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As we all know, xenos play a major role in the RT game. Such a major role that FFG gave us a xeno generator for making our own creatures. The only problem with this generator is that you run out of ideas and the randomness can get a little silly sometimes, so why don't we have a thread where we post all the xenos that we've created to help each other out

A quick aside -- randomness need not be silly. It's a big galaxy with all manner of gribbly life ... not just anthropomorphs with pointy ears or crinkled foreheads. When I run Basic D&D and its retroclones, for example, I don't use anything straight out of the Monster Manual or whatever. Players could just say "oh, it's a troll" if I'm reading out of a book. But if I'm not, they have this real fear of the unknown which is what monsters should be about. There's even a book to help GMs do this: The Random Esoteric Monster Generator. So I applaud FFG knowing (and ganking) a good idea when they see it.

I actually quite like this idea. I've been working on creating a new xenos race with a detailed story and I'd love to see some other groups get some use out of them.


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