Video Game protagonists as D&D characters

[Xaroth]

I created a thread which can be found here, but for those that don't want to click it's Video Game bosses as D&D characters. Following along that path I realised I'd be as well making one for Video Game protagonists as well. Here are a couple that have been contributed and that I've thought of myself.

Red = Complete and can find the post by clicking the listed user's name.
Gold = In progress.
Blue = I haven't started it.
Purple = In progress, but by somebody else. Username will be provided.

• Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution - completed by Muggins!)
• Aigis (Persona 3)
• Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3)
• Albus (Castlevania: Order of Ecceslia)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype - in work by Averis Vol)
• Alicia (Bulletwitch)
• Amaterasu (Okami)
• Ares (Injustice: Gods Among Us}
• Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story)
• Asura (Asura's Wrath)
• Ayla (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Bayonetta (Bayonetta - in work by KrimsonNekros)
• Cecil (Final Fantasy IV)
• Chie Satonaka (Persona 4)
• Chuck Greene (Dead Rising 2)
• Cloud (Final Fantasy VII)
• Corvo (Dishonored - in work by malonkey)
• Crono (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Dante (Devil May Cry 3)
• Dart (Legend of the Dragoon)
• Daud (Dishonored DLC - in work by Muggins)
• Deadpool (Deadpool)
• Death (Darksiders 2 - in work by Meowmasterish)
• Demoman (Team Fortress 2)
• Dormammu (Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3)
• Engineer (Team Fortress 2)
• Ezio Auditore de Firenze (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - completed by Muggins!)
• Faith (Mirrors Edge)
• Fire Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
• Frank West (Dead Rising)
• Frog (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)
• Garrett (Thief)
• Gene (God Hand)
• Godzilla (Godzilla Unleashed)
• Goku (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z)
• Gordon Freeman (Half-Life 3 - in work by AvatarVecna)
• Hiryu (Strider)
• Jackie Estacado (The Darkness)
• Jebediah Kerman (Kerbal Space Program)
• Julius Belmont (Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)
• Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
• Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
• Ken Amada (Persona 3)
• Kirito (Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment - completed by Dusk Eclipse!)
• Koromaru (Persona 3)
• Kratos (God of War III)
• Kutaro (Puppeteer)
• Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
• Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)
• Link (TLoZ: Majora's Mask - completed by Dire_Stirge!)
• Lucca (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Magus (Chrono Trigger - completed by Grey Watcher!)
• Marie (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Medic (Team Fortress 2)
• Megaman (Megaman 10)
• Minato Arisato (Persona 3)
• Mitsuru Kirijo (Persona 3)
• Monkey D. Luffy {Pre-timeskip} (One Piece: Pirate Warriors)
• Naked Snake (Metal Gear Solid 3)
• Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3)
• Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies)
• Pyro (Team Fortress 2)
• Raiden (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - completed by Muggins!)
• Razputin "Raz" Aquato (Psychonauts)
• Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4)
• Robo (Chrono Trigger - in work by Grey Watcher?)
• Roronoa Zoro {Pre-timeskip} (One Piece: Pirate Warriors)
• Roxas (Kingdom Hearts II)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden: Sigma)
• Scout (Team Fortress 2)
• Serge (Chrono Cross - completed by Lord Smeagle!)
• Shanoa (Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia)
• Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3)
• Shuma Gorath (Marvel Vs. Capcom 3)
• Sniper (Team Fortress 2)
• Soldier (Team Fortress 2)
• Soma Cruz (Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)
• Sonic (Sonic Adventure)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts II)
• Spawn (Spawn: Armageddon)
• Spy (Team Fortress 2)
• Squall (Final Fantasy VIII)
• Starkiller (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
• Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat 9)
• Teddie (Persona 4)
• Terra (Final Fantasy VI)
• The Marked Ninja (Mark of the Ninja - completed by A Tad Insane!)
• Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
• Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes - completed by Lord Smeagle!)
• Unnamed Agent (Crackdown 2 - in work by Sapreaver)
• Vaan (Final Fantasy XII)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry 3)
• Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy: Dirge of Cerberus)
• War (Darksiders)
• Warmage (Orcs Must Die)
• Youmu Konpaku (Touhou Project - completed by AslanCross!)
• Youske Hanamura (Persona 4)
• Yu Narukami (Persona 4)
• Yukari Takeba (Persona 3)
• Zero (Megaman X8)
• Zidane (Final Fantasy IX - in work by Jeff the Green)
  

If anybody would like to contribute protagonists I'll add your contributions to the list and either work on it myself at some point or allow somebody else to take it on.

If there's a recurring protagonist in a game series (i.e. Mario), please specify which game in the series.

