Shaman King d20

Hitsen · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: Shaman King d20

I just thought I would give you guys a quick preview and update on my work on Shaman King d20. Just to let you know, this little project isn't even close to done yet, since I have yet to play test any of it and I still have a heck of a lot more to do in terms of Shamanic Abilities, Feats, skills, and more, but I thought I would show you all something to hopefully peak some interest.

Infinitus · Holiday Ninja Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 1976

creation method is really really bad... (Fuuryoku)

why? you may roll to many 1...
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IntOblivion · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:14 am Post subject:

I think it is a good way. It separates peoples various potentials...

*Goes off to plunge into old Drakar och Demoner...*

Yes, I am being sentimental...
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Hitsen · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

Well, what's the difference between rolling 3,3,3,3,3,14 on your stats when using rolls instead of points? According to the rules, those stats can not be rerolled and your GM is a real jerk, you would have to use those stats.

Granted, I am a bit biased, but I thought it was a decent way of figuring out furyoku, since it is suppose to be preset at birth. I have been thinking, however, about increasing it. I'm not sure about this yet, but the manga rates Yoh's furyoku at 270 points and Tao Ren's at 320. So, I'm a bit torn between increasing the characters furyoku rolls and leaving them alone. If I increase the rolls, then I will probably have to increase the cost to use all the shaman's abilities.

But, not all the characters in the shaman king series have high furyoku. Manta Oyamada has a weak furyoku and he only obtains the Oversoul technique once in the series, while the characters like Yoh, Tao Ren, and Horo Horo have much higher furyoku and tap into a wide range of abilities. But to balance that, Manta has a lot of abilities that don't require Furyoku, like the 'Shamanic Knowledge' abilities that I am working on, which increase a characters knowledge rolls.

So, I hear your concerns. But rolling all 1's is a problem that can happen to any character in any d20 game during character creation (if they are not using the point system, that is). But, even then, I am still trying to figure out a balanced way of rolling the numbers.

Also, I wanted to point out what I did about Furyoku and shaman abilities. I did get a lot of really good suggestions from my first post in the other section, but some of them seemed like they would be a bit too much work for the player/GM or that they generally didn't work. BUT they did inspire what I am going to use now.

Shaman's can use their furyoku to increase their rolls on all shaman test. A Shaman Test roll is used on just about all of their abilities, from using the Hyoi Gattai (Spirit Unity) and Oversoul to activating their spirit's abilities. The general idea is that a Shaman has to spend a lot of furyoku to activate their abilities at lower levels, since they do not have complete mastery of their skills and furyoku. But, as they level up, they gain more control of their abilities and furyoku by gaining class skills, feats, and the like, which add to the rolls and don't require the player to spend as much furyoku to keep activated.

But, I really like your input. Thanks a lot. *thumbs up*
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DotonLizard · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:19 am Post subject:

Fear the Necromancy! Very Happy

Are you still working on this?

Cuz I wanna help/playtest/whateva
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Machaeus · Genin Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 19

(Not to revive a possibly dead thread, but...)

DotonLizard · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

PLEASE RELEASE THIS RAWR! Twisted Evil

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kp91 · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject:

DotonLizard · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject:

Oh noes!

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kp91 · His last post: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:13 pm

His last post:
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Machaeus · Genin Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 19

...well...dang.
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NinjaCP · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

He had a game running on RPOL that I was in, but he hasn't updated that since about the same time. For all we know, he's dead. Or abducted by aliens.

kp91 · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

I think I investigated this, and it's the 15th he vanished from RPOL.

Imsquooshy · Genin Joined: 20 Aug 2012 Posts: 1

If anyone is still interested I made it and it's finished. And it is not the same as the original poster. And in my opinion his rules had major flaws. Which I tried my best to get rid of.

SirShadow · Biffu Aroi Joined: 10 May 2009 Posts: 2654

It's easier to just post your finished products and see what people think than asking them if they want it at all.

Dokuga Kazu · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:10 pm Post subject:

I agree with SirShadow. I am interested in this, but want to see it posted for further review.
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Chaos4knuckles · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:41 pm Post subject:

You should post it. Also, just like a Dragon ball d20, how would one account for "power levels" since they can be enhanced by ridiculous means?
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Dairius_Chi · Situationally Useful Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 2633

I'm interested in seeing this, can we get a link posted?