Podracer is assumed to be at Neutral speed {see below). Each round is similar to a round of combat, with some small exceptions. Each round proceeds as follows:

• Roll initiative.
• Move (based on current speed).
• Resolve track conditions.
• First action.
• Move (based on Current speed).
• Resolve track conditions.
• Second action.
• Apply engine temperature damage (if any).

Racing Actions

As with combat, you can take both a move (more properly called a maneuver) and an attack action during each round of a race. However, most racing vehicles don't include weapons (Sebulba‘s Podracer is an infamous exception). Instead of taking an attack action, you may take a second move if you choose. Also, as in melee combat. you can select all-out defense as an attack action, granting a +4 dodge bonus to Defense. The modifier lasts until your next action.

Action-Equivalent Maneuvers

The following maneuvers require a move action to attempt:

Accelerate: This maneuver speeds up the racer. A vehicle can accelerate as many as three speed categories in a single maneuver.

Decelerate: This maneuver slows down a vehicle. A vehicle can decelerate as many as three speed categories in a single maneuver.

Attack Target: The pilot launches an attack with some sort of ranged weapon (either a missile weapon, a blaster, or a thrown object) at a specific target: a vehicle, another pilot, or something on the course (such as a womp rat). The attacking pilot uses his ranged attack bonus, and the attack requires an action. When attacking another pilot, or a target on the ground, the target gets modifiers for both size and Dexterity, if applicable. A pilot can attack vehicles, objects, or other racers in the same stretch, one stretch ahead, or one stretch behind. (So, Sebulba, occupying stretch 17, can attack targets in stretches 16, 17, or 18, but not in stretches 15 or 19).

Ram Target: This maneuver can only be attempted against targets in the same stretch or up to two stretches ahead. The attacking pilot makes a Pilot check against a DC equal to his target's Defense. If successful, the impact inflicts damage against both vehicles, after which both pilots must attempt Regain Control maneuvers. The damage inflicted is calculated similarly to starship collision damage. Assign a numeric factor to each vehicle‘s speed based on its speed category when the ram maneuver is successfully carried out: neutral 0, low 1, high 2, boost 3. Then determine the angle of collision [side- by-side. rear-end, head-on. and so forth}; this helps figure out the net speed of the two ships. [See Ramming and Vehicle Collisions, page 163 of the Star Wars Roleplaflng Game rulebook.) Once the net speed has been determined. consult the following table to determine the damage inflicted to both vehicles by the collision:

Reactive Maneuvers

The following maneuvers do not require a move action to attempt. See the notes under Generating a Race for when these actions become necessary:

Avoid Hazard: This represents a pilot's attempt to avoid a hazardous object or area in his path, such as a rock. The base DC of 10 is used when the object‘s size is the same as or one category larger than the vehicle‘s size. For each additional size category of difference, modify the DC by +5 or -5 (higher for larger objects, lower for smaller ones).

Turn: The vehicle makes a turn: an easy 15“, a sharper 45°, a right-angle 90°, or a hairpin 135°. This maneuver is generally only performed as a result of the “Turn“ result on the General Conditions table.

Roll: The pilot turns the vehicle on its side to maneuver through a particularly tight space without reducing speed. The DC of this maneuver is based on how tight a space the pilot is attempting to pass through. See Generating a Race.

Jump: This maneuver represents a ground-based vehicle becoming airborne while passing over a hazard of some kind (such as a chasm). The check determines whether the vehicle touches down again without suffering damage. The length and height of the jump determines the DC; see Generating a Race.

Failed Maneuvers

In most cases. a failed cheek simply means the pilot has failed to perform the intended maneuver. If a Pilot fails a check, he can't advance to the next stretch of the race; he must attempt to clear the condition again next turn.

If the check fails by 10 or more, the pilot may also lose control of the Podracer. Make another Pilot check against the same DC as the original (failed) check. If the second cheek succeeds, the pilot maintains control of the vessel, but still fails to perform the desired maneuver and stops in the stretch where the maneuver failed, if this second check fails, the racer has lost control of his Podracer. Compare the pilot's measure of failure (how much he missed the cheek by) to Table 3-4:Out of Control to determine the effect.

Table 3-5: Crash Damage

Damage

All racing vehicles have hit points, which are roughly equivalent to a player character’s own hit points. When a vehicle is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed.

Partial Damage Effects

The damage to a Podracer significantly affects its ability to finish the race, let alone to win. To simulate this, these rules include two conditions between "full hit points" and “0 hit points": damaged and crippled.

Damaged: When a Podracer is reduced to less than one-half of its hit points, it is damaged. This inflicts a -5 penalty on all checks related to operating the Podracer or its systems, as well as any Technology checks made to restore hit points.

Crippled: When a Podracer is reduced to less than one-fourth of its hit points. it is crippled. This inflicts a -10 penalty on all cheeks related to operating the Podracer or its systems, as well as any Technology checks made to restore hit points.

Engine Temperature

Engine temperature is expressed in five stages—the higher, the more critical the temperature. At each stage beyond safe, there are three effects. The first is a modifier to all Pilot checks. These range from -1 (for low temperature) to -8 (for critical temperature). The second effect is the damage the engine suffers for each round it travels at boost speed. This damage is applied directly to the Podracer‘s hit points after the Podracer's Cooling rating has been subtracted. The third entry is the DC of any Technology checks made on the vehicle while the engine is still hot. Additionally, the pilot can spend an action to reduce the engine temperature by making a Technology check at the listed DC. If the cheek succeeds, move the engine temperature token one step lower. If the engine temperature ever moves past critical, the engines explode, inflicting 2d6 points of damage to the Podracer and 1d6 points of damage to the pilot. The Podracer, if it survives, comes to a stop.