If there is more than one protagonist, please list the protagonists in the format:

• [Protagonist name] ([Game])

Taking a new line for each protagonist.

If you complete a protagonist as a character, please post its full character sheet. Assume you have exactly as much money as you need for the purpose of acquiring the items.

[TrueJordan]

EDIT: I didn't read the above, apparently.

Mewtwo! (Pokemon)
I guess a mid-level psion would be able to replicate most of his stuff, thinking about it.
But I don't have time to make a whole thing.

[Xaroth]

EDIT: I didn't read the above, apparently.

Mewtwo! (Pokemon)
I guess a mid-level psion would be able to replicate most of his stuff, thinking about it.
But I don't have time to make a whole thing.

Mewtwo has been added to the list.

[LentilNinja]

[*]Dormammu (Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3)

"DARK DIMENSION! Welcome.. to my realm.."

Also, heres a couple more:
Spawn, from Spawn (Comic)
Bayonetta, (Bayonetta) [this'll be a hard one :P]
Ares (DC Comics)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)

[Angelalex242]

Might as well get this out of the way:

Cecil (FFIV)
Terra (FFVI)
Cloud (FFVII, FFVII-AC)
Squall (FFVIII)
Zidane (FFIX)
Tidus (FFX)
Vaan (FFXII)
Lightning (FFXIII, FFXIII-2, FFXIII-LR)

[Xaroth]

"DARK DIMENSION! Welcome.. to my realm.."

Also, heres a couple more:
Spawn, from Spawn (Comic)
Bayonetta, (Bayonetta) [this'll be a hard one :P]
Ares (DC Comics)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)

Spawn and Ares aren't going to be included as they aren't Video Game protagonists, they are - as you said - in comics.

Bayonetta and Sub-Zero have been added to the list.

[Xaroth]

Might as well get this out of the way:

Cecil (FFIV)
Terra (FFVI)
Cloud (FFVII, FFVII-AC)
Squall (FFVIII)
Zidane (FFIX)
Tidus (FFX)
Vaan (FFXII)
Lightning (FFXIII, FFXIII-2, FFXIII-LR)

All have been added to the list, however Lightning's FFXIII-2, FFXIII-LR, and Cloud's FFVII-AC versions have been excluded.

[Angelalex242]

You could do the other forms of Lightning.

13-2 Lightning obviously has divine ranks.
13-LR Lightning has even more divine ranks.

But if you want to avoid that...eh.

[Xaroth]

You could do the other forms of Lightning.

13-2 Lightning obviously has divine ranks.
13-LR Lightning has even more divine ranks.

But if you want to avoid that...eh.

I'm just avoiding list duplicates.

[Kurald Galain]

If it comes to MVC, I'd like to see

• Shuma Gorath (MVC3)

just because he's such an oddball character


How to stat Super Mario... well, he's human, he regularly uses potions (well, toadstools) of Enlarge Person, and he's got a ridiculous jump check, and only one hit point.
So I'm thinking, low level Warlock with the Leaps and Bounds invocation, using Eldritch Blast for the firebolts, and probably a Ring of Improved Jumping, and a constitution of 3.
This needs some more brainstorming though; does D&D even have rules to harm enemies by jumping on top of them? Perhaps via Dungeon Crasher?

[Bluydee]

Battlejump is what you're looking for. Technically it would be double damage from an unarmed strike, but whatever.

[Sir Chuckles]

How to stat Super Mario... well, he's human, he regularly uses potions (well, toadstools) of Enlarge Person, and he's got a ridiculous jump check, and only one hit point.
So I'm thinking, low level Warlock with the Leaps and Bounds invocation, using Eldritch Blast for the firebolts, and probably a Ring of Improved Jumping, and a constitution of 3.
This needs some more brainstorming though; does D&D even have rules to harm enemies by jumping on top of them? Perhaps via Dungeon Crasher?

Give him the Feeble flaw. Figure out how to get him Roof-Jumper as early as possible. Death from Above, unarmed strike with feet.

[Kurald Galain]

Battlejump is what you're looking for. Technically it would be double damage from an unarmed strike, but whatever.

Just give him spiked iron boots or something. Because we all know plumbers wear those...

[Grey Watcher]

Heh, I was doing a thought experiment along these lines with the cast of Chrono Trigger and the Pathfinder rules. The broad strokes should still work.

First, Crono, Lucca, and Frog's magical abilities are probably best handled as spell-like abilities they just get on top of their regular class features. (Trying to gish Crono to the point where he can learn something equivalent to Luminaire sounds... daunting.)

