"Crouching Moron, HIdden Badass" Type Character in Starfinder? ^_^

[Rockwell555]

Okay, I know Starfinder isn't meant to emulate 'Anime' style of role playing, but I recently saw a bit on youtube with the title "Crouching Moron, HIdden Badass", and I couldn't help but think of how you could create a character like this in the game.

Of course you could just create any character you want and play him as such, but a part of me likes having actual 'crunch' in the character (rules modifications) that allow/reward the player for picking a character with this concept.

The closest I have been able to find is a 3rd party supplement called "Star Log.EM-080: Isekai Characters" (not certain what the rules are here about linking to 3rd party producers, but the name should be enough for you to find it yourself).

Its essentially a 'concept on the tin' product, if you know what a "Isekai Character" is: A concept from anime where a 'real world' character suddenly finds himself through various means thrust into a world that's like whatever Fanboy product he has been consuming (comics, anime, and yes, RPGs ^_^).

I could see using these rules, but dispensing with the outward Isekai concept. Play him as a doofus who just happens to have extraordinary luck when it comes to what he does (so of course his alignment is probably Chaotic Neutral ^_^)

Anyone else have any ideas on how to add the 'crunch' to play such a character (maybe feats, archetypes, etc.)?

[The Artificer]

One word.

"Operative"

[Metaphysician]

*blink* In what way is Starfinder *not* meant to emulate 'anime style role playing'? For that matter, where did you even get the idea that 'anime style role playing' is even a thing that actually exists? The anime medium encompasses pretty much every genre, style, and tone imaginable. Only an incredibly broad general purpose RPG system would be capable of handling games based on, say. . . Cowboy Bebop, Macross, Planetes, and Ghost in the Shell.

[FormerFiend]

I'm honestly struggling to think of what mechanical applications this particular character type would have as it seems pretty much entirely a roleplaying thing to me.

If it's an intentional put on - say Vash the Stampede, purposfully playing the clown - then I guess it would be through a high bluff & perform skill just, constantly trying to convince people around you you're an idiot so they underestimate you?

If not intentional, ala, One Punch Man(from what I'm given to understand, haven't actually watched it), maybe just a low charisma stat? Attempted & purposefully failed intimidate skill checks so the enemy laughs at you before you kill them?

I don't know, I just don't know what kind of crunch would go into this type of character.

[Rockwell555]

Metaphysician wrote:

*blink* In what way is Starfinder *not* meant to emulate 'anime style role playing'? For that matter, where did you even get the idea that 'anime style role playing' is even a thing that actually exists? The anime medium encompasses pretty much every genre, style, and tone imaginable. Only an incredibly broad general purpose RPG system would be capable of handling games based on, say. . . Cowboy Bebop, Macross, Planetes, and Ghost in the Shell.

You can certainly do 'anime style' role playing with Starfinder, but just as some games specifically focus on the 'Fantasy Genre' like Pathfinder, there are some that strongly focus on emulating the most popular tropes of Anime, with the one that first comes to my mind being "Big Eyes, Small Mouth": https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365/Big-Eyes-Small-Mouth-Revised-Secon d-Edition?manufacturers_id=1&filters=0_2140_0_0_0

I'm not saying that I want to switch to a full on anime style rpg, but just incorporate one element (and a somewhat silly element at that ^_^) into Starfinder.

[Rockwell555]

Thanks for the responses, all.

As I said, the product I mentioned is probably the best for what I was thinking of (adding 'crunch' to some of the pure role playing aspects). I may tweak it some for my home campaign.