Revised Final Fantasy d20

[Viladin454]

This has been a long project in the making, but I've gotten some headway in creating a d20 system using Final Fantasy flavoring. The following posts will contain information for FFd20 as well as PDF files of what I've created so far.

And without further-ado, I present to you the first book of Final Fantasy d20.

Final Fantasy d20 (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/FFd20.pdf)

This is the first release. It currently does not have any artwork as I cannot find anyone to do some artwork and my skill is inadequate.

[Viladin454]

Final Fantasy d20 Races

Lands of Vana'diel (FF11)

• Elvaan
• Galka
• Hume
• Mithra
• Tarutaru

Lands of Spira (FF10/FF10-2)

• Al Bhed
• Ronso

Lands of Ivalice (FF12/FFT)

• Bangaa
• Nu Mou
• Viera

Lands of Gaia (FF7)

• Cetra
• Moogle


FFd20 Races (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/FFd20_Races.pdf)

[Viladin454]

FFd20 Base Classes

• Archer (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Archer.pdf)
• Bard (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Bard.pdf)
• Beastmaster (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Beastmaster.pdf)
• Black Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Black_Mage.pdf)
• Blue Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Blue_Mage.pdf)
• Fighter (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Fighter.pdf)
• Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Knight.pdf)
• Monk (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Monk.pdf)
• Red Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Red_Mage.pdf)
• Thief (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Thief.pdf)
• White Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/White_Mage.pdf)

[Viladin454]

MP System and Spell/Song Lists

Magic: Spell casting and Song performing works in the same way that it does in the d&d PHB, but all spells/songs suffer spell failure from armor and all spells/songs cost magic points rather than number of spells/songs per day. Magic points (MP) are used to fuel spells and songs. After at least 8 hours of rest, a character may meditate for 30 minutes to restore his or her daily allotment of magic points. Both mages and bards gets additional magic points for high attributes. Casters need not prepare spells, as all casters can cast any spell they know at will. A caster has no limit on the amount of spells he or she may know.

The cost for Spells and Songs are calculated as such: Spell/Song level x 1 MP. (I.E. a 9th level spell will be 9 MP to cast or a 5th level song will be 5 MP to perform.)

The maximum MP a mage/bard can spend on spells/songs using feats is their level divided in half, rounded up. (I.E. A 10th level Black Mage can spend up to 5 MP on a single spell.)

Metamagic Feats: Metamagic feats are applied spontaneously and do not increase the casting time of the spell, however, it will increase the MP cost. In order to apply a metamagic feat to a spell, the caster must be able to spend MP at the increased cost of the spell.

Spells: Spells are manifestations of magic. The requirements for casing a spell are listed on the corresponding class pages. All spells are cast by using specific gestures and words of power. No spells require material components or foci. Otherwise, the spell system is very similar to DnD with a few changes. The rules for concentration and spell interruption are the same, and there are no counterspells. Light, medium, and heavy armor adds a spell failure chance. All spells are subject to spell resistance. Healing magic is not subject to spell resistance unless used offensively against the undead.

Magic Types
Magic is divided into three types: black magic, white magic, and blue magic. Black magic grants a mage the power to inflict chaos upon creation, while white magic brings order to creation. Blue magic uses the ability of creatures into spells to cast.

Black Magic
Black magic is almost exclusively offensive, and is practiced by black mages and red mages. With few exceptions, these spells focus on dealing damage to a target or hindering its ability to fight. A large portion of black magic is focused on the power of the elements. Skilled mages seek out their foes' elemental weaknesses, and adapt their magic to strike with precision.

White Magic
White magic is primarily defensive, but it has its share of enfeebling magic and a small dab of direct damage as well. White magic mostly focuses on healing others and restoring life. White magic is practiced by white mages and red mages.

Blue Magic
Blue magic has a variety of different types of spells. It relies on creatures with extraordinary, supernatural, and spell-like abilities to copy from them and make it their own. Depending on the creatures the blue mage learns from, they have a terrifying variety of spells to utilize.