Crono - finesse Fighter
Lucca - Artificer (in PF she'd be a Gunslinger with the 3rd Party Mechanist Archetype, but failing that an Artificer with a gun works)
Marle - Favored Soul? I'm loath to give her full casting, since I don't want her to eclipse Magus in sheer power, but even her "non-magical" techs are magical.
Frog - Two-Handed Weapon Fighter or Paladin (if you want his magic attached to his class). Lotsa ranks in Jump
Robo - Probably a Fighter with Improved Unarmed Strike? Monk might work, but leans a little too mystical.
Ayla - Barbarian with Improved Unarmed Strike. (Again, Monk might work, but seems even less appropriate for her than it does for Robo. There's a third party PF class called Pugilist that, with some fixes, would be ideal for her.)
Magus - Sorcerer or Wizard with a Fighter dip and a gish PrC (again, this has the problem of putting him behind Marle in terms of magical prowess, which seems wrong.

[Svata]

It wasn't Sold Snake in MGS3. It was Naked Snake (Big Boss), who Solid was cloned from.

[Kurald Galain]

Magus - Sorcerer or Wizard with a Fighter dip and a gish PrC (again, this has the problem of putting him behind Marle in terms of magical prowess, which seems wrong.

Magus could be an Eldritch Knight; there are ways of entering that with only one or even zero non-caster levels.

[Jeff the Green]

I can probably do Zidane (FF9). Some criteria:

• TWF with knives and two-bladed swords. ()
• Ability to steal in combat.
• Debuffs mostly based on his weapon.
• Protect girls.
• Impressive magical nova damage.

So I'm thinking Psychic Rogue/Revenant Blade with ambush feats, Sleight of Hand optimization, Expanded Knowledge for a couple blast powers, and wands of shield other. I'll work up a full build soon.

[Kurald Galain]

Crono - finesse Fighter

How does a fighter cast Luminaire, though? For that matter, Robo has laser cannons, and note that one of Ayla's default abilities is stealing.

[Xaroth]

It wasn't Sold Snake in MGS3. It was Naked Snake (Big Boss), who Solid was cloned from.

Oh, oops. I'll fix that now.

[Xaroth]

I can probably do Zidane (FF9). Some criteria:

• TWF with knives and two-bladed swords. ()
• Ability to steal in combat.
• Debuffs mostly based on his weapon.
• Protect girls.
• Impressive magical nova damage.

So I'm thinking Psychic Rogue/Revenant Blade with ambush feats, Sleight of Hand optimization, Expanded Knowledge for a couple blast powers, and wands of shield other. I'll work up a full build soon.

I'll mark you down as in-progress for it.

[Grey Watcher]

How does a fighter cast Luminaire, though? For that matter, Robo has laser cannons, and note that one of Ayla's default abilities is stealing.

First, Crono, Lucca, and Frog's magical abilities are probably best handled as spell-like abilities they just get on top of their regular class features. (Trying to gish Crono to the point where he can learn something equivalent to Luminaire sounds... daunting.)

Now, granted, it's not strict RAW-compliant to do it that way, but I'm at a loss for how to give him the appropriate magical powers (Lightning Bolt, Chaining Lighting (?), Raise Dead, and Sunburst (?)) without basically turning him into a caster. Still, I suppose a gish build that's more even than Magus's (which would be caster-heavy).

Robo I really have no clue what to do with. Are there Warforged feats or PrCs that allow one to generate lasers, explosions, electrical charges, and healing?

Ayla's Kiss and Charm techs, I dunno. The former might be best handled by pumping up her Heal check as much as possible. (Loses the "kiss it and make it better" flavor, and becomes an out of combat thing, but keeps it non-magical.) Charm, I dunno. Are there 3.5 rules that are equivalent to PF's Steal Combat Maneuver?

Maybe to keep Marle's casting better than Crono's but worse than Magus's, she could be a healing-focused Bard? Granted, she never demonstrates any musical talents in-game, but she is the one who does the most prodding along of the plot, and she is a support caster.

[Shadowscale]

Link from Legend of Zelda Majora's mask. That'd be really cool.

[Kazudo]

I would be requesting Ness from Earthbound, but a somewhat optimized PsyWar would actually fix that problem entirely, since it's made obvious that Ness's abilities aren't because of magic, but psionics.

Amaterasu from Okami would be pretty difficult though having to factor in Divine Ranks (She IS a deity after all), and the version from one of the splatbooks just wouldn't cover it. (I think she was covered in a splatbook at some point, anyway).

[Muggins]

Unless I hear any complaints, I think I've got the tools with which to make Raiden. You know, that guy with the sword.

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Question: What format should I be doing these in?

[Kazudo]

I'd use standard Iron Chef submission format, it's the most comprehensive.

