Hero's Guide

Hero's Guide
Attribution information
Author(s)	Rodney Thompson, J.D. Wiker
Illustrator(s)	Tommy Lee Edwards, Carl Critchlow, Scott Fischer, John Van Fleet, Christopher Moeller, et al.
Editor(s)	Michele Carter, Charles Ryan
Publication information
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Publication date	June 2003
Type	Hardcover
Pages	160
Dimensions	11.0 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
Weight	1.6 pounds
ISBN	0786928832

Hero's Guide is a supplement to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published by Wizards of the Coast. It was written by Rodney Thompson and J.D. Wiker, first published in June 2003.

Publisher's summary

Follow your own path.

Bold individuals from countless star systems aspire to greatness. But the galaxy's real heroes are the dynamic characters who blaze their own way to fame or infamy. Like them, you possess a unique combination of skills, abilities, and talents that enables you to succeed where others fail. With your vision and drive, you will leave your mark on the galaxy.

This sourcebook features:

• Over 90 new feats, including Blasterslinger, Dark Power, and Kinetic Combat, as well as seven feats that reflect mastery of each of the lightsaber forms.

• Over 30 new prestige classes, such as the master duelist, sharpshooter, Bothan master spy, and berserker droid.

• Over a dozen factions, such as the Rebel Alliance, Bounty Hunters' Guild, and the Hutt Criminal Syndicate, along with rules for joining each one.

• New equipment, including weapons, military hardware, and cybernetics.

Contents

• Character Creation
• Character Archetypes
• Skills and Feats
• Prestige Classes
• Factions
• Equipment
• Combat
• The Force
• Droids

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Ask Aak (Picture only) Bail Antilles (Picture only) Sei Taria (Picture only) Variise Ydnen (First appearance)

Droid models

Berserker droid Espionage droid Protocol droid TC-series protocol droid (Picture only)

Locations

Yanibar

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Antarian Rangers Baran Do Black Sun Vigo Corporate Sector Authority Corellian Security Force Galactic Empire Imperial recruiter Stormtrooper Corps Scout trooper Stormtrooper Matukai Mistryl Shadow Guard Sienar Fleet Systems Zeison Sha

Sentient species

Bothan Echani Gran Human Kel Dor Noghri Quarren Rodian Trandoshan Twi'lek Wookiee Yuuzhan Vong Zabrak

Vehicles and vessels

74-Z speeder bike TIE/D Defender

Weapons and technology

Cybernetic limbs Discblade Shock whip Telescopic eye Wan-shen

Miscellanea

Assassin Aurebesh Engineer High Galactic alphabet HoloNet Imperial crest Information broker Lord of the Expanse Phase I clone trooper armor (Picture only) Sniper Scout trooper armor Stava The Force Soft to Solid Wrruushi

Sources

• "Skills & Feats: Hero's Guide Preview #1" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Sympathy: Hero's Guide Preview #2" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "How To Be a Hero: An Interview With the Designers of the Hero's Guide" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Hero's Guide Web Enhancement #1: Character Templates and Prestige Classes" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Hero's Guide Art Gallery" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Hero's Guide Web Enhancement #2: Commerce and the Shadow Wing" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Hero's Guide Web Enhancement #3: Lightsaber Forms and the Fallanassi" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Antarian Rangers: Hero's Guide Preview #3" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)

Notes and references

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