Schools of Magic
Magic is alternately divided into several categories. Rather than using Divination, Conjuration, Abjuration, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, and Universal of the standard DnD system, magic is divided as such:

Dark
Dark magic is always of the dark element. Rather than directly damaging opponents like elemental magic, dark magic may deal lesser damage but drain the opponent of stats or cause otherwise harmful negative effects. Black mages and dark knights are masters of dark magic.

Elemental
Elemental magic focuses on damaging opponents with the elemental power of earth, fire, ice, lightning, water, or wind. Black mages specialize in elemental magic.

Enfeebling
Enfeebling magic cripples opponents by reducing their ability to do battle. Black mages are exceedingly adept with enfeebling magic.

Enhancing
Enhancing magic boosts the fighting ability of allies. White mages are experts of enhancing magic.

Healing
Healing magic is used to heal wounds or cure negative status effects. Healing magic causes damage to the undead. White mages specialize in healing magic.

Light
Light magic is always of the light element. Light magic smites the wicked with holy power, but usually in a less direct method than elemental magic. White mages and paladins are especially proficient with light magic.

Name
The name of the spell.

School
Elemental, enfeebling, enhancing, healing, or non-elemental.

Duration
The spell's duration.

Casting Time
How long it takes to cast the spell.

Target
The target of the spell. May be an area or single or multiple targets.

Area
The spell's area of effect, if applicable.

Range
The spell's range.

Save
Saving throws allowed, if any.

Effect
The spell's effect, described in detail.

Bard Song List (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Bard_Song_List.pdf)
Black Mage Spell List (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Black_Mage_Spell_List.pdf)
White Mage Spell List (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/White_Mage_Spell_List.pdf)
FFd20 Entire Spell List and Full Descriptions (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/FFd20_Spell_Descriptions.pdf)
FFd20 Entire Song List and Full Descriptions (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/FFd20_Song_Descriptions.pdf)

[Viladin454]

Limit Break System

Current system: Limit breaks are special abilities that all classes get at 1st level. Each class gets two separate abilities starting off. Limit breaks can be only activated when a character is at or below 25% health and can only use a limit break, once per day per limit break. A limit break is activated as an immediate action, but doesn’t go off until the character’s next turn.

[Viladin454]

New Feats and Skills

New Feats

Craft Materia
Craft Potion
Elemental Focus
Elemental Penetration
Extended Song
Extra Limit Break
Greater Elemental Focus
Greater Elemental Penetration
Improved Limit Break
Improved Power Attack
Mastercrafter
Supreme Cleave
Supreme Power Attack

--Metamagic Feats--

Chain Spell
Empower Spell
Enlarge Spell
Extend Spell
Heighten Spell
Maximize Spell
Quicken Spell
Silent Spell
Still Spell
Widen Spell



Technology Book

New Skills

Bluff (Cha)
Computer Use (Int)
Drive (Dex)
Knowledge (technology) (Int)
Navigate (Wis)
Pilot (Dex)
Repair (Int)

New Feats

Advanced Magitek Operation
Airship Battle Run
Airship Dodge
Airship Feint
Airship Gunnery
Airship Mobility
Airship Operation
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Firearms)
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Gunblades)
Hair Trigger
Magitek Crush
Magitek Fling
Magitek Operation
Magitek Sweep
Magitek Trample
Magitek Weapon Boost
Magitek Weapon Proficiency
Stun Magitek

[Viladin454]

Bestiary

Reserved for future explanations.

