Clone Wars Campaign: Rycar Ryjerd, Swashbuckling Pirate

Rycar Ryjerd was a fun NPC I described at character creation as "the 20-something foppish son of a rich and wealthy Senator who owns a restaurant/resort complex on Alderaan." The name "Rycar Ryjerd" actually came from an NPC in one of WoTC's web scenarios, and only later did I learn that the character is in the background of the famous cantina scene in A New Hope. In my campaign, he was a young, swashbuckling pirate who first appeared as one of the parties vying against Daal, Jedi Knight Lee, and Cradossk for ownership of 8P-MD-4's head. Rycar suffered a gory impale from Lee's lightsaber for his troubles, and reappeared in the campaign sometime later as pilot of the Sun Runner following Twitch's off-screen death. The character didn't get a lot of face time during the actual sessions, though I liked his character development during some of the short fiction pieces which portrayed him as a fun-loving guy trying to find his way among the crew in the shadow of legendary pilots like Twitch and Daal--how could he ever hope to live up to their example? Rycar met his end during the final session, dying in the battle between Jocasta and Creen.

All in all, a fun character whose presence in the campaign probably didn't live up to its potential.

Rycar Ryjerd

Male Human Scout 5/Noble 4/ Ace Pilot 2

Reflex +17, Fortitude +13, Will +13

Hit Points: 66 (Threshold: 23)

Languages: Basic, Bocchi, Huttese, Bothan

Skills: Deception + 13, Gather Info +13, Pilot +12

Feats/Talents: Quick Draw, Vehicular Evasion, Hyperdriven

Attacks: Vibroblade +9, d. 2d6+5, Hold-out Blaster +9, d. 3d4+6


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