Generic Fantasy Roleplay Knowledge Thread

[Mik_Hael]

I wasn't planning for it to, but in all honesty there is no reason that it shouldn't, if the spirit weapon is dependent simply on the traits of the class then their should be a different level up system for each one that it's tied to.  What exactly are you asking about though?

[Mik_Hael]

...Now that I think of it, there could be a whole group of classes that can make use of different spirit ype weapons...Like reapers, blacksmiths, rangers, barbarians, etc...............now should I make those or not....

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

My question is: If two characters were to each have the Monsterking class as their class, would the Sprit of Blade be different for the two of them or the same?

[Mik_Hael]

Different.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I have a Reaper/Shinigami class I'm working on so we could compare notes on that.

[Mik_Hael]

I'd be glad to, what do you have so far? And are you leaning more towards Christiojudean representation, European representation, Greko Roman, or Japanese?

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Somewhat more Japanese. The first level of course would give the Shinigami their weapon, the Reaper Scythe. The second I decided to make it give the passives which would increase in number every other level. And of course I gave them levitation since I've seen several versions of Shinigami with that.

[Mik_Hael]

Sounds like it would be great for spying and reconnaisance.

So, are you trying to go for a magic user class, a fighting class, or a rougue class of sorts.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I was thinking closer to rogue with a little bit of magic mixed in. Almost forgot as well that a neveraging body could be mixed in as well since 'Shinigami' translates as 'Death God.' The character with the class would still die eventually, they just wouldn't age after a certain level.

[Mik_Hael]

In that case you could have a skill similiar to unnatural enlightenment that was from my Jester class. It basically slowly made you immune to poisons, and spells until after a certain point you just stopped aging or having to eat or sleep.

If your going for rougue you might want to make the Levatation ability an offshoot of the reaper scyth, similiar to Botan's boat paddle from Spirit detective. It would increase in power and speed either per level, per reaped soul, or another variable you could choose. whichever one you prefer. IN addition you might want to give the reaper scythe the ability to change size and collapse if needed for stealth.

As for rogue abilities themselves perhaps something around the lines of light step to decreae the chance that you can be discovered, and perhaps an ability that allows you to pass through barriers undetected. In addition, it would acquire a sort of spirit sense as well, which would allow you to detect close by enemies, targets, and ghosts, it wouldn't work on any constructs though.

As for an attack, perhaps on a higher level something lie the touch of death., perhaps something that drains life force and causes the target to pass out. Ease of use, able to get past low level guards and grunts with relative ease, and perhaps you can regain some hp and mp while you do it.

While it's on my mind perhaps something along the lines of reapers contract from spl for one of the higher levels.

Are these any good?

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I would use that sans the immunity to magic and no need for food/water.

The variable for upgrading the scythe would probably be souls either a) sent to the afterlife (standard Shinigami) or b) devoured by the scythe (Soul Eater). And I'd probably make it every 10 or 100 souls, since it's the Shinigami's job.

Light step sounds good as well though it's made moot by the levitation, and the spirit sense would be part of the passives gained every other level.

The drain attack sounds good though more of an application of the Reaper Scythe than as a standard unarmed attack.

[Mik_Hael]

Then maybe you could seperate it into two.  The drain attack would be a good skill for the scythe, and maybe something along the lines of reapers touch which would be similiar to the Shadow demons ability from the test run.'

...How about this. An ability which causes non biological things to age at a supernatural rate?

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

1. Separate what into two? I can't tell what you're talking about with that part of the comment.

2. You mean the autokill attack? No, that is distasteful to me. I might use a regular attack to try to get a one-hit (luck), but I don't like attacks that just automatically kill the target.

[Mik_Hael]

Dryad Knotwood wrote

1. Separate what into two? I can't tell what you're talking about with that part of the comment.

Sorry, I meant the draining part of the attack and the instant knock out part.

2. You mean the autokill attack? No, that is distasteful to me. I might use a regular attack to try to get a one-hit (luck), but I don't like attacks that just automatically kill the target.

Perhaps not auto kill...well only for low level grunts, alright I'll think of something else.

I'd reccomend some "Command Dead" abilities, but Shadowulf's class already has that covered.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Mik_Hael wrote

...How about this. An ability which causes non biological things to age at a supernatural rate?

As in swords and other weapons? That would be an interesting one, though it would be best to restrain it to small items such as locks or doorknobs. Swords and castle walls should be beyond the Shinigami's abilities to age supernaturally.

[Mik_Hael]

Eh, what the heck, command dead it is.

An ability to summon dead spirits of an area to gather information.

An ability to command minor ones to do specific actions, like grab a key for a cell your locked behind.

Excorcism.

and perhaps a spirit form of sorts.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I wouldn't add 'Command Dead' either way. A Shinigami helps spirits to the afterlife, not control them.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Shinigami send spirits to the afterlife, not control them.

Spirit Form sounds good, fits with the theme. Exorcism might be a little bit out of theme but it could work.

[Mik_Hael]

Of course, I was thinking along the lines of turning locks into dust and rusting the armor and weapons to the point they just crack apart.

...although originally the first Idea that popped into my mind was aging and then selling wine....

[Mik_Hael]

So, waht all do you have for this class so far?