Racial Abilities Brainstorming

So, I’m pretty sure there was a necro post somewhere about racial abilities, but I can’t seem to find it for the life of me. Oh well. This is just a forum for people to discuss what racial abilities, if any, could be added to the races we currently have. For now, we have:

Wookiee – Cold Resistance
Hutt – Force Insensitive, Switchgender, Force Immunity
Mon Cal – Waterbreathing
Aqualish – Waterbreathing
Gamorrean – 3 word limit, Force Insensitive
Jawa – Darkvision
Barabel – Darkvision, Stun Resist
Khommite – Cloning Expertise
Firrerreo – Force Affinity
Sullustan – Darkvision
Falleen – Waterbreathing, Switchskincolor
Defel – Force Insensitive, Darkvision, Camouflage
Whiphid – 3 word limit, Force Insensitive, Cold Immunity, Fast Recover from Stun
Quarren – Waterbreathing
Toydarian – Float, Force Insensitive, Force Immunity
Miraluka – Force Affinity, Immune to Blind
Abyssin – Lowered blaster effectiveness
Arkanian – Cloning Expertise
Balosar – Antenna retract/extend
Chagrian – Force Affinity, Waterbreathing
Echani – +1 Attack per round
Gand – Darkvision, forced rebreather
Geonosian – Float
Kel Dor – Force Affinity, forced rebreather
Nautolan – Waterbreathing
Noghri – Force Insensitive
Talz – Darkvision, Cold Immune
T’Surr – Darkvision
Ubese – Forced rebreather
Vurk – Waterbreathing
Dashade – Force Resistance
Kaminoan – Cloning Expertise
Mandalorian – Regeneration, Force Insensitive
Draethos – Darkvision
Givin – Darkvision
Feeorin – Darkvision
Gungan – Waterbreathing
Mirialan – Force Affinity
Astromech – Droid, Force Insensitive
Kaleesh – Darkvision
Cathar – Regeneration

What ideas do you have for racial abilities for those that don’t have them? What would you add, change, or remove from those that do have them?

My ideas:

All races that are limited to their native tongue (Astromechs, Jawas, Wookiees, Geonosians, Talz, and Gamorreans. I think I’m missing one or two) should have that listed as well.

Alderaanians – Language Expert: Masters of diplomacy, they get one extra language to learn. Stacks with diplo feats.

I’d like to see something with Givins and quick-learner. They’re technically geniuses. Maybe Jawas get salesman, or some form of that since they like to barter/haggle? Mon-Cal get some sort of ship-building bonus, similar to how Wookiees get their bonus to makebowcasters. Maybe Duros get a navigation perk? If I think of more, I’ll add em.

Balosar: Poison Immunity – Balosar are immune to poison effects, negative effects of spice, and the Dark Side skill Affliction.

Jawa: Coward’s Intuition – Jawas have an easier time fleeing from combat and slipping from restraints and grabs due to their cowardly nature and short stature.

Corellian: Uncanny Luck – Corellians have a higher than average chance to dodge in space and ground combat.
Smuggler’s Run – Corellians have a small chance to land near instantly when landing fighters, transports, and freighters.

Bothan: Infiltration Experts – Bothans have a reduced chance to set off security alarms in bases and through skills that interact with the [Security] flag.

need to be very careful with combat related perks or you just end up getting a lot of corellians who roll for that bonus + reflexes feat… alternatively there needs to be a counter balance. a draw back for every perk.

I think the focus should be on the less played races to promote seeing more of those.

I like a lot of these ideas and I think they would definitely add more depth to the game.

I’ve always wondered if float has any mechanical bonus in the game. I think it would be a lot more interesting if the two races who can actually use this ability could just have full out flight, like a racial jetpack, since float is essentially useless other than it saying “<character> is floating”

At the very least float should negate mines, which it doesn’t. I tested it out last TL.

I personally feel that there should be benefits to all races, not just ones here or there. That is why I posted this. In any case, there is always a balance issue with regards to skills, feats, and bonuses. That will never go away. I don’t feel that a slightly better chance to dodge/shipdodge is especially game breaking.

Gand: Compound Eyes – Better chance to see hiding players whether or not they are wearing goggles. (Alternatively, slightly better chance to hit with all blaster weapons.)

Edit: I agree that the racial float should negate mines. I don’t think jetpacks should be allowed to be used in ships save for the hatch room (getting into a hovering ship). It’s a little ridiculous to be flying around your ship in a jetpack (not to mention pretty dangerous). Now using a jetpack in an open outside area should also negate mines. Personally, I feel jetpacks should function the same as using the fly command. If you can’t fly a hovering ship there, you can’t fly a jetpack there. That’s a debate for another topic though.

Bumping to get Walldo’s attention…or someone other than me who has ideas about this.