[Viladin454]

Prestige Classes

• Azure Magister (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Azuremagister.pdf)
• Berserker (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Berserker.pdf)
• Chemist (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Chemist.pdf)
• Chocobo Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Chocobo_Knight.pdf)
• Dark Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Dark_Knight.pdf)
• Dragoon (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Dragoon.pdf)
• Elementalist (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Elementalist.pdf)
• Geomancer (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Geomancer.pdf)
• Holy Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Holy_Knight.pdf)
• Lucky Gambler (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Lucky_Gambler.pdf)
• Mediator (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Mediator.pdf)
• Mime (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Mime.pdf)
• Mystic Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Mystic_Knight.pdf)
• Ninja (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Ninja.pdf)
• Oracle (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Oracle.pdf)
• Samurai (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Samurai.pdf)
• Summoner (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Summoner.pdf)
• Time Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Time_Mage.pdf)


List of Prestige Classes for FFd20: Technology

• Clan Hunter (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Clanhunter.pdf)
• Corsair (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Corsair.pdf)
• Engineer (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Engineer.pdf)
• Gun Mage (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Gun_Mage.pdf)
• Gunslinger (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Gunslinger.pdf)
• Judge Magister (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Judgemagister.pdf)
• Magitek Knight (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Magitekknight.pdf)
• Sky Pirate (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Sky_Pirate.pdf)
• Soldier (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Soldier.pdf)

[Viladin454]

Materia Usage and Creation

The Materia system is finished. Along with the Potions.

Materia and Potions (http://ffd20.orgfree.com/ffd20/Materia.pdf)

[EvilElitest]

I checked out your Forum, really cool i must say. Will we be seeing an beasterary soon? Their are quite a few FF monster that could use more indepth detail. Also, their are a lot of races from various games that are rather forgotten. By the by, does anyone know where i could get a complete look at all hte FF monsters online?
Thank you
from,
EE

[Viladin454]

I checked out your Forum, really cool i must say. Will we be seeing an beasterary soon? Their are quite a few FF monster that could use more indepth detail. Also, their are a lot of races from various games that are rather forgotten. By the by, does anyone know where i could get a complete look at all hte FF monsters online?
Thank you
from,
EE

Someday soon :) Working on spell/song descriptions for Bards and Mages currently.

I found a short list of reoccurring monsters in the Final Fantasy series.
Monsters of Final Fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactuar)

[EvilElitest]

Someday soon :) Working on spell/song descriptions for Bards and Mages currently.

I found a short list of reoccurring monsters in the Final Fantasy series.
Monsters of Final Fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactuar)

Alright

Sadly, that only covers the very basic monsters, but thanks anyways
from,
EE

[Karma Guard]

Alright

Sadly, that only covers the very basic monsters, but thanks anyways
from,
EE

http://www.warmech.net/special/special.html this has sprite comparisons for 1-6, and images of every class, boss, some enemies, and some extra stuff. It's good.

http://www.ffcompendium.com/h/ This has pretty much everything else, including all the races, monsters (although this is down as of writing), magic, monsters, class barebones, all sorts of things. Plus the design doesn't hurt my eyes.

I've been working on converting FFX to D20; I have the other races basically blocked out. What I really need help on is figuring out how to do the Summoner; it's such a weird thing in FFX.

Are you basing your classes off FFXI's jobs?

[Viladin454]

http://www.warmech.net/special/special.html this has sprite comparisons for 1-6, and images of every class, boss, some enemies, and some extra stuff. It's good.

http://www.ffcompendium.com/h/ This has pretty much everything else, including all the races, monsters (although this is down as of writing), magic, monsters, class barebones, all sorts of things. Plus the design doesn't hurt my eyes.

I've been working on converting FFX to D20; I have the other races basically blocked out. What I really need help on is figuring out how to do the Summoner; it's such a weird thing in FFX.

Are you basing your classes off FFXI's jobs?

Most of them, yes.

[Nu]

Interesting. I'm making a DnD-based game entirely using FFXI as a guideline, but this is very well-done. I commend you.

[Viladin454]

Interesting. I'm making a DnD-based game entirely using FFXI as a guideline, but this is very well-done. I commend you.

Thank you :) Working hard on the project. I'm also using FFXI as a guideline as well. Also FFT, FF3, and FF7.

[Chi_Mangetsu]

Great stuff you have here. I'm intending to intigrate this with my campaign that I'm running. Just curious though...

What does "quaffing" do, exactly?