Repairing Damage

A full hour of work is required to repair lost hit points. The result of the Technology check equals the number of hit points repaired. A Podracer reduced to 0 hit points cannot be repaired.

Modifying Podracers

Eventually, a Podracer will want to improve the performance of his vehicle—converting negative modifiers on some Podracer parts to positive modifiers, or simply increasing the numbers. Replacing a part costs 1,000 credits per point of difference between the old part and the new part. For example, if Anakin Skywalker wanted to replace his shabby Podracer chassis (at -1 Durability) with a much newer one (at +1 Durability). he would pay 2,000 credits (1,000 for -1 to 0, another 1,000 for 0 to +1).

Only certain parts can be replaced so easily, though. This system applies to improving a Podracer‘s Top Speed, Acceleration, Braking, Turning, Traction, and Repair modifiers. Hit points cost 200 credits per point of difference—it's easier to patch the Podracer. or increase its overall size, than to buy new parts.

If a Podracer decides to downgrade a score by selling parts, he receives only 500 credits for each point of difference between the old part and the new part. For example, if Mawhonie decided to reduce his Podracer's Braking modifier from +1 to -1, he would only receive 1000 credits total for the old parts.

Generating a Race

Obviously. there's a little bit more to racing than simply getting to the finish line before anyone else. With most races in the Star Wars universe, there's an element of danger to the course itself. This system allows you to generate such a race course.

Generating Stretches

If the racers want to design a track, they can either choose which conditions they want to appear and when, or generate one randomly. In either case. They should seriously consider making the first two conditions “Clear,” giving the pilots a chance to accelerate to “cruising speed” before they are forced to start dodging obstacles. ln the shaded area next to each space on the Race Track. jot down a brief description of the condition that applies in that stretch. (You‘ll need a separate sheet of paper to keep detailed notes.) Ambitious Gamemasters might want to diagram the course, using miniatures to mark which racers are on which stretches, but this is not absolutely necessary.

Length of Race

The most important factor in any race is length, determined by the number of “conditions” the pilots encounter. Each condition occupies one stretch, meaning that the more stretches a Podracer passes in one round, the shorter the race is. For example, a race of 10 conditions or less is going to be fairly short; once the vehicles get up to cruising speed, they'll encounter between 2 and 4 of these each round—making for a race as short as 3 rounds. An average course should consist of about 20-25 stretches.Multiple laps will make the race longer, even if the racers are passing the same obstacles again and again.

Sample Race Course

Sean wants to generate a quick track. consisting of only 10 stretches. He decides that the first part of the race will be just a straight shot across wide open ground, so he decides that the first two stretches are both "Clear." He rolls randomly for the next seven: an obstruction, clear again, narrows, a hazard, clear, two turns, and finally, another hazard.

The Boonta Eve Classic

Sometimes called “the most dangerous race course in the galaxy,” the Boonta Classic is designed to take advantage of the natural hazards of Tatooine. And it definitely works: The spectacular crashed draw tens of thousands of spectators to the Mos Espa Grand Arena, and hundreds of thousands more watching “pay-to-view” broadcasts all across the Outer Rim. One part of the Boonta Eve Classic is later used for the infamous “Beggars Canyon” track that amateur swoopracers in the Rebellion era enjoy so much.

Sample Podracers

Included below are the statistics for all the Podracers who competed in the Boonta Eve Classic in The Phantom Menace. Players can use these as pregenerated Podracers. The "Total” column gives the value of the Podracer's and pilot’s modifiers; adding 1 (the minimum roll on a d20) gives the racer‘s minimum roll. Each player can then apply situational modifiers to determine when rolls are necessary. If a pilot’s minimum roll for a maneuver exceeds the DC, skip that particular roll.

Dud Bolt

Initiative +2, Pilot +3, Technology +1, HP 10

Mars Guo

Initiative +2, Pilot +4, Technology +2, HP 10

Teemto Pagalies

Initiative +2, Pilot +4, Technology +2, HP 14

Alder Beedo

Initiative +3, Pilot +5, Technology +0, HP 22

Neva Kee

Initiative +2, Pilot +4, Technology +2, HP 10

Gasgano

Initiative +4, Pilot +5, Technology +2, HP 9

Ark "Bumpy" Roose

Initiative +2, Pilot +4, Technology +2, HP 12

Ody Mandrell

Initiative +3, Pilot +6, Technology +0, HP 12

Elan Mak

Initiative +4, Pilot +4, Technology +2, HP 11

Ebe Endcott

Initiative +3, Pilot +6, Technology +2, HP 9

Mawhonic

Initiative +3, Pilot +4, Technology +1, HP 14

Between Sand and Sky

Tatooine might be the farthest spot from the bright center of the universe, but it‘s a world of heart-stopping adventure. Between Sand and Sky tells the tale of a band of experienced heroes who anger one of Tatooine's numerous crime lords. They must try to escape his clutches with their ship and their skins intact. This adventure is designed for at least four characters of 4th to 6th level. The Gamemaster can adapt the adventure for higher or lower levels by altering the Challenge Rating of each hostile encounter. The adventure should not be played with fewer than three characters, or more than six, without significant adjustments.

