I had brought this up in the IRC but didn't get an answer and didn't want it lost in the shuffle. I'm curious about what the reasoning was to add 1 point of heavy weapons to Trandoshans in exchange for losing a point of force sensitivity chance?
I understand(although hate it) if it was decided that they needed to be less force sensitive, but they are primarily a hunting race that often keeps trophies.. they generally don't blast the prey into bits and make the trophies unusable.
I see mention to their strength, keen eyesight(extending into the infrared range), and battle prowess on the wookipedia.. I just don't see anything that references heavy weapons as being something they excel at and was wondering why it was chosen?
Basically, as well as Trandoshans using Heavy Weapons in some of the Bounty Hunter novels, it was a way to give them a skill that few other races had, to give them a little uniqueness.