my girlfriend asked me what class yoko kurama was, and to be frank i was stumped. it doesn't help ive only seen the first season, so if someone has any idea...
Been a long time since I saw that show, but I would equate the 'spirit energy' to psionics.
Big read-headed Frankenstein guy whose name I can't remember is obviously a soulknife.
Main guy could be a soulbow.
Red-headed prettyboy with the whip, psychic warrior.
Angry black-haired guy, maybe a psion/kineticist, or a psywar who spent feats on getting energy powers.
Like most anime characters Kurama is probably a multiclassed/gestalt character. I think the herbalist base class by Interjection Games is third party but probably captures the 'flower power' aspect of his character than any druid could. I'm not sure what else you'd want to use to round him out- rouge for his old stealing ways, monk for acrobatic fighting, or even just a fighter to make him a better combatant- it's really up to you how you want to capture him.
would yoko kurama be the same as kurama
Class-wise the only one that really fit that Zhayne put down is Kuwabara as a Soulknife. He's a human with spirit powers and the training to use them, and that's the only power he has. Solid fit.
Yusuke is not a Soulbow. For one, he's too focused on hand to hand for that. The Spirit Gun is his finishing move, not his main attack. Class-wise he's basically a Barbarian (maybe more accurately a Bloodrager, perhaps with the Arcane Bloodline...later on with some Abyssal qualities mixed in) with a powerful 3/day SLA (since for most of the series he only has 3-4 "bullets" for his Spirit Gun per day).
"Red headed pretty boy" is the guy in question, Kurama.
He and Hiei are less akin to classed PCs and more classed NPCs, or PCs with monster races or Templates.
In this case, Kurama and Hiei could both be classed pretty well as Slayers. Kurama possibly being more of an Investigator, being the "smart guy" of the group, and Studied Combat fits him well. His Extracts can be flavored as his myriad plant based abilities, but IMO that opens up a bit too much he CAN'T do. Perhaps if he only had 4 levels of it, which would actually fit well taking into account the next part.
Hiei and Kurama, unlike Kuwabara and Yusuke (until the last season) are not humans. They are Demons. Almost all of their abilities come from their racial HD, which is fueled by training but isn't so much a class as their existence, one of those Templates that gets more powerful as you level, or simply variants of Outsiders that are implied to be longer lived and more skilled versions of previous ones.
It all falls into place if you say something like Hiei is a Slayer 6, Kurama is an Investigator 6, Kuwabara is a Soulknife 12 or so, and Yusuke is a Bloodrager 15-ish (with the "Demon Lord's Spawn" template for the last season).
So the real question you should be asking is: What kind of Outsider is Kurama, and what would the stats for that be?
Groveborn Sorcerer. He is a Demon, but fused with a human soul. This screams sorcerer all around. ^_^
all interesting, thanks guys
I agree with Bardess. Regular Kurama is more sorcerer in flavor despite having more plant based powers.
Yoko Kurama is pure mozoku so he's probably more of a devil or demon with druid levels.
Before the Slayer, which now that it's been mentioned I think would make a great hiei, I made a Hiei character that was an Ifrit Kensai. Focused on that whole speed thing Hiei focuses on. Iaijutsu abilities are good for emulating speed. Just picked up all the fire spells I could find and punched them into people.
Yes, in a past life he was THE Nine Tailed Fox. He's probably best statted out as an Arcane Trickster, to tell the truth.
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I thought kurama was a highly capable combatant. Maybe their will be a good bloodrager archetype for him(the bloodrage being his yoko kurama form).
Hi, I'm new here and this topic came at the right time ^.^
The question here is a build for Yoko Kurama, and not Shuichi Minamino right? I'm trying a build here for Yoko Kurama as a Gestalt, so I got Kitsune Rogue and Sorcerer with the Verdant Bloodline. It's the closest I could get for his plant powers and thief techniques. Maybe I'll get Arcane Trickster further but I'm not sure. Anything to add here?
Hi, I'm new here and this topic came at the right time ^.^
The question here is a build for Yoko Kurama, and not Shuichi Minamino right? I'm trying a build here for Yoko Kurama as a Gestalt, so I got Kitsune Rogue and Sorcerer with the Verdant Bloodline. It's the closest I could get for his plant powers and thief techniques. Maybe I'll get Arcane Trickster further but I'm not sure. Anything to add here?
yeah yoko is who is what my girlfriend asked about too.
Kurama is very capable. He's very fast, smart, charismatic, and dexterous, and more importantly, he's a high Hit Dice outsider with a ton of experience behind him.
Levels do a lot, and his attacks are more along the lines of spellcasting then anything else (summon wicked plant x, etc)
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Necro-ing this thread after a few years because I'm rewatching the series with my kids and they asked me what the characters would be...
Well, we have the Occult stuff to draw from now, so... I changed my mind about some things...
Kurama: NG Human Phytokineticist (Overwhelming Soul). Planar Heritage at 1st level since his alter ego is clearly a nogitsune, and maybe the Everyman Games' archetype Chosen of the Clan to catch ninja talents. Kinetic Whip is his primary weapon.
Yusuke: NG Tiefling (Mostly Human) Magus (Esoteric). Specialized with ray spells as a weapon, and Arcane Strike. And don't forget his cute psychopomp familiar.
Hiei: LN Ifrit Monk (Scaled Fist). Psychic Sensitivity + Chakra powers & feats for the third eye.
Kuwabara: CG Human Spiritualist (Phantom Blade). He may not have a high Int or Cha, but he surely has the greatest willpower and hard-headedness, so casting with Wisdom is ok.