Act I: The Wrath of Ranon

The heroes are on Tatooine for some purpose of their own, perhaps to buy or sell cargo or meet with representatives of the Rebellion. They have been given the name of a cantina where they are to look for their contact between certain dates—roughly a week‘s time on Tatooine. Their contact doesn‘t show, but Harbo Wiis does. He mistakes them for his contact and tells them he has delivered “the merchandise." He then falls afoul of Oggun Bantha-Horn. When Oggun discovers that Harbo no longer has the merchandise, he assumes the smuggler gave it to the heroes and makes them the target of his search. Oggun‘s hunt for the cologne takes the heroes out into the Dune Sea, where they are pursued by Ranon Djelkh's private starfighters.

Tirginni Cologne

Tirginni cologne is a rare and valuable scent, fetching prices as high as 500 credits per milliliter. Most species can not perceive its scent. THose that can—Noghri, Twi'leks, Whiphids, and of course, Hutts—find the aroma extremely pleasant, even intoxicating in large quantities.

The Tirginni cologne brought to Tatooine by Harbo Wiis is sealed in an airtight container, a metallic cylinder roughly 35 centimeters long and 15 centimeters in diameter. It contains 20 milliliters of cologne, worth 10,000 credits in the Core Worlds

Scene two: Across the Dune Sea

Once the heroes have been persuaded to lift off, they discover that they have played into Ranon Djelkh's hands. Ranon wants them to get out in the open, somewhere away from Tatooine's cities (and hence, Tatooine‘s authorities). He figures that if he can bring their ship down somewhere in the Dune Sea, for example, he can search their ship at his leisure—and then dispose of the heroes however he likes.

As the heroes fly out over Mos Eisley, they should attempt a Technology check (DC 5). If they succeed, they see eight airborne contacts approaching them from the direction of Anchorhead. Another Technology check (DC 15) identifies them as lncorn T-36 Skyfighters—near-space defense fighters—and they're on an intercept course.

Loss of Starship Control

None: The ship is only marginally out of control—skewing slightly to one side or rolling slightly, for instance. All operators of the ship (including pilot, gunners, and anyone else operating ship systems) suffer a -2 penalty on checks for operating the ship until the pilot regains control.

Yaw: The ship turns at a 90-degree angle to its original position each round until the pilot regains control. All operators of the ship suffer a -5 penalty until the pilot regains control.

Bump: The ship bumps into a randomly determined target, and the pilot must scramble to regain control. Treat this as if the ship has rammed the target, but damage is only one fourth, rounded down. The pilot must also immediately make a Pilot skill cheek (DC 20; remember to apply the -5 penalty). If the check fails, refer to the table again for an additional effect. Treat a second Bump result as a Crash.

Spin: The ship goes wildly out of control. Each round the ship is in a spin, roll a 1d4 to determine its current direction in relation to its original heading: 1, front; 2, left; 3, backwards; 4, right. All operators of the ship suffer a -10 penalty until the pilot regains control. In addition, anyone aboard the ship attempting any skill check unrelated to the operation of the ship suffers a -5 penalty

Crash: The ship crashes into a randomly determined target. Treat this as if the ship had rammed the target. The pilot must also immediately make a Pilot check (DC 20; remember to apply the -10 penalty). If it fails, check the table again for an additional effect. if there are no targets in the area to crash into, treat as a spin.

If the heroes successfully make the cheek read the following aloud:

The heroes should gather from this that the Skyfighters are somewhat more vulnerable to the sandwhirl than their own ship is. If they haven’t yet done so, allow them to make aTechnology check (DC 15) to recall that Skyfighters are susceptible to wind shear—the sort of phenomenon commonly found in a sandwhirl, for example.

Reaping the Whirlwind

If the effect of the sandwhirl on the Skyfighter gives the heroes the idea of leading their pursuers into the funnel, treat it like the Avoid Hazard check for terrain, as outlined above. The heroes can either skirt the edge of the sandwhirl again (making the Avoid Hazard check at DC 20) or go straight through it (making the check at DC 25. with a -8 penalty to the Pilot skill; see “Surviving Tatooine" in Chapter 1: Life on Tatooine for more details).

Any ship that fails the check suffers effects as per Table 11-12: Loss of Starship Control. On a Yaw or better result. the ship suffers the listed effect, but passes through the raging winds. On a Bump or Spin result, the ship has become trapped in the sandwhirl for the rest of the round, suffering penalties as listed for the results. The ship's pilot can attempt another check on the following round.

A Crash result means that the ship has slammed into the sandy surface of Tatooine, suffering 4d10 points of damage and coming to an immediate halt. Passengers inside suffer 4d6 points of damage in the crash; double the damage if they aren't strapped in (A merciful GM may allow a Constitution save at DC 10 to reduce this damage by half). Meanwhile, the sandwhirl rages overhead, burying the ship in tons of sand, before it suddenly dissipates, as though it had never existed.

The GM shouldn‘t bother rolling for the Skyfighters if he doesn‘t want to do so. The sandwhirl is more than sufficient to destroy the tiny craft. If the heroes‘ ship manages to emerge without significant mishap, they can carry on for about 5 minutes before the tremendous quantity of sand in their intakes forces them to land somewhere in the middle of the Dune Sea.

Act II: A Tour of the Dune Sea

After dealing with the pursuing T-36 Skyfighters, the heroes have some time to take stock of their situation. While they're doing this, they encounter a group of greedy Jawas, which leads them to an encounter with the remnants of a tribe of Tusken Raiders.

###Scene One: Digging Out Whether the heroes have landed or crashed, they're now stuck in the middle of the Dune Sea, probably with a badly damaged ship on their hands. Fortunately, they're free to do what they like for a while—no one is pursuing them at the moment, and even Ranon Djelkh is a long way away.

