A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Campaign Setting?

[Kobold Catgirl]

I know that there's a Buffy RPG, but I don't believe there is a Buffy setting. My ideas so far:
Monsters:

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Take the MM and make vampires less powerful. Make it so they can't enter uninvited, but once invited they can come back in whenever they want, unless a certain incantation is used. Yes, incantations are present in this world. Make it so vampires are the most common type of demon, and remove most of the other monsters in the MM. In this world, there are a few extra ways to destroy a vampire. And some ways are changed. Sunlight deals them 1d8 damage per round. A stake through the heart destroy the vampire and its body instantly. There is a certain type of poison ('Killer of the Dead") that is fatal to vampires without the blood of a Slayer. Crosses deal 1d10 nonlethal damage per round. Also, there is a certain ring that makes the vampire wearing it immune to all the normal ways of hurting it, basically making it immortal until said ring is removed from his/her person. Will post more tomorrow.

[Heathansson]

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Remove the kobolds, right?

[Kobold Catgirl]

Heathansson wrote:

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Well...I'll think of something...

[Heathansson]

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

Heathansson wrote:

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Why mess with perfection? Willow's enough annoyance.

[Patrick Curtin]

Besides, if you need a kobold analog you can always import Lorne from the Angel series.

[Cato Novus]

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Besides, if you need a kobold analog you can always import Lorne from the Angel series.

Then there was that one thigh-high demon in Angel's Jasmine story-arc who said he had a bladder the size of a peanut, that'd be a good stand-in for Kobolds...

:D

[SmiloDan]

Cato Novus wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Besides, if you need a kobold analog you can always import Lorne from the Angel series.

Then there was that one thigh-high demon in Angel's Jasmine story-arc who said he had a bladder the size of a peanut, that'd be a good stand-in for Kobolds...

:D

Or that nightmare demon from the haunted house.

Giles: I should have finished reading the text by the woodcut.
Scooby: Why? What does it say?
Giles: Actual size.

[roguerouge]

Don't forget the season 4 golem.

[Hardcorhobbs]

Ha! I was actually working on a Buffyverse inspired campaign this weekend. Mine is simply adapting ideas from the show for a campaign revolving around a town... but lets see how I can help.

Well for one there is no reason you can't use kobolds. While most of the show revolved around vampires and other demons... there were some mythical beasts. Anya's first husband Olaf fought trolls, and eventually Anya turned him into one. There was also an episode of Angel with zombie cops. So you could have many of the phb monsters as is. Sure, you'll want to focus on vampires and demons, but an occasional beast here and there would not look at all out of the ordinary.

[Kobold Catgirl]

Finishing up on monsters...

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I haven't had the fortune of watching the Angel series, so I can't really do much on that right now. Going through the episodes...will post soon...

A variant type of mummy. It remains dormant unless its talisman is broken, at which point it must kiss a mortal or suffer 1d10 damage per round. if it kisses a mortal, the mortal takes 1d12 damage per round if the kiss, until it is dead. The mummy may then take her original form before her death. But each day, she must kiss another mortal. This creature is from 'Inca Mummy Girl'.

Eyghon the Sleepwalker: Demon Lord of Possession. A very minor lord, Eyghon has one major ability: He may enter those dead or sleeping. Entering a dead corpse will temporarily animate the corpse, with the dead person's physical stats and Eyghon's mental ones. Eyghon can only hold control of this body for 1d4 days, at which point he must enter another body or perish. Should he enter a sleeping person, said person gets no save and is instantly inhabited by the demon lord. Eyghon may spend 1d3 days in this person before the person begins to acquire its attributes, when these days are up the Eyghon becomes an obvious parasite. Should the host be slain, Eyghon is as well. For this reason, he is wary and will leap into the nearest dead or sleeping person. If he tries to enter an intelligent undead, Eyghon must do battle with that undead's spirit. This is Eyghon's greatest flaw: He is actually very weak, so in this instance he has the physical stats of an imp. The undead spirit has certain forms, depending on its hit dice. 5 or less, the spirit is about as strong as an imp, 6-10 a dretch, and 11+ a Babau. Pretty much any one, Eyghon is screwed. This demon is from 'The Dark Age'
Okay, this took longer than I expected, so I won't be able to finish yet. Will post more demons later.

