Final Fantasy IX was my favorite of the series because of the incredible storyline. In fact, as I was playing through it recently, I figured that the basic plot could be stripped down to make an incredible Pathfinder Campaign that still left room for creative freedom. So here it is, a videogame redone with pathfinder rules. I'd really like to have a few players that have never played FFIX before so that there's a bit more surprise and chance for the story to take off in a random direction.
For Characters, there are some restrictions, but I tried to strip it down to allow as much freedom as possible. I need four players, as the story progresses, four more characters are introduced, but we can decide whether they get new players or existing players when that time comes. Here are the starting Four:
1: The charming Thief. Does not have to be a rogue, but does have to fit the band of thieves background. Must appear to be a Human with a tail, but gets the catfolk racial build.
2:The Black Mage Child. Must be an offensive spellcaster. The Black mage race for him is essentially a gnome, but with a few tweaks.
3: The Princess. Must be a Good Human with a relatively noncombatant class (i.e. oracle, alchemist, etc.).
4: The Knight. Class must make some sense for a knight. Must be a medium humanoid.
I look forward to seeing whether anyone wants to play and hearing good ideas for the characters! More info upon request btw.
+1 for FF IX being one of the better story arc games. I enjoyed FF 8 due to the monster "leveling" up as you do to be an interesting mechanic to the game. My favorite of all time if FF 3, great story and characters.
I will keep an eye on this thread and may apply if you need another warm body to make the game happen. Good luck to ya :)
Hey I'm totally interested in being the theif or the knight and I've never played FFIX. Started in FFX but never took the time to play any of the old ones.
Looking forward to the
Since Quina bears very little plot significance, I'm making him/her a free form character. However, one that is close to the original would be really fun!
Also, the slots taken by Amarant, Freya, and Eiko will be kept as free form as possible, so long as they fit the storyline.
Honor Guard (Cavalier Archetype) or just plain fighter with boar and sword style can make for the Knight
The princess
Freya: Dragoon (fighter archetype)
Black mage, let him be halfling if sorcerer
All this an opinion, of course.
I never played any of the titles after VII, which I loved. I would be down for this.
If your open to 3rd party stuff, there is a Knight class that seems ok. I really like the Aegis in the Psionic stuff, doesn't get powers gets a protective suit and is full BAB and 1d10 HD so could make a good knight as well.
Oooooo, this looks fun. I love the final fantasy world despite only having played II, III, and tactics.
the ffIX takes some jobs from tactics, like the summoner, the black mage, the dragoon, the ninja and the blue mage
That reminds me, the Pathfinder Summoner class is not a valid choice in this. Summoning has to work a specific way and is treated like a magic device or racial ability for plot reasons.
I will be interested playing the princess or black mage.
I also would not mind playing one of the four later characters.
I am interested! My buddy (Acre) is also interested. We were just talking about this concept for a tabletop version of this same thing. Mark us both down please! When do you need more information/character info from us? We are both traveling and will be back to "normal" in about 3 days.
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I would love to play the thief character (Rogue with acrobat archetype, human based)
Acre mentioned that when you introduce the Freya character, he would like to play the dragoon...
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I am posting from Korea currently. Acre and I are sitting in a business meeting. I had to post as soon as we saw this. Side note, I have played many final fantasy games, but have never played FF IX... Acre has played before.
I don't intend to activate the campaign for another few weeks, but I'd really love to see some of the characters come together! Please throw some ideas whenever you have time!
My initial design was for four players, as the original is designed to be played with as many at one time, and each player gains control of one alternate character.
We will work on characters while we have some free time here in Korea, we fly back home to the states on Sunday. Hopefully we can have some concepts posted in the next couple of days. Thanks for posting this, this looks like a blast!
As Papasteve mentioned above, I'm in for sure. This sounds amazing.
I am working on a rogue (acrobat) character to submit for the charming thief. I am going to assume a 20 point build, and I can adjust accordingly should you decide to do something different. Starting gold is less important, just a minor detail. If there is any other details you would like for us to take into account when we build our characters, please let us know!