If the heroes‘ ship was forced down by the sandwhirl, they have the slight problem of being buried under several tons of sand. They can try to use their repulsorlifts to push their way free (Pilot check, DC 20), but each attempt inflicts another 4d6 points of damage to their ship. Even if they do get free, their intakes are clogged with sand, and the ship can only limp along for a few minutes at a time before being forced to land. After this attempt fails. the pilot should shut down the engines to avoid overheating.

Cleaning out the clogged intakes requires about 4 hours of work per attempt (Technology, DC 15). The heroes can take 20 on this check, for a total of about 80 hours of work. After the intakes have been cleared, the heroes still have the problem of‘ the breach in the airlock, as well as any damage they‘ve suffered from tangling with the Skyfighters. To repair those, they need spare hull plating, which is in abominably short supply in the middle of the desert.

Scene Two: The Tusken Raiders

While the heroes are running from Skyfighters, haggling with Jawas, and repairing their ship, a local tribe of Sand People encounters problems of its own. Sometime during the last few days, a ship crashed at the base of a large, rocky hill at the edge of the Dune Sea. The mangled mass of metal effectively sealed off a cave entrance. The Sand People are particularly distressed because the cave contains a grotto where they have maintained a secret water supply for centuries. Now the Sand People cannot reach it, and they are running out of water.

They have tried to move the ship, the Star Stalker, by dragging it away with banthas, but they've hit a further snag. Hidden in the wreckage was some sort of burrowing beast, which they accidentally freed when they tried to move the ship. The gigantic beast killed more than half the tribe, and most of their banthas, before they managed to flee.

While the Jawas negotiate and haggle with the heroes, the fleeing Sand People spot the Jawas' sandcrawler. The presence of outlanders does not bode well. Discussing the situation quickly among themselves, they arrive at the decision to attack. The Sand People desperately need water, and they expect to find some among the Jawas’ possessions. As for the heroes, it seems logical to the Sand People that the crashed ship and a group of outlanders this far out in the Dune Sea cannot be a coincidence. The Tusken Raiders want revenge for their fallen comrades.

Sand People Tactics

The Sand People are desperate and attack without mercy. The main thrust of their assault is reaching any obvious water supply or any open hatches of the Jawa sandcrawler (where the Sand People are fairly certain they will find water). They pretty much ignore the Jawas, concentrating their attacks on the opponents who actually fight back: the heroes.

A total of twenty Tusken Raiders participate in the attack. They have already been injured in their battle with the mole serpent. Half of them have have only 2d8 hit points; the other half have 1d8+6. Six carry slugthrower rifles in addition to their gaffi sticks; the rest have only their gaderffii to fight with. They all fight to the death, fleeing only if compelled to do so by some use of the Force or a particularly spectacular intimidate check (DC 30).

When the Smoke Clears

Onee the battle is over, the heroes can tend their wounds and otherwise collect their wits. During this time—or if one of the heroes specifically states they are searching for other Tusken Raiders—allow the heroes to make a Perception check (DC 10) to notice the sound of labored breathing, accompanied by a sort of prolonged scratching noise. If they investigate, they discover a lone Tusken Raider, his robes spattered with blood, dragging himself across the sand toward them.

Read the following aloud:

This is A-Zulmun, who fought bravely against the mole serpent, only to be savaged by the beast when it tried to swallow him. The only thing that saved him was jamming his rifle into the beast's mouth. The weapon snapped in two, but A-Zulmun was able to escape. The other Tuskens hauled him to safety during their flight. but he knew that his days as a warrior were over. His legs were too badly damaged to heal on their own. (He does not know about bacta therapy, let alone comprehend it.) When the Tuskens encountered the heroes bargaining with the Jawas, A-Zulmun insisted on joining the attack. determined to die in battle. From the beginning of the assault, he has been doggedly dragging himself toward the enemy.

A-Zulmun attacks anyone who approaches him unless somehow restrained. Should the heroes prevent him from launching an attack, they can try to converse with him, although he doesn‘t understand Basic, and they most likely don't understand Tusken. Fortunately, Deesee can translate for the heroes, but not particularly well, not having a lot of experience with Sand People. The heroes would also have to overcome A-Zutmun's natural distrust of outlanders and droids.

To the Tusken Raiders, any non-Tusken is a threat, and even healing A-Zulmun's injuries doesn‘t make him particularly receptive to communicating via an animate hunk of machinery. The heroes need to use Diplomacy, Affect Mind, Bluff, or perhaps even Disguise to convince A-Zulmun to even talk to them. But he certainly isn't interested in cooperating with the heroes, no matter how diplomatically they broach the subject.

If the heroes get A-Zulmun to open up, Deesee can translate: “He says his name is A-Zulmun. and his people are apparently trapped in a cave not far from here. His dialect is a little hard to follow, but it seems there's a ship blocking the cave, and he and the other Sand People couldn't get close because of extremely large sand. It‘s all very perplexing."

The heroes can press the issue further, but that's about the clearest translation Deesee can manage. The Tuskens tried to move a ship, but the ground is treacherous. lf the heroes are interested in the ship—at the least, as spare parts for their own—A-Zulmun can explain that the cave in question is about half a day's travel away by bantha. He‘s willing to lead the heroes there. If the heroes don't have another way there—and the Jawas certainly aren't going to give them a ride into Sand People territory—A—-Zulmun directs the heroes to where the Tuskens left their banthas prior to initiating the attack.