[ericthecleric]

KC, you might want to look at D20 Modern for inspiration. One of the suggested campaign styles is "Shadow Chaser", ie. basically a Buffy-type campaign. It even has a "[Shadow] Slayer" PrC which might interest you.

[Kobold Catgirl]

ericthecleric wrote:

KC, you might want to look at D20 Modern for inspiration. One of the suggested campaign styles is "Shadow Chaser", ie. basically a Buffy-type campaign. It even has a "[Shadow] Slayer" PrC which might interest you.

Will do. Thanks, eric.

[Kobold Catgirl]

SmiloDan wrote:

Cato Novus wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Besides, if you need a kobold analog you can always import Lorne from the Angel series.

Then there was that one thigh-high demon in Angel's Jasmine story-arc who said he had a bladder the size of a peanut, that'd be a good stand-in for Kobolds...

:D

Or that nightmare demon from the haunted house.

Giles: I should have finished reading the text by the woodcut.
Scooby: Why? What does it say?
Giles: Actual size.

I...don't recall that particular episode...

[Kobold Catgirl]

Another Demon Lord...

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The Judge. Little is known of this demon lord, not even his portfolio. All that is known of him is that he was created to rid the earth of the 'plague' of humanity. He may, every 1d6 rounds as a full-round action, send forth a sort of chain lightning that deals 10d6 damage to all mortals within his sight. A save halves the damage. Also, he may use this ability on demons with intelligence scores of 14 or higher, but they are considered to have made their saves. Consider him a horned devil for all other statistics. He also looks like a S/\/\RF.

[Kobold Catgirl]

And this sums up the monsters from the first and second seasons...

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Der Kindestod, 'Child Death'. This gruesome undead creature feeds off the essence of children. Treat as an advanced ghast with 8 hit dice, but replace its Paralysis ability with the ability to have his eyes bulge and protrude out of their sockets, proceeding to extend downward and, with a successful touch attack, push into the forehead of its victim, who must make a DC 19 fortitude save or die.

Pfister (or 'Maggot Demon'). The dreaded Pfister seems to be a normal salesperson, until he strikes. He has the ability to transform at will into a swarm of maggots. Treat this form as a centipede swarm. In his normal form, he has the statistics of a typical human with Fast Healing that functions even in death. The only way to truly destroy him is to destroy him in his maggot form.
I keep thinking that they show this creature's name somewhere, but I can't figure out which episode. Any help here would be great.

[grrtigger]

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

ericthecleric wrote:

KC, you might want to look at D20 Modern for inspiration. One of the suggested campaign styles is "Shadow Chaser", ie. basically a Buffy-type campaign. It even has a "[Shadow] Slayer" PrC which might interest you.

Will do. Thanks, eric.

There was also a preview of the Shadow Chasers game in Dungeon #91. I haven't looked at it in a long time, but I remember liking it at the time.

[Run, Just Run]

Heathansson wrote:

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

Heathansson wrote:

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Why mess with perfection? Willow's enough annoyance.

how could you say thatshe is a badass who could rip your skin from your body and leave you to bleed to death or worse...

[Run, Just Run]

Make sure to have smile time demons, the episode you don't rember is Fear It's Self.

[Kobold Catgirl]

Wow, this was a while ago. Are you talking about the Gentlemen, RJR?

[Run, Just Run]

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

Wow, this was a while ago. Are you talking about the Gentlemen, RJR?

No, thats in hush, fear itself is the one where the cute demon, yes I said cute, says Fear me, Buffy looks down and steps on it.

[Steven Tindall]

just keep the settings seperate but equal. After all do you really need willow to have a lightning bolt w/o the glove of mytagon.

The buffy system works very well as a drama role playing mechanic where they have drama points and you actually get exp for makeing the whole table laugh.
I played a "jock" with a one intellegence score and because I was a "jock" I took a -1 to all intel score checks. He was a fun charecter to play but when he turned into a werewolf he was deadly to just about anything.

The other one was a totem warrior shaman of the raven totem named Riley twinfeathers. Decent fighting skilss, nothing like the slayer but hey it is HER setting, and awesome magic too boot.

My point is don't try to mix the D&D world feel with buffy the systems are way too dissimilar. Now shadowrun might be an interesting mix or if you must D20 modern but fantasy and buffy on anything except a one shot would be a DM nightmare.