[Viladin454]

Great stuff you have here. I'm intending to intigrate this with my campaign that I'm running. Just curious though...

What does "quaffing" do, exactly?

Quaffing means to drink a potion, quaff (drink) it down.

[Edea]

FFT is going to be a LOT of help in doing this. It even has the grid system built into it.

[Viladin454]

FFT is going to be a LOT of help in doing this. It even has the grid system built into it.

Sorta :) Still alot of converting over to d20 standards. Mostly from FFT, I'll be making Prestige Classes.

[Viladin454]

Update:

Blue Mage Prestige Class created.

Decided to make it a Base Class.

Added Campaign settings and split up the races into their own setting.

Added more prestige classes to be made.

[Viladin454]

Update: (9/21/07)

Added the Entire Spell List and Full Descriptions of all the spells.
Changed Blue Mage into a Base Class.
Moved Races around into their own settings.
Tweaked White Mage/Black Mage/Red Mage classes.
Changed and tweaked the spell lists for Black and White Mage spell list.

Upcoming Update:

Entire Bard Song List and Full Descriptions of all the songs.
New feats, old feats revised, and new skills.
Prestige classes being flushed out.
Materia and materia creation.

[EvilElitest]

Final Fantasy d20 Races

Lands of Vana'diel (FF11)

• Elvaan
• Galka
• Hume
• Mithra
• Tarutaru

Lands of Spira (FF10/FF10-2)

• Al Bhed
• Ronso

Lands of Ivalice (FF12/FFT)

• Bangaa
• Viera

Lands of Gaia (FF7)

• Cetra
• Moogle


FFd20 Races (http://members.cox.net/skippy454/FFd20_Races.pdf)

Couldn't some of the monsters become races? Like bestmen?
from,
EE

[Viladin454]

Couldn't some of the monsters become races? Like bestmen?
from,
EE

I suppose so. When I eventually make a monster list *grimace*. lol
Right now, that's the next biggest project to do.

[Viladin454]

Update:

Bard Song Descriptions and Listing fleshed out.
Changed Archer from base class to prestige class.
Changed Beastmaster from prestige class to base class.
Both are fleshed out as well.
Created Berserker, Engineer, Gun Mage, Gunslinger, Judge Magister, and Lucky Gambler Prestige Classes.
Made a list of new/revised skills and feats.
Tweaked the spell/song lists.
Tweaked Chocobo Knight and Dragoon prestige classes.


Next Update:

Fleshing out the Materia system.
Fleshing out the Potion system.
Finish up Ninja, Samurai, Clan Hunter, Sky Pirate, and Soldier Prestige classes.
Start work on Magitek and Airship technology.
Start work on Bestiary.

[Viladin454]

Update:

Converted Chemist from base class to prestige class.
Created Ninja and Samurai prestige classes.
Started playtesting with current classes and prestige classes.


Next Update:

Potions and Materia creation.
Bestiary creation.
Character Sheet
Magic items
Airships and Magitek creation.

[Karma Guard]

Your link to the Dragoon class is broken. (Or otherwise not working).

[Viladin454]

Your link to the Dragoon class is broken. (Or otherwise not working).

Fixed! Sorry about that.

[The Extinguisher]

I like what you have here so far, but may I make some race suggestions.

Lunarians (FFIV)
Half-Espers (FFVI)
Genomes (FFIX)
Black Mages (FFIX)
Burmecians (FFIX)
Qus (FFIX)

Anyway, I like what you have here.

[Viladin454]

I like what you have here so far, but may I make some race suggestions.

Lunarians (FFIV)
Half-Espers (FFVI)
Genomes (FFIX)
Black Mages (FFIX)
Burmecians (FFIX)
Qus (FFIX)

Anyway, I like what you have here.

Thanks ;) but truth be told, I wasn't liking the FFIX much ;)

For Half-Espers, the closest to that is the Cetra race, which Aeris (Aerith) is.

Qus make me shudder ;)

[Helgraf]

Lands of Ivalice (FF12/FFT)

• Bangaa
• Viera


What, no Nu Mou?
I like my donkey-eared spellcasters...