The Jawas' refusal to go along means that the heroes will not have access to Deesee's translation ability, making communicating with A-Zulmun much more difficult. Empideera has no desire to sell or even rent his trusty power and protocol droid. Unless the heroes can find some alternate means of persuasion, they will have to do without Deesee's services for the rest of the adventure.

Act III: The Thing in the Sand

The end of the adventure finds the heroes working their way across the desert. A crashed ship blocks the entrance to a cave containing the Tusken Raiders' water supply. Once the heroes are at the crash site, they'll finally understand the true danger: An alien monster has escaped From the ship and burrowed into the sand. During the fight with the monster, Ranon Djelkh arrives aboard his skiff. searching for the downed ship. He encounters the beings he believes are responsible for stealing the cylinder of cologne, the "merchandise" he desperately needs to complete his grand scheme.

The Mole Serpent

When the GM judges that the time is right, the mole serpent should attack. Read the following aloud to the players:

The mole serpent had been foraging far afield of the crashed ship, but the presence of so many surface creatures in one place drew it back. After recognizing the sound of more food, it immediately attacks. Use the guidelines under “The Mole Serpent," below, to determine which target it attacks.

Mole Serpent Tactics

The mole serpent only remains on the surface for the rest of the round. If a creature approaches within 15 feet by the time the monster acts, it attacks that creature. Otherwise, it retreats back below the sand and begins moving toward another likely target, attacking again a few rounds later.

The mole serpent surfaces once every 1d4+2 rounds. When it does, randomly determine which creature it attacks (unless one of the heroes is carrying the cylinder or is actually wearing some of the cologne; see below).

If the heroes have a droid with them, roll a d20.

On a result of 1-5, the mole serpent attacks one of the heroes.

On a result of 6-20, the mole serpent attacks the droid.

Obviously, the mole serpent prefers droid targets. Since they're far heavier than humanoids. droids register to the mole serpent as larger meals. Note the beast cannot truly digest droids If a droid “dies“ as a result of acid damage fi‘om the beast's stomach. the droid has shut down and needs to be repaired (Technology, DC 20).

If one of the heroes is carrying the cologne container, or is wearing the cologne {even by having unknowingly handled it), don't bother rolling: The mole serpent makes that person its number one target. The creature prefers a target actually wearing the tirginni cologne to one simply carrying the container. This should give the heroes a major clue on how to defeat the beast (using the cologne to distract it). as welt as the connection between the beast and the cologne.

Deesee’s Tactics

The GM will have to determine how droids in the heroes' group react to the threat of the mole serpent. If Deesee is here, the power droid can either be useful or useless. As a guideline, Deesee attempts to reach higher ground, climbing up the wreckage of the Star Stalker as far as it can. Unfortunately, power droids are not very well suited to climbing. Deesee can do little more than scrabble at the wreckage in a blind panic—which unfortonately attracts the attention of the mole serpent. When the mole serpent has no other obvious targets, the GM should rule that it attach Deesee. If the little droid falls victim to the beast's swallow attack, it screams piteously as it slips down the monster’s gullet.

Note this is actually a very, very good place for Deesee to be, at least for the heroes. If they use energy weapons to attack the mole serpent. they are effectively firing at the power droid's fusion generator—a small bomb. When the mole serpent has lost more than one-quarter of its total health. any additional wound damage dealt by an energy weapon is inflicted to Deesee as well as the mole serpent. When Deesee is destroyed, it explodes, killing the mole serpent and inflicting 10d6 points of damage to anyone and anything within 30 feet of the beast.

Note characters trapped inside the mole serpent with Deesee do not run this risk. They can cut at the beast's innards (in an attempt to get out, for example) without blowing themselves up—unless of course they deliberately choose this option in a desperate attempt to kill the beast and save their friends.

The Heroes’ Tactics

The heroes may not realize this immediately, but because the mote serpent is drawn to vibrations on the ground, standing perfectly still is a valid strategy for avoiding the beast‘s attention. For this to work. the character must either ready an action (specifying under what circumstances he or she will act) or delay an action (waiting to act at an as-yet-unspecified time). Readying or delaying must be the character's entire action for the round (not moving), and the mole serpent must either be underground or above ground but more than 15 feet away. Characters who choose this tactic should not be included in random determinations for the creature's next target.

Moving Silently

Because the mole serpent homes in on vibrations, moving slowly and quietly might work as well—but it's a bit riskier. A character attempting this can make a Stealth check opposed by the mole serpent's Perception check. If the character‘s check is greater, the GM should not include that character in random determinations of the mole serpent's next target.

High Ground

Another tactic the heroes might choose is getting off the sand altogether, which is a perfectly reasonable course of action. Provided the heroes (or anyone else) can get into their ship—or climb more than 5 meters up the wreckage of the Star Stalker—they are safe from the mole serpent’s attacks. If the heroes pull this off, the mole serpent, lacking fresh targets, simply retreats under the sand—meaning that the heroes can't attack it any more than it can attack them.

Using the Force

The heroes might try using the Force to defeat the mole serpent, especially if they've already reached a safe position. The Force power Coerce Mind can be used to lure the creature up where they can shoot at it.

Scene Two: danger under the Suns

While the heroes and the Sand People are fighting the mole serpent, Ranon Djelkh, the Devaronian crime lord who originally paid to bring the creature to Tatooine, hurries out to the Dune Sea to find out what happened to his expensive live cargo. In the middle of the heroes' standoff, Ranon and several of his thugs arrive aboard his skiff. Ranon is somewhat surprised to find the Star Stalker a twisted wreck. He is even more surprised when he sees that the heroes—who he still suspects of having purchased the tirginni cologne from Harbo Wiis—are trying to steal his mole serpent as well.

