Roleplaying in the Nippon-Ichi verse
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:19 pm
So in a month or so I'm PERMANENTLY MOVING BACK TO MELBOURNE, FUCK YES.
I intend on putting a D&D game together to run for my peeps there - specifically, the one in the "Do my work for me" thread
So I was thinking "I should go all-in for the N1 stuff. Everyone likes Disgaea etc."
So I want to cover a few things. The races I'm listing as common (ie shown to the players, with pictures, for those who don't have an idea yet, before everyone says they want to be a Warforged* or Dragonborn of Bahamut or import their [insert type here] Elf from ____ game) are, so far:
[*]Humans (the extra feat is fine for representing the fact that humans have the most variety in N1 and can be all the different classes)
[*]Empusa (that's where I stole the term "Empusa" from)
[*]Aranea because why not
[*]Vaxt (the Shroomish is totally the Eringas from La Pucelle Tactics)
I think a few more should be added. Prinnies are not appropriate as PCs as they are very stupid, and explode when thrown. But which of the following should be included?
[*]Sabre Kitties (Makai Kingdom makes them crazygood samurai)
[*]Nekomata (easy to convert one of the "likes the wild" races)
[*]Ghosts (would give them a "move through terrain as though Ethereal" ability)
[*]Flora Beasts
[*]Slug Monsters
[*]Mothmen
[*]Marionette
What do people think would be best?
Next, Reincarnation. Should that just be handled as "Great, you have downtime, you can rebuild your character from the ground up"/"You died, when the group gets back to base you can reincarnate as yourself or a new character who happens to still be you in some way that means the party just accept you and move on"?
*My solution to this is to put them in a figure-4 leglock until they apologise for liking Warforged.
I intend on putting a D&D game together to run for my peeps there - specifically, the one in the "Do my work for me" thread
You are a merry troupe of planehopping adventurers trying to get piles of asymmetric power and have fun doing so. Lately, you've been visiting some of the nicer demon-cities in the abyss. While you were visiting the famous statue garden of Krotavrick (all people petrified for various reasons, then altered or reposed with magic and tools), you saw the Overlord of the city, Pretty Demon Queen Vurasel*. She seemed fairly distressed over something, and had decided that it was all a random underling's fault. Perhaps scenting an opportunity for work, perhaps feeling some sympathy for the poor Cambion**, you approached to ask what up.
Vurasel is concerned. She was planning this awesome magical tea party in a couple months, but a number of people didn't respond to her letters, and she wouldn't be so gauche as to teleport up and ask them herself. Besides, that might be seen as an attack. The demonic emissaries she sent haven't come back either, maybe getting killed or distracted. Wait, you people are adventurers? Then you could go and make sure all the cool people come to her party. She'll give you directions, and if you meet with any success, she'll let you attend too. Get a substantial number of guests, and she might give you a nice house to use as a base of operations, a pile of souls, or a kiss on the cheek that grants Basic access to a Sphere.
Vurasel is concerned. She was planning this awesome magical tea party in a couple months, but a number of people didn't respond to her letters, and she wouldn't be so gauche as to teleport up and ask them herself. Besides, that might be seen as an attack. The demonic emissaries she sent haven't come back either, maybe getting killed or distracted. Wait, you people are adventurers? Then you could go and make sure all the cool people come to her party. She'll give you directions, and if you meet with any success, she'll let you attend too. Get a substantial number of guests, and she might give you a nice house to use as a base of operations, a pile of souls, or a kiss on the cheek that grants Basic access to a Sphere.
So I want to cover a few things. The races I'm listing as common (ie shown to the players, with pictures, for those who don't have an idea yet, before everyone says they want to be a Warforged* or Dragonborn of Bahamut or import their [insert type here] Elf from ____ game) are, so far:
[*]Humans (the extra feat is fine for representing the fact that humans have the most variety in N1 and can be all the different classes)
[*]Empusa (that's where I stole the term "Empusa" from)
[*]Aranea because why not
[*]Vaxt (the Shroomish is totally the Eringas from La Pucelle Tactics)
I think a few more should be added. Prinnies are not appropriate as PCs as they are very stupid, and explode when thrown. But which of the following should be included?
[*]Sabre Kitties (Makai Kingdom makes them crazygood samurai)
[*]Nekomata (easy to convert one of the "likes the wild" races)
[*]Ghosts (would give them a "move through terrain as though Ethereal" ability)
[*]Flora Beasts
[*]Slug Monsters
[*]Mothmen
[*]Marionette
What do people think would be best?
Next, Reincarnation. Should that just be handled as "Great, you have downtime, you can rebuild your character from the ground up"/"You died, when the group gets back to base you can reincarnate as yourself or a new character who happens to still be you in some way that means the party just accept you and move on"?
*My solution to this is to put them in a figure-4 leglock until they apologise for liking Warforged.