[Viladin454]

What, no Nu Mou?
I like my donkey-eared spellcasters...

Haha, I thought of putting them in. Of all the races I didn't put in, Nu Mou was on the top.

I might still put them in, who knows. ;)

[The Extinguisher]

*glares*
Sir, by principal, I can no longer respect you as a human being or gamer. :smalltongue:

But I can still love your stuff.

-_- Spelling!

[Viladin454]

*glares*
Sir, by principal, I can no longer respect you as a human being or gramer. :smalltongue:

But I can still love your stuff.

You can love my stuff, but not LOVE my stuff. >.>

And, I am neither human nor gramer. But I am a gamer and probably the Evil Incarnate. ^_^

[Viladin454]

Small update and news:

Book is closer to being finished.
Moving Monster List, Magical Items, Airships, Technology to another book.
Tweaking the Limit Breaks and the Limit Break System.

Started playtesting FF-d20 in real life with some friends.

Worked fine, for the most part. Need to refine the Limit Breaks.

Had them use lvl 20 characters and fought my badass CR 22 Ruby Weapon.

Killed the White Mage twice and killed the Thief/Ninja and Beastmaster and Fighter/Dragoon's Dragon Pet once.

The White Mage had used Arisega on the party before the Ruby Weapon demolished her and was raised, then killed 2 rounds later.

They managed to defeat Ruby Weapon though, impressively without much magical items. I also nerfed Ruby Weapon a little because I thought it was too powerful for them, but bah, white mage had things in hand. Oh well!

[Viladin454]

Update:

Created 5 more prestige classes: Elementalist, Geomancer, Mediator, Mystic Knight, and Oracle.
Updated Beastmaster base class and Dragoon prestige class.
Posted the official release of the Final Fantasy d20 book (see first post).

On the horizon:

Materia/Potion system in the works.
Final Fantasy d20 Monster Compendium book in the works.
Final Fantasy d20 Technology book in the works.

[Behold_the_Void]

Why are Moogles part of Gaia? They don't actually show up in FFVII outside of a Video Game. They'd make much more sense in Vana'diel or Ivalice.

[Viladin454]

Why are Moogles part of Gaia? They don't actually show up in FFVII outside of a Video Game. They'd make much more sense in Vana'diel or Ivalice.

It's the same for Vana'duel and Ivalice, they don't really show up much. I just decided on Gaia so it would be even between Gaia and Ivalice for races. :)

[Behold_the_Void]

It's the same for Vana'duel and Ivalice, they don't really show up much. I just decided on Gaia so it would be even between Gaia and Ivalice for races. :)

If you're using Ivalice, they show up quite a bit in both Tactics Advance and XII. They're a major race in Ivalice beyond the original Tactics game.

[Viladin454]

Minor Update:

Added Nu Mou as a starting race.
Changed Archer from Prestige class to Base class.
Added new feats and skills.
Changed Limit Break system.

Upcoming Update:

About 3/4ths done with the Materia system.
Finished Potions which will go with the Materia system when done.
Started on the FF Monster Compendium book.

[Viladin454]

Final Update:

Materia system created. Potions along with it.
Officially done with the book until I get artwork.

Upcoming project:

FFd20 Monster Compendium book
FFd20 Technology book

[Viladin454]

Minor Update:

Created Magitek Knight prestige class along with a slew of Magitek feats.

Upcoming:
Airships and Magitek!
Monsters! (if I can stop slacking) >.<

[Mathias_Tanavar]

I'd really really like to see what you think the stats of some of the famous characters are too... I love this very muchly :)

[xanaphia]

Brilliant. Is it balanced with normal D&D?

[Viladin454]

I'd really really like to see what you think the stats of some of the famous characters are too... I love this very muchly :)

Stats of the famous characters might be hard to do. I don't want to do them injustice. :) But eventually, I may spit out a few, especially Cloud and Sephiroth.



Brilliant. Is it balanced with normal D&D?