[Kurald Galain]

Now, granted, it's not strict RAW-compliant to do it that way, but I'm at a loss for how to give him the appropriate magical powers (Lightning Bolt, Chaining Lighting (?), Raise Dead, and Sunburst (?)) without basically turning him into a caster.

But Crono is a caster; it's a plot point in Chrono Trigger (as is the fact that Ayla is explicitly not a caster).

Robo I really have no clue what to do with. Are there Warforged feats or PrCs that allow one to generate lasers, explosions, electrical charges, and healing?

Hm. Wizard 5 covers the offensive part, not sure how to get healing.

Ayla's Kiss and Charm techs, I dunno. The former might be best handled by pumping up her Heal check as much as possible. (Loses the "kiss it and make it better" flavor, and becomes an out of combat thing, but keeps it non-magical.) Charm, I dunno. Are there 3.5 rules that are equivalent to PF's Steal Combat Maneuver?

I'm ok with using PF material; the top post doesn't restrict it to 3.5. Giving her Improved Steal and Greater Steal feats would be a good start.

Maybe to keep Marle's casting better than Crono's but worse than Magus's, she could be a healing-focused Bard? Granted, she never demonstrates any musical talents in-game, but she is the one who does the most prodding along of the plot, and she is a support caster.

That works. Marle has a few scenes where she does Perform (Oratory), too.

So basically,

• Crono - battle-focused Cleric (he can use raise dead, for crying out loud) with Whirlwind Attack
• Lucca - Alchemist with a dip in Gunslinger
• Marle - Bard works, and she has the provoke mechanic, I think there was a feat for that? Haste spell, too.
• Frog - Paladin with lots of jump ranks and a racial bonus to that, but he needs some way to use water magic.
• Robo - Fighter with lots of ranks in UMD (grab a feat to make it a class skill) and wands of healing, lightning bolt, and shocking grasp
• Ayla - Barbarian with Improved/Greater Steal, with, well there has to be a non-magical way of healing somewhere in PF/3.5, right?
• Magus - Evocation Wizard / Eldritch Knight; he's an exotic race that gets proficiency with all martial weapons

[illyahr]

I can probably do Zidane (FF9). Some criteria:

• TWF with knives and two-bladed swords. ()
• Ability to steal in combat.
• Debuffs mostly based on his weapon.
• Protect girls.
• Impressive magical nova damage.

So I'm thinking Psychic Rogue/Revenant Blade with ambush feats, Sleight of Hand optimization, Expanded Knowledge for a couple blast powers, and wands of shield other. I'll work up a full build soon.

I would suggest rings of friend shield rather than wands, and limited-use abilites. The only techniques he has are regular techniques and rogue abilities unless he is in Trance. Things such as Combat Expertise/Improved Feint to represent the 'What's That!?' ability, for example.

He deals a great deal of damage, but only to single targets (unless in trance) so TWF combined with something to trigger SA (such as blurring, etc.) sounds about right.

[Xaroth]

Unless I hear any complaints, I think I've got the tools with which to make Raiden. You know, that guy with the sword.

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Question: What format should I be doing these in?

By format, do you mean the boss listing or the character sheet?

EDIT: Raiden has been added to the list, with you as in-progress for him. Is it Revengeance Raiden?

[Xaroth]

Heh, I was doing a thought experiment along these lines with the cast of Chrono Trigger and the Pathfinder rules. The broad strokes should still work.

First, Crono, Lucca, and Frog's magical abilities are probably best handled as spell-like abilities they just get on top of their regular class features. (Trying to gish Crono to the point where he can learn something equivalent to Luminaire sounds... daunting.)

Crono - finesse Fighter
Lucca - Artificer (in PF she'd be a Gunslinger with the 3rd Party Mechanist Archetype, but failing that an Artificer with a gun works)
Marle - Favored Soul? I'm loath to give her full casting, since I don't want her to eclipse Magus in sheer power, but even her "non-magical" techs are magical.
Frog - Two-Handed Weapon Fighter or Paladin (if you want his magic attached to his class). Lotsa ranks in Jump
Robo - Probably a Fighter with Improved Unarmed Strike? Monk might work, but leans a little too mystical.
Ayla - Barbarian with Improved Unarmed Strike. (Again, Monk might work, but seems even less appropriate for her than it does for Robo. There's a third party PF class called Pugilist that, with some fixes, would be ideal for her.)
Magus - Sorcerer or Wizard with a Fighter dip and a gish PrC (again, this has the problem of putting him behind Marle in terms of magical prowess, which seems wrong.

Would you like me to mark you as in progress for these characters?

[A Tad Insane]

The marked ninja (mark of the ninja)

Pretty boring compared to Bayonetta, but still
I wonder if each of his suits would be different builds, magic items, or just stuff he can do in general.