The wrinkled officer at Endor
On the eve of the Battle of Endor, among the Rebel commanders, stood a tall, deeply creased alien the fandom nicknamed "Prune Face." His name was Orrimaarko, and he was exactly what his people tend to produce: a guerrilla who took up arms against an empire and won.
Meet the Dressellian, the newest playable species in SWURPG — a people who would rather bleed for their freedom than live comfortably without it.
Freedom fighters who distrust the future
Dressellians are tall and lean, with hairless, deeply wrinkled skulls, leathery folded skin, and — unnervingly, to anyone who sees them wounded — teal blood. Their creased faces read as ancient even in the young, which suits a temperament that runs guarded and severe.
They evolved in the rough grasslands of Dressel, and it made them hardy, self-reliant, and instinctively suspicious of anyone who shows up promising to help. When the Empire occupied their world, that suspicion became open war. Distrusting the energy weapons of their oppressors, the Dressellians fought back with slugthrowers — crude projectile rifles, some built by hand, some smuggled in by their Bothan allies — and used them well enough to break the occupation. It is a rare thing: a "backward" world that beat the Empire on its own terms.
The build — the unbreakable spine
In SWURPG, a Dressellian plays as a tough, fearless fighter who does the job with simple tools:
- CON +2 / CHA −2, trained in Survival.
- Unbowed — a people who would rather die than kneel are almost impossible to rattle: Advantage on saves against being frightened or intimidated.
- Guerrilla Fighter — you are proficient with all slugthrower weapons, the hand-built rifles your people beat an empire with.
- Technophobe — that same distrust of high tech is a real liability: Disadvantage on Use Computer checks and on operating unfamiliar advanced devices.
It is the kit of a scout or soldier who anchors the party — the one who will not run, will not fold, and will not touch the fancy console if there is a simpler way. Gruff with strangers, unshakable once you have earned their loyalty. Pick a class and hold the line.
More than "Prune Face"
The Dressellian resistance did not fight alone — their Bothan allies armed and trained them — but the courage was their own. Orrimaarko carried that fight all the way to the Alliance high command. Play a Dressellian as a character who has already decided what they are willing to lose everything for, and simply hasn't met the thing that can make them quit.
Build your own
The Dressellian are live right now in the free Character Builder — pick the species, choose a class, roll a weathered name, and export a printable sheet.
Grab a slugthrower. Hold the line.