Once the heroes have managed to get out of any immediate danger from the mole serpent (by climbing up the wreckage of the Star Stalker for example), read the following aloud to the players:

The Dart Pistol

Should any of the heroes. or Ranon himself, attempt to use the dart pistol read the following aloud:

This message comes as much of a surprise to Ranon as it does to the heroes—but of course, Ranon doesn't have the mole serpent trying to attack him. The heroes may be back at square one if they're out on the sand with the mole serpent attacking again. If they try to get aboard the skiff, they'll also have to deal with Ranon and his thugs.

The Final Conflict

The heroes could conceivably beat Ranon easily—especially if they have their ship at the crash site and someone is already at the controls. The GM shouldn't discourage this. If the heroes went to all the trouble of bringing their ship along, they should get a chance to use it. However. if the heroes deal with Ranon Djelkh and depart, without first dispatching the mole serpent, the beast will be free on Tatooine. (See the Epilogue for the consequences of letting the mofe serpent run wild) How Ranon, his thugs, the Sand People (if there are any left), and the mole serpent (if it‘s still alive) react to the fight is explained below.

Ranon’s Tactics

Ranon has eight thugs with him: four of them are minor thugs, four are major thugs. One of the minor thugs acts as the skiff‘s pilot, and three are manning the E-Web blaster, leaving four thugs free to repel boarders if the heroes get ambitious.

If the heroes attack him, Ranon pulls his skiff back until he's out of range of their weapons. If the heroes are attacking him from the air with their ship, he makes a run for it, but of course the heroes' ship catches his skiff easily.

Ranon is not out to simply blast the heroes to oblivion, though. He's never actually seen the mole serpent up close, and he wants to observe it in action. So instead of ordering his thugs to fire the E-Web blaster at the heroes, he orders them to fire it at the surface the heroes are standing on. His plan is to drive the heroes out onto the sand, where the mole serpent should finish them off rather spectacularly.

If the heroes are standing on the wreckage of the Star Stalker, each shot fired at the debris forces the heroes to attempt a Dexterity saving throw as their footing starts to give way. For every 5 points of damage inflicted by a single hit, the DC for the save increases by +3. Note because the E-Web can only fire in burst, the heroes are forced to make multiple Dexterity saves each round. At the start of the fight, the thugs fire two shots per round.

If the heroes are standing still on the sand, Ranon‘s thugs fire all about the characters. The sand won't shift out from underneath a character like the ship wreckage will, but a hero in this situation must attempt a Wisdom save to remain still while blaster bolts rain down around him. The DC is calculated in the same fashion: For every 5 points of damage, the DC increases by +3. Again, the thugs only fire two shots per round, necessitating only two saves—but they’ll up this rate one shot per round (to a maximum of 4 shots per round) if a character seems capable of withstanding the barrage without panicking.

Oggun’s Strategy

If Oggun survived the earlier encounter with the heroes, he'll also be on Ranon‘s skiff. He directs the thugs firing the E-Web blaster and otherwise stands by to repel boarders, in case any of the heroes get particularly brave and resourceful. The Gamenaster should assume that Oggun is readying an attack action every round, waiting for his first chance to engage the heroes in melee combat.

Mole Serpent Tactics

The mole serpent is oblivious to any power struggles playing out on the surface—unless, of course, the struggle creates vibrations, in which case it attacks. If the tirginni cologne (or someone splashed with it) is within reach, the beast attacks that area. Otherwise, the GM should determine its target randomly (as outlined previously).

Using the Tirginni Cologne as a Weapon

If the heroes have divined the connection between the tirginni cologne and the mole serpent, they may decide to use it to lure the beast into their battle with Ranon.

To get the mole serpent to attack Ranonor one of his crew, the heroes have to put him in contact with the tirginni cologne. Splashing it on Ranon (or Oggun, or one of the thugs) from close range is as simple as making a melee attack. If the attack succeeds, the target is successfully covered with the tirginni cologne.

Splashing the cologne from a distance, or throwing it onto someone on the skiff, requires a ranged attack, with a -4 penalty for using an improvised weapon. Add an additional -2 for every 15 feet of distance between the attacker and the target. Again, if the attack succeeds, the target is covered with the tirginni cologne.

Should the heroes succeed in putting the scent of a wild tirginni on Ranon, Oggun, or anyone else, the mole serpent attacks that individual as its next action. To reward such cinematic improvisation, the GM should rule that the mole serpent automatically swallows the victim whole. The GM should only let the automatic swallow trick work once (making rewards of this kind too common cheapens them). If the heroes are losing badly, the GM may rule that such large quantities of tirginni musk in its system have made the mole serpent somewhat torpid—it burrows deep under the sand to sleep off its days’ meals. The heroes can always return to finish it off or capture it later. See the Epilogue for more details

A-Zulmun’s Tactics

lf A-Zulrnun is still alive by the time Ranon Djelkh arrives, he dimly recognizes that while the heroes are trying to help him, this new outlander is trying to stop them The Tusken Raider uses all his desert cunning to retrieve one of the fallen Tusken’s slugthrower rifles, then crawls to a vantage point from which he can clearly see the Devaronian crime lord. If he is still wounded, this will take a very long time: the GM should decide just how long it takes for A-Zulmun, moving at 5 feet per round, to get into position.

