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D.Shaffer said:
Well I hope you weren't considering extensive stats.. because they aren't in the book... just NPC stats. I am having a great time watching the episodes though. I'd forgotten how good some of the stories actually were - considering the target audience - 3 or 4 of them were actually written or co-written by Paul Dini which surprised me.. at 10 years old I didn't recognize him but by the time I was 20 it was a very different story
I don't know if I can post any of the stats.. but I was a little disappointed by the "Animated Series Handbook" myself - it has only marginal game application, though it does give the recipe for the weapons and every one of the kids is level 7... which actually astounded me...
There are stats for Venger and the Shadow Demon, I'd have killed for a reprint of the Warduke Stats from Dragon though.. or Kalek and Strongheart... they could have easily made this into an actually in-depth product but it is not. The included adventure isn't bad as a tie in to the Dragon's Graveyard episode.
Too bad we won't see something like this to bring in younger gamers like it did in my generation...
Klaus said:
Okay here is the short list:
Hank, the Ranger (male human ranger 7) -
Pretty typical ranger stuff - obviously focused on the ranged feat tree specializations.
Energy Bow
Functions as a +2 Composite Longbow, can fire magic or normal arrows or energy arrows (force). Force bolts do 2d6 damage. No miss against incorporeal enemies.
Eric, the Cavalier (male human fighter 7) - built around the shield bash feat.
Gryphon Shield
Functions as a +2 bashing heavy steel shield. Creates a 10-foot sphere of Otiluke's resilient sphere for 5 rnds/day.
Diana, the acrobat (human female monk 7)
Javelin Staff
Functions as a +2 ki strike quarterstaff when held or a +2 ki strike javelin when thrown. Extends and retracts upt o 20 feet in length.
Presto, the Magician (human male wizard 7) - non-specialized but most of his spells are evocation spells like fireball, burning hands, etc. Spell Focus(evocation) feat.
Hat of Many Spells
Functions like a rod of wonder which is activated when held. Also allows free empower spell on a spell Presto casts. 35% chance spell will fizzle or otherwise use rod of wonder effects.
Sheila, the Thief (human female rogue 7) - Pretty typical sneaking rogue skill layout.
Cloak of Invisibility
Use invisibility 5x /per day, greater invisibility on self for 1d4 rnds only.
Bobby the Barbarian (human male barbarian 7)
Thunder Club
+2 greatclub that give +4 str. bonus. 3x/day create an earth tremor - 30 foot line, DC 20 Ref. save or fall.
Venger (half-fiend human male sorcerer 13/ archmage 5)
CR 21
Wow.. venger's stats take up a whole page int he little stat book. He definately seems well designed at quick glance. No way the kids could ever defeat him in open combat.. which is good.
Shadow Demon (CE Medium outsider) CR 8
Uses vile damage rules - which surprised me since it's not standard PHB but they describe it well. Also has a spell called Damning Darkness (Evocation, cl 4 sorc/wiz 4,) that works as darkness but hurts Good-aligned creatures caught within its effect for 2d6 per round.
There is a quick skim, hope I'm not giving too much away stat wise.
Klaus said:
They made all the kids too competent. That is one of the issues.. I don't buy any of them as level 7 - especially Hank who would not have gotten spells. But you have to explain how they survived somehow.. and credit them for doing so I guess. DM caveat is not something you can work into a character. You should see all the other items they have that I didn't list - they kitted them out like average 7th level characters and in some cases their gear could easily overshadow their special weapons.
This sounds like I'm complaining, I don't mean to - I just see potential here and wish they had done more, though I'm pleased they did what they did - I think i might run the adventure as a one shot soon.
As for Requiem - Well they have a really cheesy radio play with far too much announcer interjection. Its clear the producers don't quite know how to do a good radio teleplay. That said it was nice to hear the dialog spoken. I wish some animation college would ask for permission to produce that script for the senior class project.. it'd be great to actually see it animated though I suppose that is unlikely.. hmm if i ever go that route with my studies I may just suggest it
I really wish Hasbro would do something like this for the direct to video market.. it'd be nice to have a gateway product to replicate the cartoon that caught and held my love of the game and its concepts. My kids watched a few episodes with me last night and were enjoying it a lot.
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