Stennes Shifter
Species: Stennes Shifter
Home Planet: Stennaros
Stennes Shifter
Stennes were near-Humans from Stennaros who, much like Defels, had the ability to blend into any crowd. They resembled short, pale-skinned Humans with sunken eye sockets and no hair. Scientists believed that the Stennes Shifter was a genetic variant of the Stennes race, which first appeared some 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin.
Unlike other species which could change their appearance, the Stennes Shifters were the only species who truly used their abilities to the disadvantage of other races. They were xenophobic in nature, partly because of their own inborn prejudices and partly from millennia of persecution by other races. Their home world of Stennaros had been bombarded several times since their appearance, in efforts to wipe them out.
A Stennes Shifter Trinto Duaba was seen in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.
Attribute Dice: 12D
DEXTERITY 2D/4D
KNOWLEDGE 1D/3D+2
MECHANICAL 2D/4D
PERCEPTION 2D+1/4D+2
STRENGTH 2D/4D
TECHNICAL 2D/3D+2
Special Abilities:
Shifting: The Stennes Shifter uses its shifting ability to conceal itself in large crowds. This counts as an action. In crowds of 20-50 individuals, a Stennes Shifter gains +1D to sneak rolls. In crowds of 51-75 individuals, a Shifter gains +2D. In crowds of 76-100, the bonus increases to +3D. In crowds over 100 individuals, a Shifter gains +4D. This shifting affects everybody, except telepathic-resistant beings like Hutts.
Feed on Force: On a Difficult Perception total, a Stennes Shifter can gain a Force Point if one is spent in its presence. This can be actively resisted by the Force Point’s spender by adding his Perception or control skill to the Stennes’s difficulty. Actively resisting this ability counts as an action, and can only be done by those who know of the Stennes’s ability. Stennes can also gain spent Character Points by generating an Easy Perception total. It can be resisted as described above.
Tap Force: A Stennes Shifter can steal unspent Force Points or Character Points characters have by making a Very Difficult Perception total for Force Points, or an Easy Perception total for Character Points. If successful, the Stennes gains the Point, and the target character loses it. This can actively be resisted as described above.
Story Factors:
Legendary: Though many people have heard of Stennes Shifters, the existence of the species is considered only a legend.
Move: 8/10
Size: 1.3-1.7 meters tall
Source: Wookieepedia (For the Stennes Shifter Description)