The way it's set up, it's slightly weaker in the low levels, than slightly stronger in the high levels in term of balanced with D&D. At least with some classes, not all classes are like that. In normal D&D, there are more variety of spells (especially utility) than they are in FFd20.

But you could take FF characters and pit them in D&D and should work fine.

[Viladin454]

Minor Updates:

New Prestige Class: Azure Magister - A Blue Mage prestige class that allows them to transform into the creatures they have scanned and seen with their extensive knowledge of creatures.

Minor changes to several other prestige classes.

Still working on the Final Fantasy Monster Compendium.

Will also have a 4th Edition conversion when the books come out.

[rexor82]

Prestige Classes

• Azure Magister
• Berserker
• Chemist
• Chocobo Knight
• Dark Knight
• Dragoon
• Elementalist
• Geomancer
• Holy Knight
• Lucky Gambler
• Mediator
• Mystic Knight
• Ninja
• Oracle
• Samurai
• Summoner


List of Prestige Classes for FFd20: Technology

• Clan Hunter
• Corsair
• Engineer
• Gun Mage
• Gunslinger
• Judge Magister
• Magitek Knight
• Rune Knight
• Sky Pirate
• Soldier

Sorry to bother you but your link for Rune Knight and Soldier prestige classes seems to be broken.

[Viladin454]

Sorry to bother you but your link for Rune Knight and Soldier prestige classes seems to be broken.

No link for them because they haven't been created yet. ;)

I tend to update more often on my FFd20 website.

[Zeta Kai]

I'm not sure if your interested, Viladin, but I've been working on a Final Fantasy D20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79241) conversion. It's nearly complete; I'm just posting monsters at this point.

Some of my D20 design choices differ from your considerably, but that's understandable. We're approaching the game in different ways: I am aiming to emulate a single game, whereas you are seeking to encompass all of the games into a single unified system. You have my sympathy; I've been killing myself working on just this one game. I don't know how you'll survive beating all of them into shape.

[Viladin454]

I'm not sure if your interested, Viladin, but I've been working on a Final Fantasy D20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79241) conversion. It's nearly complete; I'm just posting monsters at this point.

Some of my D20 design choices differ from your considerably, but that's understandable. We're approaching the game in different ways: I am aiming to emulate a single game, whereas you are seeking to encompass all of the games into a single unified system. You have my sympathy; I've been killing myself working on just this one game. I don't know how you'll survive beating all of them into shape.

Well, it's mainly pick & choose at this point. What might work in a d20 system and what doesn't. Right now, I just have a headache trying to make stats for FF monsters.

[Zeta Kai]

Well, it's mainly pick & choose at this point. What might work in a d20 system and what doesn't. Right now, I just have a headache trying to make stats for FF monsters.

Well, I'm posting the monsters in my FFX D20 project, if you wanna look. I understand quite well the obnoxious challenges present in statting out large batches of monsters. It's been drivin' me nuts all day. :smallwink:

[Viladin454]

Well, I'm posting the monsters in my FFX D20 project, if you wanna look. I understand quite well the obnoxious challenges present in statting out large batches of monsters. It's been drivin' me nuts all day. :smallwink:

I like what you have so far. :) I have a couple of people on my forums trying to make a 4E conversion. Looks painful to look at.

[Dihan]

How about the Seeq and Gria from Final Fantasy Tactics A2?

http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/101380/Seeq%20and%20Gria_qjgenth.jpg

EDIT: And the FF IX races... Such as the Genome (?), Burmecians and Qu.

[Chokuto]

Wow, you have poured so much time and energy into this and I applaud you.
I'm going to post some of my artwork into a photobucket account as I would like you to see it and would be intersted in contributing art to the book. One thing, I realize that your Blue mage spell list isn't fleshed out because your monsters are not fleshed completely out yet (looking forward to a d20 behemoth from you though) but I think your Blue mage class is a little underpowered though.