Still unfinished but, something like this?
Yes! 20pt buy.
there are a couple of differences between gnomes and mages though: mages take a -2 to wisdom instead of str. also, they must take the pyromaniac alternate racial trait. Black mages also get a +2 on will saves vs fear and a -2 on saves vs compulsion effects.
For the Rogue, just remember to build him like a catfolk! there is a reason he's different from most humans...
Knight (Don't know what his name is, Haven't played the game)
Human Aberrant Aegis 1
CG Medium Humanoid (Human)
Init +3; Senses Perception +2
Traits: Finding your Kin, Armor Expert
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DEFENSE
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AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4Armor, +3Dex, +1Natural)
hp 18 (1d10+8)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +3
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OFFENSE
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Speed 30 ft
Melee Oversized Great Sword +6 3d6+7 19-20x2
Ranged Oversized Chakram +4 2d6+5 ×2 30’Range
STATISTICS
Str 20, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +1; CMB +7; CMD 20
Feats: Psionic Body, Extra Customization
Skills Autohypnosis +5, Perception +2, U.M.D +2, Linguistics +2, Craft(Weapon) +5, Stealth +3, Fly +3
Customizations Transformative Body: Brawn(Free), Hardened Strikes(Free), Powerful Build (2), Nimble(2)
Gear: Studded Leather, Armored Kilt, Oversized Great Sword, 5 oversized Chakram, Pathfinder Kit, 33GP
Similar to Ashe above, I threw together this knight character. A human fighter (Armor Master), level 1, using 20 point buy and average starting gold. The theme an attempt to mimic the gullibility of Steiner using the low will save of a fighter plus an additional -1 to wisdom on the ability score.
Anyway, this is just a thought.
Ace, have you heard of the Final Fantasy D6 system? I think it would be better to run this game in. It is based off the Final Fantasy D20 system....which is based off of Pathfinder.
I'll take a look at it. I do want this to be a pathfinder game, even if that makes it deviate from the story. Creative freedom is better than just a strong story alone in my opinion :D Thanks for the heads up!
@Ashe - I'm not familiar with the psionic stuff... but I'll look it over, it could be fun. Also, in the spirit of FFIX, Names are optional, save the princess, who gets renamed anyway.
@Augustus - That is an awesome PF version of ol' rusty. I like it!
Like I said I'm looking for a mix of people who know the game and those who don't. These are great ideas!
cool, its all on D20psrd, and the Aegis doesn't have powers just a suit that has powers you can add as you level.
I'd be very interested in playing Princess Garnet, she's one of my fav FF characters of all time, maybe make her an oracle?
Some bare bones of the character, deliberately not power gamed, Garnet's mostly personality in the beginning=)
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This is my (Papasteve) submission for the charming thief. I have much more detail of his backstory bubbling around in my head, but not enough time yet to put it in writing.
I built him with the Catfolk race, however his appearance is fully human, with the exception of the feline tail. The abilities of the catfolk race seemed to fit in perfectly with what I have read of the thief character (I haven't played before). I wanted to make a character that was as true to the video game version as possible, but still have the chance to see where he goes in role playing. Please let me know if you see something you think I should change!
A minor thing, but if you can spare a point in Performance, as he is an actor in the Tantalus company. ;D
"I want to be your canary"
A minor thing, but if you can spare a point in Performance, as he is an actor in the Tantalus company. ;D
"I want to be your canary"
This is Ace posting from a friend's account...
Each character is going to get a free skill point or two of my choice for plot purposes.
^^That. yes. me.
I added the changes related to race, though it is unfinished, waiting for some advise or new concept.I use sorcerer as a base, because they are "born" with their magical powers, but with the arcana bloodline to be able, a high levels though, to double-cast. Another racial change I see apropiate its the hate to goblinoids.
This is JuanAdriel, btw.
Yeah I figure I need to adjust that a bit more, specifically the hate for goblinoids, but I am not quite sure how yet.
The good news: I will definitely be running the campaign soon-ish.
