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Redfox's question

Started by RPGPundit, November 28, 2006, 10:31:59 PM

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fonkaygarry

#30
November 29, 2006, 01:04:19 PM
Yes.  I especially like the "sputtering and coughing" stage (which, depending on circumstances, I might expand.)  Shonen fighting characters spend entire story arcs staggering around near death, kicking ass the whole time (see Rei in Hokuto no Ken after his fight with Raoh.)  They only die if the plot calls for it and there's a lull in the action for the big death sequence, complete with speeches and sky-visions of the departed.

Extra points if the players can reference dead characters during fights with the BBEG (see Leo's use of the Black Tornado Shoot during the final battle in Dragon League, also Kenshiro's use of Musou Tensei during the "Toki wa matteiru" fight with Raoh.)
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

"I do believe; help my unbelief!" -Mark 9:24

RedFox

#31
November 29, 2006, 01:19:40 PM
Yes, in fact I was thinking of using "Special Requirement" to give PCs access to an "Attribute set" when they hit negative Health to simulate the power jump characters get in shounen when they're beat down.  A super-powerful Weapon Attack and Regeneration or even just a few levels of Damn Healthy! could simulate the second-wind effect, I thought.

Combine that with the "Unknown Superhuman Power" option during character creation for abilities that manifest out of nowhere, perhaps?
 

fonkaygarry

#32
November 29, 2006, 01:27:36 PM
Quote from: RedFoxCombine that with the "Unknown Superhuman Power" option during character creation for abilities that manifest out of nowhere, perhaps?
Please do.  Never forget that the first few BBEGs are just there to let the creators and editors get a feel for where the comic should go, at which point the power levels go supercrazy.  

A little unknown power combined with maddeningly vague "Could that boy...?" exchanges from the peanut gallery would grease up your players for the late game, when the BBEG karate chops down the moon and uses it as a giant boomerang.
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

"I do believe; help my unbelief!" -Mark 9:24

RedFox

#33
November 29, 2006, 01:30:19 PM
Quote from: fonkaygarryPlease do.  Never forget that the first few BBEGs are just there to let the creators and editors get a feel for where the comic should go, at which point the power levels go supercrazy.  

A little unknown power combined with maddeningly vague "Could that boy...?" exchanges from the peanut gallery would grease up your players for the late game, when the BBEG karate chops down the moon and uses it as a giant boomerang.

See this is the kind of help I was hoping for at rpg.net.  ^_^
 

fonkaygarry

#34
November 29, 2006, 01:51:22 PM
Quote from: RedFoxSee this is the kind of help I was hoping for at rpg.net.  ^_^
[yoda]That is why you fail.[/yoda]
teamchimp: I'm doing problem sets concerning inbreeding and effective population size.....I absolutely know this will get me the hot bitches.

My jiujitsu is no match for sharks, ninjas with uzis, and hot lava. Somehow I persist. -Fat Cat

"I do believe; help my unbelief!" -Mark 9:24
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