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beccaelizabeth) wrote2022-10-06 12:06 am
beccaelizabeth) wrote2022-10-06 12:06 am
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Torchwood Runelords
I started to read the players guide to Return of the Runelords
and because it is a sequel
you need to know who the Sihedron Heroes are, the ones who won Rise of the Runelords and Shattered Star.
Specifically you need one each for however many players are in Return of the Runelords. The others can be in the Great Beyond, one way or another, somehow.
I can't remember what characters I had in mind when I read Rise, and I've only got two heroes left in mind from Shattered Star, and one of them retired early. I mean I know I started out with Andrew and Jonathan from Buffy, but I only have story in mind for Andrew, based on the theory he's a twin, so that's... not exactly helping.
So now I'm distracted
because I thought
what if Torchwood do Rise of the Runelords?
I was thinking Owen could be an Oracle with the Lich curse and the Life mystery, so an undeadish healer (can heal everyone but himself). Or possibly the Bones mystery, because angry. Trait can be monster hunter, because if he's stuck looking like a monster he's going to make it the monster's problem.
Toshiko is obviously there as a scholar, and she can start with the Snapdragon Fireworks spell intended for festivals, and just end up having to deal with all this dark side stuff.
Ianto is a Rogue that everyone thinks is catering staff. Don't know if I want to give him the criminal connections backstory traits or the one where his village got killed by giants. Learning to backstab giants seems ambitious, but gives him that core of horrible trauma.
Gwen can be a paladin. A very new one, obviously. Erastilian, for that small town feeling, so Divine Hunter, for the bow. Her trait can be the one where everyone in Sandpoint knows her because of her connection to the sheriff. It'll get less useful later, but by then the archery and spells will be helping. And being Lawful Good in a party that is mostly not, she'll have several things to say about how they usually do, especially in a sin focused campaign. But she's got sins of her own, and can lose a Lot by falling to them.
Jack is pretty difficult to stat, in a Pathfinder game that assumes everyone starts at first level. His distinctive feature, Epic Not Dying, is tricky to do. Achievable, but like, at 20th level. And the ones I can think of are all Reincarnation based, so he'd regenerate every time, with many options for species.
I dont know, I dont see Jack as a Druid. Urban druid? But still, very polymorphy, not very social...
Obviously could also just make it a bit, so he keeps dying and getting dragged back to the healers for resurrection, but that gets expensive.
If I knew anything about Gunslinger as a class it might suit, but despite owning the rules I haven't got a feel for them at all.
Kind of want to make him a Bard, for the con artist phase of his life, and the thing where he knows more than the others more often. Also the charisma focused roll to seduce side is tempting. But he'd have to be heavily arhcetyped or very i vested in skills that are more Barrowman than Harkness. Archaeologist maybe. Detective? One version of Ringleader?
I don't know, it's maybe not a great fit.
Jack is tricky.
Rise of the Runelords keeps track of your sins, so it's fun deciding whose is what.
But also really likely to start old arguments.
Reckon when they reach level 7 Jack at the minimum takes Leadership. That would mean they're up to six at least as a group.
Gwen could as well. Then they're 7. ... one sin each...
... bring Suzie and John in?
I know basically no one else is interested in this xover, but I'm interested enough I kind of want to skim through Rise and see how it would work now, so I took the thought for a walk.
and because it is a sequel
you need to know who the Sihedron Heroes are, the ones who won Rise of the Runelords and Shattered Star.
Specifically you need one each for however many players are in Return of the Runelords. The others can be in the Great Beyond, one way or another, somehow.
I can't remember what characters I had in mind when I read Rise, and I've only got two heroes left in mind from Shattered Star, and one of them retired early. I mean I know I started out with Andrew and Jonathan from Buffy, but I only have story in mind for Andrew, based on the theory he's a twin, so that's... not exactly helping.
So now I'm distracted
because I thought
what if Torchwood do Rise of the Runelords?
I was thinking Owen could be an Oracle with the Lich curse and the Life mystery, so an undeadish healer (can heal everyone but himself). Or possibly the Bones mystery, because angry. Trait can be monster hunter, because if he's stuck looking like a monster he's going to make it the monster's problem.
Toshiko is obviously there as a scholar, and she can start with the Snapdragon Fireworks spell intended for festivals, and just end up having to deal with all this dark side stuff.
Ianto is a Rogue that everyone thinks is catering staff. Don't know if I want to give him the criminal connections backstory traits or the one where his village got killed by giants. Learning to backstab giants seems ambitious, but gives him that core of horrible trauma.
Gwen can be a paladin. A very new one, obviously. Erastilian, for that small town feeling, so Divine Hunter, for the bow. Her trait can be the one where everyone in Sandpoint knows her because of her connection to the sheriff. It'll get less useful later, but by then the archery and spells will be helping. And being Lawful Good in a party that is mostly not, she'll have several things to say about how they usually do, especially in a sin focused campaign. But she's got sins of her own, and can lose a Lot by falling to them.
Jack is pretty difficult to stat, in a Pathfinder game that assumes everyone starts at first level. His distinctive feature, Epic Not Dying, is tricky to do. Achievable, but like, at 20th level. And the ones I can think of are all Reincarnation based, so he'd regenerate every time, with many options for species.
I dont know, I dont see Jack as a Druid. Urban druid? But still, very polymorphy, not very social...
Obviously could also just make it a bit, so he keeps dying and getting dragged back to the healers for resurrection, but that gets expensive.
If I knew anything about Gunslinger as a class it might suit, but despite owning the rules I haven't got a feel for them at all.
Kind of want to make him a Bard, for the con artist phase of his life, and the thing where he knows more than the others more often. Also the charisma focused roll to seduce side is tempting. But he'd have to be heavily arhcetyped or very i vested in skills that are more Barrowman than Harkness. Archaeologist maybe. Detective? One version of Ringleader?
I don't know, it's maybe not a great fit.
Jack is tricky.
Rise of the Runelords keeps track of your sins, so it's fun deciding whose is what.
But also really likely to start old arguments.
Reckon when they reach level 7 Jack at the minimum takes Leadership. That would mean they're up to six at least as a group.
Gwen could as well. Then they're 7. ... one sin each...
... bring Suzie and John in?
I know basically no one else is interested in this xover, but I'm interested enough I kind of want to skim through Rise and see how it would work now, so I took the thought for a walk.