Once in position, though, A-Zulmun looks for a good shot at Ranon Djelkh. For maximum cinematic effect, the GM should time this to occur when Ranon has the drop on the heroes and they could use a brief distraction. A-Zulmun will fire the rifle until he runs out of ammunition (about 5 rounds later), the heroes have dispatched Ranon Djelkh and his gang, or he has been killed.

The battle ends when Ranon Djeikh and his crew are no longer capable of putting up a fight and the mole serpent is either dead or neutralized. When that happens, it's time for the Epilogue.

Epilogue

With all the threats resolved, the heroes can find their way back to their ship, putting the petty power struggles of Tatooine's criminal underground behind them. If the mole serpent has been neutralized or killed, and A-Zulmun is still alive, he makes his way past the wreckage of the Star Stalker and into a cleft in the rocks—preferably without the heroes noticing. Once there, he takes up a position where he can defend the hidden cave, intending to keep the outlanders from stealing any of his tribe‘s water. He absolutely refuses to negotiate or even communicate with them any further. If they try to force their way inside, he fights to the death. As far as he is concerned. the heroes are just as bad as Ranon Djelkh or the mole serpent. Despite any efforts they may have made on his behalf, if the heroes do get inside (A-Zulmun notwithstanding), they discover a small, dark pool of murky water—about thirty gallons, all told—at the bottom of a very deep tunnel. While it is unpleasant to drink, it will help keep them alive on the long trek back to their ship.

If the heroes haven't brought along their ship, but Ranon Djelkh‘s skiff survived the battle, they can capture it with little resistance. The heroes could easily return to their ship or travel back to civilization to get the spare parts they need for repairs. If the skiff has been destroyed, and the heroes are faced with a long walk in the hot suns, A-Zulmun makes no move to stop them from taking as many banthas as they feel they need. He is far more concerned with defending the water in the cave.

During the combat, Deesee might have been swallowed by the mole serpent, lost when it was driven off, or possibly destroyed. If the heroes have damaged Deesee, Empideera is beside himself with grief. He demands 10,000 credits in compensation—though again, he can be bargained down to a mere 500. if Deesee has been destroyed or lost, Empideera is furious and demands ten times as much (100,000 credits, or if the heroes haggle well, only 5,000). Alternatively, the heroes can replace Deesee with a protocol droid—but Empideera will only accept one that speaks Jawa, Tusken, and Huttese, as well as Basic.

Once back in what passes for civilization on Tatooine, the heroes might want to sell off any of the tirginni cologne they have left. If they advertise on Tatooine that they have it, they receive a visit From a Twi'lek named Bib Fortuna, who asks where they got it. If they tell him, Fortuna asserts that the cologne belongs to his master—Jabba the Hutt. Jabba purchased it from Harbo Wiis, but the smuggler turned up dead without the cologne, and Jabba has been searching for it ever since. Thus, ironically, if Ranon had not been so desperate to retrieve the cologne, and the heroes had simply given it back to Harbo, it would have ended up in Jabba‘s hands anyway. All this bloodshed would have been avoided. If the heroes sell the cologne anywhere but Tatooine, the GM must decide how much is left and how much the heroes can expect to be paid for it.

The final question is whether the mole serpent is dead. If the heroes merely escaped. rather than killing or capturing it, the creature is loose—an alien killing machine in an environment without its own natural predators. To tie up this loose end for the heroes, the GM may rule that some krayt dragon finds the mole serpent a particularly delicious meal, or that without enough food nearby, the beast dies of starvation. If the heroes express interest in going back for the mole serpent, they may find it lingering near the wreck of the Star Stalker. If the players are eager for a dramatic hunt, their characters may find instead that it has wandered away, preying on dewbacks and rontos at nearby moisture farms. Which ending makes for a better adventure is entirely up to the GM‘s discretion.

Cast of Characters

The following characters, creatures, droids, and vehicles play a significant part in Between Sand and Sky. The GM might also wish to make liberal use of the various other characters detailed in this book.

Empideera Kkek

The master haggler of the Kkek clan sandcrawler is Empideera Kkek, an aged Jawa with years of experience and a gift for bargaining. Empideera began as a simple scavenger, one day distinguishing himself in a bargaining session by coming up with the idea of replacing a droid he was selling, or buying it back for the same price, if it proved to be defective. Although the other hagglers were furious with him, Empideera later pointed out that his tactic had made the sale— and their sanderawler was never coming back to that particular moisture farm again anyway. Empideera‘s colleagues gained new respect for him that day. Empideera's prize possession is Deesee, his combination power and protocol droid. He hit upon the idea of transplanting a translator droid's core processor into the power droid. Most sapient beings would balk at the idea of toying around with a walking fusion generator, but Empideera clung to his dream. Finally, after an arduous trial-and-error period, the power droid gained the ability to understand the languages of the other species inhabiting Tatooine. Empideera will not sell or trade Deesee for any price. Deesee is simply too valuable during negotiations with beings with whom he would otherwise be unable to converse, let alone haggle.

Jawas

The Jawas appearing in this adventure are typical. Only about 10 of them actually carry weapons: ion rifles, as listed below. The rest are unarmed.

DC-GNK

DC-GNK is unusual in that he began existence as a power droid, with no real intelligence. Jawas stole him from a moisture farm and replaced his processor (after several tries) with the processor from a translator droid. Deesee is now a protocol droid that never runs out of power.

