The oath at the Sarlacc
At the Great Pit of Carkoon, one of the skiff guards who tried and failed to save Jabba the Hutt was a broad-shouldered enforcer named Barada — and he was doing exactly what his people have done for twenty-five thousand years: keeping a Hutt's bargain, to the end.
Meet the Klatooinian, the newest playable species in SWURPG — strong, loyal, dangerous, and bound by an oath older than most civilizations.
Bound by the Treaty of Vontor
Klatooinians are powerfully built humanoids with tough green-to-brown hide, heavy brows, prominent teeth, a vaguely canine cast to the face, and green blood. They stand close to two meters and carry the dense muscle of a people shaped by millennia of hard labor and harder fighting.
The defining fact of their history is the Treaty of Vontor. When the Hutts warred against Xim the Despot some twenty-five millennia ago, the Klatooinians joined the fight as a holy cause, and their leader signed a pact binding his people to serve the Hutts forever. They have honored it ever since. That inheritance runs deep: Klatooinians revere their elders, keep the customs of their ancestors, and treat a given word as something close to sacred. It also made them the underworld's favorite strongmen — bodyguards, henchmen, and bounty hunters across Hutt Space.
The build — the immovable object
In SWURPG, a Klatooinian plays as a powerhouse with a mind you cannot move:
- STR +2 / INT −2, trained in Athletics.
- Iron Will — rigid tradition forges an unbreakable mind: Advantage on saves against being charmed or frightened.
- Powerful Build — you count as one size larger for carrying capacity and for grappling or shoving; these are big, strong people.
- Honorbound — a blunt warrior culture that scorns deceit, so you have Disadvantage on Deception checks. Klatooinians do not lie well; it was never the point.
It is a front-liner's kit — the guardian, the soldier, the bounty hunter who lifts what cannot be lifted and stares down what cannot be stared down. Bolt on a class and be the wall the party stands behind.
Not the same as the Nikto
The Treaty of Vontor bound three peoples to the Hutts — the Klatooinians, the Vodrans, and the Nikto — and the galaxy lumps them together as "Hutt muscle." But they are not the same. Where the Nikto are hard-shelled, radiation-bred survivors who intimidate, Klatooinians are the disciplined strongmen: prized for raw power, an unshakable will, and a reputation for keeping their word. Two roads out of the same servitude, and they lead to very different characters.
Build your own
The Klatooinian are live right now in the free Character Builder — pick the species, choose a class, roll a stony name, and export a printable sheet.
Give your word. Then be the one who never breaks it.