The bad news: This will be my first homebrew and my first time online GMing. some patience required ;P Also, I work at a camp for the next six weeks so the amount that I am able to do during that time will vary, and I still have quite a bit to do before I can unveil this thing.
Hey-o! Along the same lines as Vivi the Black's post above, I went through the Knight character concept and made a few additional changes to my PF attempt at replicating Steiner (toon name= Augustus Eldridge).
Using the drawback system from Ultimate Campaign, the Attachment Drawback was added, specifically to mimic Steiner's loyalty to Garnet and his unyielding protection of her. Because of the use of this drawback, the ability to access a third trait was added (per Ultimate Campaign). Along with the addition of this third trait, the previously selected traits were reworked a bit in order to add diplomacy as a class skill and bump up its ranks a bit.
Hopefully this isn't a terrible build for Steiner :)
(this is Acre)
Yeah I figure I need to adjust that a bit more, specifically the hate for goblinoids, but I am not quite sure how yet.
The good news: I will definitely be running the campaign soon-ish.
The bad news: This will be my first homebrew and my first time online GMing. some patience required ;P Also, I work at a camp for the next six weeks so the amount that I am able to do during that time will vary, and I still have quite a bit to do before I can unveil this thing.
It's all good on my end, I'll stay with it till the game is complete even if there are big lag times sometimes. The joy of playing a FF story+perhaps the opportunity to some day help smash Kujas face in with a cool summon is too good an opportunity to pass up.
Yeah I figure I need to adjust that a bit more, specifically the hate for goblinoids, but I am not quite sure how yet.
The good news: I will definitely be running the campaign soon-ish.
The bad news: This will be my first homebrew and my first time online GMing. some patience required ;P Also, I work at a camp for the next six weeks so the amount that I am able to do during that time will vary, and I still have quite a bit to do before I can unveil this thing.
Take a look at the race creation, here at the PRD, or maybe you will like some other race in the Advanced Race Guide, not just for Vivi, but for the frog-king, Amarant, etc. (Vanaras, the monkey like, where too a good option for Zidane, though the Nimbus build with the lady-charming trait is really cool.)
@Phiktional- If there is enough interest to cover the four added characters with their own players, we will increase to eight players as the new guys are introduced. That might take quite some time though.
@juan- Thanks for the ideas, I should have some downtime near the end of this week I think so I'll see about looking over them.
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I am still working on fleshing out a bit more of a backstory, but I did update my skill selections. I removed a point from climb and put it into perform (act).
Very much looking forward to seeing where this could go. It looks like we have a submission for each character slot, with perhaps some fleshing out of the princess and the mage...
If there is anything I can do to help, speak up!
I will be watching this game with interest. I think you are full up on volunteers even going beyond the possible 8, but if not just know I will be around. :)
Thanks for all the love on this guys, Once I get my phone repaired so that I have a reliable wifi hotspot I will work on opening a Legitimate recruitment thread. I still wouldn't mind seeing everyone's ideas for characters both close and far from the originals, though I really like what I've seen thus far. Be on the lookout!
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Ace - You can consider this my submission for the thief character. I am not able to peruse the recruitment threads very often (I felt lucky I found your post when I did!) so if you decide to start a different thread, please count me as interested. I assumed this was the recruitment thread, so if you do start a different one, and chose me to play the thief character, please let me know via PM. I will continue to monitor this thread for now!
Absolutely! I would never leave you guys out, I'll post a link in here and PM those of you that still miss it to make sure I get all of them. I won't have my phone back this week probably, but we'll see what happens.
Take at look at that: ZEITGEIST
and watch the video too
Guys! I'm back! It's been a ridiculous summer, but I am finally ready to get this thing back off the ground! Is anyone still around?
Hehe I'm still around, it had been awhile since I checked this thread though=)
Still lurking.....
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I am still here, though I am not positive at this point if I will be able to commit to playing in another game (currently have 3 characters active, this would be a 4th). I will start checking this thread more often, but if there is someone else interested in playing the thief character, I would definitely defer. (they can feel free to use what I think is an awesome build I made as well)