In appearance, Deesee is something of a mishmash of grime-smeared components, many of‘ which don't actually work. The functioning parts include his tiny manipulator claw, his crude vocabulator, and of course, his restraining bolt. He broke his inflated sensor in a fall long ago. The Jawas saw no need to repair it, instead using the socket as an additional power cable connector.

Deesee spends most of his time in the droid hold of the Jawas’ sandcrawler, conversing with other droids (before they‘re sold) and waiting to converse with moisture farmers and other Tatooine organics (to sell the other droids). With his Jawa-rigged enhanced intelligence, Deesee sometimes reflects that life with the Jawas could be worse. But mostly he dreams of being put to a more useful task than cobbling together bits and pieces of scrap collected by the Jawas. Unfortunately, in the far reaches of the Dune Sea, he rarely has an opportunity to ”jump ship," and his restraining bolt keeps him from wandering very far anyway. lf freed from the confines of his restraining bolt, and Empideera's droid caller, Deesee would immediately set out across the sands in search of a better life.

A-Zulmun

A-Zulmun is typical of Tatooine's Tusken Raiders: vicious, cruel, and savage. His tribe encountered the mole serpent while attempting to move the wreckage of the Star Stalker. He eagerly joined his fellow desert warriors in attacking the beast.

Facing the monster was the first time in his life he could remember being afraid. He watched it gulp down Tuskens one after another, with the Tuskens themselves barely harming it. When the mole serpent got him in its maw, it was only a burst of inspiration that moved him to jam his rifle into its jaws. He managed to pull himself out of the beast's mouth just as it snapped the weapon in two. Had he been the least bit slower, it would have cut him in half as well.

The only reason A-Zulmun is still alive is that his fellow Tuskens stopped long enough in their panicked retreat to drag him along. A-Zulmun passed out from the pain and only dimly remembered the frantic flight away from the wreckage and the cave. He recovered just after the Tuskens came upon the Jawa sandcrawler, and, as best he was able, joined in the attack.

Note A-Zulmun initially does not possess a working slugthrower rifle: the statistics are provided for him should he pick one up during the course of the adventure.

Tusken Raiders

A total of twenty Tusken Raiders participate in the ambush against the herbs. They have already been injured in their battle with the mole serpent. Half of them have have only 2d8 hit points; the other half have 1d8+6. Six carry slugthrower rifles in addition to their gaffi sticks; the rest have only their gaderffii to fight with. They all fight to the death, fleeing only if compelled to do so by some use of the Force or a particularly spectacular intimidate check (DC 30).

Mole Serpent

Ordinarily found only in the hilly regions of a little- known planet at the edge of the Kathol Sector, mole serpents dwell almost entirely underground, burrowing through the soil in search of surface prey. With its keen ability to sense vibrations underground, the mole serpent locates unwary targets and tunnels toward them undetected until it lurches up out of the ground to strike. Mote serpents range from 30-50 feet long, with chitinous plating and short, hornlike projections. By alternately contorting and relaxing its muscles, the mole serpent can create an undulating motion, driving the projections into the surrounding ground and pushing the beast forward. In its native soil, it can travel at speeds of 15 feet per round. In Tatooine’s soft sand, it can move as fast as 30 feet per round. The mole serpent cannot burrow through rock. Note the movement, of a mole serpent does not create a passable tunnel, but the ground is decidedly softer behind it.

The mole serpent attacks by surfacing, then biting and attempting to swallow smaller creatures. Because of its unusual attack vector, targets are often surprised. Detecting the approach of a mole serpent requires a Perception check against its Stealth check. The mole serpent gains a +15 bonus to its check because it is moving under the ground.

If its swallow attempt succeeds. the mole serpent remains on the surface, searching for another nearby target. If it finds one, it attacks again from the surface on the next round. Otherwise, it burrows back underground to avoid counter attacks.

If the mole serpent fails to swallow its intended prey, it retreats below the ground again and waits for its target to lower its guard. After a failed attack, the mole serpent will not attack again for 1d4+2 rounds. 1f the GM judges that potential targets have sufficiently relaxed (if, for instance, they have begun pursuing unrelated tasks), he may ask for new Perception checks, possibly creating new surprise rounds.

T-36 Skyfighter

The T-36 Skyfighter was originally built by Incom to fill the near-orbit planetary defense niche. Equipped with minimal life support and no hyperdrive engines, the T-36 was nominally comparable to the Sienar TIE.

Unfortunately, the tri-fold wing shape and lack of inertial dampers meant that, in atmosphere, even the unwieldy TIE fighter was far superior. The T-36 couldn't land without special platforms, making it useless for anything but light reconnaissance. Production stopped on the Skyfighter almost as soon as it began. Now, only the ignorant or truly desperate purchase them, and even then, they get significant discounts from the factory price. Potential buyers can attempt a Technology check (DC 15) to recall the structural flaws of the T-36 before they finalize their purchase.

The major problem with the wings is that they do not handle wind shear very well. The craft tends to spin in turns or other fight maneuvers. Without inertial dampers, the pilot almost always becomes badly disoriented. Turn, Reverse Direction, Regain Control, Avoid Hazard maneuvers, and opposed Pilot checks for breaking pursuit all suffer a -10 penalty when the craft is in atmosphere. And because the ship is already near the ground, the margin of error for pulling out of uncontrolled spins is slim to catastrophic. Sensible pilots simply refuse to fly the things.

The weaponry of‘ the standard T-36 includes only the forward facing fire-linked laser cannons. The T-36s used by Ranon Djelkh have been modified to carry slung concussion missile launchers, each carrying one missile.