I'm still around, I've been keeping up with this thread even though I've not posted much. I mentioned earlier that I'd be pretty busy up until the third week of April, so you can expect more updates starting next week.
I'm curious to know what everyone's thoughts are on a vigilante only game - the archetypes seem to contain enough variety to support a range of concepts and roles that an otherwise single class party couldn't fill, so I think it could be a fun experiment.
Variant multi-classing would be fine, for regular multi-classing I'd probably rule a minimum of 2/5 of your levels must be vigilante (this would keep PC spellcasting from going any higher than 6th level, which is something I'd like to try for this particular game).
I'd be down for Vigilante-only, though perhaps submit a non-magical girl character.
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One thing I'm not sure I understand. The House of Unyielding Radiance sounds like a Superhero School, not Normal People School. Why do our characters need dual identities at Superhero School? The students at Xavier's School for Gifted Children didn't use dual identities. Sailor Moon and friends had dual identities, because they went to Normal People School.
I'm just wondering about the flavor of the setting really.
Also I've grown a bit attached to my paladin/swordlord concept
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I kind of agree - counterintuitive as it feels to say, I think it would be substantially more fun (and more suited to what little I've seen of the genre) if we were in a more "mundane" milieu.
Also, regarding the need for Vigilante levels: Perhaps we could make the Vigilante portion a Variant Multiclassing schema, since the Social Guise (and Magical Child Archetype variant thereupon) class feature is presumably a necessity for our common concept. Of course there aren't any official Variant Multiclassing Vigilante rules yet (as far as I'm aware), but we could easily make our own. Maybe we'd get Social Guise et al as a 1st-level bonus feat (since I'm pretty sure the genre would demand this be an exceptionally high-powered game anyways), and it would work more normally from there.
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If it were more the other way, though, our "girl" identities would be more relevant and we'd be playing as them as well as our "magical girl" identities, which I think would work better for many of them (including mine), since it means a double-life where the people (who think they're) close to us only know us as one.
I assume the tone is kind of on the frequency of Power Rangers/Sailor Moon, or maybe even a bit satirical thereof, right?
Think I am going to just watch this one guys,
its looks fun but im DMing to games and just dont have the time.
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See I was figuring the alternate identities won't really be "secret" at all, and they'll simply be the "fighting mode" for the characters. But we'll see what Tuxedo comes up with. I'm sure it'll be great!
Not liking that overmuch. That would not work nearly as well for my character concept, nor most "dual persona" concepts (which was what I thought the schtick was for this game, though I could be mistaken).
My current plans are to emphasize the "magical girl academy" aspect over the "secret identity" aspect. That being said, I do want to include a mix of adventures within home turf (where secret identities won't matter) as well as out in the world abroad (for at least some chance to use secret identities).
It's coming together!
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With the release of Ultimate Intrigue and the creation of the Magical Child archetype, I was wondering if anyone has (as of yet) done a recruitment for a Magical Girl themed game? We're talking full-on Sailor Moon/TONS of other anime.
I don't have time to GM such a game, but would LOVE to play in one. Any takers??
GeekandSundry did some L3 Sailor Moon DnD characters.
http://geekandsundry.com/be-a-sailor-scout-in-dnd-with-these-character-shee ts/
Tuxedo Mask, Chibi Moon and Sailor moon:
http://geekandsundry.com/sailor-moon-dnd-take-two/
Official decision: Although reccomended, Vigilante will not be a required class. The magical child template (still in progress) will cover all the necessary transformation/disguise abilities.
A magical girl academy game, ... where do I sign up?
A magical girl academy game, ... where do I sign up?NOT with the alien cat-thing granting wishes in return. That one is a bad deal.If for some reason you do go that route, make sure you have a friend who specializes in time magic!
Seriously, though, I think character creation guidelines and the magical girl template will probably be posted within the next week or so per GM Tuxedo's earlier post, so just keep an eye out for that.
Will do ;)
GM Tux, if you need a Co-GM or just someone who's not interested in playing to bounce ideas off of I can help out.
Hrm.....if I were to do this I would have to make the base archetype one that is variable. Allow them to choose their choice of mental stat for casting and then pick from a list of things that can get in place of either the summoner casting and the familiar which has too much focus in the actual archetype. Probably buff the whole thing up so that the base variant with it's focus on the familiar is more of a flying turret and also a transformable weapon depending on what casting stat you go with.
Then if you were to give that up instead you would get initiating with recovery mechanics based on your chosen initiator stat. You would get that instead of spells and maybe a pool to use some spell like effects and to empower your weapons with. Either way all the variants would be able to fly and would be basically g gundam levels of stupid whenever they fought.
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Man, after 130 posts you think this would have gotten off the ground somehow!
Since Tux seems to be AWOL, is there any other GM that would like to take a crack at a Magical Child-themed module/AP/whatever? I really can't commit to GMing a game at the moment, or I would run it myself.
After a long hiatus, I'm back! With an official recruitment thread to boot!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH SO excited!
*Runs to recruitment thread!*