Gaming W/Jemal - FinalFantasy D&D (Going Again!)

[Jemal]

greenstar - Be whatever you want. A dedicated black mage would work fairly well (I think warmage from complete arcane fits the bill best, but whatever you wanna play, play.

Arkhandus, If you're looking for something to accentuate your character, I've seen the perfect/ultimate (at least in my eyes) fighter/mage prestige class in complete mage. The Abjurant Champion(5 lvl prc). It's awesome. It's to fighter/mage what Archmage is to normal mages. It will take a bit to get into, but I highly reccomend it.

EDIT: On that note, the abj. champ. has an ability that refers to 'abjuration spells'. Since it makes sense (And it uses them in some of the examples, despite them not being abjuration), I include mage armour and shield on the list of spells that count for their 'abjuration' abilities.

 

[Shayuri]

Hmm. What would be a good role for me?

What's not filled?

 

[greenstar]

OK. I'll be a warmage.

 

[Arkhandus]

I don't have Complete Arcane or Complete Mage. I know a little of the Abjurant Champion, but nothing I can recall besides the fact that it was very strong. I'll stick with what I can find in the SRD.

 

[Jemal]

Allright, list of currnet PC's who seem still interested:

Caros (Kyo-Main Character)
Arkhandus (Mikken - Fighter/Mage, Main characters cousin)
Tailspinner (Leita - White Mage, 'Love interest')
Shayuri (Techmage)
Voda Vosa (Reformed Villain/Black Mage)

And the new guys:
Greenstar, Serow, Fangor the Fierce

I think that's good for now, if/when I want more I'll recruit more, I guess.

SO If any of you new guys know what you wanna play?


Also, votes on restart VS continuation? Restart would make it easier to rewrite the starting party to include Shayuri (Though if Voda still wants to go with the "Villain turned good guy" part, I'd have to work him in as a bad guy first... You could just go with the Black mage "I'm not evil, just bad" tactic..)

 

[serow]

What sort of archetype isn't filled yet? It's been a while since I've touched my FFs...
Ah! Every FF has a dragoon of sorts right?

I'm thinking of Freya from FF9 in particular since she's the most memorable dragoon to me.

She was a stranger from Zidane, as in they had no particular acquaintance prior to that. So probably my Freya would be like one of those friends of the protagonist who just happen to be along for the ride? Nakama and such.

If you'd allow, a single-classed Warblade focusing on Tiger Claw (and the Jump skill) would be cleanest way to make one (I have no doubt half of the Tiger Claw school was inspired somewhat by dragoons in FF). If not, I'll see what I can do.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

The I would like to go for the mascot! What stipulations do you have on that role so that I can plan accordingly?

 

[greenstar]

I'm still working on my character sheet. I've been lazy.

 

[greenstar]

Ara
Class: Warmage 10
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral
Size: Medium
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Height: 5'3"
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Black

Str 11
Dex 14
Con 18
Int 14
Wis 11
Cha 14

HP: 63
AC: 14
Speed: 30'
Touch: 12
Flat-footed: 10
Init +2
BAB: +5
Grapple: +5

Fort +6
Ref +5
Will +9

Skills: 61
Knowledge (arcana) 10+2
Spot 11
Listen 10
Concentration 10+3
Decipher Script 10+2
Knowledge (history) 10+2

Feats
Toughness
Maximize Spell
Extend Spell
Improved Initiative
Spell Focus

Equipment
Heward's Handy Haversack 2,000 gp
2 potion of CMW 600 gp
Headband of Intellect +2 4,000 gp
Cloak of Charisma +4 16,000 gp
Boots of Speed 12,000 gp
Salve of Slipperiness 1,000 gp

Money: 5 gp

Languages: Common, Elven, Celestial

Background: Ara's mother had an affair with her father and when she had Ara she found out her lover was evil. She ran away to another country and raised Ara there. When Ara was in her teens they found out she had a talent for magic and she was sent to a academy for mages and came out the top of her class. Ara's mother won't talk about her father and she doesn't know anything about him. When she was a kid Kyo saved her from getting trampled by a horse and she has liked him ever since.

 

[Jemal]

Firstly, for anybody who hasn't found it, Character creation guidelines are on post 93 (as well as the info scattered, unfortunately, throughout the entire thread)

Allright Greenstar, couple things, Re: your charcter

Don't select/pay for armour and weapons, I'll be giving you each an offensive/defensive item in true RPG style. Just list what type of items you'd like for each.
Secondly, equipment is (as stated in my char creation post) 36,000 GP, and don't worry about the 'mundane' equipment (ink, tent, etc). That'll all be available.
Third, please include cost of any items you buy, to make double checking math easier.

And finally, not sure how to say this, but... I'm finding it hard to take the name yorda seriously.. I mispelled it a while ago and realized it's only one letter away from the small, green, wrinkled alien with a lightsaber, and now I can't read it without thinking of him.