The fact that their abilities rely soley on the creatures that they fight will dissuade alot of gamers, as it will come across as though the DM has more say in the characters progression than the player. Also, low CR mobs tend to have little to know abilites that a Blue Mage could copy, making them considerably weaker at lower levels.

What I would suggest, is to have a list of creature abilities that a Blue Mage can choose from at certain intervals (or a spell list, etc.) as a result of his training and being taught about famous monsters during his career as an apprentice. I realize that this would remove a little of the true game feel from the class, but would all around help to balance the class and make it a more viable option.

Also, looking at it from an old school perspective, you may want to make White Mages a little more melee proficient than Black Mages, due to how those classes balanced out in FF 1. Just an Idea, not too important thou...

Anyways, just some input I thought you might enjoy. If you don't mind I was planning on playtesting this if you don't care and I could give you some r/l results.

Loving it so far, keep up the good work!



p.s. ....I'm excited about the soldier class, plz get it as soon as you can! ^.^

[Viladin454]

Wow, you have poured so much time and energy into this and I applaud you.
I'm going to post some of my artwork into a photobucket account as I would like you to see it and would be intersted in contributing art to the book. One thing, I realize that your Blue mage spell list isn't fleshed out because your monsters are not fleshed completely out yet (looking forward to a d20 behemoth from you though) but I think your Blue mage class is a little underpowered though.

The fact that their abilities rely soley on the creatures that they fight will dissuade alot of gamers, as it will come across as though the DM has more say in the characters progression than the player. Also, low CR mobs tend to have little to know abilites that a Blue Mage could copy, making them considerably weaker at lower levels.

What I would suggest, is to have a list of creature abilities that a Blue Mage can choose from at certain intervals (or a spell list, etc.) as a result of his training and being taught about famous monsters during his career as an apprentice. I realize that this would remove a little of the true game feel from the class, but would all around help to balance the class and make it a more viable option.

Also, looking at it from an old school perspective, you may want to make White Mages a little more melee proficient than Black Mages, due to how those classes balanced out in FF 1. Just an Idea, not too important thou...

Anyways, just some input I thought you might enjoy. If you don't mind I was planning on playtesting this if you don't care and I could give you some r/l results.

Loving it so far, keep up the good work!



p.s. ....I'm excited about the soldier class, plz get it as soon as you can! ^.^

I have a whole list of Blue Magic spells that I've been planning to implement into the FFd20 Monster Compendium.

But, thank you for the praise. :)

[Viladin454]

Mime PRC created. Enjoy!

Edit: And Soldier class created! Woo.

[Zeta Kai]

I'm furiously posting monsters for FFX here. Arena Monsters are on hold, but should appear as some bonus material.

As for your stuff, I'm very impressed. I've always said that a combined FF-Everything D20 was a mad pipe dream. From what I've seen of your work, it's looks like somebody's well on their way to realizing that dream.

So Viladin, what are your priorities for adding things? What makes you say "I gotta stat this NOW."? What do you put on the back burner? I merely ask because I'm curious to know what to expect next from you.

[Viladin454]

I'm furiously posting monsters for FFX here. Arena Monsters are on hold, but should appear as some bonus material.

As for your stuff, I'm very impressed. I've always said that a combined FF-Everything D20 was a mad pipe dream. From what I've seen of your work, it's looks like somebody's well on their way to realizing that dream.

So Viladin, what are your priorities for adding things? What makes you say "I gotta stat this NOW."? What do you put on the back burner? I merely ask because I'm curious to know what to expect next from you.

It varies. :) I'll get stuck on creating something, then someone comes along, says one thing, and it spurs me into creating it. Like, someone mentioned wanting to see the Soldier class, and so I made it. (look above).

I really want to get the Monster Compendium done. Its the hardest project I'm trying to force myself to do. If you ever get the feeling of overwhelmingness like I do, that's how I feel about the Monster Compendium. I have so many ideas but too many to try to implement all at once. :)

Then I also have the Technology book I want to finish as well. Airships and MagiTek on paper, just not fully fluffed up yet. :)